Destruction of Tahv The capital city of Tahv on the planet Kesh was destroyed in 44 ABY . The dark side entity Abeloth was brought to the city to ally with the Sith Tribe that lived there after she made a pact to help them destroy the Jedi . However , Abeloth had her own plans for galactic domination ; she betrayed the Sith and staged a mental attack on the Sith Grand Lord Darish Vol that left both of them weakened . Vol tried to warn the city of Abeloth ' s treachery , but he was too late . In her frustration at her failure to kill Vol , Abeloth released waves of destructive Force energy upon the city , leaving it in ruins and killing many of its residents . She proceeded to flee in the Sith Meditation Sphere Ship while the remnants of the Tribe ' s armada launched from Tahv ' s spaceport . Sith Saber Gavar Khai ordered the Sith to defect to Abeloth ' s fleet , but several remained loyal to the Tribe and opened fire on the deserters . Khai ' s frigate fought off the Sith attack long enough to escape the world , and Abeloth then sent her new forces to distract the Jedi . Their efforts succeeded , as she was able to rise to power on the galactic capital planet Coruscant . Prelude . In 43 . 5 ABY , the Lost Tribe of Sith discovered the existence of the dark side entity Abeloth and fought in a series of encounters against the New Jedi Order . The Sith wanted to capture Abeloth for their own use and destroy the Jedi Order , but their first mission failed . After a second attempt left the Tribe empty - handed , Sith Saber Gavar Khai , the leader of the Sith armada during the operation , was approached by Abeloth with the proposition of an alliance to eliminate their mutual enemy , the Jedi . Khai thus brought Abeloth to the Sith homeworld Kesh , where the Sith Grand Lord Darish Vol convened with the Tribe ' s Circle of Lords and eventually decided to accept Abeloth ' s offer . Abeloth was brought planet - side , and a celebration was held for her in the capital city of Tahv . The destruction . Instigation . Vol still did not trust Abeloth , however , and he secretly convened with several members of the Circle of Lords after the celebrations . Later that night , while Abeloth walked the streets of Tahv , she appeared to Vol in his sleep — not in her Human guise , but in her true alien form — and attempted to kill him , wrapping her tendrils around him and jamming them into his ears , mouth , and nose . She quickly began to consume him , but she was too reckless , and in his desperation Vol used a Force technique to delve into her mind . His probing showed him that her greatest need was to feel loved . Abeloth was furious at his violation of her mind , and her attack increased in violence . The Grand Lord in turn tried to cause Abeloth as much pain as possible , telling her over and over again that she would never be loved . Stricken , Abeloth ' s assault morphed into an attempt to flee from the Grand Lord ' s torment . Vol tried to kill her as she fought to break free from his grasp , but she managed to repulse him , waking him up and leaving him extremely weak and in great pain . He was quickly attended to by the Sith Saber Revar , and the Grand Lord ordered Revar to take him to his ship , awaken the Sith Lords , and warn the Tribe ' s defenses of Abeloth ' s inevitable impending attack on Tahv . In her agony and frustration at failing to kill Vol , Abeloth lashed out against the city — unable to hold on to the illusion of her appearance , she reverted back to her true form as she attacked Tahv with surges of Force energy . Despite Vol ' s attempt to warn the city , the Sith were unprepared for her attack . Beings in her immediate vicinity were imploded by the onslaught , and those a little farther away were completely torn apart by the energy . The city itself also suffered under the assault ; glass and weapons were taken up and flung throughout Tahv , serving Abeloth ' s will to hurt and kill everyone in the city . Buildings melted to the ground , and the city was left rife with flames , with thousands dead . Escape . Meanwhile , Gavar Khai and several other Sith aboard his flagship , the ChaseMaster frigate " Black Wave " , were awakened by Abeloth ' s radiating agony . Abeloth met the Sith Meditation Sphere Ship while several frigates launched from the city ' s relatively undamaged spaceport . Ship contacted Khai through the Force and reported that Abeloth was safe , but that they needed to leave immediately . Meanwhile , Khai ' s second - in - command , Sith Saber Tola Annax , relayed a request from other frigates in the Sith fleet for orders , reporting that the vessels that had launched from the spaceport were almost within firing range — they suspected that the " Black Wave " stood with Abeloth , and were preparing to attack . Despite sensing the death of his wife , Lahka , in Abeloth ' s attack , Khai finally decided to ally fully with Abeloth and desert the Tribe . He commanded his crew to assist Abeloth and ordered all frigates to retreat from the planet with Ship , who relayed coordinates to them for a rendezvous . Not all of the vessels followed Khai ' s orders , however , and those who remained loyal to the Tribe opened fire on them . Two ChaseMaster frigates that had followed the " Black Wave " were shot down by the Tribe ' s forces . Khai ordered his crew to return fire , and one of the attacking frigates was destroyed in the exchange . Now considering himself a member of Abeloth ' s fleet , Khai ordered that all vessels alter course to the rendezvous point , and stated that all who did not would be considered traitors and attacked . One vessel , the " Dark Dancer " , failed to respond , and Annax reported that the ship had been hit . She informed Khai that it might still be on their side but was just too damaged to move or reply . However , Khai refused to accept the risk of allowing the " Dark Dancer " to live in case it was still loyal to the Tribe , and he ordered Annax to shoot the vessel down . Khai ' s frigate opened fire , destroying the " Dark Dancer " , and Annax successfully completed the " Black Wave " hyperspace jump out of the system . Aftermath . Following Tahv ' s destruction , the Sith on Kesh deserted the city , and Abeloth suspected that Grand Lord Vol might decide to ally with the Jedi again in another attempt to bring her down . Upon meeting at the rendezvous spot , Abeloth spoke with Khai regarding his loyalties and his daughter , Vestara ' s , actions — she had been sent on a mission to spy on the Jedi by becoming close to young Jedi Knight Ben Skywalker , but the Tribe had come to suspect that she might have turned traitor to the Sith . Abeloth forced Khai to accept the possibility of his daughter ' s betrayal and went on to denounce the idea of paying any attention to a prophecy of a supposed Jedi queen who might prevent the Sith from rising to power in the galaxy . Finally , she ordered Khai to lead any Jedi or Sith who attempted to pursue her down the wrong path . In that vein , Khai and nine other Sith Sabers confronted the Jedi Luke Skywalker , Ben Skywalker , Jaina Solo , and Vestara Khai herself on the planet Dromund Kaas . However , in the ensuing duel , all of the Sabers — including Khai — were killed . Khai ' s daughter was able to discern from her father ' s actions that he was no longer serving the Tribe , and she soon afterward decided to join the Jedi Order as an apprentice . Later , when the Jedi launched a mission to the planet Upekzar to eliminate Abeloth and Ship , they found only Tola Annax , who had been stripped of her powers by Abeloth and infused with a massive amount of dark side energy that would explode if she was killed . While the Jedi recognized the trap and immediately retreated , Annax was overwhelmed and killed by the energy , though the majority of the Jedi forces managed to escape from the resulting explosion . Still , the distractions gave Abeloth time to infiltrate the government on the galactic capital planet Coruscant , where she rose to the position of Chief of State . Behind the scenes . The destruction of Tahv first appeared in Christie Golden ' s " " ( 2011 ) , the eighth book in the nine - part " " series . The event saw the decimation and abandonment of Tahv , a city that was initially introduced in the second " Fate of the Jedi " entry , " " ( 2010 ) , also by Golden .