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Sith, known alternatively as Red Sith or just the Sith Purebloods, were a species of red-skinned humanoids that originated on the world of Korriban
Korriban
Planet
, before eventually resettling on the ice-world of Ziost. Also distinct for their bone spurs, facial tentacles, and genetic predispositions toward both left-handedness and the dark side of the Force, the Sith species coalesced into an empire ruled first by kings and later by Dark Lords. After the arrival of the human exiles on Korriban in 6900 BBY, interbreeding and genetic manipulation altered the Sith species - over the course of several generations the original species became a hybrid race of Sith and Human heritage. Original Sith blood became a symbol of pride among the Sith, with the term "Sith Pureblood" referring to Sith who had a higher than average concentration of Sith blood. Despite a society dominated by barbarism and infighting, Sith civilization culminated in a Golden Age, after which the species was scattered across the galaxy. An eponymous dark side tradition took the species' name, one that, despite numerous manifestations over time, maintained foundations borne of the customs, science and magic practiced by the ancient Sith species.
After their arrival in Sith space after the Hundred-Year Darkness (70006900 BBY), Human Dark Jedi began to interbreed with the Sith. For nearly two thousand years, superstition, loyalty and sympathy were bred out as the two groups interbred, and qualities such as cunning, ambition and affinity to the Force were favored, which shaped Sith society over the centuries. In the Sith Empire, as time progressed pure-blooded Sith were steadily bred out, resulting in only a few pure-blooded Sith left in the Sith Empire by the time of the Great Hyperspace War (5000 BBY). By 44 ABY, the true Sith species in the Empire were believed to have gone extinct due to the interbreeding process.
Characteristics shown would be determined depending on how much Dark Jedi or Sith blood an individual possessed due to interbreeding. By the time of the Great Hyperspace War, the majority of the Sith within the Empire displayed mainly Sith traits. It was common for the Sith of this age, especially half-breeds (like Ludo Kressh and Marka Ragnos

Marka Ragnos
(Sith)
Character
Supporting Characters

) to have four digits on each of their hands. Although there was at least one who showed more than average Dark Jedi traits like Naga Sadow

Naga Sadow
(Sith)
Character
Supporting Characters

- who had among the purest Jedi lineage, with minimal Sith blood. Sadow showed many human features, including five digits on his hands and feet, as well as the absence of bone spurs and eyebrow-stalks. However, he maintained qualities of the Sith species such as cheek tendrils (albeit shorter than those of purer Sith lineage), and red skin.
However, some such as the hybrid Sith Purebloods in the Great Galactic War

Great Galactic War
Event
Great Galactic War (3681BBY - 3653BBY)

showed even more dilute Sith characteristics than the likes of Sadow. One such example was Exal Kressh, who only expressed Sith traits such as red skin, glowing yellow eyes, and Force-sensitivity. All other features such as cheek tendrils or eyebrow-ridges were not present, though some other members did show other features shared with the original species. Some members even expressed more features than the actual Sith species showed; like the presence of extra pairs of cheek tendrils. In fact, the Sith Purebloods were thought to be very different from the original Sith species as a whole, and to be a Pureblood required that one had retained enough traits shared with the original species to be visually clear in their appearance. Elderly Purebloods showed signs of old-age through their skin developing deep wrinkles, paling and mottling with dark brown age spots. Aged Purebloods also tended to have withered tendrils. Unlike their ancestors, Sith Purebloods did not exist as an entirely Force-sensitive race, though it was extremely rare to find members unable to manipulate the Force.
The extremes of hybridization were shown in an individual named Ebya T'dell, who was part of the Lost Tribe of Sith around 4985 BBY. Though considered human, she had unusually pink skin and high cheekbones, which were considered to be signs of apparent Sith species ancestry. Further still, many of the so-called human crew of the Omen in the Lost Tribe had had some degree of interbreeding with the Sith species, though they showed no morphology to suggest it - their Force-sensitivity was the only known feature they retained from the interbreeding. After 2000 years, deformities seen in the Lost Tribe were associated as being related to the Red Sith originally in the Lost Tribe, and even in 44 ABY, it was deemed possible for Lost Tribe descendants to still have traces of Sith DNA.
By 3642 BBY, it was estimated that 97.8 percent of the Sith Empire's population had some amount of Sith ancestry, but the amount was usually insufficient to express itself in any noticeable way.
The certain Dark Jedi traits inherited from the Dark Jedi-Sith interbreeding Post-Hundred-Year Darkness were selected for by some individuals, claiming that they were the strongest because of it. However, others were not supporters of this blood over Sith bloodlines; some being proud of their Sith traits and lineage, as well as despising any other species and their inclusion in the Sith Empire. From the view of the Red Sith, none other than themselves should be considered Sith.

