Preview: Korriban

Baisc Facts time...

Planet: Korriban

• Location: Part of the Outer Rim
• Number of Moons: 7
• Is Only Planet of system
• Day is slightly longer than Standard (28 hours)
• Size of planet is about 33% larger than Earth

• Climate: Cold, Windy, almost unlivable.  All desert.
• Visual Description of Planet: Red, Dusty Planet. Not fun.
• Gravity: About 40% heavier than Earth. 

• Current Population: 0.  Forgotten by most of the galaxy.
• Historical Populations: At time of Sith Empire, up to 10 billion; during Jedi Civil War, couple thousand (was 4000 years ago).
• Major Import: None (It's a dead planet)
• Major Export: None. (See Above)

• Current Native Species: None. (see above, above)
• Historical Native Species: Sith (Red Skinned Near-Humans).
• Current Creatures Living there: 
• Korriban zombies: Undead created from Sith Magic from native Sith originally, expended to other species.  Are Guardians of the Valley of the Sith Lords.
• Shyracks: Eyeless bats with vicious pointy teeth.  
• Tuk'Ata: Red eyed Giant (big as people) blue skinned wolves with poisonous teeth and claws.  Called Sith Hounds.
• Hssiss: Human Sized Lizards with Dark Side Poison.  Nearly impossible to recover from.

• Basic History: After the 2nd Great Schism, the Dark Jedi who were exiled landed on Korriban, homeland of the Sith, a war clan based society with inherently felt the call to the dark side.  The Dark Jedi became the Masters of the sith, uniting them one leader; the two groups would eventually mingle so much that the two groups merge to form a new Sith, now primarily Dark Side Jedi and other such creatures.  Was used as a major base during the Sith Empire Expansion, during the Great Jedi Hunt of 4000 years most Sith were killed off and Korriban was abandoned.  During the 4th Great Schism of 1000 years, Korriban was not used as a resource to either side.  It has no real trade goods, no valuable minerals, and is not on any major trading routes.  It is now a dead planet.  As the planet is the homeworld of the Sith, the various Sith Lords would come to be buried in the Valley of the Sith Lords.  The planet still maintains a natural attraction to the dark side, and many of the animals here still use that force. In addition, rumors of zombies and ghosts haunt this world.  Occasionally, a treasure hunter looks for Korriban for the legendary Sith Treasures.  They never return.

• Trivia of the Day: Korriban is a derivative of Korban, which means Sacrifice in Hebrew.  I wonder if that is relevant or not....