Approved Lore The Imperial Anathema of 861 ABY

[Darth Carnifex]

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Codify ORDIS’ response to the Apostasic Rebellion
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• Canon: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Links: N/A

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Media Name: The Imperial Anathema of 861 (B:747:SIE-AARIP861)
• Format: Like other Imperial Documents, the Imperial Anathema is written originally on flimsiplast, whilst all other copies are held digitally on holobooks.
• Distribution: Interplanetary
• Length: Short
• Description: Drafted immediately following the Declaration of Apostasy in the Ascendant Circle Hall on Bastion, this Imperial Anathema officializes the outlawing of certain ideologies within the Sith Empire and charges any person or persons affiliated or practicing such ideology with the maximum judicial penalty; death. Distributed throughout the Empire’s vast domain, it urged Imperials and Sith alike to remain vigilant for any apostles and to report or apprehend them if able.

SOCIAL INFORMATION

• Author: Emperor Carnifex
• Publisher: Office of Imperial Truth
• Reception: Due to the pervasive nature of ORDIS within the Sith Empire, the Imperial Anathema was rapidly distributed throughout the Empire and into every Imperial homestead. Within hours, every citizen of the Sith Empire became aware of the treason that had taken place on Bastion, and the identities of everyone associated with the traitors. Shock and anger rippled throughout the Empire, fanned by the Emperor’s many organizations dedicated to controlling the thoughts and opinions of the masses. Once valiant national heroes of the Empire had, overnight, become vilified enemies of the state and were to be regarded with the utmost contempt.

FORMAT INFORMATION

• The Imperial Anathema was distributed throughout the Empire in a variety of formats, although the most common was via slim holobooks passed out to every Imperial household by the Office of Imperial Truth.

EVENTS

• Event Name: Declaration of Apostasy
• Links: The Darkness Is Revealing
• Participants:
  • Loyalists
    • Darth Carnifex
  • Apostates
    • Darth Voyance
• Overview: The eleventh Sith Congregation was conducted on the early morning of Primeday, the 26th of Sadow at the Sith Ascendant Circle Hall on the throneworld of Bastion. The meeting was quickly derailed by the sudden intrusion of Sith individuals protesting against the power of the Emperor and the Dark Council, which sparked a short, but intense, verbal debate on the floors of the Hall. The debate spiraled into an open declaration of Kaggath, which the Emperor used as a pretext to begin an Empire-wide purge of ‘apostates’ that had ties to or were directly affiliated with those Sith who had rejected the Emperor’s authority.

CONTENT INFORMATION

• The Imperial Anathema
  • Article I
    • Apostasy is historically defined as the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.
    • The Sith Empire defines apostasy as the renunciation of belief in the Rule of Order, and ergo Sith-Imperialism, by Sith, Imperials, or common citizenry.
  • Article II
    • All persons having been found guilty of committing apostasy are to be detained and executed.
    • All organizations affiliated with condemned persons are to be investigated by the Imperial Inquisition, their assets liquidated into the Imperial Treasury in the event of further condemnation.
  • Article III
    • It is the duty of every able-bodied patriotic citizen of the Sith Empire to identify and root out apostasy in their local surroundings.
    • Failure to do so will result in harsh judicial punishment.
    • Those found harboring apostates will likewise be sentenced to death.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Written following the Declaration of Apostasy in 861, the latest Imperial Bull brought down from the Imperial Palace formally outlawed all forms of apostasy within the Sith Empire and made it punishable by death. Immediately after, the Emperor began an empire-wide purge of suspected apostates in both Sith and Imperial organizations, leading to the deaths of dozens of individuals that possessed connections to those who initiated the Declaration of Apostasy. Those who managed to escape the Emperor's net were branded as traitors to the Empire and were to be captured and executed as quickly as possible, with all of their ranks, authority, and clearance codes being rendered obsolete. ​

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ORDIS contributed greatly to the propagation of the Imperial Anathema, with its Empire-wide communication network facilitating easy distribution of the information as well as the identities of those involved in what was coming to be known as the Apostate Rebellion. Many named condemned were Sith of varying levels of mastery, but there were some among the Imperial Military who were notably declared as betrayers of the Empire, such as the former Lord General Irveric Tavlar and his subordinates who were complicit in his treason.​

 

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