Cleansing of Serenno

The Cleansing of Serenno occurred shortly after the end of the Clone Wars, when Darth Vader drove the heirs of the Great Houses of Serenno to mass parricide.

History
Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars and the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Galactic Emperor Palpatine sent his apprentice Darth Vader as an official representative on Serenno. The current heads of the planet's Great Houses had been summoned alon,g with their oldest sons, and they were asked to meet Vader in the chambers of the Great Assembly House.

Once the meeting had begun, the Emperor's right-hand man accused the assembled nobles of treason for having supported the Count Dooku of Serenno, who led the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. The nobles all protested, but their shouting was to no avail.

As a way of cleaning the Great Houses of Serenno, Vader announced that each heir of a given house would be annointed head of the family on the condition that they killed their own father. Initially, the nobles all protested again, but the young Rodas Borgin drew the first blood by stabbing his father. Following the shock of this first murder, there was a brief moment of silence, until the heirs of the other noble houses lost all hope of getting away alive if they did not comply. Brutally, a slaughter began, with all the young nobles committing parricide in the Assembly House. When the massacre ended, the new heads of the Great Houses pledged allegiance to Adan Dooku, Count of the House Dooku.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire 7: Hard Targets, Part 2