Duel near the Kesh Sith Temple A duel took place near the Kesh Sith Temple in 4975 BBY when Seelah Korsin and her son , Jariad Korsin , attempted to avenge the death of Seelah ' s husband and Jariad ' s father , Devore , by killing Grand Lord Yaru Korsin , who had dueled and killed Devore twenty five years previously . Although Yaru was killed , Yaru and Seelah ' s daughter , Nida , murdered her half - brother Jariad and succeeded her father as Grand Lord . As punishment for Seelah ' s role in the assassination attempt , she was banished to the Kesh Sith Temple where she died . In addition , the Tribe also succeeded in preventing a Keshiri uprising led by Adari Vaal from taking place . History . Background . In 5000 BBY , the Sith Empire starship " Omen " crash - landed on the Wild Space planet of Keshtah following a skirmish with a Jedi starfighter at Phaegon III . This starship carried a predominantly Tapani Human contingent of crew , miners , and soldiers who were led by Captain Yaru Korsin , a slave of the Sith Lord Naga Sadow . In addition , the " Omen ' s " passengers included 57 Red Sith , a large contingent of Massassi warriors , and a Houk named Gloyd . With the help of Adari Vaal , a geologist who had been regarded by the native Keshiri as a heretic for challenging their creation beliefs , the Tribe installed themselves as the new ruling elite of the Keshiri living on Keshtah , one of Kesh ' s southern continents . The Sith claimed to be the Protectors , ancient gods in Keshiri religion who were believed to have fought the malevolent Destructors in a " great battle . " Shortly after his arrival , Yaru Korsin killed his estranged half - brother Devore Korsin and threw his body over the cliff . Devore ' s wife Seelah Korsin eventually learnt about her husband ' s death from Adari and vowed revenge against Yaru , who had established himself as the Grand Lord of the Tribe by 4975 BBY . Later , Seelah married her brother - in - law Yaru to seal a marriage alliance between the ship crew and miners . As Grand Consort , Seelah adopted eugenics policies aimed at " purifying " the Tribe and creating a new generation of pure and fit Human specimens . Behind the scenes , Seelah however plotted her husband ' s downfall and groomed her elder son Jariad Korsin into becoming the " tool " who would kill Yaru and then succeed him as Grand Lord . In 4985 BBY , Seelah engineered the purge of the Red Sith , which ensured that the descendants of the Tribe remained purely Human . The Massassi had succumbed to an unknown pathogen shortly after their arrival on Kesh . This left Gloyd , a close friend of Yaru , as the only non - Human in the Tribe by 4975 BBY . Eventually , Yaru and Seelah sired a daughter named Nida Korsin . However , Seelah hated her younger offspring and merely regarded her as a " genealogical detail . " In what was ostensibly a gesture of Sith trust in the Keshiri natives , the young Nida Korsin was boarded in one village after another with a series of Keshiri nursemaids and tutors , preventing her from receiving anything more than rudimentary training in the dark side of the Force . However , Yaru found a way around Seelah ' s machinations . With Gloyd ' s help , the Grand Lord staged the deaths of several loyal subordinates who taught Korsin in secret during the night . During the day , Nida , who became an able rider of uvaks , served as an aerial ambassador amongst the Keshiri , giving her an opportunity to win friends among the natives and to build a network of informants . Yaru was secretly grooming Nida as his successor , right under her mother ' s nose . Meanwhile , Adari Vaal realized that the Sith were not actually the Skyborn . Her resentment towards the Sith were fueled by the death of her older son Finn Vaal during a construction accident at the Kesh Sith Temple , the deaths of thousands of Keshiri during a mass Cyanogen silicate poisoning outbreak , and a new law which banned the native Keshiri from owning uvak s , winged reptilian beasts of burden which were regarded as a status symbol in Keshiri society . She and other like - minded Keshiri including several members of the Neshtovar , the former priestly elite that had ruled Keshtah , formed an underground resistance movement which aimed to overthrow and expel the Sith . Their plan involved stealing the Tribe ' s uvaks , which would give them an advantage over their Sith opponents . The Conspiracy Unfolds . In 4975 BBY , Grand Lord Yaru Korsin commissioned the construction of a new block of buildings on Tahv ' s Circle Eternal , a large plaza which predated the arrival of the Lost Tribe . These buildings included a brand new capitol building , which was destined to be the official residence of the Grand Lord and Grand Consort . This building project was intended to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tribe ' s arrival on Kesh . Since the Tribe had been unable to repair the " Omen " and to return to the stars , they had made plans to move from their mountainside temple to Tahv , which had become the capital of the Sith on Kesh . A skeleton team of Sith and Keshiri had already begun wrapping up affairs on the mountain . The " Omen " was sealed within an underground chamber that would protect it from the elements and vandals . Seelah also oversaw the relocation of the Tribe ' s med center to Tahv . The Founding celebrations were attended by large numbers of Keshiri subjects and their Sith overlords . Among those present were