Battle of Sessal Spire The Battle of Sessal Spire occurred in 2974 BBY during Dreypa ' s rebellion on the planet Kesh . After being routed at the Battle of the Marisota Floodplain , the Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa ordered his forces to retreat to Sessal Spire , a volcano overlooking the Southern Ocean . They were pursued by an army sent by the Lost Tribe of Sith under Grand Consort Iliana Hilts . Following the collapse of negotiations , Dreypa used his amulet to awaken several hibernating Leviathans , reptilian Sithspawn that devoured the life energies of other beings . The Leviathans quickly wiped out much his former allied army and the Tribal army . Shortly later , the Doomed — the descendants of ancient stranded Jedi and Dark Jedi who had landed on Kesh following the Hundred - Year Darkness — attacked Dreypa ' s Leviathans but were also overcome by the Sithspawn . During the battle , two former enemies Sith anarchist Parlan Spinner and the Sith princess Takara Hilts joined forces after Spinner rescued her mother Iliana from being devoured by a Leviathan . They were subsequently joined by the last surviving member of the Doomed — Kaliska who revealed the existence of a hidden Jedi starship beneath the Tribal capital Tahv . Prior to her death , she convinced the Sith to destroy it in order to prevent Drepa from escaping offworld . History . Background . Following the Battle of Corbos , the surviving Dark Jedi were exiled to Korriban where they developed the first Sith Order . A group of these Dark Jedi led by Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa attempted to return to the Galactic Republic and seek revenge against their Jedi adversaries . However , they and their Jedi pursuers ended up on Kesh , a remote and primitive world that was home to the humanoid and purple - skinned Keshiri species . The arrival of these Force - users triggered the Great Calamity which devastated much of Kesh and gave rise to legends about the Skyborn and the Destructors . Eventually , Dreypa ' s Dark Jedi allies turned against him and imprisoned him within his own oubliette , a stasis casket capable of keeping individuals in suspended animation for millennia . Dreypa ' s former Dark Jedi allies then made peace with the Jedi and founded the Doomed , a Force - sensitive community dedicated to protecting the Keshiri and finding balance in the Force . Meanwhile , Dreypa remained in suspended animation for four thousand years until he was freed by the Sith outcast Parlan Spinner . Spinner was a member of the Lost Tribe of Sith , another group of Human Sith who had become stranded on Kesh during the Great Hyperspace War in 5000 BBY . Spinner hoped to use Dreypa as an ally against the Tribe , which he disliked for mistreating him . Spinner brought Dreypa back to the port town of Eorm on the main continent of Keshtah Minor . Using his dark side powers , Lord Dreypa seized control of Eorm and raised a rebel army with the aim of overthrowing the Lost Tribe ' s leadership in the Sith capital Tahv . Dreypa also planned to returned to the stars and seek revenge against the Jedi and the Republic . In addition , Lord Dreypa had planned to use the Sith princess Takara Hilts , daughter of Grand Lord Varner Hilts , as a hostage in negotiations with the Tribe . However , she and the Doomed leader Kaliska had managed to escape their captors and also brought Eorm ' s entire herd of uvak s , winged reptilian beasts , to Eshkrene . They then brought all members of the Doomed to Keshtah Minor in order to stop Dreypa from endangering the Keshiri . Dreypa ' s forces clashed with the Tribe ' s army at the Battle of the Marisota Floodplain . Despite their initial successes , Dreypa ' s forces were decimated by the Tribe ' s air force , the Skyborn Rangers . Dreypa and his surviving followers retreated to Sessal Spire , a volcano situated at the edge of a peninsula on the southwestern coast of Keshtah Minor . The Tribe ' s forces led by Grand Consort Iliana Hilts , the wife of Lord Hilts , pursued Dreypa and Spinner to the crater of Sessal Spire . After Iliana rebuffed Dreypa ' s attempts at seduction , Dreypa used the dark side to summon several hibernating Leviathans from the crater . The Massacre . Lord Dreypa ' s Leviathans immediately attacked both his former allies and the Tribe ' s forces . They used their tentacles to grab many sentient beings and trapped them on their blister traps , where their life energies were drained by the monsters . The Leviathans also absorbed the knowledge and memories of their prey . Dreypa ' s former ally Parlan Spinner and his pursuer Iliana Hilts were forced to scatter . When Spinner attempted to reason with his former ally , Dreypa retorted that his " so - called " allies had betrayed him centuries ago and that the Leviathans were the only help he needed . Shortly later , the Doomed arrived on their uvak steeds and proceeded to bombard Dreypa ' s Leviathans with arrows . The Doomed ' s leader Kaliska rallied her forces , reminding them to target the Leviathans ' blister traps and to avoid close quarters . She also exhorted them to remember the " tales of old " and reiterated that they had been born to fight against Dreypa . Spinner attempted to flee the fighting but was intercepted by his nemesis Takara Hilts who used her uvak to knock him down . Takara confronted Spinner with her lightsaber while Spinner fought back with several Keshiri glass daggers . The two Sith also taunted each other with Takara denouncing Spinner as a traitor while Spinner mocked Takara for being a " slave " to her parents . Eventually , Takara gained the upper hand over the outlaw and was about to execute him with her lightsaber when she was interrupted by the screams of her mother . Her mother Iliana had been captured by a Leviathan and was in the process of being drained of her energies . Driven by his secret affection for Takara , Spinner chose to help his enemy save her mother . He punctured the Leviathan ' s blister traps with his daggers and used Takara ' s lightsaber to kill the beast . When questioned by Takara , Spinner justified his actions by claiming that he had