Dark Council

"With us, you are ruler of all the Sith, answerable only to the Emperor himself."

- Darth Marr to Darth Nox, upon the latter's elevation to the Council

The Dark Council became the ruling body of the reconstituted Sith Empire in 3,653 BBY. Its members held the Darth title, the title of Dark Lord of the Sith, and wore personal Sith armors that concealed even their faces. By the end of the Great Galactic War, there were only seven surviving Dark Councilors.

History
"It's a Sith's job to try and unseat us. That's why we have to keep a close eye on you."

- Darth Howl

The Dark Council was a twelve-member council consisting of powerful Sith Lords that obeyed the Sith Emperor. Only the members of the Council were allowed to see the Emperor's face.

In 4,980 BBY, after the Sith began to rebuild their society, the Sith Emperor revealed his vision of a restored empire. However, the Emperor's role was simply as the visionary: he withdrew into isolation and left the logistics to the newly-formed Dark Council.

In 3,956 BBY Darth Nyriss and some other Dark Councilors were against the re-start of the war with the Galactic Republic, fearing that the Jedi would exterminate the Sith and so they plotted to overthrow the Emperor. However, they did not take any active measures, too preoccupied with power plays and double crosses to make any real progress. By 3,950 BBY, Lord Scourge, a recent addition to the conspiracy, growing dissatisfied with the conspiracy's unwillingness to act, exposed it to the Emperor, who slaughtered the entire Dark Council, including the ones who weren't involved in the conspiracy and replaced them with new, pro-war members.

In 3,678 BBY, Darth Marr, alongside two of his fellow councilors, sent Sith apprentice Teneb Kel to hunt down Exal Kressh, the Emperor's rogue apprentice. After Kel completed his task, he demanded from the Council that he should be elevated to the rank of Sith Lord and granted the title "Darth Thanaton." The Council acceded to his demands when he also agreed to reveal one of the Emperor's secret plots.

After the Treaty of Coruscant and the conclusion of the Great Galactic War, the Emperor withdrew to pursue his own mysterious goals, deferring power over the Empire to the Dark Council. The Dark Council then oversaw the consolidation of the Empire's new domains from the citadel on Dromund Kaas.

By 3,643 BBY, there was at least one female on the Council.

Known Members

 * Darth Acharon, Pyramid of Biotic Science &dagger; (&mdash;c. 3,641 BBY)
 * Darth Arctis, Pyramid of Ancient Knowledge ( &mdash;c. 3,643 BBY)
 * Darth Arho, Pyramid of Military Offense &dagger; (c. 3,641 BBY)
 * Darth Aruk, Pyramid of Sith Philosophy
 * Darth Azamin, Pyramid of Military Strategy &dagger;
 * Darth Baras, Pyramid of Military Offense &dagger; (c. 3,642&mdash;c. 3,641 BBY)
 * Darth Decimus, Pyramid of Military Strategy &dagger; (&mdash;c. 3,641 BBY)
 * Darth Ekkage, Pyramid of Mysteries
 * Darth Hadra, Pyramid of Technology &dagger; (3,643&mdash;c. 3,641 BBY)
 * Darth Howl
 * Darth Igrol &dagger; (between 3,984 and 3,974 BBY&mdash;3,954 BBY)
 * Darth Jadus, Pyramid of Imperial Intelligence
 * Darth Lokess &dagger;
 * Darth Marr, Pyramid of Defense (pre-3,678 BBY&mdash; )
 * Darth Mekhis, Pyramid of Technology (pre-3,667&mdash;3,643 BBY)
 * Darth Mortis, Pyramid of Laws and Justice
 * Darth Nox, Pyramid of Ancient Knowledge (c. 3,641 BBY&mdash;)
 * Darth Nyriss &dagger; (c. 3,974&mdash;3,954 BBY)
 * Darth Qalar &dagger; ( &mdash; c. 4,043 BBY)
 * Darth Ravage, Pyramid of Expansion and Diplomacy
 * Darth Rictus, Pyramid of Mysteries
 * Darth Sajar
 * Darth Thanaton, Pyramid of Ancient Knowledge (c. 3,643&mdash;c. 3,641 BBY)
 * Darth Vengean, Pyramid of Military Offense ( &mdash;c. 3,642 BBY)
 * Darth Victun &dagger; ( &mdash; c. 4,043 BBY)
 * Darth Vowrawn, Pyramid of Production and Logistics
 * Darth Xedrix &dagger; (c. 3,984&mdash;3,954 BBY)
 * Darth Zavakon, Pyramid of Ancient Knowledge &dagger; (4,980 BBY&mdash;
 * Darth Zhorrid, Pyramid of Imperial Intelligence (c. 3,643 BBY)
 * Skeletal female Dark Lord

Behind the scenes
The Dark Council was first introduced in the 2011 novel Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan, a tie-in novel to Star Wars: The Old Republic. The novel revealed a great deal of information about the Empire's origins. During the course of the novel, the entire Dark Council is killed by the Emperor as the result of a conspiracy, regardless of whether or not they participated in the conspiracy.

The Council later appears in The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released by BioWare on December 20, 2011. Many of the Council members can die during the game, depending on the players' decisions. Currently only the light side options for Republic characters and the dark side options for Imperial characters are canon, and the fates of the individuals in the game will be reflected as such.

Upon ascension to the Dark Council Kallig can also be dubbed Darth Occulus or Darth Imperius, should they be light sided or neutral respectively.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
 * ''Star Wars: The Old Republic, Blood of the Empire
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant
 * Timeline 1: Treaty of Coruscant
 * Timeline 11: Rebirth of the Sith Empire
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic 7: The Lost Suns, Part 1
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic 8: The Lost Suns, Part 2
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic 9: The Lost Suns, Part 3
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic 11: The Lost Suns, Part 5
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Annihilation