Second Order of Lettow

The Second Order of Lettow, often referred to as just the Lettow, was a sect organized by an ex-Dark Jedi of the Bogan, Gareth Sode. The Order remained hidden for most of the First Hutt War, consolidating its power base on while carefully making alliances and recruiting members. In the waining days of the First Hutt conflict, the Order made itself known by openly allying itself with the Hutt Empire. It then moved its headquarters to in the, where it reorganized its priorities, militarized, and joined the war against the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order; though secretly, its goals were to eliminate the Dark Jedi Empire and become the true "heirs" to the dark side.

Formation
The Second Order of Lettow started out as most Force sects do; a dissenter amongst the ranks of the more common, and much more well known Force Organizations. In this case, the Order was spawned from the Dark Jedi of the Bogan. Gareth Sode, its founder, had joined the Dark Jedi as an Acolyte many months before the founding of the Order. In his mind, the Dark Jedi were becoming soft; too worried with proving themselves to the Jedi and to the rest of the galaxy, than to really study and develop their true dark powers. His doubts in their resolve deepened when they abandoned traditional training in favor of missions where experience and success became the training regiment instead of tutelage in the dark arts. Finally, when the Dark Jedi formed an alliance with the Hutt Empire, Gareth left the Bogan to start his own dark side cult; ironically, his Order would do the same thing years later.

Escaping the Bogan proved to be more troublesome than he had thought it would. The leader of the Bogan did not like the idea of a member of their fold abandoning them, especially on philosophical differences. Several assassins were sent after Gareth to claim his life. In fear for his life and the future of his plans, Gareth was force to look for a safe haven beyond known space.

He found sanctuary on the moon of a world beyond the borders of both the Republic and the Hutt Empire; Kalakar Six, which orbited the planet of Dromund Kalakar. There he discovered a dark side nexus and built a temple with the help of the Force. He then set to work building his new Order. The first problem that arose was from where to derive his teachings. He recalled the dark texts that had been used to found the Dark Jedi of the Bogan, the teachings of the Dark Jedi, who had formed the  following the. Gareth began studying these ancient texts and began to become more and more sure that the Bogan had strayed from Xendor's teachings in favor of their own methods and thus, in his mind, had weakened themselves.

Later in his studies, Gareth found a secret power of the dark side involving alchemy and "dark side magic" as he called it that allowed one to spawn creatures of pure evil with the aid of the dark side of the Force. Using these discoveries along with Xendor's teachings, Gareth named his new order the Second Order of Lettow, in reference to Xendor's first Order. He then decided that his Order would work in the shadows until it became strong enough to oppose its Dark Jedi 'parent', and then, they would strike and replace them as the true heirs of the Dark Side. Of course, there was still the Jedi to deal with, but Gareth decided he would deal with them when the time finally came....

Forming Alliances
At some point after all of this, the Second Lettow Order was discovered by the Luminado Mercenaries and approached with a deal; in exchange with help training their members, as well as sanctuary on Lettow controlled worlds, the Luminado would supply ships, credits, and men to aid the Lettow's cause. Seeing this as a means to gain further influence in the galaxy, Gareth accepted, allying the Lettow and the Luminado.