Shadow Collective

The Shadow Collective was a large criminal alliance and rival Sith Order founded during the Clone Wars by the rogue Sith Lord Maul. Partly founded at the behest of Mother Talzin, Maul aimed to threaten the plans of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious as well as to compete with him for galactic power. Among its goals, it sought to defeat both the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic. During the war, Maul rallied the forces of Death Watch, Black Sun, the Pyke Syndicate, the Hutt Clan, and the Nightbrothers to form a considerable base of power.

The Shadow Collective worked under Maul's vision as he led them to a takeover of Mandalore. Although Maul's ally Pre Vizsla planned only to win back his homeworld, Maul had ambitions to influence the thousands of neutral systems impacted by Mandalore as well as enact a plan of revenge against his former master Darth Sidious. Their alliance ended when Vizsla betrayed Maul, but the renegade Sith later defeated him in single combat, executing him and taking control of Mandalore. However, his empire began to fragment after the Hutts abandoned him, with the Pykes and Black Sun severing ties following their defeat at the hands of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Maul eventually lost control of Mandalore when the Republic laid siege to the planet. However, the Pykes and Black Sun came back and were later joined by Crimson Dawn.

With the Siege of Mandalore, the Shadow Collective was defeated. However, Maul and his remaining followers later reformed the Collective and worked to rebuild their power. Maul eventually rose up to obtain great influence over the Five Crime Syndicates as a mysterious overseer. Crimson Dawn in particular succeeded Shadow Collective and Maul's ambitions after the conclusion of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire.

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