Lost Tribe of Sith emergence

The resurgence of the Lost Tribe of Sith, beginning with the Tribe's formation of a new fleet in 41 ABY, marked the return of the Sith Tribe in galactic affairs after five millennia of isolation on Kesh.

Prelude
"It was our destiny to land on this rock&mdash;and we are bound to our destiny. For a time, it looks like, we're also bound to this rock. So be it. We're Sith. Let's make it ours."

- Yaru Korsin, first Grand Lord of the Lost Tribe of Sith

In 5,000 BBY, the Sith dreadnaughts Omen and Harbinger were on a mission to procure powerful Lignan crystals for the use of the Sith Empire in the Great Hyperspace War when they were ambushed by the Jedi Relin Druur and Drev Hassin. In the ensuing skirmish, both ships attempted to flee into hyperspace, but they collided right as the Omen hyperdrive engaged, knocking the vessel off course. The Omen came out of hyperspace very close to the remote planet Kesh, where it crash-landed in the Cetajan Mountains. The vessel's communications devices were rendered useless, and the world&mdash;home only to the technologically primitive Keshiri species&mdash;did not contain the materials needed to rebuild the Omen. The Sith who survived the crash thus took control of the world from the Keshiri and set up a new Sith Tribe, ruled by a Grand Lord and a council called the Circle of Lords.

A new armada
"When Ship came to us with the news of the near extinction of the Sith, we did not fall victim to despair. We acted. Vessel by vessel, we are assembling a fleet with which we will eventually take back the galaxy from the Jedi, who spread like vermin throughout system after system."

- Lady Olaris Rhea

The Tribe survived for over 5,000 years in isolation on Kesh until the time of the Second Galactic Civil War, when the Sith Meditation Sphere Ship found the Tribe in 41 ABY. Ship informed the Tribe of the happenings of the galaxy since the Omen accident, including the Sith Empire's failure in the Great Hyperspace War, the near-destruction of the ensuing Sith Order, and the renewed rise of the Jedi Order in the galaxy. The Sith Tribe thus decided to use Ship in the rebuilding of a brand new Sith armada to serve the Tribe in an invasion of the galaxy.

On the first mission, Ship took High Lord Sarasu Taalon, Lady Olaris Rhea, Lord Ivaar Workan, Sith Saber Ruku Myal, and Sith apprentice Vestara Khai&mdash;the first being on Kesh who had been contacted by Ship&mdash;to ambush a Damorian s18 light freighter and salvage it for parts to begin repairs on the Omen. The ambushed the freighter, slaughtered the crew, and brought the vessel's parts back to Kesh. The Tribe continued its attacks on various vessels, leaving none of their victims alive, until the Omen was successfully repaired, at which point they turned their efforts more toward the capture of intact ships. At some point they built a spaceport for their armada at their capital city of Tahv, and by 43.5 ABY the armada numbered greater than two dozen vessels.

In that year, the Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker came into contact with a powerful object, the Codex, which magnified his presence in the Force. The Sith then decided to send a strike team to eliminate the Grand Master in order to pave the way for their invasion. While that plan was being discussed, however, Ship's will was overcome by Abeloth, a powerful dark side entity, and the Meditation Sphere abruptly deserted the Tribe. The strike team was thus given the task of tracking down and recovering Ship before killing Skywalker.

The strike team
"Luke Skywalker has done much to fight the Sith, the dark side. He was at one point the last Jedi, and now he has re-created the Order with hundreds of them. And now, somehow, he has broadcast his presence into the Force. And we can take him down."

- Lady Olaris Rhea

The strike team embarked on their mission aboard the impressed warship, Eternal Crusader. To the Sith's surprise, Ship allowed Vestara Khai&mdash;who accompanied her Master, Olaris Rhea, along with several other Sith on the mission&mdash;to track the Meditation Sphere. Though the Sith were suspicious of a trap, they decided to continue regardless, and finally arrived at a planet in the Maw. There, a group of Sith was sent planetside to retrieve Ship; however, they were unable to find the vessel, and the planet's dangerous flora and fauna began taking its toll on the Sith's numbers. Soon, the Sith also encountered Abeloth, who told the Sith she had been stranded on the world for the past thirty years. While she pretended to help the Sith in their search for Ship, it was she who was forcing the Medtation Sphere to stay out of the Sith's possession, and the Sith continued shuttling down reinforcements from the Eternal Crusader until there was no one left aboard the warship.

After an incident in which Abeloth attempted to use her control over the world to drown Rhea, and Khai successfully saved her Master, Khai was the first Sith to see that Abeloth's Human appearance was simply a pretense&mdash;she possessed a much more alien form. Meanwhile, Sith Master Yuvar Xal had grown weary of Rhea's leadership, and planned a coup against her. Before he could carry it out, however, Abeloth revealed that she had learned of the presence of Skywalker&mdash;as well as his son, Jedi Knight Ben Skywalker&mdash;aboard the space station Sinkhole Station in the Maw. Ship finally returned to the Sith, and Abeloth instructed them to capture the Skywalkers and take them back to Kesh. The surviving members of the strike team&mdash;which had been whittled down to approximately fifteen Sith&mdash;were then taken by Ship to the station, and Rhea changed the objective back to killing the Jedi. They ambushed the Skywalkers, but their attack went badly, and the entire strike team was killed except for Khai, who fled to the planet Dathomir.

The alliance
"We have a common cause.''" "Are&mdash;are you suggesting we form an alliance?" "''Precisely."

- High Lord Sarasu Taalon and Grand Master Luke Skywalker

Desperate to learn the identity of their assailants, the Skywalkers tracked Khai to Dathomir, where they found her under the protection of the native Dathomiri Witches, who&mdash;unaware of her Sith origins and intentions of betrayal&mdash;had adopted her into their Clan. Meanwhile, Khai had sent a hypercomm message back to her homeworld, informing the Tribe of the strike team's destruction and her survival. She also made an arrangement with the local darksiders, known as the Nightsisters, to meet with members of her Tribe and exchange techniques, although she intended for the Nightsisters to be captured by her Tribe.

Lord Viun Gaalan led a contingent of Sith planetside to capture the Nightsisters and retrieve Khai, but before he could leave with the Sith apprentice, the Skywalkers and their Force-sensitive ally Dyon Stadd arrived and attacked the Sith. Gaalan was forced to flee without Khai, who was subsequently captured by the Jedi. Her treachery revealed to the Witches, they banished Khai from their Tribe. However, as the Jedi took her offworld, they were confronted in orbit by a large fleet of ChaseMaster frigates commanded by High Lord Sarasu Taalon. To the Jedi's surprise, Taalon proposed an alliance to travel into the Maw and confront Abeloth&mdash;who had been inducing a psychosis amongst the Jedi Order's Knights. The Skywalkers were forced to reluctantly agree, although they did not trust the Sith&mdash;indeed, the Tribe planned not to kill Abeloth as Taalon suggested, but to capture her for their own use before killing the Jedi.

In order to keep some amount of leverage, Skywalker convinced Taalon to let him keep Khai aboard his own vessel, the Jade Shadow&mdash;despite the fact that Khai's father, the Sith Saber Gavar, was amongst Taalon's forces&mdash;as well as to meet up with his friend, businessman Lando Calrissian, who could assist them in navigating the Maw. They agreed to meet Calrissian at the planet Klatooine; however, while there, Taalon became fascinated by the planet's wintrium fountain, the Fountain of the Hutt Ancients, and he ordered two of his vessels to obtain a sample of the wintrium. They desecrated the sacred fountain and were abruptly captured by Hutt forces; the crew of one frigate was condemned to death, while the crew of the other was allowed to go free. Nevertheless, the violation led to a crisis between the Klatooinians and the Hutts&mdash;who were bound by treaty to protect the fountain&mdash;and ultimately an uprising against the Hutts. The uprising went on to inspire several other slave revolts across the galaxy.

Meanwhile, the main fleet had left Klatooine, as both Taalon and Grand Master Skywalker had begun to feel restless, and Calrissian&mdash;who was accompanied by Jedi Knight Jaina Solo&mdash;caught up to the fleet just outside the Maw. Luke Skywalker convinced the Sith to go first to Sinkhole Station, because that was where he and his son had first encountered Abeloth. However, upon their arrival they found that it had demolished. One Sith vessel flew too close to the wreckage and was destroyed, despite the efforts of Calrissian and his asteroid tug. The fleet then moved on to Abeloth's planet, where they landed to search for the entity.

Luke Skywalker led Taalon, Gavar Khai, and Captain Leeha Faal to the realm of the Force known as beyond shadows to try and locate Abeloth. However, while there, Faal fell into the Depths of Eternity&mdash;from which no one could be saved or retrieved&mdash;much to Taalon's fury. Soon afterward, Skywalker saw his deceased wife, Mara Jade Skywalker, in the Lake of Apparitions, and she convinced him that they had to return to leave the realm immediately. Meanwhile, Vestara Khai had tricked Stadd&mdash;who had fallen prey to Abeloth's psychosis&mdash;into believing that she and the Sith were on his side, and she released him from his captivity aboard the Jade Shadow. The Jedi and Sith tracked Stadd via a homing beacon placed on him by the Vestara to a cave, where they found him near-death. He awoke and revealed that Abeloth had begun to drain his life energy, freeing him from the psychosis, and had fled down a tunnel upon sensing the allies' approach.

