Kyrisa Kyrisa was a Nightsister who was banished by her clan following a fierce battle for leadership . Biography . A witch of Dathomir . A member of the Nightsisters clan of the Dathomiri Witches , Kyrisa developed exceptional skill in controlling the minds of the local beasts , such as the enormous Dathomiri rancors . Her achievements were noted both by the Clan mother Gethzerion , who saw promise in Kyrisa , and by the Dark Jedi Namman Cha , servant to the Emperor Palpatine . While on a mission on Dathomir , Namman had sensed that Kyrisa and her ability were special , and determined that she could become a powerful ally to the Emperor . Eventually , Kyrisa became so convinced in her own superiority that she chose to directly confront Gethzerion . During the fierce clash for leadership , Kyrisa openly declared her intent to slay the Clan Mother and to take her place as the leader of the Nightsisters . However , her challenge of Gethzerion had failed , and for her attempt Kyrisa was exiled not only from the Nightsisters , but from the planet itself . Viewing her as a danger to their own kind , the Nightsisters sent her offworld in a small starship , which soon crashed on the remote Outer Rim planet Hoth . A new home on Hoth . Despite Hoth ' s frozen climate , hostile to most life forms , Kyrisa was able to survive by using local beast to gain the necessary knowledge of the planet . Away from her home planet and her clan , she relied on the wampa she made connection with for emotional and physical warmth . Enraged at her banishment , Kyrisa vowed revenge against Clan Mother Gethzerion and the Nightsisters . Soon , she extended her mind control over entire packs of wampas and other local creatures such as Hoth hog s . Kyrisa found that Hoth could be a planet on which she could fully dominate . Experiencing a rebirth , she came to treat the cold planet as her new home . Eventually the entire wildlife in the area Kyrisa resided in came under her command , she even experimented in the genetic engineering to create unnatural overgrown beasts of gargantuan proportions , such as the over - sized Hoth hog Maraki or the giant wampa named Unkajo . However , Kyrisa ' s departure from Dathomir would not go unnoticed by other forces of the galactic scale : Namman Cha still intended to recruit the Nightsister into the service of the Emperor . He learned that her starship had crashed on Hoth and set out on the mission to find her . The Imperial Security Bureau leader Blackhole also was interested in the Nightsister , having several ideas for the use of beast mastery in the espionage , he set a small detachment of ISB agents led by captain Jeffren Brek to aid Cha in his search . Cha ' s involvement had also became known to his old enemy Rachi Sitra , a Jedi Knight aiding the Rebel Alliance . Sitra learned from the Dathomiri Witches from the Singing Mountain Clan of the danger Kyrisa represented and , determined not to let her be found by the Empire , traveled to Hoth with a mission to find her first . Around the same time , the Alliance to Restore the Republic had discovered the distant planet Hoth and established a small outpost there , evaluating the potential of building a larger base . Kyrisa began using her pack of minions to wreak havoc on the Alliance forces , stealing supplies necessary to help her return home to enact her revenge . At the same time the multiple parties looking for the Nightsister in the surface if the planet began encountering resistance from Kyrisa ' s beasts . A single Rebel looking for shelter in the ice - storm stumbled onto a cavern full of her Hoth hogs and was forced to defend himself , killing all of the beasts , including Kyrisa ' s beloved Maraki . Sensing his death , Kyrisa rushed to the cave , accompanied by two Wampas , and confronted the about to leave Rebel . She ignored his words that he was forced to defend himself and blamed him of murdering her " children " . She ordered her menagerie to attack , but the well - armed Rebel managed to slain most of the beasts . Seeing the battle turned against her , Kyrisa jumped on the back of a hog to make an escape . Enraged by the loss of one of her pets , Kyrisa soon found another one of her creations , the giant wampa Unkajo slain by a squad of Imperial soldiers . Furious , she directed her pets at the Imperials she saw as murderers . However , the trained soldiers managed to hold the beast off and one even managed to get to Kyrisa and knock her down . She got herself up with the Force to see that many more of her pets have been slain , and the battle was going against her . The remaining creatures formed a line to cover her retreat and the Nightsister had escaped into the blowing snow . However , the Dark Jedi Namman Cha eventually managed to track her down by following her beasts and , after a fierce lightsaber clash , was able to persuade her to join him . Powers and abilities . Kyrisa was a skilled Nightsister and had fully mastered the power of Animal friendship . While initially she , just like other Dathomiri Witches , only established a bond with her rancor , eventually she could exert and maintain her influence over multiple creatures simultaneously . The creatures remained constantly over her control , even at significant distance , and obeyed her commands , both spoken and mental . Her ability attracted attention of both Gethzerion and Namman Cha , who saw Kyrisa as a powerful ally , and Augwynne Djo and Rachi Sitra , who saw her as a great danger . While on Hoth , Kyrisa had employed not only the animal friendship , but her skill in the genetic engineering as well , by creating creatures far larger compared to their natural size . Behind the scenes . Kyrisa was created by the developer team of the " Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game " as the pivotal story element of " The Nightsister ' s Revenge " , the sixth of the game ' s expansions . She confronts the player in the both light side and the dark side campaign scenarios , while her story is told through various cards within the set . She was later added to the MMORPG " Star Wars Galaxies " in December 2010 , as part of the game ' s " Game Update 19 " .