Shikkar

Shikkars were intricate, Force-crafted daggers made out of glass that were created and used by the Sith by the time following the Hundred-Year Darkness. Shikkars had long, elegant blades and were prized amongst the Lost Tribe of Sith on the planet Kesh for their artistic value as well as their role as weapons. They were made for one single usage—after a shikkar was used to stab someone, the hilt was broken off, leaving the blade embedded in the victim's body. Since the manner of death suffered by shikkar was exceptionally painful, many Sith considered it an insulting form of assassination. The weapons were crafted and employed often by members of three rival glass-crafting guilds on Kesh. Tura Sanga was famous among the Sith Tribe for crafting shikkars, and the Sith Seelah Korsin owned a shikkar that had been made by Kesh's native Keshiri.

As the Dark Jedi Sorzus Syn noted in the Book of Sith, Shikkars were frequently used by Sith for assassinations. Even millennia after their invention, the weapons were still prominent—in 43.5 ABY, several members of the Sith strike team sent to kill the Jedi Luke Skywalker carried shikkars, including Sith apprentice Vestara Khai and her Master, Lady Olaris Rhea. Later, in 44 ABY, several shikkars were crafted specifically for decoration during the celebration that marked the Tribe's alliance with the dark side entity Abeloth.

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