The Compendium of Traditionalism

[Trakaton Kalkoran]

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The Sins of Traditionalism:

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The Chapters of Traditionalism are complete in their totality. Now, traditionalism can be described by what it is and why it exists, instead of merely an ignorant disdain for the alien. Now, knowledge of why the alien is lesser is clear. Yet to say what traditionalism is without saying what it is against is to speak in a half-truth, the Sins of Traditionalism must be addressed in full in turn. All traditionalist Sith must know them just as well as the chapters, lest they suffer under the ill-contemplated dispositions of those who came before.

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Spoiler: The Sin of Modulation:

Authored by Darth ‘Ahandra Yaria’ Horuset III;
Dated to the rule of Empress Acina.

A reminder of the sole view true Sith should adhere to, a light of truth in the darkness of the heresy that seeks to envelop the Empire.

The Sith Empire is in upheaval. One would be a fool to deny it. Two factions are pitched against each other. The progressives, who would see us level out the playing field, giving everyone a 'fair' chance to climb the ladder of success despite genetical impurity or a misguided mindset. On the other side, the Traditionalists, who would see the golden age of the Sith return above else. If one is to become a true and powerful Sith, they have to completely adhere to the philosophy of our order, the very same philosophy that will one day dominate all of the galaxy. What this philosophy entails however, is precisely the cause for the empire-wide argument that has become nothing less than a pitched battle.

Many that would call themselves progressives blindly follow the unholy crusade of Empress Acina, who seeks to root out traditionalism above all else. In an effort to 'unify' the Empire, they seek to remove all social and political barriers between the various groups in the Empire. The philosophy behind it is simple: They believe that it is the single most efficient way to harness the power of every single individual who lives and dies within our borders. For example: The more Force-sensitive beings that get the chance to attend one of the Sith academies, the larger the amount of warriors that will bring the fight to the Republic and other enemies of the Empire. In their haste to find the easiest solution, they do not see the long-term effects of their actions however. The blood of our leaders becomes increasingly diluted. Their mindset becomes misguided. Every day, more of the impure fill the ranks of our order. No longer will there be a dominant culture with a single mindset if this continues. And soon, if the progressives have their way, the Empire will buckle under the weight of multiculturalism.

The true Sith, Traditionalists of the houses of yore seek to stop this. The blood of Adas has always ran strong in my family, and as a result the drive to protect the Empire that is meant to rule is nearly boundless. My father, grandfather and great-grandfather have all shared the same goal: To prevent the misguided individuals from harnessing more power and influence. Many have flocked to the banner of the sun, and many more true Sith remain out there, in the galaxy, waiting for the next Sith’ari to lead them away from the squalor that is the Empire today. The true philosophy of the Sith is always to be centered around the rule of the Pure, for they see that modulation of one's philosophy is in truth, a sin! This vile form of opportunism has spread like a cancer throughout Imperial space, making countless Sith believe that it is okay to squander their heritage, and to share power with those unworthy of being anywhere else than under your boot. Power is not to be shared with the weak, the impure, the lesser. The slave-races are simply meant to build the tombs, statues, fleets and cities in which the Pure rest, preserve their glory, travel to battle or rule.

Do not fall for the misguided ethics and hopeless chances that these ‘progressives’ would offer. If you can only rule by the grace of the unworthy, if you have to make compromises to keep them happy, then you are not a ruler at all, but a mere puppet of the masses.

Any form of compromise, opportunism or modulation that makes you stray from the one true belief that the Pureblooded are meant to rule the Empire and thus the galaxy, is heresy.

Compromise is weakness,

Weakness is heresy,

Heresy deserves only death.

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Spoiler: The Sin of Exceptionalism:

Exceptionalism is at its core, the belief that the traditions of the Sith can be bent and remade according to what the reader requires. That an alien can shed their alien nature by rising high enough, overlooking that they lack Sith blood in favour of a cheap stop-gap. To believe that an alien can rise enough to shed their alien nature is to forget the nature of traditionalism at its core.

Sith blood empowers the Sith Order. The divine inheritance that is generational force sensitivity must not be squashed, the stability it provides to the Sith Empire cannot be understated. For an alien to mimic a Pureblood or a human, to be allowed to shed their alien nature, is to open the door even further than it already has. Aliens can already be at any level of society within the Sith Empire, but to forget their alien nature is to say that they are one with the Sith species, the last vestigial holdout that they cannot yet reach. It is heretical, it is an insult to our ancestors, to allow any to bridge that gap.