dreams for himself which did not involve the Leviathans destroying his planet . While Iliana survived her ordeal , she had been drained of a significant proportion of her life force . As a result , she had aged been aged thirty years older . Spinner and Takara then quickly evacuated from the battlefield the debilitated Iliana on the back of an Uvak . Meanwhile , Lord Dreypa regained the upper hand through his mastery of Force lightning and the high reproductive rate of his Leviathan minions . Many of the Doomed and their Uvak steeds were slain or devoured by his Leviathans which drained the life energies and knowledge of their defeated foes . Through the Force , Dreypa learnt about the identity of the Doomed — that they were the descendants of the Jedi and Dark Jedi that had imprisoned him within his oubliette millennia earlier . Dreypa was also confronted by a Rodian member of the Doomed , who denounced Dreypa as his ancestors ' " Great Shame " who had to be " put right . " Dreypa vowed vengeance against the Doomed and sought to find what they were hiding from him . The Last Hope . Following the awakening of the Leviathans , Dreypa ' s former allies along with their Sith pursuers and all members of the Doomed except Kaliska were killed by the Sith Lord ' s Sithspawn . Kaliska managed to escape the battle and rejoined Parlan Spinner , Takara and Iliana Hilts . Kaliska urged Spinner and Takara to combine forces with the Tribe ' s forces . However , Spinner was sceptical that the Tribe would support Kaliska since she was as " freakish " to them as the Leviathans . Iliana was unable to lead the Tribe ' s forces since she had been greatly weakened by the Leviathans . Unwilling to abandon her mother to the Leviathans , Takara wanted to bring her mother back to Tahv so that she could be treated by the Tribe ' s Force sages . Sensing potential in Takara , Kaliska urged the Sith princess to lead the Tribe ' s forces . She warned that if Dreypa was not stopped , he would threaten the wider galaxy . Spinner then questioned Kaliska whether she was hiding anything that could be used against Dreypa from the Sith . Based on Kaliska ' s comments , he deduced that the Doomed had a means of leaving Kesh and traveling to the stars . Cornered by both Spinner and Takara , Kaliska reluctantly admitted that the Doomed were aware about the existence of a single Jedi starship called the " Last Hope " , which was hidden beneath the Keshiri burial cairns under Tahv ' s Circle Eternal , the residence of the Grand Lord and his family . The Doomed ' s ancestors had preserved the " Last Hope " so that they could leave Kesh and return to the wider galaxy in the future . Kaliska feared that Dreypa would learn about the existence of the Jedi starship and succeeded in convincing Spinner and Takara to destroy the vessel . Due to his familiarity with the catacombs , Spinner was selected to carry out this task . Takara also convinced Spinner to take her mother on the uvak and return to Tahv . While Kaliska was reluctant to trust Spinner , she reluctantly agreed to escort Spinner and ensure he carried out the task . At that moment , the party was attacked by a Leviathan . Spinner , Iliana and their uvak managed to escape the scene but Kaliska was captured and devoured by the beast . Through her death , Dreypa learnt about the existence of the Jedi Starship and ordered his Leviathans to move towards Tahv . Dreypa was unwilling to enslave what he regarded as " sorry henchmen " and allowed the Leviathans to feed on Kesh after he had gone . At that point , Dreypa was interrupted by Takara who challenged him to a lightsaber duel . Takara vowed that she would kill him and asserted that the planet belonged to the Tribe . Dreypa retorted that the Tribe had sent its best after him and taunted Takara by saying she was the only survivor . Takara responded that the Tribe had freed themselves from the Sith in the past and vowed to break him . The two Sith fought and Dreypa gained the upper hand through his superior mastery of the Dark Side of the Force . He took Takara prisoner , intending to use her as a bargaining chip when dealing with Spinner . Aftermath . The Battle of Sessal Spire was a stepping stone for Remulus Dreypa ' s assault on Tahv . News of the events at Sessal Spire reached Tahv through Thought - criers . Due to the threat of Dreypa and his Sithspawn , the Tribe ' s leadership summoned all able - bodied residents in Tahv including Sith , Keshiri , and slaves to prepare for the defense of their city . Meanwhile , Parlan Spinner and Iliana Hilts managed to return to Tahv on their uvak . Iliana was brought to the Tribe ' s Force Healers but they were unable to reverse the ageing effects of Leviathans . Iliana was despondent because she was unable to lead the Tribe ' s forces due to her debilitated state . Grand Lord Varner Hilts comforted his wife by reminding her that a " smart Sith " would be able to convince the others to fight for her . He convinced her to " act the part " of a strong leader . Meanwhile , Spinner entered the catacombs beneath the Circle Eternal and managed to find the Jedi Starship " Last Hope " . However , he reneged on his earlier promise to destroy the vessel and instead took the starship on a ride above Kesh . For the first time , Spinner was able to see the planet Kesh from orbit as well as the surrounding space . Before the Sith rebel could take the " Last Hope " on a hyperspace journey to Coruscant , he was contacted by Lord Dreypa who delivered an ultimatum . Unless Spinner handed the ship to him , he threatened to harm Spinner ' s love - interest Takara Hilts . He ordered Spinner to meet him at Tahv , which set the stage for the Siege of Tahv . Ultimately , Spinner decided to save the Tribe and played an instrumental role in Dreypa ' s demise . Behind the scenes . While not officially named , the Battle of Sessal Spire was the third conflict of Dreypa ' s rebellion , which devastated parts of Keshtah Minor in 2974 BBY . It first appeared in John Jackson Miller ' s " Lost Tribe of the Sith — Spiral 4 " , the fourth comic issue of the " " comic story , which was released on November 14 , 2012 .