Eye of the Ascendancy



"I trade in whispers, my Emperor. The moment that this Deeskor drops her guard will mark the last time she is ever truly alone."

- Ardaius addressing Emperor Vowrawn and the Dark Council



Initially founded as a secret Chiss Intelligence agency built into the ranks of the reconstituted Sith Empire, the Eye of the Ascendancy would grow to become a wide-reaching network of agents throughout the Empire and Galactic Republic alike, all of whom would answer directly to the ever-elusive Spymaster of the Eye. The Eye was established by Commander Saganu of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force in the year 3650 BBY as one of many safeguards against the very real possibility of the Sith Empire breaking its treaty with the Chiss Ascendancy. Originally, Saganu allowed only a select few Chiss members into the fold, including Fiirya'vyora'sabosen (Avyora), who would become the first acting Spymaster of the agency as its numbers grew. The function of the organization was simple; to utilize the position of various Chiss already incorporated into Imperial Intelligence to relay sensitive information gathered on their missions back to the center of intelligence on Naporar, the Ascendancy world where the CEDF is based.

Fiirya'rdaiu'sabosen (Ardaius), brother of Avyora, would be the first true member of the Sith Order to enter the confidential organization and would quickly discover a knack for the gathering of intelligence as well as the darker elements work as an undercover Imperial Agent would entail. When the time came for both Saganu and Avyora to face greater challenges in their respective careers, Avyora elected her brother to supersede her as Spymaster, a responsibility he would gratefully accept. While still having significant loyalty to his people, Ardaius was a Sith with his own goals and ideals, and saw his new position as the first step in expanding his influence throughout the political spheres of both major galactic governments. While information he received as Spymaster was still delivered to the Ascendancy at his discretion, Ardaius transformed the Eye from an assembly of about one thousand exclusively Chiss agents across the Empire into a group that traded in intelligence on a wider scale, inducting members of every race, culture and creed into his collective. Before long, the Eye of the Ascendancy had grown in numbers tenfold, and Ardaius had created for himself a complex and near-infallible army of intelligence officers rivaled only by those agents of the Empire and Republic who had yet to be compromised.