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The only council member known to have survived the Great Hyperspace War was Naga Sadow. This tradition of a Sith Council was apparently not continued by Sadow's successors, [[Freedon Nadd]] and [[Exar Kun]].
  
The only council member known to have survived the Great Hyperspace War was Naga Sadow. This tradition of a Sith Council was apparently not continued by Sadow's successors, [[Freedon Nadd]] and [[Exar Kun]].
   
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[[File:Sith Empire councilors.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Two members of the Sith Dark Council]]{{Quote|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]]|Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance}}
  
[[File:Sith Empire councilors.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Two members of the Sith Dark Council]]{{Quote|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]]|Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance}}
 
Formed after the Sith re-colonized Dromund Kass in [[4,980 BBY]], and existing before and after the collapse of [[Revan|Darth Revan]]'s Sith Empire; as well as during the [[Great Galactic War]], the [[Cold War]] and the [[Second Great Galactic War]], the Sith Council, known as the [[Dark Council]], was a twelve-member council consisting of powerful [[Dark Lord of the Sith|Dark Lord]]s which obeyed the [[Sith Emperor]]. 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.
  
Formed after the Sith re-colonized Dromund Kass in [[4,980 BBY]], and existing before and after the collapse of [[Revan|Darth Revan]]'s Sith Empire; as well as during the [[Great Galactic War]], the [[Cold War]] and the [[Second Great Galactic War]], the Sith Council, known as the [[Dark Council]], was a twelve-member council consisting of powerful [[Dark Lord of the Sith|Dark Lord]]s which obeyed the [[Sith Emperor]]. 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.

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The Sith Council was a body of advisors to the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith in various incarnations of Sith government.

History

Old Sith Empire

In the old Sith Empire, the Council consisted of ten Sith Lords. This Council convened in a great citadel on Ziost. The Sith Council managed the affairs of the Empire. Each Lord that sat on the Council personally ruled over a minimum of a dozen worlds.

After Marka Ragnos's death, two Lords on the council, Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh, fought over the position of Dark Lord of the Sith. This conflict created a rift within the council, with several lords siding with Kressh, and the rest siding with Sadow.

Eventually, Sadow was able to convince the council to make him Dark Lord after he convinced them that the Galactic Republic was executing hit-and-run attacks within the Empire. After Ludo Kressh discovered the deception, he and two other lords attacked Sadow's fortress, but they were soundly defeated, and Sadow secured his hold over his title.

The only council member known to have survived the Great Hyperspace War was Naga Sadow. This tradition of a Sith Council was apparently not continued by Sadow's successors, Freedon Nadd and Exar Kun.

Reconstituted Sith Empire

File:Sith Empire councilors.jpg

Two members of the Sith 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[src]

Formed after the Sith re-colonized Dromund Kass in 4,980 BBY, and existing before and after the collapse of Darth Revan's Sith Empire; as well as during the Great Galactic War, the Cold War and the Second Great Galactic War, the Sith Council, known as the Dark Council, was a twelve-member council consisting of powerful Dark Lords which obeyed the Sith Emperor. 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.

Darth Revan's Sith Empire

Although no information is given, it can be speculated from Revan's comments to Darth Bane in his personal holocron that no Sith Council existed under his rule; Revan believed that the Sith needed to be ruled by a single individual, the epitome and symbol of the power of the Dark Side, in order to stave off destruction by the squabbling of lesser beings.

Brotherhood of Darkness

In the New Sith Wars, Skere Kaan seemed to have resurrected this council with himself as its ambiguous head. Unlike earlier councils, except for the Dark Council, each member actually held the title Dark Lord of the Sith in his own right; however, unlike the Dark Council, all of Kaan's Council members, including Kaan himself, were at least nominally equal, making for a far murkier chain of succession. However, while only ten Dark Lords were ever seen on the council, at least sixteen others were known to have existed at the time.

Lost Tribe of Sith

On Kesh, the Lost Tribe had established their own version of the Sith Council known as the Circle of Lords. The Circle was located in Kesh's capital city of Tahv. It consisted of a Grand Lord, who served as the head of the Circle, seven High Lords, and thirteen Sith Lords for a total of twenty one members.

One Sith

"His four pet minions.."
―Morlish Veed[src]

Whilst the One Sith didn't have a formal council, Darth Krayt did have an inner circle of his most elite and loyal Sith Lords from whom he regally sought advice and dispensed orders. This inner circle were the only Sith in the Order who regularly received audiences with Emperor Krayt. They were responsible for overseeing his Military, Intelligence agency and giving orders to the Moff Council on behalf of Krayt.

Members

Old Sith Empire

5 as of yet unidentified members c. 5,000 BBY

Dark Council

Brotherhood of Darkness

Lost Tribe of Sith

One Sith

File:Onesithcoruscant.jpg

Darth Krayt's inner circle arriving on Coruscant.

Behind the scenes

In a scene in Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith the faces of eight members are shown (excluding the already dead Simus and Naga Sadow). Only one other person (besides Sadow) on the council seems to have Dark Jedi blood with the absence of protruding eyebrow ridges and a squashed nose.

In Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith Kaan and his Brotherhood of Darkness are shown conversing in a room before Darth Bane appears. Of the eight people talking only Githany, Kopecz, and Kaan are named. The other four in this inner circle are unnamed but two of them may perhaps be Seviss Vaa or LaTor as there is strong indication that they are within Kaan's inner circle - Seviss Vaa was described in The New Essential Chronology as one of the highest ranked Sith Lords, and LaTor was described in the Star Wars: Dark Forces novellas as Kaan's "fifth in command". In Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Kas'im, Hezzoran, Borthis, Orilltha and Shenayag are all described as "Lords" and leaders of the Brotherhood of Darkness.

The Essential Chronology refers to it both as "a tribunal of Sith Lords" and the "Sith council."

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