Blackhand Group

The Blackhand Group, also known as the Clique, is a corrupt division that originated in the Republic, founded by both Siphon and Marrius who the latter didn't know Siphon worked for an even more powerful individual, Thalmanton. It was created in the best interests of the two founders who both vyed for power and to eventually create their own future Empire by any means necessary.

Believing the ends justified the means, both Siphon and Marrius orchestrated and perpetrated many atrocities such as holding Derald Tymon's family hostage as well as Maxwell Kelven's son, Herec Vastor, hostage to force them into submission. They also were partly responsible for the destruction of Sunstone during a large battle with the CIS as well as the death of many of it's civilians. Siphon even got Kole Harpin's entire family caught in the crossfire in an attempt to assassinate him.

During the age of the Galactic Empire, Marrius, Jylex and Jarriax wished to centralise their power and resources on Nar Shaddaa as apart of their plan to establish the Crimson Star Empire, but could not defy Imperial High Commands orders of maintaining their post on Tatooine. In a cunning move, the three men recruited the Mandalorian extremist Drax Vicha to make a deal with him, to have him as the public scapegoat for nuking and destroying the Imperial base on Tatooine in exchange for giving him future immunity for any of his crimes and would protect him.

The group was also responsible for brainwashing Herec Vastor, which was later revealed to not work as much as they had hoped, instigating extreme psychotic visions that resulted in temporal subservience to Marrius but did not last forever as Herec broke the mind control.

Another atrocity they were behind was the Ember Hearth Massacre that left 28 civilians dead and all of the targets, the remaining members of Imperial High Command, being killed with them, and many others injured. This was perpetrated by Drax Vicha and Herec Vastor (under mind control) in order to eradicate the final barrier of Marrius, Jarriax and Jylex rising to power as Supreme Commanders of the Outer Rim, centralising all resources and finally being able to declare the creation of the Empire of the Crimson Star.