Leviathan (creature)

"The Leviathan didn't stop until it had devoured every last scream."

- Kyp Durron

The Leviathans were bioengineered serpentine creatures created by fallen Dark Jedi during the Hundred-Year Darkness. Some sources speculated that they may have been created by Karness Muur, however, Sorzus Syn took credit for their creation in her chronicle.

Characteristics
Living superweapons, leviathans roamed battlefields and drew the life-energies of enemy soldiers into blister traps that dotted their wide backs. When they killed a being, they absorbed all of the victim's life force and knowledge. Their hides were incredibly tough, and enabled them to even travel through lava unscathed.

History
"They predate the Sith Order. The Dark Jedi that would become the first Sith Lords we know today created them during the Hundred Year Darkness, over seven thousand years ago."

- Vul Isen, regarding Leviathans

Those Leviathans created during the Hundred-Year Darkness predate the fallen Jedi becoming Lords of the Sith, so they were created by dark-side alchemy discovered independently from Sith Alchemy. Therefore, they were more correctly termed "dark-side spawn." However, Sithspawn was a popular phrase during much of history. Sorzus Syn stated that her work creating Howler, Shambler, Pit Horror creatures culminated in the creation of Leviathans. Her experiments with Leviathans would later help her master and improve Sith Alchemy. Krespuckle the Ever-Hungry was her personal favorite Leviathan. Following the Battle of Corbos in 6,900 BBY, the Leviathans virtually disappeared from the galaxy, only emerging on Corbos every time colonists attempted to establish themselves there. In 12 ABY, they were destroyed by the Jedi Knight Kyp Durron. In 137 ABY Sith scientist Vul Isen of the One Sith engineered a Sea Leviathan to aid in the genocide on the planet Dac. Following the destruction of the beast, Master Treis Sinde reported to Roan Fel that the One Sith may produce the land based creatures as the conflict in the Second Imperial Civil War raged on.



Appearances

 * Jedi Academy: Leviathan
 * Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell
 * Star Wars Legacy 30: Vector, Part 11
 * Star Wars Legacy 32: Fight Another Day, Part 1