The traditionalist must always remember the alien. In contemporary times there have been attempts by the alien to blend in with those of the Sith blood, through professions of having the blood of the Sith in their veins as an example. This is a ruse, a distraction, merely an admittance of sin committed by one of their ancestors. The alien traditionalist, for they have existed, should be lauded as the pinnacle of philosophical output that an alien can reach. This does not lessen their alien nature, on the contrary, it keeps their nature front and centre yet ensures obedience on matters of tradition.

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Spoiler: The Sin of Farce:

The traditionalist abhors false challenges. To see a Sith ascend is to understand that such a Sith has breached a new barrier, broken a chain of their ever-many links. Such a time as a new ascension is ripe for challenges to spring forth from others within the Sith Empire, to try and contest the ascension and claim what was gained for themselves. For a Sith to ascend and be uncontested means that they are unchallenged, that they are without peer, that nobody around them believes they could take what has just so recently been claimed.

The pantomime, the insult to what it means to strive for power, is when a challenge springs forth not for the challenger to claim power for themselves, but merely to bloody the blade of their better. It is an insult, a mockery of the great challenges of history, to knowingly fight a challenge not to win, not to claim power, but merely for the sake of it. It is a heresy of the highest order, for why would the challenger expect to live? Why would the defendant not kill such a pitiful creature?

The challenge of Ajunta Pall to King Hakagam Graush saw Ajunta Pall win, claiming all of Sith civilisation and the death of Hakagam Graush. Marka Ragnos beheaded Lord Sima as they fought to claim the position of Dark Lord of the Sith, only for Lord Sima to live and from such a moment onwards, faithfully serve Marka Ragnos for the rest of his life. Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh fought each other tactically, a challenge with consequences so great that it was one of the pieces that led to the destruction of the Old Sith Empire. None of these great challenges were fought lightly, there was no moment where Marka Ragnos needed to fight a cadre of lessers before Lord Sima and he fought.

To challenge a Sith for their title is to invite death. To make a mockery of such a weighted moment by challenging lightly, without purpose, without the desire or belief to win, is to vastly misconstrue the purposes of a challenge. The ascendent Sith have proved themselves by ascending, they do not require further substantiation by killing an upstart.

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Spoiler: The Sin of Parity:

Sith are unequal by nature. The Dark Side demands that there will always be those that lead and those that are forced to follow. Power in the Dark Side gives influence, prestige and station within the Sith Empire and every Sith should have the ambition to rise high and shape the galaxy to their whims. To claim parity, to claim that another being in the galaxy is equal to you, Sith or otherwise, is an indignity.

The Dark Council itself, the highest station within the Sith Empire besides the undisputed monarch, is a body of peers but not a body of equals. Five spheres there may be, each headed by a Dark Councillor, yet each Dark Councillor pushes against the others for dominance. Over the long years of the Sith Empire’s history, this dominance has been achieved by many figures, some lasting longer than others. Darth Marr and later Darth Krovos are but two of the contemporary examples of our lifetimes.

No alliance can last. Peers may make agreements, they may decide to combine their power for a time so that together they can establish dominance over the rest of their cadre, but from such squabbling one will claim more authority than the other. To subject yourself to such an alliance, is to begin a contest not just against all those you may face, but the peer you made the alliance with. The traditionalist will understand that winning this contest is just as important as dominating their other peers, for when there is only but two left it will only take one knife to become undisputed.

The structure of the Sith Empire and the Sith Order both do not allow such humiliations as parity. The traditionalist must understand that to accept another Sith as an equal, is to accept complacency. It is to turn your back, to present yourself as a target for the knife that will inevitably come. Each Sith is to bristle against their peers constantly, pushing them as far as they can go and striking them down when they fight back. It is the way of the Sith to find hierarchy in everything.

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Traditionalism does not exist in isolation. Progressive ideals push against those of tradition constantly, in an ever ongoing war for the very heart of the Sith Empire. To be a traditionalist in the modern day is to be one of the few, it is to be a holy warrior fighting not just the eternal enemy that would destroy us, but the enemy within that rots us.

The ideals of traditionalism must survive. This Compendium of Traditionalism, authored in 27 A.T.C, After the Treaty of Coruscant, gives the traditionalists of the modern day all they will ever require. Now enabled to overturn the tide that has washed up in recent decades within the Sith Empire. It explains in its entirety how to be a traditionalist Sith, what traditionalism is and what it opposes. Yet to be Sith, is more than to be just traditionalist. One cannot exist without the other, the unskilled scholar who knows these tenants will die just as readily as the progressive upstart. There is no room for passivity, power must be taken wherever it is found.

Understand the history of the Sith,

Preserve the ideologies of the Ancients,

Ensure the perpetuation of the Divine Inheritance,

Praise the Adherents,

Destroy the Sinful.

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