Sith League

"If it has blood, you can make it bleed. If it has eyes, you can blind it. If it has a mouth, you can make it scream&hellip;"

- Inscription found on an ancient Sith

The Sith League, colloquially known as the Sith Empire, was the government of and its colony worlds following the fall of the Rakatan.

Government
The Sith League was built upon the foundation laid by, the first leader of the Sith Empire and the one responsible for driving the off-planet. The League was led by a king, styled "Sith'ari" or "lord" in High Sith, who was selected by the religious legislative body, the. Each Sith'ari served a half-decade term of office, during which time he or she exercised absolute control over the Sith military.

The served as the religious legislative branch of the League, exercising power in the enacting of laws and the election of kings. The members of the Council, selected from only the wisest, most Sith'ari-like elements of the caste, served for life or until voluntary resignation.

Society
The Sith society was based around the Sith ideal of the Sith'ari, the "perfect being" warrior-priest in perfect command of both desires and thoughts. The end goal of every Sith's life was the attainment of this concept, and thus every action undertaken by the Sith was ordered to bring that individual closer to that ideal, from risky business ventures to the simple pleasures of family life. Citizenship in the Sith League was restricted to pureblood Sith alone, and all other races incorporated into League were enslaved and forced to serve the Sith as servants, miners, builders, and other such laborers. The owning of slaves was considered the mark of a truly wealthy Sith, and one who thus more closely resembled the Sith ideal of the Sith'ari. Humans slaves, particularly those with some measure of recognizable Force-sensitivity, were the most valuable on the slave markets, and many were trained as bodyguards and assassins.

Military
During its earliest days, the Sith League employed a mass conscription and selective service policy for the rapid mobilization of armies, though as its size and population base grew, it implemented a volunteer-based system of professional soldiery.

Inclusion into the Sith armies was a great honor, and the life of a professional soldier was considered a higher path towards the Sith'ari ideal. Sith warriors frequently employed, projectile polearms that hurled bladed discs at targets with great speed and accuracy. Mastering a lanvarok was a difficult and arduous task, requiring years of training and fast reflexes, but those Sith who learned to command the weapon were dangerous enemies on the field of battle.

Pageantry
The symbol of the Sith League was the traditional Sith sigil, the Quad Sun, styled black upon a blood-red field and encircled by a High Sith inscription reading thus: "Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me." This became the basis for the adopted by the Dark Lords of the  many millenia later.

Appearances

 * A New Dawn