Fourth Great Schism

"There is no passion&hellip;there is solely obsession. There is no knowledge. There is solely conviction. There is no purpose. There is solely will. There is nothing&hellip; Only me."

- The creed of ruin

The Great Schism, or The Fourth Great Schism as it would later be known to historians, was an event that saw fifty Jedi leave the Jedi Order, rebuild the New Sith Empire, and launch a Sith Crusade to reclaim the.

In the year 2,000 BBY (1000 years before the rise of Darth Bane), the Jedi had been occupying the former Sith worlds for over a millennia in an attempt to control and destroy any potential Sith uprisings and prevent a future Sith War.

Outside the control of Jedi-occupied Sith space, the was a chaotic society of constant political upheaval and endless warfare as Sith Warlords and their Kingdoms rose and fell. The Jedi were at constant war with the scattered Sith remnants in the lawless Outer Rim and. The rise of militancy and control in the Jedi Order eventually backfired leading to fifty Jedi leaving the ranks of the Order plunging the galaxy into a gruesome thousand-year war.

The Sith Purge
After the end of the, approximately around 3,600 BBY, the Jedi Order went on a fierce campaign to hunt all surviving and  during the event that became known as The Sith Purge. and Jedi forces captured and occupied the Sith Sacred Worlds from to.

The on, with the approval of the , began Desithification, an initiative that rid Outer Rim society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of any remnants of Sith ideology. It was carried out by removing Sith ( and civilian leaders) from positions of influence and disbanding organizations associated with it. Desithifiction was launched at the end of the Cold War with the signing of the Korriban Agreement.

The Korriban Agreement was a Republic and Jedi plan of military occupation and reconstruction of Sith Space. At the Conference, the leaders of the Republic,, , and  signed The Korriban Agreement forming The Protectorate, a territory of the former Sith worlds put under Jedi jurisdiction. The Jedi High Council appointed a Jedi Inquisition to oversee the disarmament and demilitarization of the Sith Worlds while the Republic, Paecian, Hutts, and Tionese appointed members for an Advisory Council while sending legions of troops to form the Protectorate Occupation Force. The Jedi Council would appoint the Jedi Grand Inquisitor who was made into the Supreme Commander of the POF and made all the real decisions while the Advisory Council were just puppets. A thousand Republic civilian courts were formed and hundred of thousands of Sith citizens were held in former Sith prisons, thousands of leaders and officers were executed, and the species were forbidden to work anything but as manual labourers. The Jedi Inquisition and Protectorate Troops, along with and  on the Jedi's payroll, hunted Sith Lords and Warriors whom they executed on site.



Many policies were enacted that made the Sith religion and culture illegal and saw the expulsion of millions of Sith citizens, who fled to the Unknown Regions, the arms of the galaxy, or deeper into the Outer Rim to and beyond. Those who didn't support the new leadership were rounded up and sent to penal colonies deep in.

However, several Sith Lords managed to escape the Sith Purge and they became targets of endless Jedi hunts. These Sith Lords went on to form their own mini-Empires in the regions surrounding the Protectorate and over the millennia steadily grew more powerful as the Jedi grew more occupied with internal affairs and conflicts in the Sith Sacred Worlds. Sith Lords fleeing the Purge or Imperial Commanders gathered their own forces and began making small personal Empires. They established their own dominions of power and fought amongst themselves to gain advances and territories. These warlords were targets of Jedi assassins and bounty hunters.

The Protectorate
Sith worlds such as and  were rebuilt from the rubble and transformed into Jedi strongholds that housed garrisons for Republic troops and Jedi Inquisitors. The Republic made into the bustling capital of The Protectorate and home of the Advisory Council while the Jedi Inquisition were headquartered in the giant fortified temple in  on. As far as the Senate on Coruscant was concerned, the Advisory Council had full control of The Protectorate but The Jedi High Council and Supreme Chancellor knew that the Grand Inquisitor and his Inquisition held the reigns and the Council were just puppets.



Worlds such as, Zhann, , , and became bustling centres of trade and commerce as the gateways into the Unknown Regions as Republic and other explorers discovered new worlds beyond the Hydian Way. These worlds were under the jurisdiction of The Protectorate and were heavily patrolled by Republic troops and the Jedi Inquisition.

, created by dark and used as weapons of war, plagued the former Sith Worlds and became a target of the Jedi for elimination. With the help of the Mandalorians, the, Colossals, , and other demons were hunted. The Jedi also offered substantial rewards for the creatures and they soon became a hot commodity for Bounty Hunters.

In the centuries that follow, the Jedi were watchful of Dark Side uprisings, afraid of anything that could spawn another era such as the Sith Wars. The Jedi Grand Inquisitor of The Protectorate in 2000BBY, Aldric Cohn, was a ruthless man who showed no tolerance to the dark side. Cohn spearheaded many Jedi Doctrines changes he believed were part of the cause of Jedi falling to the Dark side, he convinced the Jedi on Coruscant to make amendments that restricted the training of Jedi from infancy and only allow one  per. Others who would have been fine candidates for the Jedi Order were found too late, and forbidden training.

Many beings strong with the Force, who attempted to learn more of their power without the Jedi, or Padawans who lost their way, were hunted and destroyed. For centuries, the Jedi engage in these witchhunts, usually declaring their victim to be a “Dark Jedi” or an “agent of the Dark Side” or even a “Dark Lord”, when in reality they were usually hapless novices who had barely learned to tap into the Force, much less wield the full power of the Dark Side. With the discovery of the Hydian Way, the largest hyperspace lane ever discovered plunges into the very heart of the Ancient Sith Empire. Soon explorers of all kinds were discovering relics, treasures and lost knowledge of the Sith. Occasionally, something of power found its way into the right hands, a Force adept curious to expand their knowledge, but no one ever truly understands what they had. None of the Sith Warlords were strong enough with the Force, or had the will to revive the Sith until Darth Ruin.