Occupation of the Kesh capitol building In 3000 BBY , the Sisters of Seelah , a faction of the Lost Tribe of Sith , occupied the Kesh capitol building . Their leader Iliana Merko then attempted to force the Caretaker Varner Hilts to produce a fake " testament of the Tribe ' s founder Yaru Korsin that would favor his estranged wife Seelah Korsin and those that followed her teachings . However , this plan fell apart because the testament was read by an actual holocron recording of Yaru Korsin himself every Testament Day , which occurred every twenty - five years . The Sisters ' presence attracted the attention of two rival Sith groups : the Korsinite League , which revered Yaru Korsin and his daughter Nida Korsin , and Force 57 , which emulated the 57 Red Sith crew members of the ancient Sith dreadnaught " Omen " . They attacked the Sisters of Seelah but the fighting was interrupted when Varner Hilts offered to do a reading of the Testament . When Korsin Bentado , the Korsinite leader , objected to this reading on the grounds that Testament Day was eight days away , the Keshiri mathematician Jaye Vuhld pointed out that Kesh ' s calendar was eight days behind the Galactic Standard Calendar . Thus , Hilts was legally obliged to convene the Pantheon ' s Peace and the Sith leaders assembled for the reading . History . Background . By 3000 BBY , the continent of Keshtah Minor had experienced almost a millennium of turmoil and civil warfare known as the Time of the Rot . This conflict had been sparked by the death of the reigning Grand Lord Lillia Venn during the Night of the Upside - Down Meteor in 3960 BBY , which saw the Lost Tribe of Sith splinter into twenty factions . Each faction selected their own Grand Lords and fought each other for control of Tahv , the capital of Keshtah and the seat of the Tribe ' s power . Different factions united long enough to invade Tahv and overthrow the ruling Grand Lord only to begin fighting among themselves . As a result , much of Keshtah ' s cities and infrastructure including the Kesh capitol building and aqueducts had fallen into ruins and disrepair . By 3000 BBY , the sole functioning office in the Tribe ' s bureaucracy was the Office of the Caretaker , whom was charged with safeguarding the Tribe ' s historical records and providing timekeeping . The Caretaker ' s office was based in the Kesh capitol building . The then - Caretaker was an elderly Human Sith man named Varner Hilts , who had little interest in the Tribe ' s political struggles . One important function of the Caretaker ' s office was to facilitate the reading of the Testament of Yaru Korsin which was convened every twenty - five years on Testament Day . On that day , the various Sith factions congregated peacefully at the Kesh capitol building to listen to the final testament of the Tribe ' s Founder Yaru Korsin , who was revered by most factions for discovering Kesh and creating the Tribe ' s political structure . Besides Testament Day , the year 3000 BBY also coincided with two other important dates including the Festival of Nida ' s Rise and 1 , 975th anniversary of Grand Lord Korsin ' s death . However , one faction known as the Sisters of Seelah hated Korsin and instead regarded his estranged wife Seelah Korsin as the " true " Founder of the Tribe . Their leader Iliana Merko concocted a plan to restore Seelah to a revered position within the Tribe ' s pantheon by producing a document purporting to be the real Testament of Yaru Korsin , which would favor those who followed Seelah ' s teachings . As followers of Seelah , the Sisters practiced eugenics and braided their hair in her style . The Sisters had a hostile relationship with the other factions particularly the Korsinite League , who revered Yaru and his daughter Nida Korsin , and Force 57 , which revered the " Other 57 " non - Human Red Sith who were aboard the " Omen " , the Sith dreadnaught which had brought the Tribe ' s ancestors to Kesh . Despite their differences , all these Sith factions believed that the Sith superior to the native Keshiri on the account that they were the Skyborn , gods in Keshiri religion . The Occupation . Twelve days prior to Testament Day in 3000 BBY , the Sisters of Seelah put their plans into action and occupied the Kesh capitol building . Since the capitol building was only staffed by several Keshiri clerks , who were unsuitable for combat , the Sisters met no resistance and quickly seized control of the building . While Iliana ' s fellow Sisters waited in the atrium with their Keshiri hostages , Iliana herself went to confront Caretaker Hilts inside his office . To force Hilts ' cooperation , she also threatened to kill one of Hilts ' aides , Jaye Vuhld , with her Sith lightsaber . After informing Hilts of the situation , Iliana revealed the purpose of her visit ; changing the Testament of Varner Hilts to favor the Sisters of Seelah . Her plan involved coercing Hilts into reading a document purporting to be Yaru Korsin ' s testament during the Pantheon ' s Peace . While Hilts admired the boldness and originality of Iliana ' s plan , he quickly revealed that her plan was flawed because he did not actually read from Korsin ' s Testament . Instead , the