Shrii ka rai ka rai

A nursery rhyme song that began with the line "shrii ka rai ka rai" was known during the time of the High Republic Era. The nursery rhyme was sung to Jedi younglings by the nursemaid Ruusstha Vidyarvrikt in order to scare the Jedi into behaving and going to sleep, with both Emerick Caphtor and Stellan Gios having heard it as younglings. After witnessing the death of Loden Greatstorm during the Battle of Grizal, Gios, then a Jedi Master, began to sing the nursery rhyme without realizing. Gios later tasked Caphtor with investigating the cause of Greatstorm's death, and the Jedi investigator soon began to sing the song himself.

Caphtor's investigation took him to a Nihil base on Vrant Tarnum, where his droid, Q-2, translated the first line of the song in writing on a wall. The song was also sung by a prisoner aboard the Galactic Republic prison ship Restitution. In truth, the song was connected to and about the Nameless, who were also known as the "Shrii Ka Rai" which meant "Eaters of the Force". The Nameless preyed upon Force-sensitives, causing them to hallucinate and even killing them by turning them to dust. They were the same beings which had killed Greatstorm and were being used by Eye Marchion Ro during the Nihil conflict.

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