Dark Order

The Dark Order, more commonly known as The Order, was an organization formerly known as the DSS (Dark Shadow Sith) that had been around since before the Great Jedi Purge. The organization was made up of Dark Jedi who believed in spreading their teachings and gaining power through secrecy. The Order never revealed itself to the galaxy, this was very benificial to them avoiding the eyes of the Empire and the Rebellion at the same time. =History= The Dark Order was officially founded by Swerto In 6 ABY after he destroyed the Dark Shadow Sith in one sweep. He quickly took the reins of leadership and rewrote the rules that bound the Order. Swerto them moved the location from Korriban to the Star Destroyer the Vleaski Doethu which was under reconstruction and modification for its new role as the Dark Temple of the Dark Order. After the foundation the order was quickly opposed by a Light Order founded by the self tought Jedi Hyro. Soon a Shadow War was declared and they battled for years. After many relocations of the Light Order's Temple they were eventually defeated. Once defeated many of the light order either turned to the Dark Order or died in the process. =Structure= The Structure of the Order was a simple heirachy of ranks. All ranks were eventually obtainable with the right work.

Slave
Slaves had more people than any other group. The slaves would do the work noone else would want to do. This position was held by the many midless slaves controlled by Dark Alchemy back when the order was the DSS. Slaves had the largest population.

Soldier
Soldier was the rank held by the members of the order that were not force sensitive. This had the second largest population.

Dark Acolyte
The rank of Dark Acolyte was the lowest obtainable rank for the Dark Jedi in the order. These were the new inductees into the order that had not proven themselves. All acolytes had to prove themselves before they could achieve the next rank.

Dark Apprentice
Dark Apprentices were Dark Jedi who proved themselves worthy in the Order to be tought by those above them. An apprentice would instantly take the title of their master preceded by Apprentice. So an apprentice of a Dark Lord would be Apprentice Dark Lord. Apprentices would usually follow the steps of their master though it was also common for them to choose a new path after they reached Knight Status. Apprentices would achieve the next rank after they had proven themselves worthy to their master and passed a set of tests set by their master. The tests were different for each Master, thouh usually it involved combat and a test of loyalty.

Dark Knight
Dark Knight is the first rank that the Dark Jedi gets a voice in the Order. Dark Knights had three sub-ranks they were: Knights would achieve their next rank through trials set by the Lords.
 * Dark Assasin-The title given to Knights that decided to go on the path of searching and killing targets for the order. Assasins had to be stealthy killers and hide in the vastness of the galaxy even from Jedi.
 * Dark Hunter-Knights that chose to follow the path of the hunter had to be willing to die at a moments notice. Hunter was not much different than assasin other than the fact that they weren't stealthy at what they did.
 * Dark Strategist- Dark Strategists were the lowest rank that would spend time planning battles and leading others. Strategists were often given a group of assasins and hunters to follow them. Strategist was the hardest rank to achive with Knight status.

Dark Master
Dark Masters were the highest ranking officials in the Order. They had five different sub-ranks, they were:
 * Dark Overlord-Was the title given to the ultimate Leader of the Order. The Dark Overlord had ultimate power and held the position unless challenged and defeated.
 * Dark Lord-Was the title given when the entire council and the Dark Overlord himself chose to give a Dark Jedi the ability to lead the Order. Only Dark Lord's coul challenge a Dark Overlord for leadership.
 * Dark Council Member-Dark Council members were the Dark Masters put on a council directly under the Lords and the Overlord. They made most of the decisions but ultimately anything could be overridden by Dark Lords and the Dark Overlord.
 * Dark Executioner-Dark Executioner's were the most brutal killers in the Order. They would be the most powerful soldiers.
 * Dark Warlord-Dark Warlod-Dark Warlord's were the strategists of the Master Rank. The Warlord's would have many others under them and often wouldn't be as good at combat as the Executioner's but they would be

=Backstory= The idea for the Order arose when user:swerto joined a roleplay site and created his character. This order was is referred to as the DSS but was modified by him to fit his story better. The site died and Swerto did as he said, he founded a new one and named the site The Orders. He allowed anyone willing to join and become part of the story with rules that tried to keep it in the backstory so if it ever were possible he could put it in the cannon picture and it would fit without any contradictions.