Dark Nova Lore Guide Book Chapter 11: NSO Part 1

Dark Nova Lore Guidebook Chapter 11: New Sith Order Part 1

Once a part of The Protectorate Sanctum in their original universe
Later The Master Shanta Empire in the new universe (past events)
In the current universe they are The New Sith Order, joined under The Eynirr Slave Empire
They previously reported directly to Vraukrazhal Tazzir, Master of Espionage and Strategic Planning as a servant honored branch of the Eynirr Slave Empire not like one of the slave races. Of course in time they only saw Ortheka as their master seeing as how the entire faction is controlled by her and was created by her.

Master

Darth Ortheka Smaysma'Shanta, Witch of Korriban, and Master of Dark Sorcery
Ortheka can summon and create Force Ghosts. Taking the souls from countless innocents and anyone that has died, corrupting them and turning them into mad force ghosts. She can divert her soul anywhere she wants including taking over small dolls/ taking over people possessing them. She can take out people's souls and take control of them as her own personal puppets. She can alter existing substances such as using more of her power to turn people and weapons into dolls and toys. Around those with powers, she can suck the powers out of them and make them like souless husks bound to her. She can use her dark magic to bring people back to life and alter people/ ships/ giving them more powers and keeping them alive hence why The New Sith Order even exists. However if she takes enough damage, that power starts to cripple and she starts to lose control over anything she created. Long ago Ortheka diverted and split her soul so much that it is unknown if she can be destroyed. In one of her most weakened forms, she becomes like a little doll - child mix as she has to wait for her power to return.

Government Leadership

(Council of Dark Masters)

