Destructors The Destructors were a mysterious species in Keshiri religion that were said to return to the galaxy and wipe out civilization every few eons , resulting in the return of all beings to their primitive origins . History . The Destructors were a group of malevolent gods in Keshiri cosmology . According to these legends , the Destructors were said to periodically come to Kesh to bring destruction to the planet while the Protectors , another group of gods , were destined to defeat them . According to the Doomed leader Kaliska , the ancient Keshiri legends about the Destructors and Protectors were also based on recollections of ancient Jedi and Dark Jedi who had crash - landed on Kesh following the end of the Hundred - Year Darkness around 6900 BBY . Their actions triggered the Great Calamity and only ended when the two opposing Force orders agreed to make peace with each other and migrated to Eshkrene , a polar continent in the planet ' s South Pole . There , they would watch over the Keshiri while striving to find a balance between the light and dark sides of the Force . These subsequently became known as " the Doomed . " At some time prior to 5000 BBY , the Neshtovar , an aristocratic group who rode the winged uvak beasts , phased out the legends of the Protectors and Destructors in favor of a newer legend that revolved around a group of deities known as the Skyborn and the Otherside . According to these legends , the Skyborn were humanoid gods riding colossal crystal uvaks who had battled against the nefarious Otherside in the stars during the Great Battle . According to this legend , Kesh ' s landmass had been created by drops of blood from the injured Skyborn . The Neshtovar claimed to be the " Sons of the Skyborn " and used this founding myth to justify their rule over the Keshiri on Keshtah Minor , one of the planet ' s two continents . Dissidents like the geologist Adari Vaal , who tried to present alternative ideas about Kesh ' s landmasses , were labeled " heretics " and ostracized by the Neshtovar . When a second group of offworlders — the Sith — crashed onto Kesh in 5000 BBY , Vaal encountered the newcomers , who were led by a Human slave named Yaru Korsin . Vaal brought the Sith to civilization , where they proclaimed themselves to be the Skyborn of legend . While the Sith castaways did not believe the myth , Korsin realized that it could be used to subjugate the Keshiri with minimal bloodshed , who outnumbered them . The Skyborn ruse ultimately worked and the Sith succeeded in overthrowing the Neshtovar in a bloodless coup and gaining control of the Keshiri on Keshtah Minor . They later established their capital at Tahv and became known as the Lost Tribe . These Human Sith would rule Kesh for over five millennia but remained isolated from developments in the wider galaxy . The new Sith rulers also changed the ancient Keshiri legends for their own purposes . The names of the Skyborn and the Otherside reverted back to the Protectors and the Destructors , respectively , harkening back to earlier Keshiri tales . This idea was given some credence due to evidence that a planetwide catastrophe like the one that the Destructors were said to bring had been visited upon the world at least once . The Keshiri looked to the Protectors to defend Kesh from the Destructors ' eventual return . Centuries later , in 2975 BBY , the Sith were able to use the " Destructors " myth to conquer the continent of Alanciar . For millennia , the Keshiri on Alanciar had been separated from their counterparts on Keshtah Minor by a wide ocean . However , they also shared the same legends about the Skyborn and Destructors . Realizing this , Grand Lord Varner Hilts was able to win the support of the Keshiri on Alanciari by using the Alanciari man Jogan Halder to convince his people that Hilt ' s forces were the Skyborn and that Lord Korsin Bentado , a rival Sith Lord , was a servant of the evil Destructors . Early , Bentado had attempted to rebel against Varner and create a second " tribe " on Alanciar . However , he was thwarted by the combined efforts of Edell Vrai , Quarra Thayn , and Squab . Thus , the Sith were able to consolidate control of Alanciar with minimal deaths and disruption . Following the conquest of Alanciar , Grand Lord Hilts , who also served as the Tribe ' s lorekeeper and historian , theorized that the Lost Tribe were not the first group of offworlders to have encountered the Keshiri , based on his studies of ancient Keshiri scrolls . To test his theory , he dispatched an expeditionary force to Eshkrene which discovered the Doomed . Following the defeat of the ancient Dark Jedi Remulus Dreypa during a violent rebellion which also destroyed the Doomed in 2974 BBY , Hilts speculated that if the Protectors and Destructors did actually exist , the Tribe would be no match for them . In the successive millennia , members of the Lost Tribe also conducted archaeological research which suggested that such a catastrophe occurred on Kesh at least once . As a result , several Sith including Vestara Khai came to believe that the legend could be true . Behind the scenes . The Destructors were first mentioned in Christie Golden ' s 2009 novel " " — the second book in the nine - part " " series . They were also referred to as the " Otherside " in John Jackson Miller ' s eBook " " . Later novels and books in the " Fate of the Jedi " and " Lost Tribe of the Sith " series , including the " " spin - off comics , also explored their history and development . During an dating back to August 2013 , Miller clarified that the Destructors actually referred to the Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa and his Dark Jedi allies whose arrival on Kesh triggered the Great Calamity , which occurred at an unknown period following the Hundred - Year Darkness . Their Jedi opponents were known as the Skyborn . This prehistoric event later evolved into the Neshtovari legends of the Skyborn and the Otherside . Later , the Lost Tribe of Sith imposed the names Protectors and Destructors on the Skyborn and Otherside respectively . By the time of the " " novel series , which occurs about three thousand years following the events of the " " comics , later residents on Kesh attempted to fit the Force entity Abeloth into the earlier Keshiri mythology . Abeloth at one point , is called the Destructor in Luke Skywalker ' s thoughts . Miller also theorized that two cycles of destruction may have occurred on Kesh : Dreypa ' s first and second attacks overlapping and Abeloth ' s actions commingled in people ' s minds .