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Korriban

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Korriban
Diameter 16,980 km
Orbital Period 780 days
Rotation Period 28 hours
Gravity 1.4 standard
Region Outer Rim
Sector Sith Empire
System Horuset system
Suns 1: Horuset
Moons 7
Native Species Korribanites (indigenous)
Other Species Unknown; formerly: Sith (near-human), Tuk'ata, Rakata, Humans, Gossam
Population
Official Language Korribanite language, Sith, later Basic
Primary Terrain Mountains, Canyons, Dry Riverbeds
Major Cities Dreshdae (ruined, former capital)
Points of Interest Valley of the Dark Lords, Dark Lord Mausoleum, Eternal Pyre, Shyrack Caves
Affiliation Infinite Empire, Sith Empire, Sith Empire (Jedi Civil War), Galactic Republic, Confederacy of Independent Systems, Galactic Empire, Empire Reborn

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

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History

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Infinite Empire

This remote, forbidding planet was once a slave planet of the Infinite Empire. The Rakata used Sith slaves from the planet (the Sith originally having come to Korriban from nearby Ziost) and used them for their projects, such as the Star Forge (30,000 BBY). The sole artifact to survive this era was the ancient Star Map hidden within the Tomb of Naga Sadow.

The Rakata were struck by plague, leading to a slave revolution in 30,000 BBY.

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Sith Empire

The Sith Empire was founded in approximately 6,900 BBY. Ziost was the government capital, but Korriban was sacred mausoleum-world. Until the rise of Naga Sadow, the existence of the Sith Empire was unknown to the Galactic Republic.

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. Circa 5,000 BBY, the planet became an endpoint of the newly-formed Daragon Trail hyperspace lane. After the fall of the Sith Empire, the planet lost much of its prominence in the galaxy, eventually falling off the galactic starcharts for a thousand years. After the Great Hyperspace War, the Republic and the Jedi exterminated the Sith in an act of genocide against the species.

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Old Sith Wars

Korriban was resettled prior to 3,993 BBY by Dark Jedi survivors of the Exar Kun War, and was home to the new settlement of Dreshdae and a Sith training academy, both of which were revitalized by Darth Malak and Darth Revan in 3,958 BBY. In 3,991 BBY, Duron Qel-Droma and Shaela Nur died, failing to cleanse the planet of terentateks. With the death of Master Uthar Wynn, the academy's headmaster, and Darth Malak himself at the hands of Revan in 3,956 BBY, the Sith Order collapsed into civil war, the world was once again abandoned.

It took the Republic a couple of years (approximately around 3,954 BBY) to send an expeditionary force to Korriban in order to deal with any potential Sith escapees who might have remained there. They found a planet nearly in ruins -- barren and lifeless. It was assumed by the commanders of the Republic task force that the remnants of the Sith turned on each other, vying for what little power remained. It was also said that Darth Revan had always intended to return to Korriban one day to subdue any would-be Sith insurgents...but then he disappeared. However, the Republic discovered evidence that several Sith Lords did manage to escape the planetary conflagration, fleeing to remote corners of the galaxy.

After the fall of Darth Malak, the ancient tombs within the Valley of the Dark Lords were plundered by grave-robbers. Each tomb was once infused with history and heritage of the old Sith Empire, containing great mysteries and powerful relics of the Force. However, even their many traps could not long hold back the curious, the fools, and the weak. And so these tombs fell, spilling their secrets into the hands of those unable to comprehend or preserve them.

Many broken, charred corpses litter the plains of Korriban, virtually all that remains of the Sith who once inhabited the world...but their dark, malignant spirits remain, ready to confront any who disturb their rest by way of their guardian-familiars, the Hssiss.

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.

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Clone Wars

The world remained desolate until it was taken over by the Commerce Guild just prior to the Clone Wars, c. 24 BBY. 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.

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Imperial era

After the Wars, the Galactic Empire took control of Korriban, as Emperor Palpatine visited the planet to increase his strength in the Force.

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Post-Endor era

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.

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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.

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