History Website / NewSithBrotherhood

* {{The Beastmaster}}: With the right points, rather vicious pets can be called to fight for you. Witches/Warlocks tend to get this by default.
** The [[{{Exactly What It Says On The Tin}} Beastmaster]] Master path for Witches/Warlocks is this concept taken to extreme levels; ie. literal ''armies'' of vicious animals at their command.

** The [[{{Exactly What It Says On The Tin}} Beastmaster]] Master path for Witches/Warlocks is this concept taken to extreme levels; ie. literal ''armies'' of beasties charging their foes.

* {{Your Mind Makes It Real}}: Force Illusion, with a high enough rank in the power, can be used to outright kill people with weak enough minds. There's also a school of Sith Magic with is essentially Force Illusion ramped UpToEleven, which also qualifies.

It's 35 years after [[{{ANewHope}} the Battle of Yavin]]. The Yuuzhan Vong were defeated 6 years ago, the Jedi Order began rebuilding, and the Galaxy started piecing itself back together after the war's end. Everything should be going fine, right? If only. During Palpatine's rule, there existed a man named Andor Vaklas, one of Palpatine's Dark Side Elite used to help manage his Empire. When Palpatine died his [[{{DarkEmpire}} final death]] in 11ABY, Vaklas, realising the impeding power struggles, took his forces away from the galaxy into the Deep Core in search of the mythical Avernus Station, where Palpatine was said to have stored troves of Dark Side artifacts and knowledge. After three years of fruitless searching, a disastrous defeat at the hands of Natasi Daala led Vaklas to the station at last. Using the knowledge he found, Vaklas took the mantle of Darth Groznii and declared himself Dark Lord of the Sith, establishing the New Sith Order and using the information on Avernus to gather a mighty fleet. After waiting out the Yuuzhan Vong War in secret, the Sith-led forces of Groznii's Empire turned on each other, annihilating his forces and causing the deaths of both Groznii and most of his Dark Council. Out of this civil war, one man rose to prominence: Darth Xaos. Relocating from the Core to the ancient Sith world of Dromund Kaas, Xaos rebuilt the New Sith Order and began forging alliances, most notably with the Chiss Ascendancy, and gathering resources for the Sith's re-emergence onto the galactic stage.

In 32ABY, after several more bloody civil wars, the Sith revealed themselves to the galaxy at large at the head of a new government forged by Xaos' careful designs and alliances - the Obsidian Union. The Galactic Alliance responded by declaring the Union to be an illegal insurrection and declared war. After a tumultuous beginning period ended by yet another civil war, Xaos decided the Order was beyond repair and reformed it into the New Sith Brotherhood. Now unified but still badly outnumbered and outgunned, the Union survived several major Alliance assaults and made powerful allies in the Hutts and Tionese, expanding its territory and rising to power on the galactic stage. However, this was not to last; after several years of success capped by an unofficial ceasefire as both sides gathered strength, Darth Xaos - previously immortal due to the machinations of an ancient Rakatan device - was slain by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker after being betrayed by his wife, who herself attempted to sieze power over the (still badly outnumbered and outgunned) Union. After another mercifully short civil war, a new Dark Lord took the throne - Darth Lucifer. The Union/Alliance conflict then resumed once more - which is where we are today.

StarWars-based roleplaying site focused on, as you might have guessed from the title, the wielders of the Dark Side and their doings. After numerous name changes, incarnations and server moves, the site currently resides [[http://www.newsithbrotherhood.com/index.php here]]. The timeline of the site takes place seperate from canon, after a divergence point shortly after the end of the Yuuzhan Vong war.

Fanon and canon first diverged with the existence of a Coruscanti noble named Andor Vaklas, one of the Dark Side Adepts Emperor Palpatine used to manage the Galactic Empire. Following [[{{DarkEmpire}} Palpatine's final death]], Vaklas lead his followers to an Imperial stronghold in the Deep Core rather than join with the Imperial Remnant, where he discovered a cache of Sith Holocrons and taught himself the ways of the Sith, naming himself Darth Groznii, Dark Lord of the Sith. Multiple schisms and alliances followed in his wake as his followers grew and consolidated their strength, Groznii himself perishing early on and the position of Dark Lord being taken by Darth Xaos.