(FORMER) Darth Adayoul Becrux, Xuz's father in law, Aristocrat of Dromund Kaas, and former Master of Diplomacy and Imperial Intelligence. During The Battle for Estravdrou, the Near Cataclysmic Assault, Adayoul sacrificed himself to slow down Ortheka and try to at least delay her power.
Darth Adharan Benetnasche, Devil of Taris, Master of Persecution and Punishment. Adharan is powered through cult magic. Using two double headed light sabers, he makes sure all of his enemy's feel pain as he curses anyone who tries to fight him, even laying traps for people who try to fight him. Such as cursing areas/ objects/ and people. He is the most sadistic and cruel of all their followers. He cannot feel pain and instead when he gets hurt, it only fuels him and drives him even more wild as a mad berserker. He can also summon force chains and make it so any pain he feels, his enemy's feel and then magnify the pain as much as he wants. Following the Near Cataclysmic Assault, Adharan was demoted to being in charge of and watching over all slaves, only a lord by rank and nothing else.
Darth Heremu Kornephoros, Tyrant of Balmorra, Master of Carnage and War. Heremu is not much of a fighter but when he does fight he has his famous juggernaut lightsaber just like Dhishyuan. A massive giant light saber that can cut right through most mechs in a single swipe. He has the strongest heaviest mech power armor blocking out most attacks including other energy weapons with advanced extremely powerful shields (although never thinking he would need to protect from light sabers, the armor is vulnerable to them). In battle he can shake the ground with his force powers and completely alter gravity around his enemy's. Flattening them / keeping them forced to the ground/ making it hard for them to even move. Following the Near Cataclysmic Assault, Heremu was downgraded to being a regional lord monitoring all planets taken by the New Sith Order, a lord only in name but little more.
Darth Mashanu Seoda, The Queen of Nieldda and Master of Nature. Mashanu was a Nautolan Aqua Guard to the Republic of the Goddess until she met someone she really believed as a goddess: Ortheka. For many years she served her Republic without question. She always felt like the Nautolans were always seen as second and subservient to the Asari, never given full power but she never questioned them. She even risked her life to protect the council of Matriarchs from the Winter Eclipse. One day Ortheka found her and demonstrated her power as well as all the power she could give Mashanu. Mashanu told the council of Matriarchs and they questioned her how close was she with Ortheka, how much was she working with her. Ultimately not trusting her and stripping her of her rank. Out of rage, Mashanu left where Ortheka found her and took her in. Giving her Force powers and baptizing her into their empire, giving her a new purpose to join them and unlike her other forces, she did so freely on her own will. Not having to be connected to Ortheka at all. In battle Mashanu has a natural power to take control of all organic life around her. Able to act like a hive mind over animals/ parasites/ beasts/ monsters/ and people. Even able to transfer her body and become more like a hive mind taking over everything around her. However when she must battle, she has a double headed light saber pole blade. Her powers also allow her to twist around nature and alter it including the weather and elements like rain/ water/ oceans. She wears robes but they only hide her still Aqua Guard armor which of course remains one of the strongest most advanced power armors in the galaxy.
Darth Tovyir, The Great Dread Dragon, Master of Conquest. Following the Near Cataclysmic Assault, Tovyir took her husband's spot on the council. While Heremu kept his power, it was only in name as he became more like a puppet to her. Tovyir was acknowledged for being a brilliant military leader but also bringing humanity to their order. No longer would they seem like extremists and fanatics but actually a stable government protecting its people. Tovyir knew how to manipulate people, seduce them, trick them, give what people what they want but ultimately seem more appealing. She was modified with Force powers. However not being much of a fighter, she used these powers instead to increase her own control and influence over others. The only exception she made to this was one power she gave to herself to turn her into a terrifying gigantic Force Ghost Dragon. It is believed in the past, Tovyir was a Uvyob of the Varuradiah Empire and one of their most powerful agents. Following the collapse of her empire, she refused to yield and instead took one of their ships to journey into a new universe to escape the Cataclysm. She would come into contact with Ortheka who was so impressed with her that she used her to ferry in their first scouting team. Heremu joined her as he was deeply fascinated by the Varuradiah Empire, wanting to learn all about them. Ortheka even arranged for them to be married when he became obsessed with her Tovyir just saw him as a useful pawn. Through her work she helped their first teams scout out and plan the new universe, setting up small bases of operation which they would later use when beginning their grand invasion.
Darth Taevdan Bhyvrix, the Fallout Abomination, Master of Radiation and Total Destruction. Formerly a Helghan Crusader Knight under the name of Purging Fire. He fought against the Sunless and Eynirr for several battles which would grow an increasing hatred for them. He understood causing civil war to make them weaker. What he did not sympathize with was pardoning them of their crimes and treating them as if they were innocent and worthy of redemption. Worthy of even being mourned. He had lost countless brothers and sisters to those he considered monsters not worthy of redemption. He controlled his feelings however as he believed in his leaders. Even if he was enraged by them mourning these monsters more than their own dead. When they were victorious, they were ordered to journey further into SFS space. Purging Fire heard however what was happening with his people. Despite having no real family, he saw all of his people as family. He left and fought his way through as he escaped, refusing to kill his people. By the time he arrived at the People's Empire, he was enraged. So much effort had gone into protecting these monsters while no effort went into protecting his own people, the same people fighting alongside them. They were just left to fight each other and die at the hands of the Sith and Blight Vultures. Purging Fire killed his way through the New Sith Order's forces until he finally boarded one of their ships and killed the Sith Lord leading the attack. Of course shortly after this he was knocked out and brought to the Sith council. Questioning what he wants, Ortheka agreed to grant his desire for revenge and made him a Sith Lord. He gave himself a new name while his Force powers combined with Petrusite acid powers. Allowing him to be a master of all kinds of poison gas and toxic attacks. In addition he was able to use his Force powers to ressurect anyone tainted or infected by some kind of disease. He used this to start reviving all of his people's dead even if it twisted them and made them different then they ever were before. In combat he still wears his super advanced Crusader power armor making him impervious to all kinds of dark, corrupted, demonic evil attacks. Resembling huge power armor with four glowing eyes on his hooded helmet which also has a huge breathing mask with a large tube connecting from the helmet to his body armor. He has a light saber scythe as well as arm light saber blades he can activate and arm shield walls. He can also channel all of my his power to turn into a massive hulking radioactive monster at his full power.

