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{{Quote|The Dark Lords of the Sith have risen again. Together, we will bring down the galaxy.|Exar Kun to Ulic Qel-Droma|audio=TogetherWeWillBringDownTheGalaxy.ogg|<ref name="Tales audio">[[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)|''Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith'' (audio)]]</ref>}}
The following events took place in '''3997 [[Galactic Standard Calendar|BBY]]'''.

==Events==
{{Quote|Exar Kun, because of you, the Sith will never die. You have earned the right to bear the mark of Dark Lord of the Sith.|Marka Ragnos, appointing Exar Kun as Dark Lord|audio=ExarKunCrownedDarkLord-DLOTS.ogg|<ref name="Tales audio" />}}
*The Keto cousins [[Political uprising of the Empress Teta system|stage a military and political coup]] in the Empress Teta system, seizing control of the system from their parents as they establish the [[Sith cult/Legends|Sith cult]] known as the [[Krath/Legends|Krath]]. The coup begins the [[Krath Holy Crusade]].<ref name="DLS 1">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 1|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 1]]</ref>
*A Republic and Jedi task force comes to the aid of the planet Empress Teta, which has managed to hold off the Krath, but the Sith cult drives the Republic out of the system at the [[Battle of Koros Major]]. Ulic Qel-Droma is infected by Aleema Keto's [[Sith magic]] during an attack on the Republic's command ship ''[[Reliance I]]'', and he unknowingly begins to slip towards the dark side.<ref name="DLS 2">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 2|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 2]]</ref>
*The Jedi [[Conclave at Deneba|Conclave on Deneba]] is [[Battle of Deneba|disrupted]] by Krath war droids, and the servant droids at the conclave attack the Jedi at the event. The Jedi destroy their attackers, but Arca Jeth is killed by Krath droids in the battle.<ref name="DLS 3">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 3|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 3]]</ref>
*Ulic Qel-Droma attempts to infiltrate the Krath from within, but is seduced to the dark side by Aleema Keto. Qel-Droma [[First Duel in the Iron Citadel|kills]] Satal and becomes the Krath's leader alongside Aleema, and a Jedi [[Mission to Empress Teta|rescue mission]] fails when Qel-Droma refuses to depart.<ref name="DLS 5">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 5|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 5]]</ref>
*Around the same time, The power-hungry Jedi [[Exar Kun/Legends|Exar Kun]] searches for Sith teachings and discovers the spirit of Freedon Nadd on Onderon's moon [[Dxun/Legends|Dxun]], where he is trained in the ways of the dark side before heading to [[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]] to acquire more power. Kun ultimately kills Nadd's spirit and seeks out Ulic Qel-Droma to eliminate a potential rival.<ref name="DLS 4">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 4|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 4]]</ref>
*Nomi Sunrider organizes a [[Second Battle of Empress Teta|second rescue mission]] at the same time that Kun arrives on Empress Teta, and Kun and Qel-Droma clash in a [[Second Duel in the Iron Citadel|duel]]. However, the duel is ended by the spirit of Marka Ragnos, who anoints Kun and Qel-Droma as Dark Lords of the Sith as well as Master and apprentice. Joining forces with Kun, Qel-Droma refuses Sunrider's attempt a rescue, and the two Sith form the [[Brotherhood of the Sith]].<ref name="DLS 6">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 6|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 6]]</ref>

==Battles==
{{Quote|There's only ''one'' way to deal with Arca's killer!''"<br />"''Careful, Jedi. Didn't your Master tell you that ''anger'' is ''not'' the way?!|Ulic Qel-Droma and Satal Keto, as they duel|audio=UlicandSatal-FaceOff.ogg|<ref name="Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 5">[[Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 5|''Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith'' 5]]</ref>}}
*[[Battle of Koros Major]]
*[[Battle of Deneba]]
*[[Mission to Empress Teta]]
*[[Second Battle of Empress Teta]]

==Deaths==
{{Quote|Oh, father, stop all that noise.''"<br />"''He always was such a windbag, Satal.''"<br />"''Not for much longer, Aleema. Lower him into the carbonite!|Satal and Aleema Keto|audio=TheDeathOfKeto-DLOTS.ogg|<ref name="Tales audio" />}}
*[[Halkans]]
*[[Arca Jeth]] in the [[Battle of Deneba]]
*[[Satal Keto/Legends|Satal Keto]] in the [[Second Battle of Empress Teta]]

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Timeline 10: The Exar Kun War]]'' {{Hologram}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' {{Codex}}

==Sources==
*[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]
*''[[The Dark Side Sourcebook]]''
*{{InsiderCite|88|Heritage of the Sith}}
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*[[Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (real-life book)|''Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force'']]
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''

==Notes and references==
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