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- "Words have power. Proof is in the Sith scrolls I acquired. When read, they release malevolence as a safeguard against those who would unlock their secrets. Better to leave hundreds blinded with a binding curse than surrender power to a single fool."
- ―Sorzus Syn, Lord of the Sith
Sith scrolls or tomes were ancient Sith writings, scribed by the very hand of a Dark Lord of the Sith.
History[]
The ancient Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Andeddu was the author of many Sith scrolls which he hoarded in his Fortress on his homeworld of Prakith.
After the events of the Great Hyperspace War in 5000 BBY most of the Sith scrolls, among other artifacts were destroyed by the Jedi Order. Just as weapons like amulets and talismans, scrolls also deemed dangerous, since they propagated Sith teachings and often possessed the ability to drive their reader insane.[2][3]
In 3997 BBY, wayward Jedi Exar Kun found ancient Sith scrolls when he raided the Tomb of Freedon Nadd. Freedon Nadd gave the scrolls to Kun after he opened the sarcophagus.
During the reign of Emperor Palpatine, one of his Hands, Roganda Ismaren obtained and studied ancient Sith scrolls that contained knowledge of the forgotten art of mechu-deru. Another of Palpatine's Hands, Lumiya discovered a Sith tome on Ziost that provided detailed instructions for the construction of a Sith lightwhip. Another still of the Emperor's servants known as Blackhole also acquired Sith scrolls that he used to further his own knowledge of the dark side of the Force.
Appearances[]
- Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith audio drama
- Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 2
- Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 3 (Mentioned only)
- Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 5
- The Old Republic: Revan
- The Old Republic: Revan audiobook
- Red Harvest
- Red Harvest audiobook
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction audiobook
- Legacy (2006) 27
Sources[]
Alchemic Sith scrolls protected by an insanity curse
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Chronology
"The Emperor's Pawns" — Star Wars Gamer 5- "The Sith Compendium" — Star Wars Gamer 5
- The Dark Side Sourcebook
- Ultimate Adversaries
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