Military Leaders

Field Marshal Xenya'Razanamee of House Gorovakraum
Phaeron Ashkatar, Flayer Lord of Khunamun
Master Kignzak
General Frenadon Tomdrou
Grand Admiral Kaeydoliv Maarkthaal
Grand Admiral Darth Keilix
Grand Admiral Moff Druvsilla 
Admiral Queen Thazam Zhur the Defected Vulture 

Agents

Kom'rk -  Lord of the Arena, the New Sith Order's Greatest Pit Fighter. The Mandalorian war hero and one of the strongest of his people. Kom'rk was last in charge of protecting Lucilla Vohn and to the end of his life he devoted himself to protecting Lucilla trying to keep her safe. When the Blight Vultures came, he fought and killed any that tried to get close to her. Rapidly moving her around to protect her. However when the Blight Vultures accidentally brought back Xurin, he descended upon any Mandalorians still opposing them including personally dueling Kom'rk in battle. Sadly Kom'rk was no match for Xurin who saw himself as more like a god. However at the same time, Ortheka came in before Kom'rk could be turned into a demon or some kind of a husk. Ortheka made sure Kom'rk was instead fully revived but a puppet to her. Taking his soul making it so he can never die and is forever bound to her. He would appear perfectly normal as before but still like a slave to her. In battle Kom'rk wears his sleevless tusked plume helmet armor and still holds his green light saber as well as having some force powers. With his own jetpack and additional weapons like hand held blasters, wrist flamers, wrist blaster repeaters, and jetpack missiles
Nebiliana - Lord of Murder, the New Sith Order's Greatest Assassin. A former Chiss assassin but since then turned into a cyborg assassin. In one form of reality, Ortheka found and captured the assassin. In this reality, Neb never escaped and instead was captured by Ortheka. Tortured experimented on every piece of her body being taken away and replaced with machinery to make her the most perfect assassin. Put through the most agonizing pain imaginable but covered with a machine controlling her. What is left of Nebiliana, begs for death but it is controlled by the Sith machine using her as a valuable tool. She can calculate her enemy's ten steps ahead of them. Her arms and legs can shift into almost any kind of weapon. Her eyes can turn into concentrated red laser beams to burn through armor. She can cloak and turn herself into any person. Her body can become immune to electric attacks and hacking. She can activate jets on her back and feet. She has her own blaster rifle that can become a heavy sniper rifle designed for shooting down tanks and anything weaker.  
Irys'Wist'Nyirr - Lord of the Game, The New Sith Order's Greatest Hunter. Irys was once a Khajiit hunter and one of their greatest hunters. Her power went so far that in time she became a leader of many Cathar, Bothans, Khajiit, and Leonin. She loved her people as much as she loved hunting but tragedy would fall upon her. First she fell in love with a man who would break her heart which would make her weak. During the Reaper war, she became very secluded and kept to herself. However she still survived and pushed through long enough to make it through the Cataclysm and into the new universe. She remained their leader but was devastated at H'dlak's death. Most of her people questioned if she could really lead them and were caring less and less about her. Irys felt so alone and in time she couldn't handle it anymore and killed herself. Ortheka came to Irys and brought her back to life, arranging her in a marriage with Adharan who did not entirely approve but obeyed. She brought Irys to one of her ancient worlds and baptized her in the Sith religion, fully converting her and Irys found new purpose in life as she fully believed in their cause and became one of their best hunters. In battle Irys rides a modified Na'vi Ikran that has been corrupted by the Sith now with it being all black and red with horns and fringes on its head and fringes all over it's body. She is of course named: Ivadula. In battle Irys uses two red Sith crossguard light sabers and a Wookiee crossbow modified for sniping and even heavier anti armor damage. Plus she has an assortment of other tools from net launchers to whips to light saber spears to cages and fences she can create. Irys is one of the only people Ortheka allowed full control over her identity and beliefs since she embraced their ideology so well and even saw Ortheka as a master and almost mother of sorts.
