Disciples of Ragnos

The Disciples of Ragnos, also known as the Cult of Ragnos, was a Sith cult that worshipped the ancient Sith Lord Marka Ragnos, who died shortly before the Great Hyperspace War some five thousand years before the Battle of Yavin. Their ultimate goal was to resurrect him and use his power to take over the Galaxy.

Tavion
The Disciples were led by Tavion, former apprentice to the Dark Jedi, Desann.

When Imperial Remnant warlord Galak Fyyar's troops, and Desann's forces occupied Bespin's Cloud City, during the Reborn crisis, Kyle Katarn spared Tavion's life. Katarn then went on to kill Desann and destroy most of the Reborn forces.

Tavion subsequently found an ancient Sith artifact known as the Scepter of Ragnos which could siphon Force energies from locations that possessed some residue of Force power. Eventually enough energy would be siphoned for the wielder of the scepter to call upon the spirit of Ragnos to return from the netherworld of the Force.

Sith Cultists
The majority of the Disciples of Ragnos were the so-called Sith Cultists&mdash;warriors empowered with the Force energy siphoned into the scepter. The Sith Cultists were trained in lightsaber combat and possessed rudimentary Force powers.

New Reborn
Those of Desann's Reborn who were not killed or captured during the crisis of the Reborn joined the cult as well, renaming themselves the New Reborn. The New Reborn were far superior to the Sith Cultists both in terms of lightsaber skills and and Force abilities.

Affiliations
The cult cooperated with the Imperial Remnant as well as mercenaries and bounty hunters. Often both Imperials and mercenaries would fight side by side with members of the cult.

Cult activities
The disciples would seek out places tainted by the Dark Side of the Force, such as the Massassi Temples on Yavin 4, the dark cave on Dagobah, the remains of Byss, and the Jedi tombs on Chandrila to siphon the residual Dark Side energies at those locations. Agents of the cult were dispatched all over the Galaxy on various obscure missions. Several of their missions were thwarted by Jedi from Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum such as Katarn's talented apprentice Jaden Korr.

The seduction of Rosh Penin
The cult managed to capture Katarn's other apprentice, Rosh Penin, and turn him to the Dark Side. Penin, now a Disciple of Ragnos himself, faced Korr in a duel in Bast Castle on Vjun. Backed up by the powerful Reborn Twins, Penin proved quite a challenge to Korr. Korr, however, managed to kill the twins, which enabled him to defeated Penin. Tavion managed to rescue Penin, before Korr and Katarn could capture him. Penin eventually came to regret this and sent a distress call to Skywalker's Praxeum from the cult's base on Taspir III. Katarn and Korr went off to Taspir to rescue him. The rescue mission culminated in a fierce duel between Korr and Alora in which Penin lost his arm and Alora lost her life.

The battle at Korriban
The Disciples of Ragnos gathered on Korriban, as Tavion began the process of using the Scepter of Ragnos to try and resurrect Marka Ragnos himself. An army of Jedi from Skywalker's Praxeum was dispatched to Korriban. An epic battle the likes of which had not been seen since the Clone Wars broke out, as the Jedi battled the Disciples of Ragnos across the desert and tombs of the Valley of the Dark Lords.

Ragnos returns
In Marka Ragnos's tomb, Tavion managed to invoke the spirit of the dead Sith lord and Ragnos returned once more to the Galaxy. Jaden Korr, who had fought his way through the Valley of the Dark Lords, had entered the tomb of Ragnos and engaged in an epic duel with the possessed Tavion.

The end of the cult
Korr eventually defeated Tavion, forcing Ragnos back into the netherworld of the Force. When Ragnos left Tavion's body it collapsed dead on the floor of the tomb. As Korriban was the graveyard for the Sith, it became the graveyard for the Disciples of Ragnos as well - and Tavion with them. Korr destroyed the scepter and sealed the entrance to Ragnos's tomb.

Prominent cult members

 * Tavion
 * Alora
 * Dasariah Kothos
 * Vil Kothos
 * Rosh Penin
 * Lannik Racto
 * John

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy