Battle of Vanahame

The Battle of Vanahame was a battle during the New Sith Wars which occurred on the planet Vanahame in 1032 BBY. Earlier, Sith Lord Odion had acquired the Helm of Ieldis, an ancient Sith artifact from the planet Skarpos. The Helm was capable of converting negative emotions like grief and angst into dark side energy that was capable of driving sentient beings into a homicidal frenzy, even through hyperspace. Following a successful test demonstration on Skarpos, Odion returned to the cloister—a planet-sized mega orphanage—on Vanahame where he intended to use the Helm to harness the emotions of the thousands orphans and unleash it on the entire Grumani sector.

Odion's nihilistic bid for galactic domination drew opposition from the other Sith Lords in the Calimondra family who dispatched a combined fleet to stop him. Odion's plans were ultimately foiled when the captive Jedi Knight Kerra Holt successfully convinced his General Beld Yulan about the sanctity of life. While Odion was able to unleash the Helm on his Sith "family" and selected targets within the Grumani sector, Yulan switched back on the lights and freed the children from their bubble prisons. This immediately ended the Helm's homicidal frenzy and caused it to overload, killing Odion in the process. With the death of Odion, his Sith family including his estranged brother Daiman quickly invaded the Odionate and carved up his territories. Meanwhile, Kerra and Yulan freed the orphans on Vanahame. Yulan evacuated the orphans on Vanahame into Republic space while Kerra vowed to liberate their parents from the other Sith Lords.

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