They found and attacked her, and during the battle the Sith turned on the Jedi. Nevertheless, Ben Skywalker was able to hold off Gavar in combat while the elder Skywalker fought Abeloth and the rest of the Sith attempted to capture her. Still, the Jedi Grand Master defeated and appeared to kill the entity. The Sith and Jedi then agreed to temporarily reinstate their alliance in order to investigate more into Abeloth and her origins. Calrissian, Solo, and the entire Sith fleet were sent offworld, leaving just Taalon, the Khais, and the Skywalkers to investigate.

Pool of Knowledge
"I understand your suspicions, Master Skywalker. But this time, I do intend to kill Abeloth. I have seen what she can do, and I'm no more eager to see her loose in the galaxy than you are.''" "''No. You don't understand what's happening to you, and Abeloth is the only one who knows. She's the only one who can tell you what you're becoming."

- Sarasu Taalon and Luke Skywalker

The tenuous allies soon discovered that Abeloth had actually switched bodies with Stadd, and Skywalker had actually killed Stadd&mdash;the being they thought was Stadd was Abeloth in disguise, and she was able to break free from the Jade Shadow. In their ensuing search for her they came up empty-handed, until they finally spoke with Ship, who directed them to the Pool of Knowledge, a powerful Force nexus on the world. Despite the Jedi's reluctance, the Sith insisted in finding the Pool. There, Taalon viewed a Jedi queen on the Throne of Balance in the Pool, and fearing that she might prevent the Sith from coming to power, he ordered that the Jedi tell him who she was. They declined, and in the ensuing duel broke out, the Skywalkers were forced to flee. During the fight, however, Taalon had jumped into the Pool, and afterward he began to transform into the same kind of being as Abeloth. Meanwhile, Abeloth herself had returned to the vessels, commandeered the Jade Shadow, and fled the world.

Taalon and Gavar decided to beat Vestara and send her to spy on the Jedi, ordering her to pretend that they had attacked her in punishment and that she was trying to escape. Luke saw through the plan, but he agreed to take her along nonetheless. They tracked Abeloth to Pydyr, where Vestara managed to send a message to her Tribe, informing them of Abeloth's whereabouts. Taalon, Gavar, and a large contingent of Sith arrived, and Taalon offered the Jedi another alliance, promising to kill Abeloth&mdash;Luke knew that Taalon just wanted to learn more about what he was becoming, but was forced to accept the offer anyway. In the ensuing battle, numerous Sith were killed due to illusions projected onto them by Abeloth, Taalon was killed by Vestara, who knew that she could not allow a second Abeloth to come into existence, and Abeloth again escaped.

When the Sith learned of Vestara's perceived treachery, she decided to assist the Skywalkers in fleeing from the Tribe's forces, and they escaped as a large wing of Jedi StealthX reinforcements arrived from the galactic capital planet Coruscant. The Jedi arrivals dominated the Sith forces, and Vestara and the Skywalkers continued to track Abeloth. Vestara sent her father a message after they located Abeloth on the planet Nam Chorios. Gavar then led the Sith fleet to the planet in Operation Shieldfall, and Sith Saber Tola Annax took a contingent of Sith planetside to ambush the Jedi. Annax's two attacks failed, however; though the Sith soon afterward located Abeloth at a pumping station in the town of Crystal Valley.

Meanwhile, Gavar Khai developed the Jedi Queen project, wherein a group of Sith led by Querdan Dei were tasked with hunting down and killing the Jedi queen Taalon had seen in the Pool of Knowledge. They discovered that the Hapan Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo's likenessclosely resembled the Jedi queen, and set about a plot to assassinate her. However, as they set their plan into motion while Djo was on a diplomatic mission to Klatooine, the project was disturbed by the interference of the true queen seen on the Throne&mdash;Djo's daughter, Allana Solo. Allana was able to delay the Sith long enough for her adopted mother, Leia Organa Solo to arrive. Organa Solo engaged Dei in a duel and killed him. Afterward, the Jedi Queen project was abandoned.

Meanwhile, the Sith on Nam Chorios attacked an Abeloth who was already weakened from contention with the Jedi, and went on to locate and surround Vestara and the Skywalkers. However, before they could kill the Jedi, Vestara killed a tsil&mdash;a sentient crystal&mdash;resulting in a massive death convulsion that incapacitated all of the Jedi and Sith in the area. She and the Skywalkers recovered before their Sith assailants and fled the pumping station. Meanwhile, the Sith fleet, commanded by Gavar Khai, was ambushed by the Jedi StealthX wing&mdash;which had been in hiding in the system at Grand Master Skywalker's orders in anticipation of the Sith's arrival. The Jedi forces again easily defeated the Sith, forcing them to retreat, and Abeloth narrowly escaped from the Jedi in Ship.

Devestation at Tahv
"To imagine, even for a moment, that anything human could even conceive of the vastness that is Abeloth, let alone trap me for your own tiny-minded purposes. Now you shall die, and your world shall become mine."

