For thousands of years, the Old Republic was protected by the Jedi, a monastic order dedicated
to Ashala, the light side of the Force, practicing humility, patients, empathy and compassion.
Though only a select few possessed the force-sensitivity necessary to be recruited among their ranks,
those who chosen grew powerful over time, able to move objects with their mind, detect
other force users and manipulate the weak minded.
It also enhanced their physical abilities, making them faster, stronger and more resistant
to distress and pain.
Yet as new generations of jedi branched off into new areas of research and study, some
began to experiment with Bogan, the dark side of the force, leading to the First Jedi schism
24 500 years before the battle of Yavin.
Though the rogue Jedi were defeated, and the Order eventually recovered, the allure of
the darkside could not be eradicated, and they again faced crisis in 7003 BBY, when
Master Ajunta Pall led his followers in another great schism.
A powerful Jedi, Ajunta Pall spent his life studying force alchemy, becoming enraptured
by its potential to manipulate life and death, with practioners growing so powerful they
were able to transform living creatures into new lifeforms of their own design.
Yet when he presented his finding to the Jedi Council, they were horrified, believing these
unnatural creations to be the work of the Dark Side, and forbid his research.
Outraged by their reaction, Master Ajunta Pall and his sizeable following ignored their
decree and continued to practice the dark side, leading the other Jedi to take up arms
against them.
Throughout the Hundred year darkness, as it became known, Ajunta Pall and his followers
used their alchemy skills to create savage beasts and monsters to help them in battle.
However even with these creations, the Dark Jedi were vastly outnumbered, and suffered
their final defeat at the Battle of Corbos in 6900 BBY.
Captured by the Order, Ajunta Pall and his people were exiled from the Republic, and
so left known space, eventually finding the planet of Korriban populated by a relatively
primitive species known as the Sith, who had an unusually powerful connection to the dark
side.
Although their King Hakagram Graush was hostile towards the invaders, his second in command
was swayed to join the Dark Jedi and betrayed the ruler.
Ajunta Pall then personally executed the king, before subjugating the Sith Species, who in
turn accepted their new overlords, as they were amazed by their advanced technology and
remarkable force powers.
The Sith proved ideal subjects, as they respected power and authority, with a strict caste system
already in place.
Under the rule of Ajunta Pall, who became the First Dark Lord of the Sith, an Empire
was founded which expanded beyond Korriban, allowing them to move their capital to the
planet of Ziost.
In the years that followed, the Dark Jedi used their knowledge of Force Alchemy to interbreed
with the native sith, and brought forth new generations of highly force sensitive children
to be trained all their lives in the ways of the dark side.
Though Ajunta Pall ruled as Dark Lord, he was not alone in his efforts, with powerful
Dark Jedi, who fought by his side during the Hundred Year Darkness, now helping him create
a dark side civilization to be ruled by what became known as the Sith Order.
Among these important and influential leaders, was Sorzus Syn, a master of Sith Alchemy who
was responsible for many of the dark side monsters that helped them during the war.
The author of the code that would guide their people for thousands of years, Darth Sidious
included a passage from her private journal in the book of the Sith.
There was also Xoxaan, a master of dark side healing, who eventually created a holocron
with much of her knowledge, which allowed her to train Darth Krayt, many years after
her death, becoming his first Sith Master.
Remulus Dreypa, stayed on Korriban for years and helped them build the foundations of their
civilization, but he eventually grew restless and led a group to leave their world and return
to wage war against the jedi.
Yet their ship got stranded on a planet of Kesh along with several Jedi, fighting the
war of great calamity, until Dreypa was overthrown and imprisoned, allowing for the remaining
light and dark side Jedi to join together and form a new force sensitive community,
that combined their knowledge.
Karness Muur, who wielded a yellow proto saber, possessed a talisman created by Sorzus Syn,
which allowed him to enslave many of those around him, and which was imbued with part
of his spirit, allowing him to survive beyond the death of his physical body.
After decades of rule alongside his fellow dark jedi, Ajunta Pall died and was entombed
in what became the valley of the dark lords, but by that point his mastery of sith alchemy
and the force was so vast, his spirit endured for thousands of years.
Yet in death, Pall began to question his choices in life, and came to regret having embraced
the dark side.
And so in 3956 BBY, when his spirit was visited by the Jedi Revan, the First Dark Lord of
the Sith was convinced to once again embrace the light side, finally allow him to know
peace and become one with the force.