Zyeetch Klarauv - Lord of Conquest, The New Sith Order's most berserk conqueror. Formerly the Herald of the Scorekeeper and King of Trandosha. Zyeetch served as a bounty hunter and hunter in the Hunter's Guild. Fighting alongside Irys and H'dlak as well as Rau'Shaa, he became great friends with them all. He loved to joke around, drink, and fight all kinds of dangerous monsters. He even became close good friends with Guan thanks to her brother. Eventually however his people called for him and saw him as the most esteemed most hunter of their entire race. They unanimously elected for him to be their leader even though Zyeetch did not entirely approve. He was reluctant at first but when he fell in love with a female Trandoshan politician: Nhoshasai, he happily accepted. As he had several eggs with her, he forged diplomacy and negotiations with the Wookiees. Undoing countless ages of war. Something many of his people hated and soon pirate and mercenary groups started to rise up like wild fire in opposition against him. Something he opposed and cracked down heavily on. For a while there was peace as his people were finally becoming a united organized great race, even considering joining the SFS. Then the Reapers came. Some of the remaining extremists survived and in retaliation, they attacked a Wookiee colony world. Killing many Wookiee civilians in a terrorist attack and scalping them all for their fur including Arri'Kabukk's wife. Arri'Kabukk (leader of the Wookiees) was enraged and already partially indoctrinated by the Reapers. In response he authorized an attack on Trandosha. Wookiee Commando teams snuck in to one of their hatcheries and blew it up, killing Nhoshasai and all of Zyeetch's children. Zyeetch was outraged and heart broken. Soon war broke out between the two races. After the Cataclysm hit, his people were weak and quickly assimilated into the Draconic Empire. Zyeetch wanted nothing to do with the SFS after the crimes the Wookiees did, were pushed under the rug and ignored. So instead he left and was picked up by Adayoul. Adayoul gave Zyeetch the chance he wanted. A chance to wage war on the SFS and earn his revenge so he gladly joined them. In battle Zyeetch wears shoulder pads, ammo and knives strapped to his arms and legs, but no armor including shorts and his chest exposed. Many believe he has a death wish as he berserk charges in. Something that was clearly noticed and since then he has been infused with powers allowing him to slowly regenerate from all wounds. On his wrists he can activate Yautja wrist blades and extend them out. He can pull out two crude machete blades designed to cut through armor and block light sabers. On his shoulder armor, he can extend out double barrel Yautja plasma casters as well as firing a spread of toxic darts. He can also change his scale colors as a sort of camouflage and cloaking.
(FORMER) Chaassezaa Svegorh- Lord of Dread and Fear, the New Sith Order's most feared enforcer. Chaassezaa was a Doom Trooper who left his Trandoshan kin in the old universe. Being paid heavily to hunt down enemy's, he proved himself an extremely feared horrifying evil monster. Impressed by him, coming to the new universe they made him a Doom Trooper so he could maintain order and terrify anyone thinking of criminal thoughts. In between of course hunting traitors and using them to make others fear the New Sith Order. Chaassezaa was sent to Vekta to help with trying to conquer the world. Believing he could scare the enemy into submission but underestimated how fearless their new enemy was. Not only did Chaassezaa not scare any of them but they captured him. Of course he broke free and slaughtered his captors but barely got far before Clan Wazzrot soldiers found him. Stunning him as they were evacuating, they dragged him back and threw him in a SFS maximum security prison ship where he has remained to this day. It is believed in his prime, Chaassezaa used stealth and fear illusion technology as well as many dark force powers to modify himself in battle. He was also believed to be a master bowcaster and good with all kinds of sword bows he had. 
(FORMER) Ulvyzora Lord of Science and Advancement, The New Sith Order's greatest mind- The female Cyborg Rattataki was the apprentice of Ortheka who helped the witch rise up from a crazy mad leader to a military genius with tremendous power. She studied how to mix science with the force and create all kinds of dark sorcerery. Of course her work would also cost her. Half of her head has become cybernetic as well as both arms and her right leg. Ulvyzora was captured years ago when she was involved with Operation Bright Water, trying to find a way for the Sith to take over Eynirr races. Pizayu instead caught up with her and outsmarted her. She was trialed as a massive war criminal and sent to a maximum security SFS prison at an unknown location. Ulvyzora was not much of a combatant but she was a mad genius that could easily defend herself and counter nearly any threat. Nearly every super advances invention and weapon the New Sith Order has, is thanks to her. 

