Nightsister lair

The Nightsister lair, also known as the Nightsister fortress, was a stone fortress located on the planet Dathomir which served as the lair for the Force-sensitive Nightsisters. After the massacre of the Nightsisters at the Battle of Dathomir, the fortress was left unattended until it was taken up as a base by Gollum during the Imperial Era.
==Description==
The lair was a stone building built into the side of a mountain. The village inside was a group of scattered stone structures. Pools inside were filled with water vital to Nightsister rituals.
==History==
===War of the Ring===
After Jinx survived Saruman's assassination attempt on her at Sullust, she returned to Dathomir and landed outside of the fortress. She was then taken to the village and received treatment from Mother Talzin and her Nightsisters and launched an assassination attempt against the Wizard.
Shortly after this, Saruman arrived at the village to accept Talzin's offer of a new assassin/apprentice. However, Talzin used the offer to actually plan to kill Saruman. Jinnx then left to find a worthy human from Earth to be her tool. Jinx then returned with Claude Frollo, who was the judge from Paris, France. The other Nightsisters then brought in Feral, and ordered Frollo to kill him. Following his actions, Frollo was then taken to Saruman.
Jedi Master Sam Gamgee and Knight Frodo Baggins then came to the fortress, where Talzin revealed the name and the location of the judge they sought. Following the Jedi's meeting, Frollo returned to the village, where Talzin healed him and sent him on a quest to find the creature called Gollum.
Jinx then returned and was baptized and inducted into the Nightsisters. However, Saruman and Sauron then sent the Mouth of Sauron to wipe out the Nightsisters. At first, Jinx, the Nightsisters, and Old Daka's Army of the Dead, were able to hold out against Mouth of Sauron's horde. Talzin, in a Hidden Cave, then used her magick to torture Saruman, threatening to kill him if he did not stop the attack. Mouth of Sauron, following the green mist, then stopped Daka's and Talzin's magic. Though the Nightsisters were destroyed and their fortress was in ruins, Talzin and Jinx survived.
Talzin remained in the ruined village and monitored Judge Frollo's progress in his quest using her magicks. He returned with Gollum not long after and Talzin led the two brothers to the altar, where she used her magick and parts of Super Battle Droids to repair Gollum's broken mind and body. Talzin vanished afterward
A few months before the end of the war Jinx brought Quinlan Vos to Dathomir to teach him the ways of the dark side, believing it would help him in their mission to assassinate Saruman. She led the Jedi Master into the decrepit village during a training duel, then tasked him with killing the Sleeper creature that resided in the waters of the village. Vos was able to do so with some difficulty.
===Age of the Empire===
Following the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Gollum had taken residence in the Nightsisters' former lair, where he amassed an entire collection of memorabilia from his time during the War of the Ring including the Darksaber and a portrait of the Duchess Satine Kryze. Gollum ultimately sought to discover the location of his old nemesis Jedi Master Sam Gamgee by recovering the last fragments of the holocron's visions from Danny's mind. Gollum brought Danny into his lair after the latter agreed to travel with him to Dathomir to protect the location of Chopper Base.
When Danny noticed the Darksaber, Gollum reprimanded him for touching it and told him that his friend Marinette Dupain-Cheng could better explain the artifact's history. In a ritual to complete their shared vision, Gollum and Danny drank a magick potion that caused their eyes to turn bright green and shoot beams of light into a cloud. As a result, Gollum learned that Gamgee was hiding on a planet with twin suns. Danny learned that Gamgee held the key to destroying the Sith. Following the ritual, the spirits of fallen Nightsisters emerged to demand that the two pay the price of flesh and blood.
Gollum and Danny attempted to flee but Kanan Jarrus and Marinette then entered the cave, having tracked Danny's wrist comm. Following a gunfight, the spirits possessed Kanan and Marinette's bodies. The possessed Kanan and Marinette then proceeded to attacked Gollum and Danny. However, they managed to reach the cave's entrance. Since the altar was the source of their power, the spirits were unable to leave the cave. Having accomplished his objective, Gollum then made preparations to leave on his ship Nightbrother and offered to take Danny as his Sith apprentice. However, Danny refused to abandon his friends and the two parted company.
Danny returned to the cave to exorcise his friends. He encountered Marinette and managed to exorcise her by pushing her outside, causing the spirit to leave her. Danny then found Kanan sitting on top of the altar. He then offered to trade his body in return for the Nightsister spirits releasing Kanan's body. The spirits agreed on the condition that Danny best Kanan in combat. After defeating Kanan, the spirits released him. Danny then used the Darksaber and his green lightsaber to destroy the altar; vanishing the spirits. Later, Danny told Kanan and Marinette that Gamgee held the key to destroying the Sith. After resolving to stop Gollum from killing Gamgee, Marinette took the Darksaber, an ancient Mandalorian weapon.
==Appearances==
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*Dark Disciple
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*Crimson Reign 1 
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales 
==Sources==
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*Ultimate Star Wars
*Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
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*Collapse of the Republic 
*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle! 
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*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:Cities
Category:Dathomir locations
Category:Nightsister culture