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«On Yn, the Jedi had laid siege to an Imperial stronghold. Tulak Hord broke the siege single-handedly!»
―Khem Val[1]

The battle of Yn was a conflict between the Sith Empire and armies of Jedi and rebels, who faced the Sith Lord Tulak Hord. During Hord's campaigns on the planet[6] Yn[1] and the Jedi-held world of Chabosh,[1] he rejected the Sith Lord Aloysius Kallig's offer to battle beside him. After Kallig killed Hord's right-hand general, Hord let the other Sith lead his forces in multiple victories.[5]

When the Jedi attacked a Sith stronghold on Yn[1] around 5300 BBY,[2] Tulak Hord, his apprentice, Ortan Cela, and their Dashade Shadow Killers, Khem Val and Veshikk Urk,[4] led an army of dark side warriors to break the Jedi siege, eliminating them and the rebels who opposed the expansion of the Sith Empire.[3] Urk and Val feasted on the Force potential of their enemies, and Tulak Hord used a ritual to draw the strength of his enemies to himself in order to gain power and vitality.[7] After winning the battle, Hord led his armies to take Chabosh as well.[1]

Khem Val recounted Tulak Hord and his conquest of Yn and Chabosh fondly to the Sith Inquisitor he served,[1] Kallig's descendant,[5] around 3643 BBY,[8] occasionally referring to both himself[9] and Hord as the "conqueror of Yn and Chabosh."[10]

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"No, witch! You will be pulled in. I am Khem Val, servant of Tulak Hord, conqueror of Yn and Chabosh. And you are trapped."
―Khem Val, to Darth Zash's spirit[11]

The battle of Yn was first mentioned in the entry for Khem Val on the Holonet portion of the BioWare video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic's official website in 2011.[12] If the Sith Inquisitor player character chooses not to help Khem Val in the mission "The Escape,"[11] set around 3643 BBY[8] on the world Taris, the Dashade would approve of the non-interference and force Darth Zash's spirit out of himself and into a mind prison made by the ancient Rakatan civilization, proclaiming in triumph that he served Tulak Hord, "conqeuror of Yn and Chabosh."[11]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Conversation with Khem Val: "Exultation"
  2. 2.0 2.1 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "Force-walking" establishes that Ergast attempted Tulak Hord's ritual 300 years after Tulak Hord himself. Additionally, SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "Monument to Lord Ergast" states that Ergast was among the Sith who first permanently settled Dromund Kaas, which occurred in 4980 BBY per Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia. Thus, Hord's use of the ritual at Chabosh, and by extension the battles of Yn and Chabosh, occurred around 5300 BBY.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "Tomb of Tulak Hord"
  4. 4.0 4.1 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Conversation with Khem Val: "The Master's Apprentice"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
  6. The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 355 ("Yn")
  7. SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "The Ritual of Tulak Hord"
  8. 8.0 8.1 SWTOR mini STAR WARS: The Old Republic - Question ! :) - Page 3 on The Old Republic's official website (backup link) places Star Wars: The Old Republic about ten to twelve years after the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, which is dated to 3653 BBY by Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia. The Old Republic — The Lost Suns 2 takes place ten years after the treaty, one week after the mission to Nar Shaddaa, and around the time of the SpecForce Incident. Since the mission and the incident are respectively part of Act I of the Jedi Knight and Republic Trooper's storylines, and the Trooper's Act I occurs concurrent to Act I of the Smuggler storyline, the general events of the Prologue and Act I for all classes can be assumed to occur in 3643 BBY.
  9. SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Ambient dialogue with Khem Val as a companion
  10. SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Conversation with Khem Val: "Trial of the Shadow Killer"
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Sith Inquisitor Mission: "The Escape" on Taris
  12. Holonet icon allegiances Khem Val on The Old Republic Holonet (content now obsolete; backup link)
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