Destruction of Tahv

The capital city of Tahv on the planet Kesh was destroyed in 44 ABY. The dark side entity Abeloth was brought to the city to ally with the Sith Tribe that lived there after she made a pact to help them destroy the Jedi. However, Abeloth had her own plans for galactic domination; she betrayed the Sith and staged a mental attack on the Sith Grand Lord Darish Vol that left both of them weakened. Vol tried to warn the city of Abeloth's treachery, but he was too late. In her frustration at her failure to kill Vol, Abeloth released waves of destructive Force energy upon the city, leaving it in ruins and killing many of its residents. She proceeded to flee in the Sith Meditation Sphere Ship while the remnants of the Tribe's armada launched from Tahv's spaceport. Sith Saber Gavar Khai ordered the Sith to defect to Abeloth's fleet, but several remained loyal to the Tribe and opened fire on the deserters. Khai's frigate fought off the Sith attack long enough to escape the world, and Abeloth then sent her new forces to distract the Jedi. Their efforts succeeded, as she was able to rise to power on the galactic capital planet Coruscant.

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