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See also

Great Galactic War

Known members


Ludo Kressh	Marka Ragnos	Naga Sadow	Adas	Materrus	Praven	Rora Seake	Zavrasha

Related units, characters and other technologies

Massassi

Known for being a members of the following organizations


Sith Order Assassin, Beastmaster	Old Sith Empire	Sith Council	Force Spirit

Complete list


SWM Jedi Academy	Codex : Datacrons	Codex : Datacrons	Codex : Datacrons	Codex : Datacrons	Codex : Datacrons
Naga Sadow	Galactic History 05 : Rise of the Infinite Empire	Galactic History 07 : The First Spaceflights	Galactic History 23 : The Sith Order Begins	Galactic History 25 : Two Rivals	Galactic History 26 : Naga Sadow's Deceptions
JA09	CODEX_DATACRON_00012285	CODEX_DATACRON_00012354	CODEX_DATACRON_00013220	CODEX_DATACRON_00013469	CODEX_DATACRON_00013445
Naga Sadow	Tags (6) Infinite Empire \| Rakata \| Coruscant \| Korriban \| Adas \| Star Forge	Tags (10) Infinite Empire \| Coruscant \| Rakata \| Alderaan \| Killik \| Alsakan \| Metellos \| Korriban \| Adas \| Ziost	Tags (7) Jedi Order \| The Exiles \| Ajunta Pall \| Corbos \| Galactic Republic \| Korriban \| Old Sith Empire	Tags (12) Marka Ragnos \| Sith Lord \| Naga Sadow \| Ludo Kressh \| Korriban \| Old Sith Empire \| Dark Lord of the Sith \| Explorer \| Gav Daragon \| Jori Daragon \| Sith Council \| Force Spirit	Tags (11) Naga Sadow \| Korriban \| Old Sith Empire \| Sith Lord \| Galactic Republic \| Dark Lord of the Sith \| Gav Daragon \| Jori Daragon \| Explorer \| Ludo Kressh \| Sith Council
	Events (2) Invasion of Korriban (27700BBY) \| Korriban Civil War	Korriban Civil War	Events (2) Battle of Corbos (6900BBY) \| Establishment of the Sith Empire	Pre-Great Hyperspace War Era (6900BBY-5000BBY)	Pre-Great Hyperspace War Era (6900BBY-5000BBY)

