Unidentified totem

A powerful totem was created a long time prior to 1032 BBY by an ancient species that ultimately went extinct. The relic came to rest in a temple on the moon Obsidia, where the Force spirit of a monk eventually protected it among the structure's ruins.

At one point, the Nightsister witches of the planet Dathomir, seeking a way to lead the Sith Lord Darth Caldoth to his ruination, used the Force to view visions of potential futures. The Nightsisters thereby learned of the existence of the totem and its protector spirit and, knowing of Caldoth's interest in obtaining such artifacts, used telepathy to indirectly guide the Sith Lord toward discovering the relic. In doing so, the witches assumed that the guardian spirit—of which they believed Caldoth had no knowledge—would kill the Sith. However, after Caldoth traveled to the temple and approached the totem, he instead captured the spirit itself and ignored the relic, thus revealing his true goal to the indirectly observing Nightsisters.

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