For Galactic Historians, the Rise of the Shadow Empire marks the end of the period of the Successor States, after the close of events chronicled in the historical work, "The Fragmentation of the Imperium" by The Historian of Ossus. The transistion moment during this period is the infiltration and seizure of New Tibannopolis by the Disciples of Ragnos ("DOR") and the New Trade Federation ("NTF"). This was followed by a period of expansion by the Sith Empire along the upeer Perlemian, and the 2nd Hutt Renaissance along the lower Corellian.