Dark Council

"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 the ruling body of the 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 was a twelve-member council consisting of powerful Sith Lords that obeyed Vitiate, their Emperor. Only the members of the Council were allowed to see Vitiate's face.

In 4,904 BBY, after the Sith began to rebuild their society, Vitiate revealed his vision of a restored empire. After this declaration he established the Dark Council to manage the project of rebuilding his empire.

In 3,956 BBY Darth Nyriss and some other Dark Councilors was against the re-start of the war with the Galactic Republic and so they plotted to overthrow the Emperor but in the end they didn't take active measures and in 3,950 BBY the Emperor slaughtered them all and replaced with pro-war new members in the Council.

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. Kel completed his task, and demanded the Council to be elevated to the rank of Sith Lord and be granted the title "Darth Thanaton" in exchange for revealing 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.

Before the Great Galactic War

 * Darth Igrol
 * Darth Nyriss
 * Darth Xedrix

During and after the Great Galactic War

 * Darth Howl
 * Darth Jadus
 * Darth Marr
 * Darth Mekhis
 * Hooded Dark Lord
 * Unidentified Dark Lord (featureless iron mask)
 * Skeletal female Dark Lord
 * Darth Vowrawn

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, The Lost Suns
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic