"Plaugeis responded by asserting ghosts weren't real, and bombarding Ragnos with questions. Infuriating the long-dead Dark Lord so much he *chose* to return to his tomb" LOL
That's pretty hilarious that Darth plaguies, a billionaire space jew decided to subvert sith tradition and replace it with science and reason, and when face to face with the spirit of a dead sith God king, simply said that he doesn't believe in ghosts and challenged him to a debate until he got pissed off and left
This is so much better than anything Disney has put out I watch your lore videos like they are episodes rewatch them over and over and it will always be better than fucking bullshit Disney content.
An excellent video on one of the most dangerous and powerful Sith Lords in Galactic history and arguably the only one that was truly successful and hell he even died of old age which is EXTREMELY rare among Dark Lords of the Sith. Though you left out Marka Ragnos' biggest legacy, that being the one he trained to succeed him, he actually was the teacher of the most powerful and most evil Sith Lord in Galactic history: Tenabrae better known as Darth Vitiate or Valkorian whom was trained by Ragnos as his secret successor and arguably his most dangerous legacy as you could argue Palpatine based his entire Empire off of Vitiate's own Empire.
"Tulak Hord competed!... Ludo Kreesh... Marka Ragnos..."--Darth Thanaton (speaking about the Kaggath, a Sith miniwar between two parties and their followers.)
Thanaton was an interesting Sith Lord. The comics definitely helped flesh out who he really was as a person. I really wish we got more SWTOR comics bruh. There's so much content in the game that needs further explanation.
One could make the excuse that the First Sith Empire because it was a species and culture built around the worship of the Dark Side, and after its fall those Sith rose after them were Jedi that fell to the Dark Side and not does who were already in the dark side.
Just wanted to let you know that the video’s you put out have been pulling me through the stress of my degree. Keep up the content man, really appreciate it.
When you look back to the Sith Holocaust, many of which may have been children, making the entire Order and the Republic had been Younglings Slayers before Anakin.
The Sith were the ones who killed each other. The Jedi specifically tried not to kill them, and chose to strip them of the Dark Side instead--though they did commit cultural genocide in an attempt to wipe out the Dark Side taint of the Sith empire.
I can just see his ghost at his funeral trying to warn his constituents. "Look, you don't want to kill each other." "Stop plotting to stab him in the back, you need him..." "Don't you want UNLIMITED POWER? Then you all need to work together" "Its all gone 😖"
Thank you Geetsly's for making a video of one of my favourite Sith Lord in Star Wars, i'm really glad to you for this. If you don't mind i would like to ask you about making a video about the Black Sun and how it became the most powerful crime syndicate in Star Wars, one about the Zann Consortium of Tyber Zann and finally one about the Journeyman Protector of Concord Dawn.
Marka Ragnos almost became an exception to Darth Bane's idea that Sith Empires are all doomed to fail but in the end even if you somehow unite the Sith, one way or another, infighting and kin strife will continue again. Whether you remain united for 10, 50 maybe a hundred years infighting will eventually return because that's just how the Sith are supposed to be.
Just like with Tulak Horde being a warrior, I knew that Marka Ragnos was a good ruler of the sith empire. However, he was a far better ruler than I thought. I respect Marka Ragnos' efficiency as a ruler.
I think the best rulers for sure! Tulak for beating the Infinite Empire of the Rakatans on Korriban and defending his people. And Marka for the Golden Age and consolidating the empire. Dying of natural causes not bad for Ragnos lol
@@jmag4527 I'm pretty sure it was King Adas that rallied his people and ran the Rakatans off Korriban. The Infinite Empire fell almost 20 thousand years before Tulak Horde was born...
@@jmag4527 Tulak Horde helped the conquest and making of the Sith Empire, through brute force and Sith Alchemy he brought world's to it's knees; no one could kill him in single combat.
If the Sith decided to simply just go for the raiding expeditions instead of the full blown conquest, will that keep the Sith Empire in good function? After all, they will have enemies to fight instead of each other.
Hmm, another series, this time about the ancient Sith Lords... will expect to hear about King Ommin later on. 8:24: In certain playthroughs, this didn't happen; in fact, *former* Jedi Knight Jade Korr fought Kyle "Forcedamned" Katarn in a really epic and memorable showdown (that didn't feel cheap either unlike Desann from Jedi Outcast).
Ragnos : I am the Dark Lord! Respect me! Plageuis: Well aktually.... Palapatine: Indeed indeed, concordantly and futhermore.... Plageuis: And on top of that acktuallly.... Ragnos: Fuck this... nevermind , later nerds Plageuis: Dark Side for the win! 😎😏 Palpatine: 😎😜 Ragnos: ...🤨😒😤 I'm going back to sleep *goes back in tomb
I didn't say my question right the first time both nihilous and vitiate wanted to eat the force so did revenge accidentally on malachor 5 create another even more powerful sith
So question. Tulak Hord created his own saber right? But Ragnos came after him, and was still using force enhanced blades during his time. Is this a conflict of multiple artists interpretation or what? Great vid Geest
It’s sad one of the greatest Dark lords of the sith of all time. He ruled the sith empire for a century and brought a golden age of the sith. Brought stability and prosperity and united. And less then a year after his death due to natural course. His legacy was destroyed thanks to the two dark lords rivalry. He knew his empires strengths and weaknesses. He left a worthy successor due to Tenebra. You might call him the Peter the great version of Star Wars.
This channel is wonderfully informative, especially for someone like me who doesn't know much about Legends. I learn a lot from watching it. But the narrator mispronounces names and words so often that I sometimes wonder if he's doing it on purpose. In this case, he's getting "stygian" wrong -- it rhymes with "pigeon." It's from Greek mythology, and is the adjective form of the river Styx, which is pronounced "sticks." The word "stygian" means dark, dismal, or murky, which is why it's used in the name of the nebula that surrounds the Sith worlds of the galaxy. They are dark both in optical terms (shrouded from view and from external light) and in terms of the Force. How is the narrator unfamiliar with not only the English word "stygian," but the river Styx itself AND the rock band named after it?
Wasn't the empire stable under Vitiate for longer than Ragnos? If Ragnos reigned for a century (or close to it) then it has nothing on Vitiate's 300+ year stability during his incarnation of the Sith Empire
Well, that's not true. Because following the 1st Galactic War The Reconstituted Sith Empire Under Darth Vitiate devolved to in-fighting. Not only that, but by that time Tenebrae was literally already building his own Empire at the edges of wild space on Zakuul BECAUSE he became disillusioned with the Sith Order.
@@a.b.s.anonymousbastardofso9459 That still means that the time before the 1st Galactic War was stable for the Sith Empire. Which is still something like 300 years. Yes it eventually fell apart and yes Vitiate built a second empire along side the Sith Empire, however, it does not change the fact that the stability he reigned over tripled the length of Ragnos's stable reign.
@@a.b.s.anonymousbastardofso9459 Actually I have to correct myself. Vitiate established the reconstituted Sith Empire on Dromund Kass in 4980 BBY. So my original statement of 300 years is way off. It was more like 1300 years lol (4980 BBY to 3643 BBY). So yeah his reign definitely overshadows Ragnos if we are talking "length of a stable empire".
I think Ragnos was more like a Emperor then Vitiate who was more of a dictator. Vitiate was Strong but he was no different to Nihilous, where he didn't care about the Sith Order; but for their own preservation. Plus Ragnos lived for the Sith Order till his Death he cared about it that deeply.
That and dueling wasn't Ragnos strong suit, he'd be about on par with Darth Tyrannus when it comes to dueling ability which when you are dealing with a power duelist like Korr who was trained by the Jedi Order's Battlemaster Kyle Katarn whom had mastered all seven forms of lightsaber combat it's an unfair fight
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Siths deserve a movie series focused on them and their culture
Don’t hold your breath.
@Geektalker or a movie just with Darth Vader doing b*d*ss sith sh*t
I could be wrong but isn't Disney working on a series based solely on the Sith
@@garrisonjones1827 yeah and the executive producer is Kathleen Kennedy she’s probably gonna make it WOKE LIKE THE SEQUEL TRILOGY
100% that would be amazing
"Plaugeis responded by asserting ghosts weren't real, and bombarding Ragnos with questions. Infuriating the long-dead Dark Lord so much he *chose* to return to his tomb"
LOL
Plagues the only annoying sith lord. Rofl. Maybe why Markos hated him.
Sigma Ragnos: *Barges in*
Ignoramus Plagueis: "you're not real."
Sigma Ragnos: *Refuses to elaborate further and leaves*
@@maelofohio6682 I like to few him as a skeptic. He's driven more by logic than emotion, and had little sentiment for superstitions like the Sith'ari
You know this guy is good when he had the loyalty from the likes of Naga Sadow, Ludo Kresh, and freaking Darth Vitiate!
Hail to the memory of Marka Ragnos! His legacy will live on for centuries among the Sith people and their rulers!
Legendary
@@geetslys Hell Yeah
Lmao, Darth Plagueis legit just went “LALALALA GHOSTS AREN’T REAL LALALALALA!” until Ragnos went away.
All the while bombing him with questions to the point he got so annoyed he went to sleep.
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young" (Love Ragnos one of my favorite Sith Lord)
IS THIS A SERIES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SITH EMPIRES? OMG! what a brilliant balance between the Sith and the Republic.
That's pretty hilarious that Darth plaguies, a billionaire space jew decided to subvert sith tradition and replace it with science and reason, and when face to face with the spirit of a dead sith God king, simply said that he doesn't believe in ghosts and challenged him to a debate until he got pissed off and left
Only Plageius could be so badass that he could literally annoy his opponents into submission with critical thinking and the socratic method.
Depends on your type of Sith Lord he wasn't much a fighter more of a Poindexter
It’s always the Sith who think beyond themselves, or are very eccentrics, that seems to do better than their hate fueled and angry colleagues.
darth bane!
Darth Jadus is the perfect example of this.
Darth Marr.
This is so much better than anything Disney has put out I watch your lore videos like they are episodes rewatch them over and over and it will always be better than fucking bullshit Disney content.
So nice to have a video on Marka Ragnos. I feel like he’s a name I always remember but know little about
Thank you, he is a very interesting character
Now I know why the Sith cult in Jedi academy wanted him to comeback he is one of the smartest and a powerful ancient sith ever.
Just imagine if Luke failed or Kyle, the Sith would of came back; and stronger then they would of been in centuries.
@@rexdelta3367 thank the force they failed
Makes me wonder how a resurrected Ragnos would've done against the Vong.
@@JediHobbit89 really well
I'd hardly say Marka Ragnos is underrated, hes a fascinating and fairly well known Sith Lord.
Still though this was a very interesting video
Compared to Average star wars fans he is technically
I love this era of Star Wars. I have the comics that tell these stories and they are worth the read
An excellent video on one of the most dangerous and powerful Sith Lords in Galactic history and arguably the only one that was truly successful and hell he even died of old age which is EXTREMELY rare among Dark Lords of the Sith. Though you left out Marka Ragnos' biggest legacy, that being the one he trained to succeed him, he actually was the teacher of the most powerful and most evil Sith Lord in Galactic history: Tenabrae better known as Darth Vitiate or Valkorian whom was trained by Ragnos as his secret successor and arguably his most dangerous legacy as you could argue Palpatine based his entire Empire off of Vitiate's own Empire.
I wanna see like a "Rule of Two" series starting with Bane all the way up thru Plagueis. That would be badass
Ohhhh, that would be interesting
Revan was the true starter of rule of two
With each 1 hour episode showing one master student cycle, so that every sith lord is in 2 episodes
"Tulak Hord competed!... Ludo Kreesh... Marka Ragnos..."--Darth Thanaton (speaking about the Kaggath, a Sith miniwar between two parties and their followers.)
Thanaton was an interesting Sith Lord. The comics definitely helped flesh out who he really was as a person. I really wish we got more SWTOR comics bruh. There's so much content in the game that needs further explanation.
One could make the excuse that the First Sith Empire because it was a species and culture built around the worship of the Dark Side, and after its fall those Sith rose after them were Jedi that fell to the Dark Side and not does who were already in the dark side.
It seems like most sith empires had the shelf life of gas station sushi.
Just wanted to let you know that the video’s you put out have been pulling me through the stress of my degree. Keep up the content man, really appreciate it.
When you look back to the Sith Holocaust, many of which may have been children, making the entire Order and the Republic had been Younglings Slayers before Anakin.
The Sith were the ones who killed each other. The Jedi specifically tried not to kill them, and chose to strip them of the Dark Side instead--though they did commit cultural genocide in an attempt to wipe out the Dark Side taint of the Sith empire.
Jedi Academy 😃 I knew I recognized Ragnos as a reference from somewhere. Nice summary, just played this game for nostalgic reasons a few days ago 🙃
I can just see his ghost at his funeral trying to warn his constituents.
"Look, you don't want to kill each other."
"Stop plotting to stab him in the back, you need him..."
"Don't you want UNLIMITED POWER? Then you all need to work together"
"Its all gone 😖"
Darth Plagueis just HAD to be the overly chatty, skeptical, and lore hungry RPG character to the NPC ghost figure, as expected of him.