The true divergence from canon began with the foundation of the Obsidian Union, initially a secret alliance between a small number of planetary Governments dissatisfied with the Galactic Alliance. The New Sith Order joining their ranks, they the Union built up strength in secret and formally announced their existence following the end of the Third Schism. Branded an illegal insurrection by the Galactic Alliance and numbering considerably smaller their enemies, the Union nonetheless began its campaign against the Galactic Alliance, with the objective of the complete destruction of the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi Order and the liberation of the planets they occupied. Following the death of the (previously immortal) Darth Xaos and the betrayal and subsequent execution of member of the Dark Council Lady Vidia, the Sith Brotherhood reorganised itself again under the leadership of a new Dark Lord: Darth Lucifer, retook the ground lost during Vidia's insurrection and resumed the campaign against the Galactic Alliance - which is where the plot is today.

The site currently has a fairly small but slowly growing user-base, headed-up by the Leadership Discussion of Darth Xaos, the House Lords and two specially appointed members. It also boasts a fairly extensive fanon and an unfortunate history of being stabbed in the back by important members.

** Not to mention Lumiya is currently running about. Doing what, nobody knows; she's not even slated to turn up in canon for another [[{{LegacyOfTheForce}} 4 years or so]].

* {{Enemy Mine}}: The Jedi and Sith have teamed up on a few sparse instances against a greater threat. Notably, it's usually individuals or small groups teaming up; the largest team-up, which was House Xaos and a group under Luke Skywalker himself, had an incredible amount of friction for its duration, whereas smaller groups usually run a lot smoother.
* {{Evil is One Big Happy Family}}: Though the Brotherhood would likely take issue with this phrasing, this is the goal of the New Sith Brotherhood’s founding document: the Code of Brotherhood.
* {{Evil is Sexy}}: ''Every'' female player-character and a few of the male ones as well.
* {{Evil versus Evil}}: There have been five Civil Wars so far, spurred on by real life events. See below.

StarWars-based roleplaying site focused on, as you might have guessed from the title, the wielders of the Dark Side and their doings. After numerous name changes, incarnations and server moves, the site currently resides [[http://www.newsithbrotherhood.com/index.php here]]. The timeline of the site takes place seperate from canon, after a divergence point shortly after the end of the Yuuzhang Vong war.

The true divergence from canon began with the foundation of the Obsidian Union, initially a secret alliance between a small number of planetary Governments dissatisfied with the Galactic Alliance. The New Sith Order joining their ranks, they the Union built up strength in secret and formally announced their existence following the end of the Third Schism. Branded an illegal insurrection by the Galactic Alliance and numbering considerably smaller their enemies, the Union nonetheless began its campaign against the Galactic Alliance, with the objective of the complete destruction of the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi Order and the liberation of the planets they occupied. Following the death of the (previously immortal) Darth Xaos and the betrayal and subsequent execution of member of the Dark Council Lady Vidia, the Sith Brotherhood reorganised itself again, establishing a new Code as the Union began working towards recovering planets that seceded during Lady Vidia's insurrection.

The true divergence from canon began with the foundation of the Obsidian Union, initially a secret alliance between a small number of planetary Governments dissatisfied with the Galactic Alliance. The New Sith Order joining their ranks, they the Union built up strength in secret and formally announced their existence following the end of the Third Schism. Branded an illegal insurrection by the Galactic Alliance and numbering considerably smaller their enemies, the Union nonetheless began its campaign against the Galactic Alliance, with the objective of the complete destruction of the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi Order and the liberation of the planets they occupied. Following the death of the (previously immortal) Dark Lord Darth Xaos and the betrayal and subsequent execution of member of the Dark Council Lady Vidia, the Sith Brotherhood reorganised itself again, establishing a new Code as the Union began working towards recovering planets that seceded during Lady Vidia's insurrection.

* [[{{The Coats Are Off}} The Robes Are Off]]

*** This is also a path ability for the Warlord Master Path: Deconstruct Enemy. By analysing an enemy commander's stratagems and tactics, they're able to gain a comprehensive understanding of the individual in question, as well as figure out their tactical strengths and weaknesses.

* BadassArmy: Every Warlord gets one, if they want one. This currently consists of the Jaig Legion (Darth Reaver), with another being created (the New Alderaanian Defence Initiative under Darth Ares).

