Siege of Tahv

The Siege of Tahv occurred during Dreypa's rebellion in 2,975 BBY. Following the Battle of Sessal Spire, the Lost Tribe anarchist Parlan Spinner stole the Last Hope that was hidden beneath the Tribe's capital of Tahv. However, the Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa learnt of Spinner's theft through the Force. He then contacted Spinner via hologram and threatened to destroy Tahv unless Spinner handed over the ship. Dreypa used the hostage Sith princess Takara Hilts to coerce Spinner into returning to Tahv.

However, Spinner used the Last Hope's turbolaser cannons to destroy Dreypa's Leviathans, ancient Sithspawn capable of draining the life energies of other beings. Takara then killed the final Leviathan with Force lightning. Dreypa and Takara then ended up on the Last Hope. Spinner flew the starship to the Southern Ocean where he returned the starship to Dreypa and then escaped with Takara into the waters. Meanwhile, Dreypa took control of the ship only to find that the ship had been sent on a one-way journey into the volcanic crater Sessal Spire.

Dreypa was killed during the subsequent battle and no information about Kesh's existence escaped to the wider galaxy until after the Second Galactic Civil War. Following the battle, the former anarchist Spinner was elevated as a hero of the Tribe. A grateful Grand Lord Varner Hilts even offered him a job as one of the Grand Lord's Hands, an elite agent. Meanwhile, Spinner developed a romantic relationship with his former enemy Takara.

Background
Since 3,000 BBY, the Lost Tribe of Sith&mdash;the descendants of ancient Human Sith who had become stranded on the planet Kesh in 5,000 BBY&mdash;had experienced a period of peace and stability under the leadership of Grand Lord Varner Hilts. Prior to that, the continent of Keshtah Minor had been devastated by a millennial civil war known as "The Time of the Rot." This conflict had been sparked by the death of Grand Lord Lillia Venn during the Night of the Upside-Down Meteor in 3,960 BBY. Her death led to centuries of civil war between rival Sith factions. Under Hilt's leadership, the Tribe and their Keshiri serfs rebuilt Keshtah Minor and "discovered" Alanciar, another continent situated to the west of Keshtah Minor which was home to another Keshiri civilization. After a relatively peaceful annexation in 2,975 BBY, the Tribe embarked on a mission to explore and catalogue the various lands and seas of Kesh.

Kesh remained at peace until Dreypa's rebellion in 2,975 BBY. The Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa had been one of the Dark Jedi who had been exiled to Korriban following the Hundred-Year Darkness. He was one of the founders of the Sith Order. Dreypa later led a group of Dark Jedi followers on a failed attempt to return to the wider galaxy in order to seek revenge against the Jedi and Galactic Republic. However, they were intercepted by Jedi forces outside the Stygian Caldera and both parties eventually crash-landed on Kesh, the homeworld of the Keshiri species.

The arrival of these Force-users triggered the Great Calamity which devastated much of Kesh and gave rise to legends about the Skyborn and the Destructors. Eventually, Dreypa's Dark Jedi allies turned against him and imprisoned him within his own oubliette, a stasis casket capable of keeping individuals in suspended animation for millennia. Dreypa's former Dark Jedi allies then made peace with the Jedi and founded the Doomed, a Force-sensitive community dedicated to protecting the Keshiri and finding balance in the Force.

Dreypa's rebellion
The Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa remained in suspended animation for four thousand years until he was freed by the Sith outcast Parlan Spinner. Spinner hoped to use Dreypa as an ally against the Tribe, which he disliked for mistreating him. Spinner brought Dreypa back to the port town of Eorm on the south-western coast of Keshtah Minor. Using his dark side powers, Lord Dreypa seized control of Eorm and raised a rebel army with the aim of overthrowing the Lost Tribe's leadership in the Sith capital Tahv. Dreypa also planned to returned to the stars and seek revenge against the Jedi and the Republic.

Dreypa clashed with the Tribe's forces at the Marisota Floodplain. He also unleashed several Leviathans which had been hibernating beneath the volcano Sessal Spire. Leviathans were ancient reptilian Sithspawn that were capable of absorbing the life energies of sentient beings. These wiped out much of the Tribe's military forces and completely annihilated the Doomed, who had arrived on Keshtah Minor in an attempt to stop Dreypa. However, Dreypa's lieutenant Spinner turned against the Sith Lord and helped the Sith princess Takara Hilts and her mother Grand Consort Iliana Hilts, the wife of Lord Varner, escape the fighting.

Following the fighting at Sessal Spire, Lord Dreypa learnt about the existence of an ancient Jedi Starship which was hidden beneath Tahv. Prior to her death, the Doomed's leader Kaliska also revealed the existence of the Jedi Starship to Takara and Spinner, whom she convinced to destroy the vessel. Spinner managed to return to Tahv with Takara's mother Iliana but reneged on his promise to destroy the Jedi Starship. He instead took it on a joy ride above Kesh and attempted to make a hyperspace jump to Coruscant.

However, Spinner was contacted via hologram by Lord Dreypa who demanded that the former hand over the Jedi Starship. The Sith Lord threatened to destroy Tahv if Spinner refused. Spinner was unmoved by Dreypa's threat until the latter threatened to kill Takara, Spinner's love-interest. Spinner initially denied his affection for Takara and claimed they were still enemies. Dreypa countered that he had witnessed Spinner helping Takara save her mother through Kaliska's memories. Dreypa then offered to trade Takara and Kesh for the Jedi starship. He instructed Spinner to meet him at Tahv after he had made up his mind.

The Climax
Lord Dreypa's Leviathans assaulted and laid waste to Tahv, causing extensive damage to much of the city. Grand Consort Iliana Hilts led the defense of the city and reminded her Sith Sabers that they were the true Sith of the Galaxy and that they should stand and fight for their Tribe. Due to Grand Lord Hilt's meritocratic reforms, several Keshiri were members of the Sith forces. Meanwhile, Grand Lord Hilts ordered his servants to evacuate the city's documents and scrolls to the vault in an attempt to preserve its historical artefacts. However, they were interrupted by a Leviathan which had breached the Circle Eternal's walls.

Hilts attempted to reason with the creature by offering to read it some scrolls but it refused. Before the Leviathan could devour Hilts, it was caught in the tractor beam projector of Spinner's Jedi Starship. Due to his love for Takara and his unwillingness to let Dreypa destroy his homeworld, Spinner had decided to stop Dreypa and his Leviathans. He got the ship's computer to give him a tutorial on operating the ship's tractor beam and laser blaster systems. Spinner used the Jedi Starship's firepower to incinerate and destroy several Leviathans. This helped the Lost Tribe to gain the upper hand in the fighting.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith 5: Spiral, Part 5