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Prologue Chapter: before the Siege.

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"There has been a disturbance in the Force." Came the low, rasping voice of Darth Sidious – Dark Lord of the Sith. "Have you felt it?"

Those soft, wicked words easily met the ear of Darth Sidious's apprentice and fellow Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Tyranus.

Tyranus is a seasoned old man garbed in elegant clothing with a brown cape draped over his shoulders. Darth Tyranus, otherwise known as Count Dooku, knelt on one leg before his Sith Master.

The physical presence of Dooku's master was an intimidating one. Though much of the Darth's body was cloaked by a black hooded robe made of Zeyd-cloth, Sidious was like a wraith melding with the blackness of the room they were in. The Count dared to look up once his master finished what he said. Much of the hood shadowed Sidious's upper face, but his lower face.

"Yes." Tyranus spoke in response.

Everything had taken a sudden turn, one that surprised even the Count. Dooku's Sith Master never bothered to step into the light, having only remained in the shadows both in the Galactic society and its criminal underbelly.

Tyranus knew it wasn't time yet. The great plan to dismantle the corrupt Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order was far from meeting its goal. Yet something, or someone has garnered the attention of the great Sith Lord.

It was why the Count and his Sith Master were on a Munificent-class star frigate, traveling through hyperspace. Darth Sidious wanted a small band of starships, one that would not gain the attention of the Galactic Republic, but one that would rip apart any who dared to attack them.

"We have gathered our forces and are preparing for our assault" Again, Tyranus dared to speak frankly. "But I must ask my Lord, why Mustafar?" Tyranus asked.

Darth Sidious hadn't spoke to the Count about any plan, only following the orders given to him. Now, traveling through hyperspace and waiting to reach their destination, the Count asked his question. Tyranus lowered his head, making sure that Sidious know he still knew his place beneath him.

There was a silence between them but would follow with Sidious speaking further.

"As you are well-aware, Tyranus, our founder Darth Bane had once been part of the Brotherhood of Darkness one-thousand years ago. It was Bane who saw the folly of the brotherhood and left, dismantling it and creating the Rule of Two. However, Darth Bane was not the only one who left. There had been others" Sidious would elaborate further. "There had been others that left the brotherhood long before its destruction and have since vanished to the farthest reaches of the galaxy or thrived under a new Force religion outside the Sith and Jedi alike."

As Sidious explained further, Tyranus was surprised. He never would have thought Sith from the New Sith Wars could have survived since Bane's rise. Not when he destroyed it.

"For one-thousand years this Force-group has remained active just as Darth Bane's Rule of Two has. Though the group may have derived from Sith philosophy a thousand-years ago, they are no Sith. They are an entirely different Order than ours. And have proven to be more than a nuisance than originally believed. They have become detrimental to the grand plan and must be eliminated." Sidious rose a long, withered arm and emphasized his point by clenching his hand into a tight balling fist. A scowl appeared on the man's face. "These pretenders have spent a thousand-years traversing all across the galaxy searching for lost artifacts and dark side lore, coveting and hoarding Sith knowledge for themselves and keeping what rightfully belongs to the Sith!" Sidious voice rose, anger laced in his words.

A newfound anger swept into Tyranus's chest; anger easily written on his withered face as he now knew why his Sith Master chose to deal with this matter personally. How dare such fools keep such power from them, them!? The Sith Lords themselves.

"Then we shall crush these pretenders and take back what is rightfully ours, my Master!"

There was no more need for words. Tyranus stood up and quickly made his way to the command deck of the ship.

As the double doors closed and leaving the Sith Master to himself, Tyranus never saw the Dark Lord slowly reveal his whole face. A visage of pale clammy skin, a fiendish ugliness with glowing sickly yellow eyes. Darth Sidious only stared out from where his Sith apprentice left remembering the man's words. And slowly from the corner of the man's lips, curved up and became a twisted grin. "Yes." Sidious said with no one to hear him, "ours."

Sidious lowered his head, shadowing his visage once more and resumed his meditation to strengthen his connection to the Dark Side of the Force once more.

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Following the Legends content of Star Wars, there is a group that has been just as active as Bane's Rule of Two and even comes from the same time period from when the Rule of Two was established. It survived for one-thousand years like the Rule of Two and would go on to the Imperial Era during Palpatine's rein as the Sith Emperor.

In fact, the group in question was featured in the old MMORPG "Star Wars: Galaxies."

The big reveal will be placed in the second chapter and the second chapter will be longer.

Please review and tell me what you think. Also, I would like it if you gave at least 15 reviews and please do not hold back on your thoughts. I want to know what you think. Did I manage to get the personalities of Sidious and Dooku right? Did it seem like something they would do? Remember, 15 reviews. I have already started with making another chapter which will be a couple weeks from now or maybe a month or two. I am aiming for at least 5 to 7 thousand words.