* {{Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters}}: Public opinion of the Union varies from worse than Palpatine's Empire to a new hope rising in the galactic east. Unfortunately for the people who think they're the good guys, they aren't.

* {{Boring Yet Practical}}: Pretty much every piece of equipment the Union uses. As opposed to the Empire which preceded it, the Union doesn't have access to a galaxy of resources (only one major shipyard inside Union space, Dac, which spends most of its time pumping out Tartan-class Patrol Cruisers) to spew out superweapons and terror symbols, and have to make do with whatever they can get their hands on.

* BadFuture: These are common premises for unofficial missions; there have been at least two in the site's history, with different divergence points. They're usually only bad from the perspective of the player characters though.

* BadFuture: Reflections in a Shadowed Mirror, an unofficial examining what would have happened if the Brotherhood had lost the Second Union Civil War.

** Also averted in the case of the Union itself. They ''do'' have a fair bit of cash (mostly due to the membership of planets like [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lianna Lianna]] and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dac Dac/Mon Calimari]]), but most of it is spent on lighter-class ships like patrol cruisers (so they can't afford many heavier ships), and the Galactic Alliance still has funding numerous orders of magnitude above the Union.

*** Finally, Warlords get an ability that allows them to deconstruct other commanders by analysing their tactics and strategies and gain a fairly comprehensive understanding of who they're fighting, just from that.
* BadassArmy: Every Warlord gets one, if they want one. Darth Reaver has his Jaig Legion, Darth Exolus has his Imperial Self-Defence Force, and Darth Ares is currently creating his New Alderaanian Defence Initiative.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-universe, are these heroic crusaders fighting the tyrannic of the Galactic Alliance (usually claimed by people brainwashed by propaganda or brought over to the Union's side by GA action) or ruthless killers just trying to slaughter control of the Galaxy as most Sith do (most not in the former camp)?

** High-level ranks as well. Aside from the obvious "Dark Lord", there are ranks like "Scourge", "Military Executor" and "Grand Inquisitor". Some prefer these to an actual title; Ares, for example, prefers "Supreme Commander" or simply "Sir."

* {{Space Pirates}}: The Union ''loves'' these, providing them with safe haven and pointing them at the Galactic Alliance to harass and raid as much as they please. Most pirates in the Union have unified under the banner of the Brotherhood of Independent Traders, which is also tasked with controlling the flow of traffic and people to and from New Bethrezen, the Union's secret capitol.

* {{Super Weight}}: Characters usually start out a 0 or 1 (these being Force-users) and increase until they hit 3 around the time of Masterhood/high Knight level. Skywalker is the only one who's a definite 4, but that's not [[{{Physical God}} exactly unwarranted]].
** Skywalker would probably be a high 4, approaching on 5 but not crossing the threshold. Other Master-ranked individuals, Jedi or Sith, are probably low-to-mid 4.

The true divergence from canon began with the foundation of the Obsidian Union, initially a secret alliance between a small number of planetary Governments dissatisfied with the Galactic Alliance. The New Sith Order joining their ranks, they the Union built up strength in secret and formally announced their existence following the end of the Third Schism. Branded an illegal insurrection by the Galactic Alliance and numbering considerably smaller their enemies, the Union nonetheless began its campaign against the Galactic Alliance, with the objective of the complete destruction of the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi Order and the liberation of the planets they occupied. Following the death of the (previously immortal) Darth Xaos and the betrayal and subsequent execution of member of the Dark Council Lady Vidia, the Sith Brotherhood reorganised itself again, establishing a new Code as the Union began working towards recovering planets that seceded during Lady Vidia's insurrection.

Fanon and canon first diverged with the existence of a Coruscanti noble named Andor Vaklas, one of the Dark Side Adepts Emperor Palpatine used to manage the Galactic Empire. Following Palpatine's true death, Vaklas lead his followers to an Imperial stronghold in the Deep Core rather than join with the Imperial Remnant, where he discovered a cache of Sith Holocrons and taught himself the ways of the Sith, naming himself Darth Groznii, Dark Lord of the Sith. Multiple schisms and alliances followed in his wake as his followers grew and consolidated their strength, Groznii himself perishing early on and the position of Dark Lord being taken by Darth Xaos.

** How individuals name their ships also qualifies.