Codex : Datacrons	SWTOR : Nar Shaddaa	SWTOR : Nar Shaddaa	SWTOR : Nar Shaddaa	SWTOR : Nar Shaddaa	SWTOR : Coruscant
Galactic History 31 : The Ritual of Nathema	Republic Research Division, Imperial Surveillance Outpost (032)	Republic Research Division, Imperial Surveillance Outpost (033)	Colonel Harok and Lord Zavrasha, Mezenti Spaceport	Colonel Harok & Lord Zavrasha (Lobby, Mezenti Spaceport)	Jedi Temple \| Council Chamber (030)
CODEX_DATACRON_00006091	NARSHA_00011190	NARSHA_00011191	NARSHA_00011251	NARSHA_00006223	CORUS_00013090
Tags (3) Naga Sadow \| Korriban \| Sith Lord	Tags (4) Nar Shaddaa \| DX-AX \| ADAS-A01 Assassin Droid \| Zavrasha	Tags (4) Nar Shaddaa \| DX-AX \| ADAS-A01 Assassin Droid \| Zavrasha	Tags (3) Nar Shaddaa \| Harok \| Zavrasha	Tags (3) Harok \| Zavrasha \| Nar Shaddaa	Tags (16) Coruscant \| Darth Angral \| Sith Lord \| Sith Warrior Armor A08.1 \| Praven \| Sith \| Sith Warrior Armor A03.2 \| Eli Tarnis \| L2 Lightsaber \| Nefarid \| Sith Inquisitor Armor A02.3 \| Sadic \| SW02 A07.4 Mask \| SW02 A03.2 Helmet \| Sith Inquisitor Armor A03.4 \| Sith Inquisitor Armor A02.1 \| Sith Order
	Shattering the Peace	Shattering the Peace	Shattering the Peace	Shattering the Peace	Race to the Ruins

SWTOR : Coruscant	SWTOR : Coruscant	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
Jedi Temple \| Council Chamber (080)	Jedi Temple \| Council Chamber (100)	The Brell Sediment \| Colonists' Bunker (030)	The Brell Sediment \| Colonists' Bunker (040)	The Brell Sediment \| Colonists' Bunker (050)	The Brell Sediment \| Colonists' Bunker (080)
CORUS_00013095	CORUS_00013097	TARISR_00013434	TARISR_00013435	TARISR_00013436	TARISR_00013438
Tags (9) Coruscant \| Darth Angral \| Sith Warrior Armor A08.1 \| Sith Lightsaber \| Sith Lord \| Praven \| Sith \| Sith Warrior Armor A03.2 \| SW02 A03.2 Helmet \| Sith Order	Tags (13) Coruscant \| Jedi Order \| Jedi Knight \| Jedi Padawan \| Kira Carsen \| Hero of Tython \| Hero of Tython's Followers \| Sith Order \| Sith Lord \| Nefarid \| Sadic \| Darth Angral \| Praven \| Sith	Tags (17) Taris \| Taris Resettlement Authority \| Colonist \| Leader \| Yelzrin \| Hero of Tython's Followers \| Hero of Tython \| Jedi Order \| Jedi Knight \| Sith Order \| Rora Seake \| Sith \| Rora Seake's Armor \| SW02 A03.2 Helmet \| L2 Lightsaber \| Assassin \| Beastmaster \| Jurgoran	Tags (8) Taris \| Sith Order \| Assassin \| SW02 A03.2 Helmet \| Rora Seake's Armor \| Rora Seake \| Sith \| Beastmaster \| Jurgoran	Tags (7) Taris \| L2 Lightsaber \| SW02 A03.2 Helmet \| Rora Seake's Armor \| Rora Seake \| Sith \| Assassin \| Beastmaster	Tags (8) Taris \| Sith Order \| Assassin \| SW02 A03.2 Helmet \| Rora Seake's Armor \| Rora Seake \| Sith \| Beastmaster \| Jurgoran
Race to the Ruins	Race to the Ruins	A More Immediate Concern	A More Immediate Concern	A More Immediate Concern	A More Immediate Concern

SWTOR : Hoth	The Official Star Wars Fact File
The Starship Graveyard \| Broken Bow Canyon (030)	Naga Sadow's Meditation Sphere Ship (V.SAD1)
HOTH_00006962	V.SAD1
Tags (2) Hoth \| Sith Warrior \| Sith	Tags (3) Naga Sadow \| Sith Empire Warship \| Naga Sadow's Sith Meditation Sphere
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Full unit name: Sith Last updated: 27.04.2024 15:12:40