History

Protectorate Sanctum
During their time with the Protectorate Sanctum, the council of Dark Master's left The Sith Empire to join a new empire lead by the master Verex. Verex was a visionary that believed the Sith and Jedi are both flawed. That they have flaws and were completely chaotic. They saw the two sides as corrupted and rather than obey their corrupt weak leadership, the Protectorate Sanctum was formed as a powerful third party to bring justice to the galaxy. The Protectorate Sanctum would offer equality to all people while also punishing the sinful and evil. Adayoul was a close friend of Verex's and always trusted him. He strongly believed in his goals and loved him practically as a caring older brother. Ortheka tried to trick the leadership into trusting her but in reality just used it as an excuse. The Sith Empire despised her for her experiments and saw her as a war criminal. She wanted to use the Protectorate Sanctum for protection to continue her experiments. Adharan in the Sith Empire was a ruthless tyrant famous to his brutal slavery methods, joining the Protectorate Sanctum he was in charge of handling all prisoners of war however Verex often saw him as a wild dog he had to keep on a leash. Who was also just like Heremu, also seen as a wild brutal dog. However Heremu was useful to work alongside Adharan in fighting the Republic as well as the Sith Empire.

For years the Sanctum grew more and more from countless people learning the faults of the Republic as well as Sith. In fact the Sanctum was getting so strong that the Republic and Sith joined together to try and eliminate the Sanctum. However the Sanctum had assembled so many fleets, armies, and super weapons that they were able to hold off against both factions and even cut deals with the Hutts to make things more difficult for their biggest enemy's. Their power was only cut off when the Sith Empire hired an expert assassin to kill Verex. The news shocked and disturbed the Protectorate Sanctum, fracturing it to it's core with it's people falling to complete chaos. However the Cataclysm hit shortly after so the chaos did not last long. Ortheka used her magic to transport most of their people away and into the new universe while others such as Adayoul went to desperate means to try and save their family

The Master Shanta Empire
Their forces filled into the universe in a massive invasion or migration depending on how you look at it. Colonizing numerous worlds as they flooded into the empire, their council determined they would bring in a new Sith Empire. They had played nice for Verex but now they were free. Their shackles were broken and now they could truly be themselves. Ortheka had saved all of them so she appointed herself as a new Empress, before any could question her power: she harvested the souls of millions of innocents on each world they colonized. Consuming them to make herself eternally young once again but also to become her permanent slaves. Adharan and Heremu approved of her methods. After all they were practically planning on assassinating Verex if they had to listen to him any longer and pretend to be nice. Adayoul did not approve of it but still agreed. They also knew they couldn't assassinate him since none of them had the charisma or charm he has. So if they are to have any degree of negotiation with other races, they needed someone like him.

The empire quickly began it's conquest with Heremu and Adharan conquering and enslaving millions in their way. Orheka ended up marrying the highest ranking officer in Imperial Intelligence: Kaeydoliv Maarkthaal, mostly strategically. She wanted to seem more friendly and loving to non Sith races while also strengthening the relationship between leadership and Imperial Intelligence. Especially should they ever no longer need Adayoul. In secret she had a daughter with Verex: Noema, to strengthen Sith pure blood lines but with Kaeydoliv she had two more daughters: Ralla and Deva. Kaeydoliv would end up becoming convinced that Ortheka influenced the genetic code of her children, ensuring they were girls as she always hated men and always saw them as disgusting animals only useful for breeding and labor.
To ensure her daughter was protected, she took the slave Dhishyuan and gave him a little bit more respect and freedom. Just enough so he could help train her daughters and keep them safe.