- Abeloth, to Darish Vol

Afterward, Abeloth contacted Gavar and proposed an alliance with him to take down the Jedi. He agreed, and conference with Grand Lord Vol and the Circle of Lords on Kesh approved of the idea as well. The Sith planned large festivities at their capitcal city of Tahv in order to celebrate Abeloth's arrival; although Gavar found his loyalties caught in between the slight political maneuvers of Abeloth and Vol before the celebrations even began. When Abeloth was brought planetside, she took part in the arranged festivities; however, that evening, she decided to stage an attack.

She appeared to the Grand Lord Vol in his sleep and attempted to kill him. However, he allowed her into his mind and she maneuvered too recklessly, allowing him in turn to infiltrate her mind. He discovered her desperate loneliness and need for adoration and mentally dueled her, telling her that she was not loved. Abeloth's assassination attempt was quickly turned into a frantic fight to free herself from Vol's grasp. She finally broke free, leaving Vol weak and in agonizing pain. he quickly told his aide, Revar, to warn the Tribe of Abeloth's betrayal, but it was too late. Abeloth herself was anguished and infuriated, and she discharged wave after wave of destructive dark side Force energy upon the city of Tahv in her torment, killing thousands of its inhabitants and leaving the city burning and in ruins.

Abeloth quickly moved to flee in Ship, but as she took off, several other frigates also launcehd from the spaceport. Gavar Khai, aboard his flagship, the Black Wave, ordered that all vessels cover Abeloth's retreat, and he commanded that all those who declined his order or failed to answer were to be shot down. Now a part of Abeloth's fleet, the Black Wave kept Ship safe long enough to flee into hyperspace. Afterward, the Sith abandoned Tahv. Though weakened, Vol survived the destruction, and prepared for the next stage of the Sith's invasion of the galaxy.

Infiltration of Coruscant
"Dad&mdash;you gave Coruscant to the Lost Tribe?''" "I laid a trap. That's quite a bit different. The Lost Tribe believes it has a destiny to rule the galaxy. What better way to take a huge step toward fulfilling that destiny than to infiltrate Coruscant?" "Uh, Dad, you maybe forgot one little thing." "And that might be?" "''Sith have infiltrated Coruscant!"

- Ben and Luke Skywalker discuss the latter's plan to handle the Lost Tribe of Sith

Meanwhile, several Sith forces began subverting the government on Coruscant. High Lord Ivaar Workan infiltrated the Galactic Alliance Senate disguised as one Senator "Kameron Suldar" and quickly gained prominence. Several more Sith infiltrated various strategic positions within the Galactic Alliance, and others simply came to the planet itself in preparation for their move to take over the seat of government. Meanwhile, the Jedi Order left Coruscant at the orders of Luke Skywalker, who claimed that they needed to separate themselves from governmental affairs following their strained tensions with the recently ousted Daala administration. He made the Order's departure a large public ordeal, ensuring that the Sith took it as a sign that they should put their plans into motion. Unbeknownst to the Tribe, he and the majority of the Jedi Order were embarking on a mission to eliminate Abeloth and Ship, so that they could then return their focus to the Tribe&mdash;which would be gathered on Coruscant&mdash;and defeat the Sith all at once.

The Sith indeed took the Jedi's departure as a good sign, and began sending Sith into the Jedi Temple. Meanwhile, they also arrested Organa Solo, the last Jedi on the planet. Workan reported to Vol that their plans were in motion; however, he also revealed that one Senator Rokari Kem had suggested she knew the truth about his identity&mdash;unbeknownst to the Sith, Abeloth had consumed Kem and come to Coruscant in the Senator's guise. Vol responded that he would come to Coruscant and kill Kem himself, and the Sith would then execute the final stages of their plan to take over the galaxy. However, when Vol arrived and went to assassinate "Kem", she overwhelmed and defeated him. Disguised as Kem, Abeloth then contacted Workan and showed him the Grand Lord's head, convincing the High Lord to meet with her the next day.

She ordered Workan to initiate a vote to replace the current interim Chief of State, Padnel Ovin, with herself. Workan called for the vote, but Ovin stalled with a lengthy speech&mdash;unbeknownst to the Sith, he was engaged in a plan to give Chief of Staff Wynn Dorvan and other Jedi allies time to rescue Organa Solo. Finally, Abeloth used her powers to cause Ovin to collapse, and he soon after died. Using her powers to influence the Senators, Kem was then able to win the vote, and Abeloth rose to power as Chief of State. She then came before Dorvan, who had been captured by three Sith following Organa Solo's escape, and revealed her true form.

Appearances

 * Omen
 * First Blood
 * Abyss
 * Backlash
 * Allies
 * Vortex
 * Conviction
 * Ascension
 * Apocalypse