Dark Side Adepts

The following was taken from the Dark Empire Sourcebook, Michael Allen Horne, West End Games, 1994, p. 65):

"At the height of the New Order, long before the Rebellion gained its first victories, Palpatine would vacation on Byss and entertain his circle of intimates. Beings of great intelligence, they had proven their loyalty to their Master. Guests at the palace were soon indoctrinated into the ways of the Dark Side.

Unlike many of the Emperor's other servants, a number of these were aliens. Most of these individuals had already mastered the unique sorceries of their species, and the Emperor has brought them to Byss as much to study their knowledge as to train them in his.

While none of them were permitted to advance far compared to Palpatine's own level of power, they did become quite powerful indeed. Some were taught ways of combat and made into Dark Jedi. Others joined the elite of Imperial functionaries, traversing the galaxy and seeing to the proper enforcement of Palpatine's decrees. Still others were courtiers at the Palace in the new capital on Byss.

Whatever they do, they enact the Emperor's will and policies with his total trust and confidence because their link to him through the Force allows him to always observe them. Before the Emperor's defeat, many had been gathered into the Imperial Ruling Council. It had been planned that eventually these adepts would replace the system of Moffs, Grand Moffs and governors, instituting a Dark Side Theocracy. With his adepts securely in power, they were to participate in experiments on the 'Science of Darkness,' feeding on and draining the life essence of the citizenry."

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