I just finished playing Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy! Perfectly timed video!
"You robbed me of my prime! I was the supreme ruler of the most foul empire in the galaxy! And now it's time to pay the Piper!" - Darth Ooze
Awesome video, thanks for the update.
Thank you Geetsly's for making a video of one of my favourite Sith Lord in Star Wars, i'm really glad to you for this. If you don't mind i would like to ask you about making a video about the Black Sun and how it became the most powerful crime syndicate in Star Wars, one about the Zann Consortium of Tyber Zann and finally one about the Journeyman Protector of Concord Dawn.
Marka Ragnos almost became an exception to Darth Bane's idea that Sith Empires are all doomed to fail but in the end even if you somehow unite the Sith, one way or another, infighting and kin strife will continue again. Whether you remain united for 10, 50 maybe a hundred years infighting will eventually return because that's just how the Sith are supposed to be.
Hey man do a whole series of Sith videos. I think a lot of people would dig that
I love how you do star wars lore thank you
I knew from the title it was about Marka Ragnos! Legendary Sith Lord who brought prosperity to his people
Just like with Tulak Horde being a warrior, I knew that Marka Ragnos was a good ruler of the sith empire. However, he was a far better ruler than I thought. I respect Marka Ragnos' efficiency as a ruler.
I think the best rulers for sure! Tulak for beating the Infinite Empire of the Rakatans on Korriban and defending his people. And Marka for the Golden Age and consolidating the empire. Dying of natural causes not bad for Ragnos lol
@@jmag4527 I'm pretty sure it was King Adas that rallied his people and ran the Rakatans off Korriban. The Infinite Empire fell almost 20 thousand years before Tulak Horde was born...
@@blackshogun272 You're correct.
Marco Ragnos and Tulak Horde in my opinion, the strongest Sith Lords in Siths History/Legacy; no other Sith Lord could compare to them.
@@jmag4527 Tulak Horde helped the conquest and making of the Sith Empire, through brute force and Sith Alchemy he brought world's to it's knees; no one could kill him in single combat.
i love their dark spells n alchemy....one can imagine the brutality on those worlds
Most Sith Warriors focus purely on their own Strength and they tend to completely ignore establishing their own Power base.
I always loved the old republic sith they were much more interesting and powerful then the moive ones
If the Sith decided to simply just go for the raiding expeditions instead of the full blown conquest, will that keep the Sith Empire in good function? After all, they will have enemies to fight instead of each other.
Yeaaaa. To be faire, Lord Ragnos deserves more story about him.
I remember Marka Ragnos from Jedi Academy Disciples of Ragnos
Sounds like this guy was the imbodiment of the "rule of 1" ideology of the sith.
The Sith species deserve to be canon
Epic vid
Hmm, another series, this time about the ancient Sith Lords... will expect to hear about King Ommin later on.
8:24: In certain playthroughs, this didn't happen; in fact, *former* Jedi Knight Jade Korr fought Kyle "Forcedamned" Katarn in a really epic and memorable showdown (that didn't feel cheap either unlike Desann from Jedi Outcast).
Yes!
A history of the Sith Empire series? Cool.
Ragnos : I am the Dark Lord! Respect me!
Plageuis: Well aktually....
Palapatine: Indeed indeed, concordantly and futhermore....
Plageuis: And on top of that acktuallly....
Ragnos: Fuck this... nevermind , later nerds
Plageuis: Dark Side for the win! 😎😏
Palpatine: 😎😜
Ragnos: ...🤨😒😤 I'm going back to sleep *goes back in tomb
I'm getting Jedi Academy flashbacks 😂
The only thing I know about Marko Ragnos was how he was defeated by Naga Sadow, never knew there’s more to that
Thanks The Dark Side that disney Don't know about him.
My Sith Empires are safe.
Cheers
The Senate created the Diamond Age for the Sith Empire.
When was the last time a Sith Lord demonstrated sanity?
Sidious was pretty sane if were talking about his legends counter part
@@Maine03 And with that sanity he acknowledged that he was what weaker beings called evil.
Marka Ragnos, Marka Ragnos, let this be about Marka Ragnos!!!!
Marka Ragnos, the only Dark Lord of the Sith to create a stable empire... Through common sense.
Makes one wonder.
The Sith are the best
The Genghis Khan of the Sith.
