Sarafur

Sarafur was an Outer Rim Territories planet located in the Moddell sector, outside of which it was also known as Kuna's Tail III due to its location in the Kuna's Tail system. The planet was tidally locked with its sun, with the same parts of its desert-covered surface always facing the star as a result. Sarafur's surface was dotted with ancient stone ruins, and in the zone separating the illuminated and dark sides of the planet lay the dried-out seabed known as the Krasho Salt Rifts, which was the site of monolithic salt formations, calcified corals, and skeletons of large aquatic creatures.

At one point, Sarafur was inhabited by a sentient species that lived in a bustling city near the planet's twilight region. The Killiks of the planet Alderaan also once settled the world, establishing hundreds of nests there, but the former species eventually went extinct, and the Killiks abandoned Sarafur at some point by 30,000 BBY. When a Killik Sith warrior was driven off the world Alsakan, he found refuge on Sarafur in a building that eventually became his tomb. During the millennia leading up to 25,200 BBY, the planet was a part of the Infinite Empire.

By the time of the reign of the Galactic Empire, the ruins on Sarafur were home to grave-robbers, prospectors, treasure hunters, and fugitives as well as several groups of criminals. Eventually, rumors claimed that Sarafur was the resting place of either or both of the two artifacts known as the Tessents, and at some point by 3 ABY, a group of treasure hunters investigated the Killik Sith warrior's tomb during their search for the artifacts.

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