Nightsisters The Nightsisters were a clan and an order of magick - wielding females who lived on Dathomir , a planet bathed in dark energies . These Dark side users were able to perform their arcane magicks by tapping into the magical ichor that flowed from the depths of their planet . History . The Nightsisters ' clan developed on the mysterious planet of Dathomir . Since power was at its most potent on their home planet , they rarely ventured off - world during the height of the Galactic Republic . However , this changed when a sister named Talzin became the clan ' s Mother . During this time , Talzin worked alongside the Sith Lord , Darth Sidious , who ultimately betrayed Talzin and took her son Darth Maul from her . At the time of the Clone Wars , Talzin began to sell her sisters ' services as mercenaries to the galaxy ' s wealthy citizens . At some point in the years leading up to the Clone Wars , the clan was forced to give up the young Asajj Ventress to the Siniteen criminal Hal ' Sted as insurance for protection . Clone Wars . Ventress would later return to her people after being betrayed by Count Dooku , seeking their help for revenge against her former master . After the failure of their first attempt , the Nightsisters then used the Nightbrother , Savage Opress , as an instrument to destroy Dooku . They used their magic to increase his size , rage , and power . However , their scheme would earn them the ire of Dooku , who would later dispatch General Grievous to Dathomir in retaliation . The Nightsisters were massacred during the battle , with Ventress , Talzin and Shelish being the only known survivors . While Ventress pursued a path as a bounty hunter , Mother Talzin continued to live in seclusion in the Nightsisters ' ruined fortress , where she helped heal the broken body and mind of her son , Darth Maul . She then orchestrated the kidnapping of Bardottan Queen Julia to make her more powerful than the Jedi and the Sith . However , she failed when Jedi Master Windu and Representative Binks foiled her plans and she disappeared . Maul and Talzin conspired to eliminate Darth Sidious and Dooku , but Talzin was killed in the eventual confrontation . Meanwhile , Ventress joined Quinlan Vos in one final assassination attempt against Count Dooku , but was killed by the Count while protecting Vos . Age of the Empire . 17 years later , two spirits of the Nightsisters were summoned by Maul and Ezra Bridger to break their connection with each other . However , the spirits demanded their flesh and blood as payment . The Nightsister spirits then attacked and possessed Kanan Jarrus and Sabine Wren . Together they fought Maul and Bridger . Maul then abandoned the fight , but Bridger fought them . Bridger then spoke with the Nightsister that possessed Kanan . The Nightsister told Bridger that Maul promised flesh and blood to rebuild the Nightsister clan . However , Bridger was able to destroy the source of the Nightsisters ' powers , the altar , and the spirits disappeared . By the Galactic Civil War , Shelish was the sole known surviving Nightsister . Religion and philosophy . By tapping into the magical ichor that flowed from Dathomir ' s depths , the witches could harness a power they referred to as " magick . " The most powerful of the Nightsisters could use that ichor to create objects out of thin air , transform people into ghostly versions of their true forms , or even reanimate the dead . Society and culture . The Nightsisters of Dathomir lived in the seclusion of a stone fortress that bordered dense swamplands . A matriarchal society , the coven of sisters lived apart from the men of Dathomir , the Nightbrothers , whose only use was to serve the sisters as servants and breeders . Young women aspiring to join the ranks of the Nightsisters first had to use the Dark side to subdue a powerful , strong - willed creature living in the depths of the pools in the village known as the Sleeper , and bring back a part of its body . The harvested remains would then be converted into the Water of Life , a major component of Nightsister magicks . Any initiate who gave into their fear , such as Talia ' s twin sister , would be dragged down into the depths and killed . The Nightsisters mummified their dead before placing them in pods of animal skin decorated with tassels , which were hung on structures made of branches , bone s , animal skins and shells . Their graveyards mimicked the configuration of the plant life seen on Dathomir , with its crooked tree s burdened by large , cocoon - like fruit s .