Can u do a video on the true Sith empire just like you did the Eternal empire
Search up Vitiate's Sith Empire or Resurgent Sith Empire
Quick question i was wondering about what sith was more terrifing vitiate or nihilius
The real question is, if they were both standing in front of you who would you be more terrified of? 🤔
@@geetslys nihilous because vitate looks like someone's disappointed grandad
I didn't say my question right the first time both nihilous and vitiate wanted to eat the force so did revenge accidentally on malachor 5 create another even more powerful sith
So question. Tulak Hord created his own saber right? But Ragnos came after him, and was still using force enhanced blades during his time. Is this a conflict of multiple artists interpretation or what?
Great vid Geest
It’s sad one of the greatest Dark lords of the sith of all time. He ruled the sith empire for a century and brought a golden age of the sith. Brought stability and prosperity and united. And less then a year after his death due to natural course. His legacy was destroyed thanks to the two dark lords rivalry. He knew his empires strengths and weaknesses. He left a worthy successor due to Tenebra. You might call him the Peter the great version of Star Wars.
This channel is wonderfully informative, especially for someone like me who doesn't know much about Legends. I learn a lot from watching it. But the narrator mispronounces names and words so often that I sometimes wonder if he's doing it on purpose. In this case, he's getting "stygian" wrong -- it rhymes with "pigeon." It's from Greek mythology, and is the adjective form of the river Styx, which is pronounced "sticks." The word "stygian" means dark, dismal, or murky, which is why it's used in the name of the nebula that surrounds the Sith worlds of the galaxy. They are dark both in optical terms (shrouded from view and from external light) and in terms of the Force.
How is the narrator unfamiliar with not only the English word "stygian," but the river Styx itself AND the rock band named after it?
Wasn't the empire stable under Vitiate for longer than Ragnos? If Ragnos reigned for a century (or close to it) then it has nothing on Vitiate's 300+ year stability during his incarnation of the Sith Empire
You are right. I think however that Geetsly's has an hatred for the sith lord which is why he doesn't always acknowledged him
Well, that's not true. Because following the 1st Galactic War The Reconstituted Sith Empire Under Darth Vitiate devolved to in-fighting.
Not only that, but by that time Tenebrae was literally already building his own Empire at the edges of wild space on Zakuul BECAUSE he became disillusioned with the Sith Order.
@@a.b.s.anonymousbastardofso9459 That still means that the time before the 1st Galactic War was stable for the Sith Empire. Which is still something like 300 years. Yes it eventually fell apart and yes Vitiate built a second empire along side the Sith Empire, however, it does not change the fact that the stability he reigned over tripled the length of Ragnos's stable reign.
@@a.b.s.anonymousbastardofso9459 Actually I have to correct myself. Vitiate established the reconstituted Sith Empire on Dromund Kass in 4980 BBY. So my original statement of 300 years is way off. It was more like 1300 years lol (4980 BBY to 3643 BBY). So yeah his reign definitely overshadows Ragnos if we are talking "length of a stable empire".
I think Ragnos was more like a Emperor then Vitiate who was more of a dictator.
Vitiate was Strong but he was no different to Nihilous, where he didn't care about the Sith Order; but for their own preservation.
Plus Ragnos lived for the Sith Order till his Death he cared about it that deeply.
Marka Ragnos vs Jaden Korr? yeah I see why Marka lost.... Korr's master was THE Kyle Katarn....
That and dueling wasn't Ragnos strong suit, he'd be about on par with Darth Tyrannus when it comes to dueling ability which when you are dealing with a power duelist like Korr who was trained by the Jedi Order's Battlemaster Kyle Katarn whom had mastered all seven forms of lightsaber combat it's an unfair fight
@@JediLordNathan Yep... Marka should just be happy that he dueled Jaden and not Kyle himself...
I thought it was King Adas who had jet black skin?
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Wait did the scepter only taking dark side nexuses? Cause I thought the one at Hoth was a light side nexus
There's a Sith Temple on Hoth.
@@a.b.s.anonymousbastardofso9459 ohh shit really?? I didn’t know that I thought it was a light side nexus since it’s named after Jedi lord Hoth
Hm, interesting.
जय श्री राम .
Oddly 'white' for a guy with Obsidian skin.....that's Star Wars for ya I suppose...lol
To be fair Ragnos wasn't as fleshed out back in when he was introduced later on and imagery regarding him is not commons so some of it didn't age well
@@JediLordNathan fair....but was the Obsidian skin not part of his Origin story?
This is the good star wars not David filoni soy wars
:)
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