Followers of the Infinite Darkness

The Followers of the Infinite Darkness, or just The Infinite Darkness were an underground cult whose followers worshipped the dark side of the force and the ancient Sith.

The organisation was founded and led by 5 unknown Sith lords who survived The Sith Civil War and believed that the power struggles of the Sith had held them back from their potential power. These individuals acted in unison as The Black Hand, deliberately mistaken by the cult's members as a single person to confuse and misdirect any assassination attempts on their leaders. Members of the cult wore tattoos to signify their allegiance that were painted on using a special ink that could disappear on the wearer's command. While in public or hiding their affiliation with the cult, the wearer could make the ink disappear, however it took a few minutes and great amounts of concentration to do this.

It is unknown when the organisation was founded, however, by 5947 BBY, the Infinite Darkness had grown in power as an underground movement with thousands of members acting in secret across the galaxy, with some even being politicians in the Republic. This helped the cult remain undiscovered for many years until 5944 BBY when the Republic discovered the cult on Malachor worshipping Sith ruins at the site of the Great Scourge of Malachor. With the memory of The Great Annexing still fresh in the mind of the Republic troops, they massacred the worshippers out of fear of a return of the Sith. This action in turn caused The Black Hand to declare a silent war on the Republic. Over the course of one year, multiple assassinations of high-ranking Republic officials took place, with the Chancellor himself almost being killed and only being saved by Jedi Knight Ly Jaena.

Jedi Knights Tibann and Malcolm Orres were selected by the senate for peace negotiations with the cult. They were able to prevent more assassinations when Tibann offered himself as a sacrifice to the cult. Tibann became a prisoner of the Infinite Darkness. Many years later, in 5897 BBY Tibann was freed by his old friend and Republic Commando Montus Charre. After Tibann's escape, the cult decided to leave Malachor and travelled into the Unknown Regions where they were never seen or heard from again.