Korsin ' s wife Seelah and his Keshiri friend Adari Vaal , the Daughter of the Skyborn . Unknown to Yaru , both these women were plotting to overthrow him . For her planned coup d ' état , Seelah enlisted the support of her son Jariad and several pro - Devore partisans among the ship crew . Their opposition to the Grand Lord was motivated by rumors about the Grand Lord withholding information about their marooned situation . During the public celebrations , Seelah secretly assured her son Jariad , who had become a High Lord , that vengeance was near . Following the Founding Celebrations , High Lord Jariad staged a mock duel with his friends from the Sith Saber s , a ceremonial honor detail that specialized in lightsaber feats . Unknown to other observers , Seelah and Jariad had stage this play fight as the first part of their plan — creating misdirection to mislead Grand Lord Korsin . In the presence of his step - father , Jariad easily bested his opponents in combat . As part of their ploy , the Sith Sabers had feigned incompetence in order for Jariad to obtain permission from Yaru to remove the Sabers to the Northern Reaches for a training mission . Grand Lord Korsin gave his stepson permission to move the Sith Sabers to the Northern Reaches . Meanwhile , Adari Vaal left Korsin ' s company on the pretext that she had to attend to " unfinished business " in town . In reality , she was meeting with other members of the Keshiri resistance , who were about to plan their first action : stealing uvaks from the Tribe . An Attempted Coup D ' état . Later , Yaru , Seelah and Adari Vaal congregated at the mountainside temple . Unknown to Yaru , Jariad and his Sith Sabers were hiding in the temple and were ready to stage their assassination attempt . After seeing to the Sith woman Orlenda ' s departure with a group of Keshiri servants and their supply cart , Seelah met her husband at the far end of the temple ' s plaza , which was situated between the domiciles and the " Omen ' s " shrine . As planned , the Grand Lord arrived with his entourage which consisted of the Houk Gloyd and four bodyguards . After exchanging greetings , Seelah gave Jariad and his Sabers the mental signal to commence their attack . Immediately , several Sith Sabers descended onto the plaza from the temple ' s living quarters , doorways , upper windows , rooftops and ramparts of the " Omen ' s " shrine . They quickly surrounded Yaru and his entourage , who were outnumbered by four to one . In response , Korsin and Gloyd ' s bodyguards formed a defensive huddle facing outward . When Jariad arrived with his lightsaber , Yaru reprimanded his step - son for abusing his hobby privileges and ordered him and his companions to return to Tahv . Jariad retorted that unlike his step - sister Nida he did not need hobbies and that enough time had been wasted . Addressing his father , Jariad announced that it was time to make his reckoning and that he was effecting a leadership succession within the Tribe . Korsin pretended not to take his step - son ' s threat seriously and ordered him to return to Tahv . Gloyd then insulted Jariad by telling him that he would not put him in charge of " mucking " out the uvak stables . Enraged , Jariad announced that he was the " future " of the Tribe since he was the " youngest of those born on high . " Since all Sith after him were " Kesh - born " , he believed that his offworld birth gave him a special right to lead the Tribe . Korsin angrily told his son that he was not special and that he had seen his like before . Seelah then entered the conversation and confronted Korsin about his role in the death of her first husband Devore . She demanded that Yaru tell her son about how his father had died at his hands . Seelah was joined by several of her loyal retainers who were armed with weapons . Before Korsin could respond , Jariad signaled for his Sabers to close in on his father . He had intended for his minions to take the first blows before moving in for the kill . Before Jariad ' s Sabers could attack , the Keshiri stable hands stole the uvaks that were stationed at the mountainside temple . The departure of the uvak provided just enough of a diversion to allow Yaru and his entourage to break the circle and flee to better ground . Jariad and his Sabers pursued their quarry through the temple complex . During the ensuing fighting , Korsin and Gloyd were separated . Jariad and his followers took care of Korsin and his bodyguards while Seelah and her loyal aides pursued Houk into another part of the complex . However , Gloyd fought back doggedly against his pursuers and even threw one of her aides through a skylight . The unfortunate individual fell to their death over the surrounding mountainside . Despite their numerical advantage , Jariad ' s Sith Sabers proved ineffective against Yaru ' s bodyguards , who fought fiercely against their attackers and managed to inflict many wounds on their attackers . The poor performance of Jariad ' s Sabers in combat reflected their lack of formal training . Despite his mother ' s objections , Jariad had insisted on being their only mentor but had only begun serious combat training in the past few weeks after Seelah had made the decision to strike . The theft of the uvaks placed both Sith factions on equal footing since neither side lacked the ability to escape . While Jariad had not anticipated this development , Korsin had been galvanized by the uvak disappearance . Jariad ' s Sabers