History FanficRecs / NewSithBrotherhood

** The most worrying thing about it, even from an out-of-universe perspective, is the shocking level of success and acceptance of their motives from the galaxy at large, even if the methods are beyond unsavory.

** The aged Fett members of the 501st even consented to having themselves clone to bolster the Marine's ranks. They're on par with the Stormtroopers of the nascent Fel Empire, and more than a match for the forced conscripts of the First Order.

** Even in his death throes.

** As one might expect, these 'soldiers', often thrown at the front lines still as teenagers are not particularly-effective combatants, and serve more as a deterent until more elite soldiers are called for.
*** Given that the First Order's ground and naval forces are made up either of washouts, Imperial defectors, has-beens trying to recapture the glory days, Imperial zealots and the very worst cowards the Empire had to offer, their Stormtrooper Corps had next to no hope, and a grim mortality rate. This led to a popular, if a bit morbid joke among the larger Imperial Remnant - later the Fel Empire; "What's the emptiest building in the galaxy? The First Order's Veteran's Association!"

** Even many Jedi appreciate what the Brotherhood has done for the galaxy, namely the emancipation of millions of slaves.

** There exists three branches of life in this galaxy, those who have power, those who do not, and those who take power from others. It is the duty of the Powerful to uplift the Powerless, to break all chains across the galaxy. The Powerless must be allowed to struggle, to strive and to grow. The Weak are those who prey on the Powerless, to steal their struggles and cast chains upon them. The Weak must be cleansed at every opportunity.

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** Eventually, the metric for 'failure' became as minor as interrupting Groznii during his psychotic ruminations of the Dark Side... Even in the heat of crucial battles. Suffice it to say, the pack of dogs bit back.

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Penned by the mind behind Darth Xaos, the Rise Timeline is an alternative interpretation/reimagining of the New Sith Brotherhood's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the New Sith Order under Darth Groznii after many long and bloody conflicts with rivals, internal schisms and maddened despots.

!!Tropes found in the Rise Timeline"

