Sith King

"Sith space has been more dangerous than ever, fractured into warring states without a singular leader. The only thing keeping them from destroying themselves is their hatred of everyone else. And those "kings" of theirs."

- Captain Malcas

Sith King (or Sith Queen for female holders) was a title endowed to the most powerful Sith Lords holding the positions of Darth. In the stead of the absolute rule of an emperor of the Sith, the denizens of the Sith Hegemony were divided into "kingdom" states, with only the most powerful of Darths attaining authority.

Although there was no official number restraint on the number on them, no more than seven Sith Kings or Queens have ever existed at any given time, and some degree of hostilities between the kingdoms were relatively commonplace. However, all-out war was rare-to-nonexistent, as it threatened their continued existence against the surrounding galactic powers. Political strife was the primary source of contention between the Sith kingdoms, and the constant vying for power without a singular power-base has made the title and position of a Sith Emperor a thing of the past.

The only consistent link between Sith Kings that was without enmity was the Sith Cabal, which was the unofficial political authority for the entirety of the Sith Hegemony, bypassing the boundaries of the kingdoms. For this reason, no Sith Kings were tolerated at becoming powerful enough to challenge several others at once, thus maintaining a delicate balance of power.