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I think the overall tone is similar to the Rebellion era in many respects. Large-scale battles are less common than small hit-and-run missions, intelligence gathering, supply runs, etc. Plus the Republic is mainly concerned with defense at this stage, so the Jedi who volunteer for missions into Sith space have to do it on a shoe string budget, getting their own funding from whatever sympathetic sources they can convince to back them.

What's different is that there's no monolithic adversary. I think Belia Darzu was the last significant Dark Lord of the Sith with any real power. After her there were probably a succession of weak "Dark Lords" who couldn't really hold the Sith Empire together. After a century or so of weak leadership, you get to a point where nobody even bothers to claim the title Dark Lord of the Sith anymore (or if they do, nobody else takes notice). You have sort of a New Republic feel to it with the Empire being divided among competing warlords.

So basically you're looking at small groups of operatives taking daring missions into enemy territory, hoping to undermine Sith rule a little at a time and do whatever good they can along the way. Does that make sense?

In a world of turmoil, strife, and misunderstandings appears the very embodiment of fury and rage - Julian Sykes.

Julian began his life on a relatively unknown planet in the unknown region  where he found a odd object while exploring what he thought was natural  ruins. This object projected a image which offered him great power with  the realization that he would have to give something important up for.  Not knowing the price Julian accepted and began his training, although  careful to do his chores before training his parents grew wary noticing a  change in his demeanor.

The years rolled by until Julian became  old enough to start wanting other things for himself, his parents  forbade him to leave thinking him not ready yet, and not mature enough.  In a rare moment of rage he cut them both down in their sleep, realizing  his dark destiny and becoming a dark warrior for the sith tradition.

Julian has "bartered" a ride off his rock to go join the rest of the sith empire and learn more, guided by the gatekeeper to go learn at the feet of a living sith lord. Not yet has he realized that his rage and skill with the lightsaber will mark him one day when he takes the name Darth Fury/or Darth Torrent. Julian can tend to have anger issues, and is attempting to find an answer to this problem. Destiny is leading Julian to an altercation with the enemies of the sith - be it the jedi or the republic.

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Re: Julian (Darth Fury/Torrent) this is a great era for someone who comes up through unconventional means, especially in Sith space. There's a lot of opportunity for him to make a name for himself.

Added some battle droid stats to the Dramatis Personae post. With Balradis being enamored of all things mechanized, it made sense that he'd use battle droids as a big part of his army.

Added stats for the Black Knights to the Dramatis Personae post.

I picture them as looking similar to the generic Sith warrior from TOR stuff, but they're not just armored, they're cyborgs. These would constitute Sith cannon fodder, which might sound a bit strange if you're looking at it from a movie-era perspective where any Sith is immensely powerful. But with no rule of two you have Sith of all levels, including basic ground troops who have minor Force abilities and lightsaber skills, and little else.