i am a lord of the sith

though my name i am unsure of, i have come to this conclusion. indeed, i am a dark lord of the sith, or at least on my way to becoming one. don't balk! it’s not necessarily a bad thing. a true sith. not like qordis or sidious. more like bane or vectivus. the distinction? quite profound actually. if i may make reference to the biography of darth bane.

"bane didn't react. he was dealing with the emotional pain in the only way he knew how. the same way he'd dealt with it as a child. he withdrew into himself, tried to make himself invisible to avoid the scorn and derision of others."

so is the way of the true sith, to a point. they must withdraw; reflect, though, unlike the jedi, they must grow from this reflection.

"those who use the dark side are also bound to serve it. to understand this is to understand the underlying philosophy of the sith." - darth revan -

the dark side does not corrupt unless one lets it. this was the trap sidious and vader fell into.

"two there should be; no more, no less. one to embody the power, the other to crave it." - darth bane -

and i will take it a step forward than bane and his successors did. there should be only two. but there can be multiples of them. always one master and one apprentice. but there can be many of these pairs as long as they do not conflict.

but am i a pupil, or am i the teacher. or am i both, and the two struggle within?

maybe that is it:

darth tiro

for i am a learner.

(footnote: these are fictional rantings, not true beliefs of the author...they were brought about after reading "path of destruction" by drew karpyshyn)