Religion The Sage of Sion

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THE SAGE OF SION

The Sages of Sion was a secretive sub-cult within the Sith Empire active during the era known as The Force Eternal.
Description & Beliefs

Little is known in regards to the origins of the destructive cult known as the Sages of Sion, but they claim their descendance from a sect that splintered from the Baron Do, a group of fabled Force practitioners that could supposedly predict impending, dangerous weather conditions and see into the future.

As the name would suggest, the Sages of Sion are obsessed with Darth Sion, a Dark Lord who, according to legends, was able to call upon his pain and agony and rise from certain death on the battlefield to achieve immortality, at the cost of all-consuming agony. Like Darth Sion, his sages possess a peculiar mania and disgust toward their own bodies, unable to see past its fragile limitations and the damage it can sustain. They are tormented by their own mortality and are willing to unnaturally prolong their lives by any means possible.

They believe that true immortality can only be achieved by embracing pain as strength, that as tolerance in pain grows, so, too, will their powers. It is their belief that by tempting and cheating death, their spirits and connection to the Dark Side will be strengthened, remolding them into higher beings that will one day achieve immortality. Sages routinely perform and are subjected to a
dying ceremony, where systematic torture is carried out on the dying sage until the point of death or delirium. The Sages maintain that by facing death in this sacred ritual, their individual consciousness can dip into the netherworld of the Force—an ethereal plain where they are one with the wider Force and therefore stronger.

If a dying sage survives the dying ceremony and does not lose their individuality in the netherworld, they are welcomed back stronger and more favored. They are one step closer to eternal life—the ultimate goal of the Sith, according to the Sages of Sion. Due to this credence, the Sages of Sion are largely isolated from the greater Imperial war machine. First and foremost, their interests lie in their own mortality. They consider themselves to be inviolable, and a harsh fate awaits any that would choose to walk away from their order.

The Sages of Sion meet in an undisclosed underground bunker beneath the surface of Dorin in the Expansion Region (write-up in progress). Secretive and reclusive, not much is known about the innermost workings of the cult, but their last known leader was Master Roth.


Intent

To create a sub-cult of the Sith to provide my Sith Champion some backstory/open the door for a future storyline with her. I realize that Darth Sion and the Baron Do are currently legends and not canon, so I tried to ensure that any references to them are referred to as 'legends' or 'myths.' Full credit where credit is due: I stole this template from Mockingjay because she, Zay, and Wit have the best formats.
 
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