1198, Sith Emperor
Marka Ragnos was not the first Sith Lord of the Sith Empire, but he could indeed be called the greatest of them all.
After the Dark Jedi Knights arrived on Planet Korriban 6,900 years ago, the Sith Empire gradually took shape, only to be destroyed in the Hyperspace War 5,000 years ago. During those 2,000 years of rise and expansion, there had been no shortage of powerful Sith Lords. Yet only one had been recorded as an "enlightened ruler" and honored with the title of "great"—
Marka Ragnos!
The time was far too distant, and after several cycles of destruction and rebirth, very few records of the Old Sith Empire remained. Thus, nobody knew exactly what Marka Ragnos had done during his reign.
However, he had succeeded to the throne of Sith Lord 5,100 years ago and ruled for a hundred years. During that time, the Sith Empire developed and grew in the barren, desolate Outer Rim Territories. Its economy, technology, and military strength all improved enormously. Although it still lagged far behind the Galactic Republic, which occupied the Milky Way Galaxy's most developed Core Worlds and Inner Rim, even the mighty Galactic Republic had not dared provoke the Sith Empire while he ruled.
Even though the Jedi Order had hated the Sith Empire to the bone, they had been powerless before such a formidable opponent at its peak.
Those hundred years were lavishly praised by all later Sith historians as the Golden Age of the Sith, and Emperor Marka Ragnos became the greatest ruler in Sith Empire history.
But!
Darth Malthael, who knew the plot of Star Wars well, had a deeper understanding of Marka Ragnos. While the emperor's achievements in life remained vague, after his death, the man had been anything but peaceful, repeatedly showing