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"A mysterious figure who may have been an Umbaran, Darth Ruin revived the Sith Order and seduced a number of Jedi to his cause. A war with the Jedi Order inevitably followed, but the Sith soon turned the war upon themselves. Ruin was destroyed by his own disciples, who ushered in a millennium-long period of betrayal and darkness amongst the Sith."

- Bodo Baas's writings

The New Sith, also known as the New Sith Empire or simply the Sith Empire, was a resurgent faction of the dark side-worshipping Sith Order that existed during the Draggulch Period.

Return of the Sith
In the year 2000 BBY, the beginning of the Draggulch Period brought about the revival of the Sith Order, a dark side cult that opposed the Galactic Republic and the peacekeeping Jedi Order. By this point, the Sith were commonly believed to have been vanquished, having been inactive for centuries since the time of the Great Galactic War. The Sith would eventually return, however, due to the machinations of Phanius, a Jedi Master–reputed for his solipsistic mindset–who pursued alternative teachings in conflict with the Jedi Order's prohibitions.

Seduced by the dark side of the Force, the intelligent and charismatic Phanius abandoned the ways of the Jedi along with fifty of his peers, resulting in the fourth Great Schism of the Jedi Order. Under the new identity of Darth Ruin, the fallen Jedi Master sought out and infiltrated a number of surviving Sith clans, uniting them to his cause. Declaring himself a Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Ruin drove his followers to wage war against the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, founding a new empire of the Sith and initiating a conflict known as the New Sith Wars.

Throughout his reign, Darth Ruin garnered infamy as a particularly merciless and self-centered leader, known for sacrificing many of his underlings on a whim. This ultimately led to the Dark Lord's assassination at the hands of his own Sith disciples, who were unwilling to tolerate their leader's egocentric philosophy.

Expansion


Despite the death of Darth Ruin, his actions introduced a new age of expansion for the Sith, resulting in the reclamation of numerous Sith worlds–particularly Yavin 4 and Ziost–along with acts of sabotage against the Republic. The treachery of Ruin's followers, however, also led to a string of further betrayals among his Sith successors, of which would persist for hundreds of years to come.

By 1750 BBY, a new individual had seized the Dark Lord mantle as the leader of the Sith crusades–a shadowy figure known only as the "Dark Underlord". The origins of the Dark Underlord were shrouded in mystery; some speculated that he was summoned from the realm of Chaos itself, while others believed him to be a reincarnation of Xendor, a darksider who once lived during the First Great Schism. A bloodthirsty marauder, the Dark Underlord proved himself a force to be reckoned with in the war against the Jedi, allowing him to consolidate a Sith alliance known as the Black Knights.

Headquartered on the planet Malrev IV, the Black Knights were known for their violent exploits along the Zona Miki route, terrorizing numerous space stations at the behest of the Dark Underlord. These exploits attracted the ire of Murrtaggh, a Jedi Master who hired a group of Mandalorian mercenaries in a plot to sabotage the Dark Underlord's forces. The Mandalorians staged a diversionary attack on Malrev IV, diverting the attention of a leading Sith commander and consequently leaving the Dark Underlord vulnerable to Murrtaggh's own assault. In the ensuing battle, the Dark Underlord met his demise at the hands of the Jedi Master.

Turn of the tide
The death of the Dark Underlord ultimately did little to impede the momentum of the Sith war effort, which continued to grow over the following centuries. Despite a number of foiled incursions at Corphelion, Gap Nine and King's Galquek, the Sith had enlisted new allies among the Devaronians and Hiitians by the year 1500 BBY.

In 1466 BBY, the Sith amassed an army against Republic and Jedi forces on the planet Mizra. The tide of this engagement was turned by the actions of a lone Sith sniper who–after killing a Jedi coordinator–triggered a full-scale slaughter of the retreating Jedi forces, resulting in a crushing Sith victory. At the battle's end, hundreds of Jedi were captured by the Sith and promptly converted to the ways of the dark side.

In the aftermath of their triumph at Mizra, the Sith were left without a clear line of succession, leaving no immediate heir to the Dark Lord mantle. Nonetheless, Mizra was a pivotal turning point in favor of the Sith, solidifying their power base and paving the way for a new leading Sith figure –the Dark Lord Darth Rivan.

A tyrannical leader, Darth Rivan sought to overcome the perpetual betrayals among the ranks of the Sith. Ruling from a personal fortress on the terraformed planet Almas, Rivan formed an army of darksiders led by a unique brand of Sith commanders known as the Battlelords. Through the power of Sith magic, the Dark Lord created a Force bond between the Battlelords and the soldiers under their command, preventing the subordinates from attacking or killing their masters.

In time, the Jedi staged an assault against Darth Rivan's stronghold on the planet Almas, precipitating an abrupt and violent end to the Dark Lord's reign.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel