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Korriban

DESERTIFIED RAVAGED WORLD | OUTER RIM

Features

Shrine World. The once lush world of Korriban was scarred by devastating factional warfare a millennia ago, and now resembles a desertified wasteland. However, the power infused in those conflicts has made it the ideal world for the Sith Order to gather their knowledge and secret power. Many of their most prominent temples and burial chambers of their greatest champions are located on the planet.

Remote. Korriban is located far from any other known civilisation, partly due to its nexus with Force energy, and partly in aid of the Sith remaining hidden from the galaxy at large.

Perilous. For centuries the Sith remained pariahs among the Jedi and across the Galactic Republic at large. In order to maintain their safety, they fled to and disguised one of their fallen temple worlds, that their secrets would remain safe. Their paranoia has resulted in a highly guarded and heavily protected planet.

Subterfuge. Not only have the Sith hidden themselves in the depths of the galactic backwater during their exile, but their agents regularly flush inaccurate data into the HoloNet and seed false rumours about the planet’s actual location, further muddying attempts to discover its true whereabouts.

Sith Controlled. It is well known by those who are at all familiar with the world that, after centuries in exile, the Sith are extraordinarily hostile toward those who seek to encroach upon their most sacred shrine-worlds.

Locations

Valley of the Dark Lords. Perhaps the only thing anyone in the galaxy really remembers about Korriban is that the Sith have buried most of their greatest champions in a vast series of monuments in a gigantic ravine which runs along the equator of the planet. Once a hive of activity and technology, it has largely fallen to ruin in the subsequent millennia since its near destruction.

Phenomena

Startlingly little information is available in regard to the local environment on Korriban, including even its solar cycles. While several megafauna have been attached to legends emanating from the planet, none have been confirmed as being native to Korriban specifically. Most Old Republic experts presumed the planet had a high concentration of reptilian life, though interest in the subject of Korriban’s various biomes has all but ceased since the rise of the New Order.