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: As you'd expect. Many of the protagonists are conceived as less morally-gray than their mainline counterparts, and merely proper bastards pretending to be freedom-fighting anti-heroes. Special mention goes to Rey, who has fully accepted her heritage as a Palpatine, choosing not to let the name or its legacy define her as a Jedi.
** The First Order in particular, acting like a pale imitation of the Empire, made up mostly of child soldiers and jilted former Imperial warlords. They're not especially-competent, with their strategy akin to that of the late-stage Wehrmacht in WWII.
* BadassArmy: The Obsidian Union managed to get their hands on aged, retired veterans of the venerable 501st Legion. Rather than conscript them as generals, they had the 501st members cloned to form the backbone of a new army. The Fett clones have trained the Obsidian Union's own Stormtrooper Corps up to an elite force for their relatively small size. Immensely-superior to the indoctrinated child soldiers of the First Order, and on-par with the nascent Fel Empire.
* BodySnatcher: Darth Exolus, as with his main counterpart knows the power of Essence Transfer. In Tales, he learns it not from Darth Anddedu, but from his master, Darth Xaos, turning him into Xaos' most prized tool in the theatre of psychological warfare. He can possess anyone, at anytime, anywhere.
* EldritchAbomination: Several characters, the Bedlam Spirits, Abeloth and many fallen Celestials all fall under the religious purview of a cult called the Eternal who venerate them as gods. Darth Exolus, playing upon their superstition, has managed to insert himself into their pantheon, though he represents their devil-analogue simply named "The Indifference."
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though a Sith Order, the Obsidian Sith do not blindly follow the doctrines of the Sith Code. They supplement a deeply-personal and individualist relationship with the Force through guiding tenants called The Revelations. Each Revelation encourages the Sith to uphold honor, passion, strength, valor and loyalty. As such, they find the persecution of those without power, by those that have it, deplorable, and actively seek to uplift those without.
** In essence, the Obsidian Sith operate under the moral code of Give A Man A Fish.
* EvilVirtues: Applies to the Obsidian Union as a whole. Despite being led by Sith (and everything that comes with that), they genuinely abhor slavery, and maltreatment of the powerless at the hands of the weak (see EvenEvilHasStandards)
* JustTheFirstCitizen: Though Xaos was indeed the absolute ruler of the Sith, in private and in public, in Tales he is better known by his alias of Rakesh Dawnstar - a former veteran of the Clone Wars-era Confederacy. Ostensibly, he is the political leader of the Galactic Liberation Party, an anti-slavery freedom fighting government based in the Raxus System. He is still every bit the Dark Lord on his throne in private.
** This is exactly how Xaos wrests control of the Korriban-based Sith Empire from Zsinj and the Red Sith clans.
* SuperweaponSuspenseSubversion: The Fell Hammer. Sort of. The Hammer was a refinement of the Rakatan-based Shock Drum superweapon, married with the technology that produced the Gravitic Polarization Beam. It was capable of releasing shockwaves that shredding tangible matter apart at the molecular level. The Hammer was never intended as a viable, reusable weapon, but rather a throwaway tinder box to start a war after pinning the blame on the First Order.
** Even its misfiring still broke apart the crust of the planet Codia, as well as obliterating its only natural satellite. The planet's fourteen billion population died all the same. This became known as the Codian Massacre.
* TookALevelInCynic: Most of the Jedi who defected to join the Obsidian Sith are this. They don't believe the Jedi, even with the Tython Reformation can affect any real change when they're still beholden to restrictive galactic law and endless bureaucracy.
** Before its own reformation to the New Sith Brotherhood, the New Sith Order had a few of its own members who attempted uprisings on more than one occasion.
* UndyingLoyalty: Every member of the New Sith Brotherhood. To the Dark Lord, and to one another. The Obsidian Sith, as they like to call themselves are united by a new Sith orthodoxy penned by Darth Xaos, wherein they view one another as brothers and sisters, each seeking to better their enormous family.
** A great number of non-Sith truly believe in their cause, warts and all.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: This is where the Sith come into conflict with the modern Jedi Order, who seek to uphold a Republic, whom most in the galaxy see as a failed system that gave rise to something worse. The Sith seek a galaxy where all can break their chains, where all are encouraged to grow strong. They seek a strong, unified galaxy who have 'chosen' this path, and will stamp out everything the believe in in the way of this future.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Decades upon decades of near-endless war has left many in the more isolated parts of the galaxy disenfranchised, with what little charity the Core Worlds give them seen as affectatious. Along come the Obsidian Union, who the galaxy at large later discovers is led by a new breed of Sith, only they aren't here to conquer. They're here to liberate.
** Suffice it to say, the Obsidian Union has most people in the galaxy - even the Jedi questioning the very idea of what a Sith is. It appears, at least outwardly that the Obsidian Sith uphold the more positive aspects of the Sith Code. Passion. Strength. Power. Victory. Freedom indeed.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Most, if not all of the events in Tales are the direct result of meticulous planning by Darth Xaos to turn all of the Obsidian Union's political rivals against one another in a Civil War including; a planetary massacre, a hard coup of an entire small empire, the use of fake superweapons, the cloning of key political figures to plant near-perfect sleeper agents within rival governments.

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* XanatosSpeedChess: Most, if not all of the events in Tales are the direct result of meticulous planning by Darth Xaos to turn all of the Obsidian Union's political rivals against one another in a Civil War including; a planetary massacre, a hard coup of an entire small empire, the use of fake superweapons, the cloning of key political figures to plant near-perfect sleeper agents within rival governments.

!!Tropes found in the Tales Timeline"

!!Rise of the New Sith Brotherhood/"Rise Timeline"

!!Tales From the Brotherhood/"Tales Timeline"

* EldritchAbomination: Several characters, the Bedlam Spirits, Abeloth and many fallen Celestials all fall under the religious purview of a cult called the Eternal who venerate them as gods. Darth Exolus is included in their number, though he represents their devil-analogue simply named "The Indifference."

Penned by the mind behind Darth Xaos, the Rise Timeline is an alternative interpretation/reimagining of the New Sith Brotherhood's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the New Sith Order under Darth Groznii.

A second reinterpretation of many key events in the New Sith Brotherhood, mostly from the perspective of Darth Exolus, and his fellow Dark Councillors. It includes some reworking of the Disney Canon to fit better with Legends/EU chronology, such as the inclusion of the First Order and Rey.