It is believed Adharan did not take any wives or husbands but was notorious for brutal horrible treatment to slaves. He would personally rape every female slave he took in, old enough to have children so he could use them almost like breeding tools to constantly grow new slaves. He would separate family's, torture and beat husbands/ mates infront of their family's sometimes even killing them for fun. He would happily use any of Ortheka's dark magic to mutilate dead slaves, bring them back to life, endlessly torturing their lovers. While Heremu became fascinated with the Varuradiah more and more. So much of their lost empire reminded him of his own. He became obsessed with them, often employing Varuradiah to work with him and taking on a Varuradiah wife named Tovyir.

In the coming years by the time Deva grew old enough, she took the throne of Empress as her mother stepped down to simply guide her while Ralla fled: Seeing their empire as nothing but an evil insane twisted regime. One she would rally forces to fight it while Noema joined her. One of Deva's first acts was to hunt down Ralla, break through her military forces and enslave her but she was never able to get a hold of Noema. The years grew and the empire came into conflict with the supposed Eynirr. Deva immediately saw them as an irritation and would spend years waging war on them. There could only be one dark evil slave empire in the galaxy. However in secret Ortheka first began negotiating wtih Vraukrazhal here.

Her war with the Eynirr would be cut off as they accidentally crossed the Bloodlist Cartel. Heremu tried to invade one world that sadly had deep ties with the Bloodlist Cartel who were needless to say not happy. Learning their world had been enslaved and trade cut off, the Bloodlist Cartel were enraged and sent a force to investigate. Adharan had their forces annihilated to which the Bloodlist Cartel got the Nyksidis Empire involved.
Now all out war sprung out as the empire found itself fighting super advanced machines alongside criminal forces. It reminded them of the Hutts from their original empire and their former mindless servant droids but now turned against them. Slave rebellions grew gigantic as the Bloodlist Cartel armed them, freed them, and gave them the means to fight alongside the combined troops and rise up against the Sith. In the fighting, Adharan was believed to have been slain by Izshamiaun but a body was never recovered and Izshamiaun even admitted later that after slaying him and leaving his body for dead in the wastes, she lost track of him and never saw what happened to him.
Heremu similar, was believed to have been killed in the massive slave rebellion as all of the slaves descended upon him. Ripping him apart mutilating his body until nothing remained but a bloody mangled mess however a day later all of his remains were gone and no one knew what happened to him.

Ortheka and Adayoul vanished the second the rebellions and war started, never seen again. The war left The Master Shanta Empire as a portion of the Nyksidis Empire but ultimately reporting to Izshamiaun and Nizzfizbik on behalf of the Bloodlist Cartel. All slaves were freed, Deva was given a seat of power to still command forces just not as much power as she had before. However with the collapse, millions of their soldiers and loyal followers, all left. Preferring to go into hiding rather than serve some new masters. Those that remained, were deeply loyal to Darth Venaton and her family.

Years later the remains of this empire have returned but now fighting on behalf of the Eynirr through Vraukrazhal. For many months they served alongside the Eynirr. Knowing they didn't have the power to oppose the Eynirr, they instead bowed to them and pleaded to join them. In return they were sent to destroy the People's Empire. Beginning their invasion they assaulted each world hoping to conquer it and enslave everyone on each world. Their work proved mostly successful as no one liked the People's Empire. No one came to their help except the Blight Vultures. The Blight Vultures did indeed protect a few worlds but mostly cared for themselves. Plus they were extremely cruel to the people they protected as they saw them as weak and insulting. Rebellion broke out against the Blight Vultures, causing them to pick up and leave. Abandoning world's to their fate. The New Sith Order would have taken over every territory and crushed them right then and there but were stopped. The Near Cataclysmic Assault fractured their power. Like a certain super station blowing up in their old universe, their power crippled. The fleets that had been forming, broke off and clung to what power they had left, going into hiding rather than being wiped out.

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