Battle

Night of Sorrow

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The Night of Sorrow, also known as the Battle of Dalna, or as the massacre on Dalna, was a devastating battle in which the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic fought the Path of the Open Hand cult and its newly organized Path of the Closed Fist subgroup, on the Outer Rim Territories planet Dalna in 382 BBY when the planet was newly settled. The battle began when several different groups of Jedi arrived at the Path compound to investigate the Path's role in the Battle of Jedha and the Eiram and E'ronoh War, which the Path used as an excuse to attack the Jedi. The battle erupted quickly and its scale was compounded as Jedi reinforcements, Republic reinforcements, forces from Eiram and E'ronoh, and Dalnan citizens arrived for backup, resulting in many Dalnan deaths. During the battle, the Path, led by their Guide Marda Ro, deployed many creatures they had collected called the Nameless, who weakened and fed on Force-sensitives, causing the deaths of many Jedi via disintegration. In the aftermath of the battle, the Path of the Open Hand was dissolved and the Dalna temple was built, but Dalnans blamed the Jedi Order for the deaths that occurred.

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Date: 382 BBY
Place: Path compound, Dalna
Result: Jedi Order victory; Collapse of the Path of the Open Hand; Destruction of the Path compound; Mass casualties of both Jedi and Dalnans; Chancellor Kyong Greylark resigns and Orlen Mollo becomes the sole Chancellor of the Galactic Republic
Side 1: Galactic Republic; Jedi Order; Eiram government; E'ronoh
Side 2: Path of the Open Hand †; Path of the Closed Fist
Commanders (side 1): Jedi Master Creighton Sun; Jedi Master Char-Ryl-Roy†; Jedi Master Ela Sutan; Jedi Master Yaddle; Princess/Captain Xiri A'lbaran; Prince Phan-tu Zenn; Sheriff Jinx Pickwick
Commanders (side 2): Guide of the Closed Fist Marda Ro; Elecia Zeveron "The Mother"; Binnot Ullo†; Elder Yulon Onning†
Unit1: Thylefire Squadron (late)
Forces1: Jedi; Multiple Jedi Masters; Gluth Andoi†; Orin Darhga†; Ravna Abronsa†; Rinn; Riponjonang; Vaqqi; Fliss Woora; Yoda (late); Several Jedi Knights; Arkoff; Werla Cayn†; Aida Forte†; Den Harrit; Azlin Rell; Toorin; Woo; Meya Wuk; Oliviah Zeveron; Jedi Temple Guards; At least one Wayseeker; Gella Nattai; Many Padawans; Matthea Cathley; Equaa; Enya Keen; One Jedi Initiate; Cippa Tarko; Pom Gornay†; Unidentified Anomid Jedi†; Unidentified Twi'lek Jedi; Unidentified Weequay Jedi; Two security guards; Priv Ittik; Lu Sweet†; Two heirs; Eirami soldiers (late); E'roni troops (late); 4VO-TG; Many Dalnan civilians; Axel Greylark (late); Kyong Greylark (late); 1 Beta-class shuttle; 1 Forward ReCon fighter; G-2; 1 Pathfinder team (late); Pathfinder team 71-B9 (late); Kenny (late); Piti (late); Pathfinder team 71-B9's ship (late); Several deputies
Forces2: Multiple Path of the Open Hand members; Unidentified bearded Path member; Multiple Path of the Closed Fist members; Werth Plouth "The Herald"†; Binnot Ullo; Unidentified Pantoran; Unidentified woman; Another unidentified woman; Vol Garat; Many Nameless; Leveler; Many enforcer droids; Axel Greylark (involuntarily); Multiple scavengers (late)
Casual1: Nearly half of the participating Jedi; Ravna Abronsa; Gluth Andoi; The Anomid Jedi; Werla Cayn; Char-Ryl-Roy; Orin Darhga; Aida Forte; Pom Gornay; Many Dalnans; At least 1 deputy
Casual2: Many Path members; Yulon Onning; Werth Plouth; Binnot Ullo; Many enforcer droids; All Nameless except for the Leveler

Appearances

21 works, in story order

The High Republic: Path of Vengeance
The High Republic: Cataclysm (first appearance)
The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (mentioned only)
The High Republic: A Test of Courage (first mentioned, indirect mention)
The High Republic: The Rising Storm (indirect mention)
The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower (indirect mention)
The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (mentioned only, first identified)
The High Republic: Mission to Disaster (mentioned only, first identified)
The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1 (in a flashback)
The Call of Coruscant (indirect mention)
The High Republic: The Edge of Balance: Precedent (in a flashback)
The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 (indirect mention, in a flashback)
The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (mentioned only)
The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless (mentioned only)
The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 3 (mentioned only)
The High Republic: The Edge of Balance: Premonition (indirect mention)
The High Republic: Tempest Breaker (mentioned only, in a flashback)
The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script (mentioned only, in a flashback)
The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 3 (mentioned only)
The High Republic: Into the Light (mentioned only)
The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi

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