Tetsubal Tetsubal was a city located in the area of the Ragnos Lakes , on the continent Keshtah Minor of the remote planet Kesh . Located to the south of the planet ' s capital , Tahv , by 4985 BBY Tetsubal had a population of 18 , 000 Keshiri natives . Tetsubal was one of eight villages around the Ragnos Lakes , and in 4 , 985 BBY the inhabitants of the region began to harvest a type of fluorescent algae from those waters . Hoping to find a use for the algae , Yaru Korsin , leader of the Lost Tribe of Sith — comprising several hundred Humans and Pureblood Sith — that had taken power in Kesh fifteen years earlier , ordered an expedition to Tetsubal and the surrounding areas to investigate . The mission was headed by Ravilan Wroth , who had his own agenda — hoping to get Sith leadership to focus on finding a way off Kesh , Wroth had devised a plan to poison local water supplies with the chemical cyanogen silicate , creating a fake plague that would frighten the Lost Tribe into withdrawing from Keshiri affairs . He contaminated the aqueduct that provided Tetsubal with its water , killing all 18 , 000 of Tetsubal ' s residents , leaving Wroth as the only survivor . In order to contain the " infection , " the remains of Tetsubal were burned to the ground . However , Wroth ' s treachery was discovered by Yaru Korsin ' s wife , Seelah , who went on to cause the deaths of the populations of the other towns in the Ragnos Lakes area and frame Wroth . As a result , Wroth and the rest of the members of the Sith species among the Lost Tribe were quickly executed . Over the ensuing centuries , Tetsubal and the rest of the towns of the Ragnos Lakes were abandoned and eventually gained a reputation as being haunted . Description . The city of Tetsubal was located in the Ragnos Lakes region of the planet Kesh ' s continent Keshtah Minor . Tetsubal , along with seven other villages in the area , was located to the south of the planet ' s capital of Tahv , and was the farthest away out of the eight towns in the area . Tetsubal was surrounded by walls , and a system of dirt roads crossed throughout the town . Tetsubal received its water from a nearby aqueduct , which fed into a network of troughs that ran through the streets . Many of the village ' s residents lived in hejarbo - shoot huts . By 4985 BBY , approximately 18 , 000 members of Kesh ' s native species , the Keshiri , called Tetsubal home . History . In 5000 BBY , the planet Kesh was visited by a group of crash - landed Sith that claimed to be the gods of the indigenous Keshiri . This group of Humans and Pureblood Sith , who came to be known as the Lost Tribe , took their place as rulers of Kesh and commanded the devotion of the highly religious natives . After taking power , the Lost Tribe began a census of the planet to get an estimate of exactly how many Keshiri there were . Far to the south of the Sith crash site in the Takara Mountains , Tetsubal was among the last settlements to be counted before the Sith gave up . Fifteen years later , a group of Keshiri from the Ragnos Lakes area began harvesting a type of fluorescent algae — believing that the specimens could perhaps be used to light Sith structures , Lost Tribe leader Yaru Korsin sent a team of subordinates , led by prominent Pureblood Sith Ravilan Wroth , to investigate . Tetsubal , farthest away from the center of Sith power in Tahv , was to be visited first . However , Wroth saw that as an opportunity to put a secret plan of his into action . Using the deadly chemical cyanogen silicate , Wroth poisoned Tetsubal ' s water supply in order to create the appearance of a plague that he could use to pressure Sith leadership to withdraw from Keshiri affairs and focus on finding a way off Kesh . With the town ' s aqueduct contaminated , Keshiri suddenly began collapsing and dying , some in their own homes or by falling into water troughs and drowning . By the time Yaru Korsin received word and arrived , Ravilan Wroth was the only survivor . When questioned about the incident by Korsin , his wife , Seelah , and his right - hand man , Gloyd , Wroth claimed that he had no idea what had happened or why . The others believed his story initially , and Wroth took the opportunity to push Yaru Korsin to isolate the Lost Tribe from mainstream Keshiri society . In response , Korsin ordered a careful withdrawal of Lost Tribe representatives from other towns — a few days after the disaster , most of the major cities on Kesh had still not heard of the deaths at Tetsubal . Meanwhile , in an attempt to contain whatever plague had stricken the town , Tetsubal was burned to the ground by a team of Lost Tribe agents . Suddenly , the seven other villages of the Ragnos Lakes were all hit with the same mysterious plague , killing over a hundred thousand Keshiri . Unlike the occurrence at Tetsubal , these were orchestrated by Seelah Korsin , who had discovered Wroth ' s plot and endeavored to frame him for the deaths in the other nearby towns . As a result , Ravilan Wroth and the other members of the Sith species in the Lost Tribe were systematically purged . After the events of 4 , 985 BBY , eight villages of the Ragnos Lakes region , including Tetsubal , were completely abandoned , and by 3960 BBY the area was commonly believed to be haunted . Inhabitants . By 4 , 985 BBY , there were about 18 , 000 residents of Tetsubal , all Keshiri . They mainly lived in hejarbo - shoot huts , and frequented Tetsubal ' s troughs with wooden pails to obtain necessary water . The city ' s population included nursing women who lived among the rest of the city ' s inhabitants . A good number of Tetsubal ' s natives often visited the city ' s restaurants and markets . Locations . The tallest structure in Tetsubal was the town square , which featured a large sundial quite similar to the one in Tahv . Close to the town was an aqueduct , which fed a system of troughs that ran through the city ' s dirt roads , and itself was fed by an uvak - driven pulley system . Located throughout Tetsubal were many restaurants and markets that were frequented by the Keshiri natives . Tetsubal was surrounded by high walls with a main city gate that could be securely locked , and that was right next to the town square . Behind the scenes . The city of Tetsubal made its first , and so far , only appearance in the " Star Wars " canon in John Jackson Miller ' s 2010 eBook " " . It was also mentioned , albeit indirectly , in two sequels , and .