Almas

Almas was a terraformed planet in the Cularin system. Its moon, Dorumaa, was a terraformed satellite. One of Almas' moons also was known to be laden with unique crystals which the Jedi used in the creation of their lightsabers.

Almas was the location of Darth Rivan's Sith fortress, built over 1,250 BBY, well before the Battle of Ruusan. More precisely the desert side of the planet. It was built on this planet in hope to gather dark side energy from the Force-dense Cularin system. It was here that Darth Rivan tried to create an corps of Sith Battlelords, before he was betrayed by his apprentice. At odd intervals, and often when a starship passed over its location, the central tower of the fortress would eject a huge bolt of lightning into the sky.

When Darth Rivan first arrived on Almas, the planet's atmosphere was filled with poisonous gases like phosphorus and methane, so he developed the kaluthin to help alter the atmosphere. The kaluthin was a success, given that all Almas' water was located underground, and continued to thrive after Darth Rivan was driven from the planet, after decades of living there, by the Jedi Knights during the New Sith Wars. Over the centuries, the kaluthin spread across the planet and created an atmosphere which was so high in oxygen it was almost toxic to Humans. The grass also gave the planet a distinct aural glow, mainly from the phosphorus it consumed. This living growth was unusually countered by the dark side energy on the planet, which originated in the desert region and slowly spread. The Almas Academy was established by the Jedi 188 BBY. The city Forard grew up around the Academy. Almas was the only planet in the system not occupied by clone troopers during the Clone Wars.

Years are calculated on the planet using the "After Artom" system of time measurement.