Wyrd

The Wyrd were a dark side coven of Tarasin witches from the planet Cularin who adhered to the dark side of the Force. The Wyrd opposed the presence of off-world settlers on Cularin and believed that Cularin should be inhabited by the Tarasin people only. The witches were widely feared by Cularin's Tarasin population and during the waning years of the Galactic Republic the Wyrd fell under the leadership of Liriana, an exile from the Tarasin Hiironi tribe.

Under Liriana's rule, the Wyrd developed into a significant threat to the inhabitants of Cularin, conducting raids on Tarasin settlements and kidnapping children. During the Clone Wars, the witches discovered an ancient dark side artifact on the volcano Cloud Mountain and used the relic to harry a nearby Wookiee colony. Around 20 BBY, various factions on Cularin united to launch a military operation against the Wyrd and the witches suffered significant losses, including the decimation of much of their leadership. In a final gambit, circa 19 BBY the Wyrd attempted to corrupt Cularin's ch'hala trees to either take control of or destroy the world's ecology. However, the witches were thwarted in their endeavor by the Jedi Master Lanius Qel-Bertuk, who sacrificed himself to save the ch'hala from the Wyrd. The defeat crippled the witches and rendered them no longer capable of threatening the Cularin people.

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