Cleansing of Korriban In 3993 BBY , Jedi Knights Duron Qel - Droma , Shaela Nuur , and Guun Han Saresh were sent on a secret mission to hunt terentateks on the Sith homeworld of Korriban . Having established themselves as the best hunters in the Jedi Order in the Great Hunt of previous months , the three Jedi were specifically handpicked by the Jedi High Council to undertake this task . After journeying to the planet , the group began its investigation in the Dreshdae settlement . However , before they fought a single terentatek , Saresh left the group , disapproving of the budding romance between Qel - Droma and Nuur . Without their compatriot , Qel - Droma and Nuur proceeded onward into the Valley of the Dark Lords , where they believed the terentateks were living . Venturing into a cave , Qel - Droma and Nuur eventually came across a terentatek . Although Qel - Droma planned to confuse the beast with a mental Force power , he realized that he could not make contact with the terentatek and was killed before he could react . Consumed with grief and anger at the death of her lover , Nuur chased the terentatek deeper into the cave , eventually coming across the beast in the ancient tomb of Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow . There , she was attacked by another terentatek and was killed . Prelude . In 3996 BBY , the Great Sith War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire led by Sith Lords Exar Kun and Ulic Qel - Droma drew to a close , with a Sith defeat . Although the Sith armies had been bested , many Sith - created monstrosities still survived on planets across the galaxy , posing a threat to the Jedi Order and the general populace . In response , the Jedi High Council organized the Great Hunt , a collaborative Jedi effort aimed at eliminating these beasts wherever they trod . During the Hunt , a Jedi posse including Jedi Knights Duron Qel - Droma , Shaela Nuur , and Guun Han Saresh garnered considerable renown as the very best the Order had to offer . The group traveled to worlds such as Onderon , Tython , and Yavin 4 , focusing on battling terentateks — vicious , highly dangerous creations of Kun that fed off Force - sensitive blood . After a successful Jedi mission to Tatooine , an official end was called to the Great Hunt . However , the Jedi Council handpicked Qel - Droma , Nuur , and Saresh to undertake a secret mission . The Jedi would travel to the Sith homeworld of Korriban , a planet deeply steeped in the dark side , and eliminate terentateks that were believed to exist on the world . Together , it was believed that they would be able to resist Korriban ' s dark lure . Once on Korriban , the three Jedi stopped in the Dreshdae settlement and began their investigation into the whereabouts of the terentateks . However , the group became strained , as Saresh disapproved of the budding romance between Qel - Droma and Nuur . Feeling that their relationship put the mission in danger , Saresh left the group in order to hunt a " great beast " he had heard lived in the Shadowlands of Kashyyyk . Before he departed , Saresh gave Qel - Droma and Nuur a keycard that would grant them access to the Valley of the Dark Lords — where they believed the terentateks were — leaving his compatriots to take the beasts on by themselves . The cleansing . Three days after Saresh ' s abrupt departure , Qel - Droma and Nuur ventured forth into the Valley of the Dark Lords . As they approached a cave , the two Jedi sensed something through the Force — they realized that , at that moment , Saresh had died in his pursuit on Kashyyyk . Although disturbed by the loss of their friend and former teammate , Qel - Droma and Nuur pressed on into the cave . Together , the hunters slew several lesser beasts , including shyrack and kinrath , as they progressed farther into the caverns . Finally , at long last , they encountered a terentatek . Although Qel - Droma planned to use mental Force powers to confuse the beast while Nuur attacked it up close , he realized to his horror that he could not make mental contact with their target . Before he could react , the terentatek tossed Nuur aside and grabbed Qel - Droma in one of its large claws , fatally wounding him . Nuur rushed to her fallen lover in grief , but Qel - Droma reassured her — as he lay dying , the Jedi had a prophetic vision , showing him that a Jedi named Revan would eventually find his body and use his robe to help him defeat a Sith Lord . After relaying this hopeful message to Nuur , Qel - Droma died . Nuur was left alone and was filled with rage at her lover ' s death . Her mind set on vengeance , Nuur set out after the wounded terentatek , following the cave system into the ancient buried tomb of Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow . Within , she found the injured beast but was surprised by a healthy terentatek that was hidden in the shadows . With no way out , Nuur deactivated her lightsaber and allowed herself to be killed by the terentateks . Aftermath . Although the Jedi Council was relatively certain that Qel - Droma and Nuur had perished on Korriban , due to the danger inherent in sending someone to find their bodies , their exact fate remained uncertain . In 3956 BBY , Qel - Droma ' s body was discovered by Revan , during the Jedi ' s quest to find the Rakata n Star Map s — as Qel - Droma had predicted in his dying words , Revan took the Qel - Droma robe and soon afterward defeated the Sith Lord Darth Malak . Behind the scenes . The Great Hunt skirmish on Korriban made its first appearance in " Shadows and Light " , one of the stories in 2005 ' s " Star Wars Tales 23 " , written by Joshua Ortega . In the comic , the action was illustrated by Dustin Weaver . The battle was first mentioned two years earlier , in the 2003 video game " " . On Korriban , the player - character , Revan , can encounter the dead body of Duron Qel - Droma . The skirmish was also mentioned in a Codex entry of the 2011 video game " " , to go along with a mention in the reference book " The New Essential Chronology " .