Zorran's Dissent
On a rather . . . interesting note, the next Grand Master of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood will not -- as previously believed -- be "appointed" by the EH Executive Officer. Rather, I am invoking my right as the still-reigning Grand Master of the DB to call for a process of election, by which the Dark Council will determine the identity of my successor.
As many of the older Dark Brethren will know and remember, the Dark Brotherhood is not a subordinate, subjugated SubGroup of the Emperor's Hammer, and nor was it ever. We are, in fact, an independent sister-[organization] which is under the EH banner as part of an extreme form of alliance -- one that was intended to forever bind together our [organizations]. This, including rights that the DB retains as a result of its independent status, remain reflected in both the Dark Side Compendium and Emperor's Hammer's own Training Manual to this day.
In recent dealings, the Emperor's Hammer -- specifically, the EH's representative [Sector] Admiral Kawolski -- has attempted to single-handedly revoke the DB's special status without any negotiation or consultation, as well as to cease to honor several of the rights which we retain within *their* own documentation. This includes the appalling statement: "If this was 1998, I would see the Dark Brotherhood as a semi-independent sister organization. However, it's 2001, and the Dark Brotherhood has grown to become a solid subgroup of the Emperor's Hammer as any other". I am disgusted with this individual's heavy-handed attempts, as should be every self-respecting Dark Jedi in the DB.
With a duty to protect the security and independence of the Brotherhood, I have -- regardless of the personal consequences -- found no other choice but to respond in a manner that forcibly exercises our rights and, if the EH complies, will preserve our *rightful* status for generations of Dark Jedi to come.
Author's Note: Zoraan's belief in the Brotherhood as a separate sister organization was a false one. As far back as 1997, the Brotherhood was believed to be a subgroup of the Emperor's Hammer. Thanks to the Internet Wayback Machine, the following text has been recovered from one of the earliest Brotherhood websites made by former Grand Master Khyron:
Welcome to the homepage of the Brotherhood of the Dark Jedi. The Dark Brotherhood is a subgroup of the Emperor's Hammer which concentrates on the mystical ways of the Dark Side of the Force.