Testament was read by a holograph ic recording of the late Founder himself ; the Testament was stored within a holocron , an ancient Jedi and Sith technology . For the next four days , the Sisters of Seelah occupied the capitol building . During that time , the Keshiri staff were locked up in another room . During that time , Iliana and her followers tried unsuccessfully to activate the holocron while ignoring Hilts ' claims that the machine only activated on Testament Day . As Testament Day approached , large numbers of Humans and Keshiri occupied the Circle Eternal in preparation for the Festival of Nida ' s Rise . While the ordinary citizens were not permitted to attend the Testament Day reading , this did little to dispel their interest in hearing the Founder ' s words being relayed to the masses by the Tribe ' s leaders . Unsuccessful in their efforts of reactivating Korsin ' s holocron , Iliana threatened to kill Jaye Vuhld unless Hilts complied . Before any of them could make a move , they were interrupted by the arrival of a second faction , the Korsinite League . The Korsinites had managed to scale the capitol building ' s walls and enter the building through its glass windows . These new arrivals then descended into the atrium and attacked Seelah ' s followers . A lightsaber duel quickly ensued between the two factions . Iliana ' s followers outside the capitol building were also attacked and pursued by a third Sith faction , Force 57 . Several Sith from all three factions were killed or wounded during this skirmish . Hilts and Jaye managed to escape the three - way skirmish by hiding behind the Sandpipe s , ancient instruments used for recording time . During the fighting , the capitol building ' s windows were damaged ; setting Hilts and his staffs ' maintenance work back by thirty years . Pantheon ' s Peace . Before more lives could be lost , Hilts managed to end the fighting by offering to provide lodging for them in the capitol building prior to Testament Day . The three Sith factions reluctantly disengaged from their skirmish but then began squabbling among themselves . Korsin Bentado and Neera , the leaders of the Korsinite League and Force 57 respectively , demanded to know why Iliana and her followers were occupying the capitol building . As devout followers of Yaru and Nida Korsin , the Korsinites regarded the Testament of Yaru Korsin as sacred scripture and were intolerant of those who did not share their beliefs about how the Tribe should be structured . Meanwhile , Force 57 hated Seelah Korsin for banishing the original 57 Red Sith from the Tribe . As the religious differences between the three factions threatened to boil over again into open fighting , Hilts tried to mediate between them by offering to do a reading of the Testament from Yaru Korsin ' s holocron . While Iliana was angry that the Caretaker had deceived her , the dogmatic Bentado refused to accept any reading prior to the designated Testament Day . He threatened to kill Hilts if the latter continued with his " heresy " . However , Hilts managed to defuse the situation by getting Jaye Vuhld , who was a talented mathematician , to reveal his findings that Kesh was eight days behind Galactic Standard Time . While Bentado initially refused to accept Jaye ' s findings , the other Sith were convinced by Jaye ' s mathematical calculations and consented to the reading of Korsin ' s Testament . Thus , Hilts was legally obliged to convene the Pantheon ' s Peace . As a result , the Sisters of Seelah ' s occupation of the capitol building came to an end . The three Sith factions withdrew from the building while the Keshiri workers were freed and allowed to leave . Per tradition , only the Tribe ' s leadership was allowed to view the reading of Korsin ' s Testament and no Keshiri were permitted to participate in the Pantheon ' s Peace . Hilts convened the assembly which was attended by twenty Sith faction leaders including Iliana , Korsin , Neera , and the leader of the Golden Destiny , a faction that was concerned with the stellar aspects on the Tribe ' s history . Ultimately , Yaru Korsin ' s Testament did nothing to resolve the Sith factions ' differences ; with different factions interpreting the Founder ' s message differently . Following the end of Korsin ' s recording , Hilts discovered that it had been recorded over an earlier recording : a message from the ancient Sith Lord Naga Sadow to his slave Yaru Korsin . The faction leaders quickly discovered that their ancestors were not " special " but were actually the descendants of runaway slaves who had become trapped on Kesh . In an attempt to cover up this " inglorious history " , Iliana personally destroyed the holocron and the Sith leaders swore not to reveal the contents of the meeting . However , news of the disastrous Testament Day eventually spread to their followers , which triggered a massive outbreak of violence on Keshtah Minor known as the Great Crisis . Varner Hilts was able to end the Great Crisis by discovering a map at the Kesh Sith Temple which confirmed the existence of a second continent known as Keshtah Major . As a result , the Hilts became the new Grand Lord and ushered in the Hilts Restoration .