The Unyielding Flame
"Fear the Chain."
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To flesh out a SISA-affiliated Sith criminal syndicate led by Odrin Rath that operates as a covert enforcement and manipulation arm within the underworld.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
- Organization Name: The Red Scars
- Classification: Crime Organization / Sith Enforcement Syndicate
- Affiliation:
- Organization Symbol: A dark hexagon etched with a single red diagonal slash—symbolizing the "cutting away" of weakness and the permanence of loss while also displaying order and Sith supremacy.
- Description: The Red Scars are a ruthless criminal syndicate formed from loyal SISA operatives, Sith enforcers, and subjugated cartel lieutenants. Acting as both a private execution arm and diplomatic envoy of Sith will, the Scars enforce compliance through brutal efficiency, manages black-market operations, and ensures the dependency of crime lords on Sith sanction. Their name refers to the Sith philosophy—discarding all that is impure, weak, or obsolete.
- Activites: Racketeering, murder, labor union infiltration, extortion, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, loansharking, bookmaking, speeder hijacking, starship theft, fraud, money laundering, bribery, assault.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
- Headquarters: Jutrand – Deep in the underhive districts, with command bunkers disguised as waste treatment facilities.
- Domain: The Red Scars maintain covert control over numerous criminal hubs and transit corridors throughout:
- Jutrand (central compound, mercenary brokering, salvage cartel control)
- Circumtore (recruitment, Hutt link, asset management)
- Polis Massa (underground prison networks, Sith drug labs and smuggling route)
- Faldos (enforcer cells, contract assassinations, spice routes)
- Publicly visible, they operate via intermediaries and enforcers, their influence is feared throughout the underworld.
- Notable Assets:
- "The Red Pit" – a repurposed foundry-turned-compound on Jutrand for command and initiate indoctrination
- Encrypted comms network "The Whisper"—used for intel sharing and swift untraceable coordination
- "The Grave" – former R&D center on Polis Massa used as drug labs and a prison
- "The Whip" – a repurposed gladiatorial arena on Faldos utilized as a hub for the Red Scars enforcers
- "The Leash" – former Hutt Cartel warehouse repurposed for Red Scars use
- Hidden funds siphoned from sanitation contracts across the Empire, laundered through shell companies
SOCIAL INFORMATION
- Hierarchy:
- The Flame – Supreme leader, enforcer of Sith will, and executor of Scar doctrine
- The Voice – Commander and voice, direct enforcer of Odrin's word, handles day-to-day
- Chainlords - Syndicate lieutenants, leads cells of Scar enforcers and handles individual operations
- Scars – Foot soldiers, spies, and expendables—ruthlessly trained and easily replaced
- Chainlinks – Cartel liaisons, elite bounty hunters, and black market brokers under Scar control
- Membership: Estimated to number several thousand across the Outer Rim, including sleeper agents.
Initiation requires the Oath of Dross—a trial involving ritual torture, psychological breaking, and a loyalty test involving betrayal of former loyalties.
New initiates are branded with a burning hexagon during the rite and must spill "waste" (a term for the first sanctioned kill).
OOC recruitment is by showing interest or IC interaction—ideally through faction storytelling or joint ops. - Climate: Militaristic, brutal, and cult-like. Obedience is enforced through fear and ritual, but competent members rise quickly.
Failure is punished by degradation, sacrifice, or death. Success brings influence and favor from Odrin himself. - Reputation:
- Public: A feared entity. Even in the lowest circles, the Scars are considered a brutal occult like syndicate.
- Criminal Underworld: A necessary evil. Feared and obeyed. Scar operatives are known for offering deals backed by implied obliteration.
- Sith Administration: Officially deniable. Privately, respected and feared for their results.
- Curios:
- Mark of the Underworld discreet membership tattoo
- Dross Coin blackened hex-token awarded upon initiation
- The Whisper encrypted SISA comm network
- Obsidian Pin for high-ranking Underlords such as The Flame
- ID Card for sanitation 'day job'
- Rules:
The Chain Doctrine governs Scar members:- Silence is Survival
- Loyalty unto Death
- Profit through Control
- Strength in Shadows
- Fear into Loyalty
- One Hand Cleans, One Hand Kills
- Power through Dependency
- Respect the Chain
- Goals:
- Maintain criminal dependence on Sith sanction
- Expand covert influence in conquered territories
- Consolidate cartel structures under Sith control
- Annihilate dissident criminal factions
- Serve the long-term vision of a galaxy ruled through fear, secrecy, and necessity
- Establish Odrin Rath as a supreme executor of the "necessary evil" within the Sith hierarchy
MEMBERS
- Odrin Rath – "The Flame," Syndicate Master and Sith Enforcer
- Zeyra Krav - "The Voice", Syndicate second-in-command and secret apprentice
- Chainlords NPC Lieutenants:
- Vrask the Mutilant (Sith interrogator and head enforcer)
- Serenya Dross (former slaver queen turned finance specialist)
- Iron Vox (cybernetically-enhanced assassin and handler of stealth agents)
(More PCs/NPCs can be added)
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Red Scars were forged in the shadows of Jutrand following Odrin Rath's rise within the Sith Imperial Sanitation Authority after the Saijo incident. Originally tasked with overseeing the suppression of rogue cartels, Odrin saw opportunity instead—weaponizing these groups, not eliminating them. He began by breaking syndicate leaders, repurposing them under his dominion, and initiating a brutal indoctrination process under the SISA-sanctioned underworld.
Odrin's approach gained the attention of SISA's top echelon, including the mysterious Custodian, who quietly sanctioned his syndicate's operations. Thus began the Scars transformation from a rogue clean-up crew into a galaxy-spanning power broker—guiding underworld politics through intimidation, manipulation, and ritual violence.
Today, the Scars serves as one of the Empire's most feared tools, ensuring Sith supremacy not by resistance to crime, but by becoming its architect.
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