Xim/Legends

Before the rise of the Galactic Republic, Xim the Despot was a tyrannical ruler who ruled an interstellar empire in what would later become the Tion Hegemony. Some references describe Xim as the head of a criminal empire, which may describe how he began his rise to political power. Xim conquered many worlds with mighty armies and fleets which used the highest technology available at the time, including beam tubes and war droids. He controlled his conquests through fear of his secret police, the Genoharadan.

It may be conflict over criminal interests, competing territorial ambitions in the Si'Klaata Cluster, or both which brought Xim into conflict with the Hutts. At the conclusion of his war with the Hutts, Xim was defeated by Kossak the Hutt at the Third Battle of Vontor, when his armies were surprised by the Hutts' recently acquired Klatooinian, Nikto, and Vodran allies. Xim was killed at Vontor, but his treasure ship, the Queen of Ranroon, escaped to the planet of Dellalt. There, it would be guarded for millenia by a cache of war droids and a secret brotherhood known as the "Survivors", descended from the original crew and elite guards on board the ship.

Despite his reign of only thirty standard timeparts, Xim's influence would continue through history. The races of the Si'Klaata Cluster, initially recruited as allies to defeat Xim, continued to serve the Hutts well into the days of the New Republic under the terms of the Treaty of Vontor. The romance of Xim's lost treasure would inspire fortune-seekers throughout history, until it was discovered centuries later by Han Solo and the Ruurian historian Skynx. It was even rumoured that the Genoharadan survived as a secretive, but powerful, criminal syndicate as late as the Jedi Civil War.