Lost Tribe of Sith
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The Lost Tribe of Sith was a marginal Sith Order operating on Kesh.
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[edit] History
In 5000 BBY, the Sith starship Omen crashed-landed on the planet of Kesh. Commander of the Omen Yaru Korsin fought with his half-brother, Devore Korsin, over command of the Sith, and Yaru killed Devore. The survivors of the crash soon met with Adari Vaal, a native Keshiri woman who had been branded as a heretic by her people. With the aid of Vaal, Korsin tricked the natives into believing that the survivors were the Skyborn, the gods of the Keshiri. Korsin was proclaimed as the Grand Lord of the Skyborn, and Korsin began to use the people of Kesh to mine for the metals needed to repair his vessel. Adari Vaal knew however that the metals needed to repair the Omen were buried deep beneath the planets surface, and that it would take many years to even begin to find them, if they even existed on Kesh at all.
Over the centuries, the survivors multiplied into a large force. The Lost Tribe slowly grew in numbers and strength, awaiting the day when the Sith Empire would locate them and usher them into their rightful place in the galaxy.
Shortly after the Second Galactic Civil War the Sith of the Lost Tribe were ready to fulfill their destiny and take on a weakened galaxy. In 41.5 ABY they made contact with Ship, the Sith Meditation Sphere awoken by Ben Skywalker on Ziost one year earlier. The vessel informed the Lost Tribe of the destruction of the Sith and the rise of the Jedi, and began to train the younger Sith for a war against the weakened galaxy.
Two years later, the Sith had assembled a small fleet of several dozen ships, including the rebuilt Omen. Meanwhile, in the Kathol Rift, Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker came into contact with the Codex, an Aing-Tii artifact that enhanced his presence in the Force, and alerted the Tribe to the threat that he presented to them. Grand Lord Darish Vol and Lady Olaris Rhea handpicked a strike team to hunt down and kill Skywalker, but Ship abruptly left the planet, following a mysterious call in the Force. The strike team, led be Rhea, was then tasked with recovering Ship before eliminating Skywalker.
The strike team, which was led by Lady Rhea, eventually tracked Ship to a planet in the Maw, where they encountered a being called Abeloth. Abeloth claimed to have been stranded on the planet for the last thirty years, but in reality she was in control of not only the planet itself, but Ship as well. Vestara Khai discovered the true nature of Abeloth, but the other members of the team remained unaware. Abeloth used the flora and fauna of the planet to kill many of the Sith, but after discovering Skywalker's presence beyond shadows at Sinkhole Station with his son, Ben Skywalker, finally allowed Ship to return to them so that they could continue on their mission.
The Sith ambushed the Grand Master and his son at Sinkhole Station, a space station that was home to the Mind Walkers. During the ensuing fight, Sith Master Yuvar Xal attempted to execute a coup to take over command of the team from Rhea. He attempted to kill Keshiri Sith Saber Baad Walusari while his Sith apprentice, Ahri Raas, attempted to kill Rhea's apprentice, Khai. The betrayal failed, however, and Khai killed Xal as Raas was killed by one of the Jedi. Eventually, the only remaining members of the team were Rhea and Khai, who dueled Luke. They were distracted by the younger Skywalker opening fire on Ship in the Station's hangar, however, and Skywalker took advantage of this to kill Rhea. Khai, however, escaped and fled to Dathomir, with the two Skywalkers pursuing her.
[edit] Organization
The Lost Tribe was ruled by a Circle of Lords, installed in a domed palace in the heart of the the Keshiri city of Tahv. The Circle consisted of seven Sith Lords and was guided and overseen by the Grand Lord, the most powerful of the Lost Tribe of Sith.
In addition to the city of Tahv and several smaller outlaying settlements, the Tribe also had a Sith Temple constructed over the ruins of the Ship of Destiny, which the remains of the Omen were called. The Temple was a massive black edifice jutting out of the mountain where the ancient Sith Cruiser had crashed and was constructed from the mountain itself. It was in the Temple that Sith apprentices were mentored and trained.
There were five ranks known in this isolated Sith order: Sith Tyro, Sith apprentice, Sith Saber, Sith Master, and Sith Lord. While Sith Lord was the highest rank a member of the Tribe could obtain, Sith Lords who became members of the ruling Circle of Lords received the honorary title of High Lord.
For the Tribe, any flaw, including scars and deformities, was a strike against one's potential for advancement in the hierarchy. The Sith were firm believers in merit over birth, and though a stigma was attached to the native Keshiri of Kesh, some managed to be trained in the Sith arts. Indeed, around 41 ABY one of the current Sith Lords of the Circle was Keshiri. [1]
[edit] Founding Fathers of the Lost Tribe
Sith Survivors of the Omen's crash:
[edit] Members of the Lost Tribe
As of 43 ABY:
(†=confirmed death);
[edit] Grand Lord[edit] Circle of Lords members[edit] Sith Masters[edit] Sith Sabers |
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[edit] Behind the scenes
It is interesting to note that some of the Humans the Lost Tribe was formed from were themselves descended from a group who hailed from what would later become the Tapani Empire, a government that would also become ruled by High Lords.
[edit] Appearances
- Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice (First appearance)
- Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn
- Imprint
- Crosscurrent
- Omen
- Abyss
- Backlash
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