Lillia Venn

Lillia Venn was a female Human member of the Lost Tribe of Sith on Kesh. She was an elderly woman and was the oldest member of the Circle of Lords, the Tribe's government. In 3961 BBY, Lillia ascended to the rank of Grand Lord, the highest rank in the Tribe. She had been elected as a "compromise" candidate from among the Circle of Lords after the other six High Lords had been unable to agree on a new leader. Due to her old age, her political rivals, the Red and Gold Factions, regarded her as a weak leader who would not last that long in power. Still, Lillia sought to outmaneuver and defeat her opponents in order to maintain her grip on power.

Following the ascendancy of Lillia, the Sith Lady Candra Kitai was appointed to assume her former seat in the Circle of Lords. By not aligning herself with the Red or Gold Factions, Candra became the second most important person in the Tribe due to her position as the tiebreaker: the one who would select Lillia's successor if she passed away. Thus, Lillia came to view Candra as a potential threat to her rule. In 3960 BBY, an opportunity came for Lillia to flex her muscles against her political opponents. She manipulated Campion Dey, the Kitai family's uvak wrangler, to make an assassination attempt against herself during the rake-riding games on Donellan's Day. After outliving his usefulness, Dey was executed by Venn's loyal allies: the Luzo brothers Flen and Sawj Luzo.

Lillia then falsely accused Lord Candra of plotting to assassinate her. As punishment, the Kitai family were reduced to the status of slaves and were also stripped of all their titles, ranks, lands, and belongings. In addition, Lillia ordered the public executions of Dernas and Pallima, the leaders of the Red and Gold factions. Candra was also coerced into confessing that she had conspired with Dernas and Pallima to assassinate and overthrow Lillia. To make a public example of her last surviving rival, Candra was forced to shovel manure at the capital Tahv's zoo in full public view. The victorious Lillia then appointed three of her own supporters, including the two Luzo brothers, as High Lords to the Circle.

The downfall of the Kitai family led Candra's daughter Orielle Kitai to flee to her friend Jelph Marrian's farm. There, Candra discovered that Jelph was actually a Jedi Shadow and that he possessed a hyperspace-capable starship, a discovery that was of Kesh-shaking" importance. Since the ancestors of the Tribe had become stranded on Kesh during the Great Hyperspace War, the Tribe had always sought to return to the stars and carve out an empire. She informed her mother Candra who told her to contact the four other High Lords from the two factions through the architect Gadin Badolfa. However, Candra did not believe her daughter Orielle's discovery and secretly informed Lillia in return for "improved working conditions."

Seeking to "conquer" the stars, Lillia and her entourage traveled to Jelph Marrian's farm. There, they captured Orielle, who had already reconciled with Jelph. While her followers including the Luzo brothers stood guard outside, Lillia then entered the barn where Jelph's starfighter was kept and entered the starfighter's cockpit. However, Jelph attacked the Sith with four blasters, another technology that had been unknown to the Tribe for millennia, and managed to rescue Orielle from Lillia's followers. They then escaped by jumping into the Marisota River. Meanwhile, Lillia and all her followers were killed when she unwittingly activated the ship's "anti-theft system" which consisted of two proton torpedoes that were buried beneath thousands of kilograms of ammonium-nitrate-based explosives. The resulting explosion also destroyed the entire farm and caused the surrounding riverbank to sink beneath the Marisota River.

Lillia's death during the so-called Night of the Upside-Down Meteor created a power struggle known as the Time of the Rot, which would last almost a millennium until 3000 BBY. Following her disappearance, Venn's rivals attacked and killed her supporters. These rivals then fought among themselves and degenerated into several warring factions. Despite her brief reign, Lillia's legacy was commemorated in the form of an airship that was named in her honor in an effort to rehabilitate historical figures from the Tribe's history. This airship took part in an ill-fated reconnaissance mission to the continent of Alanciar in 2975 BBY.

Appearances

 * Lost Tribe of the Sith: Purgatory
 * Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sentinel
 * Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pantheon
 * Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pandemonium