Korriban

Korriban was the sole planet in the Horuset system, located across the galaxy from Koros Major. It was the original homeworld of the Sith species and a sacred planet for the Sith Order.

History
This remote, forbidding planet was once a member of the Rakatan Infinite Empire. The Rakata used the natives, presumably the Sith, as slaves for their projects such as the Star Forge. Now everything that remains of this era is an ancient Star Map hidden within the Tomb of Naga Sadow.

After the collapse of the Infinite Empire, the planet remained in a state of anarchy for 3,500 years until the Sith Empire was founded in approximately 24,400 BBY. Korriban was the capital planet, a position it shared with Ziost. Until the rise of Naga Sadow, the existence of the Sith Empire was unknown to the Galactic Republic.

It was to Korriban that the ancient Dark Jedi fled after they were exiled by the Jedi Knights during the First Great Schism. Korriban was originally inhabited by the Sith species, a relatively simple, red-skinned people. The Dark Jedi amazed the Sith with their training in the Force, and soon elevated themselves to a god-like status, becoming the rulers of the Sith. As the years passed, interbreeding occurred between the human Dark Jedi and the Sith, and it was not long before the Sith race in its original form became extinct.

Under the pall of Sith magic, this desolate world became more hellish and dangerous. The Sith Lords erected huge palaces and burial complexes to honor their fallen Dark Lords. 5000 BBY, the planet became an endpoint of the newly formed Daragon Trail. After the fall of the Sith Empire, the planet lost much of its prominence.

It was briefly resettled 3960 BBY and was home to the settlement of Dreshdae and a Sith training academy. However, with the death of Master Uthar Wynn, the academy's headmaster, and Darth Malak himself at the hands of Revan, the Sith Order collapsed into civil war the world was once again abandoned.

In the chaos following the Jedi Civil War, which nearly destroyed the Jedi Order, Jedi Master Lonna Vash used Korriban as a hideout. She was eventually trapped and killed by Sith Lord Darth Sion in the ruins of the academy and then used as bait to lure the Jedi Exile into Sion's hands. After escaping the trap, the Exile discovered the long-lost Tomb of Ludo Kressh.

The world remained desolate until it was taken over by the Commerce Guild just prior to the Clone Wars. Other than Guild employees, the planet was mostly inhabited by those who were unfortunate enough to end up on Korriban and have no way offworld. After the war, the Galactic Empire took control of Korriban, as Emperor Palpatine visited the planet to increase his strength in the Force.

At the time of the New Republic, the Disciples of Ragnos arrived on Korriban, hoping to resurrect the ancient Sith Lord Marka Ragnos. However, their plans were spoiled by the Jedi, most notably by Jaden Korr and his former Master Kyle Katarn. Korriban's fate during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion has yet to be confirmed, though the Yuuzhan Vong may have bypassed it.

Fauna
Due to the planet's harsh terrain (or the power of the Dark Side), Korriban's native fauna was both vicious and cunning. The bat-like Shyracks lived in great numbers in caves on the planet. Tuk'ata hounds were also fairly common. Dark side dragons, or Hssiss, were also found on Korriban, though as semi-aquatic creatures, they were quite rare. Wraids were also found on Korriban.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Jedi Quest 
 * Star Wars Republic 63: Striking from the Shadows
 * Empire's End
 * Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy