The first Dark Lord of the Sith was Ajunta Pall, the leader of the exiled Dark Jedi who, after their defeat in the Hundred-Year Darkness conquered the Sith species and ruled over them as gods. ' I now complete your initiation to the power of the dark side…so that you may bring to pass the great destiny foretold…Exar Kun, because of you, the Sith will never die…you have rightly earned the title of-Dark Lord of the Sith !' ―Marka Ragnos bestows upon Exar Kun the title of Dark Lord of the Sith Many Sith Lords have used the 'Darth' title, but there is no evidence as to the synonymic relationship of these two appellations.Īccording to Sith Titles, 'Dark Lord” is synonymous with the term 'Sith Lord' which is granted to Siths who have advanced in the order’s hierarchy. Two examples would be Darth Malak as Darth Revan's apprentice, and Darth Vader as apprentice to Darth Sidious. Contrary to this, however, is the fact that Sith apprentices have been known to carry the title as well. The title 'Dark Lord of the Sith' is often thought to be synonymous with the title ' Darth'.

The term referred to individuals of both sexes, though Lumiya claimed the title of Dark Lady of the Sith.

In more recent periods, it was a title shared by multiple individuals simultaneously. Before Kaan, there was only one Dark Lord of the Sith at a time, who was the head of the Order, with the exception of the members of the Dark Council of the Sith Emperor Vitiate's Sith Empire who held the title of Dark Lord at the same time. The title of Dark Lord of the Sith, or Jen'ari in the Sith language, originally referred to the ruler of the Sith Empire, and later was taken by the recognized leader of the Order of the Sith Lords. It is also a title that is granted to the twelve members of the Dark Council upon joining.

The title was sometimes given to one or more individuals at the same time, such is the case with Darth Nihilus, Darth Sion and (formerly) Darth Traya and also with Darth Revan and Darth Malak. If the leader grows weak, another must rise to seize the mantle.' ― Darth Revan's Sith Holocron ĭark Lord of the Sith was the title originally bestowd upon the ruler of the Sith Empire. ' The Sith must be ruled by a single leader, the very embodiment of the strength and power of the dark side.

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