The Menagerie The Menagerie was a Sith state that was located in the Grumani sector during the Republic Dark Age . It was led by the technology - hater Sith Lord Malakite , a member of a powerful Sith dynasty known as the Calimondra family . During the Second Charge Matrica , the Menagerie world of Skarpos was attacked and occupied by the rival Sith Lord Odion , who ruled the Odionate . Lord Malakite then assembled a force to retake Skarpos . During the Second Battle of Skarpos , the armies of the Menagerie , the Odionate , and the Daimanate were destroyed by an ancient Sith weapon known as the Helm of Ieldis , which was capable of driving sentient beings into a homicidal frenzy . Following the events on Skarpos , Lord Malakite ' s forces joined forces with the other Sith warlords in an attempt to defeat Lord Odion , who wanted to use the Helm to destroy the galaxy . Politics and society . Like the other Sith fiefdoms that dominated the Grumani sector during the Republic Dark Age , the Menagerie was governed according to the personal beliefs and ideology of its ruling Sith Lord , in this case Lord Malakite . The technology - hating Lord Malakite gained a " perverted " reputation throughout Sith Space for using Sith alchemy to transform sentient beings and animals into vicious red - skinned Sithspawn known as " Mutate s " who were used to fill the ranks of his armed forces . These creatures were the leftovers of centuries of Sith experimentation and had been reduced into vicious minions who only existed to served their Sith Lord ' s bidding . Malakite ' s military forces included " Mutates " , winged Menagerie dragon s , Night - Soarer s , and a fleet of military starships . Since the Sith Lord eschewed modern technology in favor of pre - modern weapons and claws , Malakite devised a tactic of using overwhelming numbers to swarm opponents with superior technology . Besides fighting the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order , Malakite also fought constant battles with other Sith warlords like Odion and Ayanos Bactra . Due to a high attrition rate , Lord Malakite was forced to implement a large - scale breeding program . History . The Menagerie was one of the break - away Sith states that was formed from the collapse of the Chagras Hegemony in 1040 BBY . Under the reign of Lord Malakite , the Menagerie gained a reputation as a breeding ground for vicious Sithspawn and monsters . In 1032 BBY , the Menagerie joined forces with the Odionate , the Daimanate , and the Sith Lord Lioko in invading and dividing up the Bactranate , a Sith fiefdom ruled by the Quermian Sith Lord Ayanos Bactra . Lord Malakite had responded to a request by the Calimondra family ' s ruling matriarch , Vilia Calimondra , who believed that Lord Bactra had outlived his usefulness to the Sith dynasty . Lord Malakite ' s territorial gains in the former Bactranate were formally recognized during a bequest convened by Vilia Calimondra . In 1032 BBY , the Sith Lord Odion ' s forces invaded and expelled the Menagerie from Skarpos , a barren desert world . Odion was looking for the Helm of Ieldis , an ancient Sith artifact capable of driving sentient beings into a homicidal frenzy . Unknown to Odion , the Jedi Knight errant Kerra Holt had infiltrated the ranks of his forces . Shortly later , Lord Malakite returned with an army to retake Skarpos . Malakite was followed by Odion ' s younger , the Sith Lord Daiman , who wanted to take the Helm for himself . During the ensuing three - way battle , Odion used the Helm to drive the three armies into a homicidal frenzy . Following the events on Skarpos , the Menagerie , at the urging of Vilia Calimondra , joined forces with the other Sith fiefdoms to stop Lord Odion ' s attempt to use the Helm to destroy the entire galaxy . Ultimately , Lord Odion was defeated by the Jedi Kerra and his second - in - command Beld Yulan .