gradually pushed Korsin and his remaining two Sabers to the reinforced slope besides " Omen ' s " temple . Jariad himself was locked in a lightsaber duel against his stepfather , who was standing on the same spot where Devore had decades earlier . The younger Korsin furiously slashed his step - father several times , inflicting several wounds on Yaru . The Rise of Nida . At that point , Nida Korsin along with her Skyborn Rangers and several pro - Korsin partisans arrived at the mountainside temple to rescue her father and his entourage . Nida and her Rangers had already spent the morning thwarting the Keshiri ' s resistance plot to steal the Tribe ' s uvaks from Tahv . While Nida ' s force was a small one , they compensated for this with their fighting skills . Although the Skyborn Rangers appeared to be nothing more than a group of hobby - riders , they were in reality an elite group of trained Sith warriors who were secretly prepared to defend Grand Lord Yaru from any threats to his rule . Nida leapt from her uvak to the ground and then impaled one of Jariad ' s Sabers with her lightsaber . She then killed two more Sabers with her lightsaber and threw a third into the temple wall . Nida ' s forces were able to seize the cliff side with minimal resistance . Faced with a new unforeseen threat , Jariad retreated from his stepfather and joined his Sabers in their fight . Meanwhile , Gloyd retreated into Seelah ' s chamber where he made a final stand by detonating his proton detonator . The ensuing explosion killed Gloyd along with his pursuers and destroyed the entire room . Seelah survived the explosion but both her legs below the femur were crushed by falling debris , crippling the former Grand Consort permanently . Back on the mountainside , Nida parried with her step - brother Jariad , inflicting several wounds on him . Yaru Korsin was still alive but was grievously wounded . He then attempted to throw his wounded step - son over the cliff with the Force but failed due to his weakened state . Instead , his daughter Nida threw Jariad off the cliff . Thus , Devore ' s son met the same fate as his father . Aftermath . Seelah and Jariad Korsin ' s attempted coup d ' état was one of the two threats to Yaru Korsin ' s reign . The other one , the Keshiri uprising , was also defeated by his loyal daughter Nida and the Keshiri rebels fled into exile and eventually ended up in Alanciar , another continent that was home to another Keshiri civilization that the Sith did not know about . Despite his victory , Yaru Korsin succumbed to his wounds and died shortly after the battle . Prior to his death , Yaru commended his legacy to Nida , a change which was ratified by the three surviving High Lords ; officially making her the new Grand Lord . In his final hours , he also delivered a testament which was recorded in a holocron , where he affirmed Nida as his successor and outlined the structure of the Tribe . Yaru also decreed that the spouses and household laborers of future Grand Lords should be put to death following the death of the reigning Grand Lord . In addition , he ordered that his estranged wife Seelah be banished to the mountainside temple for the rest of her life . His Testament became the guiding document of the Tribe for the next two millennia . Finally , Yaru bequeathed his daughter another gift — a map of a previously unknown continent far across the sea , discovered from examination of the last visual data taken by the " Omen " twenty - five years prior . Knowing that the continent was inhabited , Korsin was sworn to keep its existence a secret , only to be revealed when the people truly needed to know . This continent turned out to be Alanciar , which was home to a highly developed and militarized Keshiri civilization which came to regard Adari Vaal as its founder . In 3000 BBY , the Caretaker Varner Hilts discovered this map and was able to use it to reunite the Tribe and end the centuries of infighting known as the Time of the Rot . As punishment for her role in instigating the coup d ' état , Seelah Korsin was banished to the mountainside temple . Under the orders of the new Grand Lord Nida Korsin , the other Sith were ordered to evacuate the mountain to honor Yaru ' s passing . As long as Nida lived , no Sith or Keshiri were allowed to visit the mountain . To enforce that , the path leading to the Temple was barricaded with massive boulders . Seelah survived on daily rations of fruits and vegetables which were carried by uvak in hejarbo - shoot crates . Nida went on to rule as Grand Lord for the next seventy - nine years , which was still regarded as a record as of 3000 BBY . While she produced an heir named Donellan , he died before his mother . In response , Nida instituted a meritocratic succession system where future Grand Lords were elected from the Circle of Lords . Behind the scenes . The Duel near the Kesh Sith Temple serves as the main plot narrative of John Jackson Miller ' s e - book " " , which was released on October 27 , 2010 . The events of that skirmish are told through the points of view of Grand Lord Yaru Korsin and his estranged wife High Lady Seelah Korsin ] ] . According to Miller ' s production notes on his website at Faraway Press , Miller had intended to use the animosity between Yaru and Seelah which culminated in this skirmish to explain the Lost Tribe of Sith ' s tradition of executing the dead spouse of a deceased Grand Lord , an element which first surfaced in the " " series .