Ziost
Sith Temple of Ziost
Underground Catacombs
Midnight Hour
Sith Temple of Ziost
Underground Catacombs
Midnight Hour
Ziost. An arctic world, frozen to it's very core. Lifeless and barren, the planet was once a lust world of evergreen forests and teeming with life. Now, there were only ice and winds. A focal point for the Dark Side of the Force, Ziost was now one famed as the adopted homeworld of the Sith Lords, after their self-expurgation from Korriban during the rule of Sith King Adas, nearly 30,000 years ago. A world largely forgotten by the galaxy, Ziost held many of the Sith's darkest and most closely guarded secrets, and many of their oldest tenants. But perhaps most intriguingly, is that Ziost was the prime location for many of the earliest Lords of the Sith of the Sith species, the hybrid descendants of the Massassi themselves. No one could deny the importance of this world, least of all, the Dark Lord of the Sith himself.
And it was the Dark Lord himself that walked beneath the surface, in the underground Temple of the Sith, build beneath the ancient ruins of the Sith Citadel. Darth Exodeus was a man with visions of the future, learning from the past only to forsake the failures of his progenitors before him. He cared nothing for the ancient Sith Lords, or their tombs, but never abandoned the power there. The very planet was a nexus of the Force, and deep beneath even the underground temple, in the catacombs, was the center of its energies. Even simply walking amongst the dead, he could not help - could not deny - that he felt the power of this place.
There were in rivalry to it, such as Yavin IV and the Great Massassi Temple, Coruscant and the Old Temple of the Jedi, Empress Teta and the Sage Halls... and then, there were those few that were even greater; Korriban and the Valley of the Dark Lords, Tython and the New Tythonian Temple, and of course, the greatest Nexus of the Force in the fabrics entire galaxy, Ruusan and the Valley of the Jedi. Worlds of power. True power, that few could ever hope to grasp or comprehend. And Exodeus was power, was truth and comprehension. Only he could tame such worlds, bring them under his control and feed from them. Only he held the mantle of power, the right to rule such worlds, and the galaxy.
The Dark Lord continued to walk amongst the dead Lords of the Sith, taking note of each one. Krasso Zhasz, Abogou Nesshh, Trath Wadaka, Yuodo Jeedoshh... all Dark Lords of the Sith... all dead... all failures to their own species and philosophies. Reminders to him, to Exodeus, that his will cannot fail. He was the true Sith, infallible in might, unbreakable in will, strongest among them all, and ruling by his Force-given birthright. And it was through him that the Sith philosophy would see it's ultimate realization. It was through him that the Dark Side would finally seize ultimate victory. The dominance of the fading Light of Ashla was dying in his wake. Now, there was coming a new era, a new Darkness to devour the galaxy, and a new breed of Sith to claim it. Now was the time for the sovereignty of Darth Exodeus.