The Sith Empire

The Sith civilization began in the year 100,000 BBY, where a race of red skinned beings evolved on the planet Korriban.[1] They lived a barbaric, yet strangely harmonious, existence which was filled with constant warring between the various divided nations on their world.[2] During their pre-industrial age in 30,000 BBY, the inhabitants of Korriban fought off an incursion from the Killiks.[3] It was only the rise of King Adas did the Sith become unified under his iron rule and he was declared the Sith'ari; the ultimate being.[2] It was he who first formed a Sith Empire in the year 28,000 BBY and his reign lasted for three centuries.[4] This relative stability of this empire was first challenged in 27,700 BBY when the Sith were visited by the Rakata.[1] These aliens of a distant empire attempted to lull the ancient Sith King into their confidence by providing him the knowledge to create Holocrons. However, their true motivation of conquest quickly became apparent. This led to King Adas bringing the full might of the Sith Empire to bear on the Rakata and he succeeded in driving them away from Korriban but at the cost of his life.[2]

Using the remains of the enemy craft, the once primitive Sith were propelled into the space age and were armed with the power of the Dark side of the Force. Using these newly acquired traits from the Infinite Empire, the newly formed Sith Empire conquered other nearby worlds which became part of Sith Space with their capital being relocated from ancient Korriban to the neighboring world of Ziost.[4] A number of pure blooded Sith also established a library-temple on the world of Krayiss Two in 14,000 BBY where they slumbered and their spirits continued to haunt the temple for the next 10,000 years.[5] The reign of this empire was short lived, however, as it dissolved into civil war after the death of King Adas leaving his people regressing into a more primitive state.[2] This civil war was initiated by Dathka Graush in 7000 BBY which left most of the cities of Korriban in ruin.[3] With the death of Adas led to a group of Sith priests of the Kissai caste interpreting it as a sign to reject the Dark Side dominated beliefs of their people. Labeled as heretics for their actions, these Sith were later banished and settled the planet Tund where they formed the Sorcerers of Tund.[6] The planet Arkania also fell under the dominion of the Sith and in 7000 BBY, they established a library known as Veeshas Tuwan on it.[7]