Tomb of Marka Ragnos The Tomb of Marka Ragnos was a Sith tomb constructed by slaves at the command of the Sith Lord Tulak Hord in the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban . Centuries later , the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos was buried within the tomb after his death in 5000 BBY . History . Carved into the rock face of the lower valley , the tomb of Sith Lord Marka Ragnos was actually built by the Sith Lord Tulak Hord long before Ragnos ' s reign . Upon Ragnos ' death , a funeral procession climbed the massive stair case which led deep into the heart of the tomb . Following the burial , rival Lords Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh dueled upon the tomb ' s outer courtyard as both Sith vied for Ragnos ' title . The tomb was sealed and Ragnos ' slaves buried with him , and with Sadow victorious the Sith Empire was led to war with the Galactic Republic . The Empire was utterly ruined during the costly war with the Republic as Sadow retreated and a portion of the Empire fled to Dromund Kaas . The Republic ' s leader Supreme Chancellor Pultimo ordered the destruction of Korriban and saw to the bombing of the Valley of the Dark Lords ; the tomb lay buried under sand and rubble for millennia as the spirits of the Sith seethed under the surface of the ruined world . Reconstruction . Several centuries after the fall of the Sith Empire , Darth Revan returned to the known galaxy as the head of an Empire and took up residence on Korriban during the Jedi Civil War . When Revan was captured by the Jedi Order and realigned with the light side of the Force , he returned to Korriban in the guise of an acolyte and infiltrated the rebuilt Sith Academy there . During his stay , he explored Ragnos ' tomb fighting through the many tuk ' ata which guarded the entrance , as well as some droid protectors . Retrieving an ancient relic from the tomb to impress the Headmaster of the Sith Academy , Uthar Wynn , Revan abandoned the tomb in favor of searching the nearby tomb of Naga Sadow . During the Dark Wars just a few years after the disappearance of Revan his old ally , Meetra Surik returned to Korriban in search of the Lost Jedi ; in her search she noted that the tomb of Marka Ragnos had been badly damaged by intense sandstorms and its entrance blocked . Millennia would pass and the tomb would go on hidden under sand and debris as the Sith were driven from the galaxy and the Jedi Order maintained a strict quarantine of the planet . Return of the Sith . When the True Sith Empire returned to Korriban at the beginning of the Great Galactic War , teams were sent into the Valley by Darth Thanaton to excavate the tombs and ruins and restore the Valley to its prestigious existence . Teams entered the tomb of Marka Ragnos and cleared out the rubble as they searched for ancient artifacts and tools of power . By the time of the Cold War , the Sith had uncovered the tomb ' s reliquary and the burial chamber ; though the ceremonial entrance remained buried in the rock face . Despite the progress , many of the acolytes and slaves working in the area went mad and roamed the massive forecourt attacking all those who neared the tomb . During the Cold War , many Sith , especially young acolytes still in training , visited the tomb as part of their training . Aside from those who went mad inside the tomb , Sith deserters occupied areas attacking the apprentices more successful at the academy then they had been . At this time the future Emperor ' s Wrath traveled into the tomb of Ragnos to slay the Beast of Marka Ragnos as part of his trials . Sith acolyte Kallig , also went there to acquire a Sith holocron that no Sith had been able to acquire in thousands of years . The Disciples of Ragnos . Millennia later a group known as the Disciples of Ragnos repaired the tomb at great expense , uncovering the main entrance which had not seen the light of day since before the Jedi Civil War . Resurfacing the interior rooms and relighting the torches within , the Disciples were able to pose a threat to the Jedi Order of the era for sometime , culminating in an aggressive assault on the Valley by the Jedi . Seeking to resurrect Ragnos one of the Disciples ' leaders , Tavion Axmis , used the Scepter of Ragnos to enter the tomb and call out the ancient Sith Lord ' s spirit which quickly possessed her body . Jedi Knight Jaden Korr hunted down Axmis and was able to slay her and banish the spirit of Ragnos forever . Sealing the tomb ' s entrance , Korr ensured that Ragnos would never return and the Disciples were quickly destroyed and the crisis ended . Layout . A massive , sprawling tomb with many deep chambers and traps , the tomb of Sith Lord Marka Ragnos was made of stone and stood over the lower area of the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban . Located along the southern wall of the Valley , the tomb ' s main entrance was located at the top of a steep staircase which terminated at a small platform . The rock around the tomb ' s ceremonial entrance was carved in the likeness of the deceased Sith from the waist up ; his open palms rested on either side of the platform and large fires could be lit on either . Within the ceremonial entrance was the grand burial chamber . A long corridor lined with statues of nodding kings seated on their thrones loomed over passers - by , leading into an opulent chamber which ended in a larger then life statue of Marka Ragnos , seated on a massive throne . The secondary entrance was located on the ground level of the Valley and was known as the burial grounds , as it housed the tombs of Ragnos ' slaves and servants . During the time of the Cold War , the area had been infested by tuk ' ata , including a mutated beast which proved to be of great interest to Sith Lord Renning . Nearby was the entrance to the reliquary which was frequented by many Sith acolytes and academy deserters alike . Deep within , Ragnos had crafted a massive pyramid to hold his holocron for all eternity . Placed at the apex of the pyramid , the holocron could only be freed with the dark side of the Force exerted through a true Sith . Behind the scenes . A number of different layouts and appearances have been given to the Valley and the tombs that exist therein in various publications . In this article , the layout of the tomb as seen in " " is described as it is the latest source to describe it visually .