Dark Force and Darth Millennial

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It was founded by Darth Millennial, an apostate Sith apprentice who rejected Darth Bane's Rule of Two. The clergymen of the Dark Force religion held the title Prophet of the Dark Side, who viewed the future through the dark side of the Force, attempting to avoid their visions being misconstrued by political agendas or personal ambitions, as so often happened to the Sith


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But while Millennial was a talented Force-user, he and Cognus disagreed on many aspects of the Sith,[3] most notably the Rule of Two. Millennial was forever questioning what he had been taught, and he vehemently disagreed with the philosophy of the Rule of Two,[1] which the mutant found to be far too restrictive.[4] Instead, he believed in the more martial philosophy put forward by former Dark Lord and the founder of the Brotherhood of the Sith Lord Kaan: the Rule by the Strong, which stated that there should be many Sith, with the leader being whomever was the strongest at any one time. Millennial's Master, though, rejected the concept, and the two clashed many times during his apprenticeship. Eventually, tensions reached a boiling point, and Millennial abandoned his Master and fled to the remote planet of Dromund Kaas, where he sought refuge from his Master's wrath.[1] Cognus trained a new apprentice and continued the lineage of the Rule of Two, while Millennial went about founding his own dark side religion on Dromund Kaas.[3]
Millennial settled on the swamp world and spent much time contemplating and focusing on Kaan's ideas. Melding them with teachings of two Pre-Republic era philosophers named Plaristes and Dak Ramis, Millennial started his own unique religion, named the Dark Force, and built a temple in the swamps of Dromund Kaas. He proclaimed himself a prophet chosen by the will of the Force and invited Force-users from across the galaxy to join him on Dromund Kaas and initiate themselves into the Dark Force. Many Force-sensitives from all sorts of backgrounds, as well as hordes of naïve Sith cultists, joined him, though they attempted to keep the religion secret. Anyone who did not believe in the Dark Force was slandered and labeled as a heretic, and Millennial and his religion encouraged the killing of such non-believers. Millennial became the Supreme Prophet of the Dark Side, and his organization made multitudes of prophecies during his lifetime.[1]


Well, well, well- dark siders claiming to follow the will of the Force for the sake of the Force in a twisted religion, instead of embarking on a crusade to take over the galaxy! Is this worthy of debate and comparison with the Banite tradition at all?

 

I wish the Prophets of the Dark Side had been the Prophets of the Dark Force. Having to write dark side with caps leaves a bad taste in my mouth. As for Millennial, Darth Myopic would have been a better title. Three eyes and still terribly short-sighted.

And he calls himself a prophet.

 

I've always been pretty intrigued by these guys. They co-existed peacefully with the Jedi Order for what, nine centuries or so? Granted, the Jedi never knew of their existence as far as I know, but the Dark Forcers never plotted against them, either. It's interesting having the potential for co-extant Jedi and dark sider orders to not be at war with eachother.