The Valley of the Dark Lords, also known as Sith Great Temple was located in the valley. 45142z
A number of different layouts and appearances have been given to the valley in various publications. This is, in the case of video games, mostly due to memory restraints and practicality.
- For instance, its appearance in Knights of the Old Republic lends itself to being easily traversed and places less demand on hardware than a full scale valley.
- In Darth Bane: Path of Destruction it was found that the road from the Academy to the Tombs was actually quite long and the area that the actual Valley was barren and harsh, hard to travel through for even the Sith Lords.
- In Marka Ragnos’s tomb remaining in place.
- Its appearance in Shadows and Light suggests a reconciliation between a few designs, with the entrance and statues found in Knights, and other sorts of tombs in the distance like those in Jedi Academy and TOTJ where the cliff started in Knights.
- Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force also depicts the valley as a mix of the KOTOR and Jedi Academy designs.
The valley was used from the time of Great Schism through to the time of the Sith would become Force ghosts and haunt their tomb. In the Great Temple, the Sith spirits were even able to preserve the mummified bodies they once inhabited.
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| The Valley circa 3,993 BBY. |
While a tomb for Naga Sadow was also constructed, it was never used, as the Sith Lord spent his remaining time on Yavin 4. Sadow’s empty tomb housed an ancient Rakatan Star Map, an artifact of the dark side.
Once a major stronghold of the Sith species, the planet fell to the Republic in the aftermath of the Great Exar Kun would follow Nadd’s direction and also visit the valley; this time a Sith Academy was established with the aim of excavating the considerable amount of ancient artifacts.
The redeemed and amnesic Ludo Kressh remained largely unscathed.
The Valley of the Dark Lords would become largely ignored by subsequent generations of Sith; dark siders during the New Sith Wars would seldom if ever visit the site as a centuries of looting and conflict had largely destroyed anything of value. Nonetheless a headstrong and powerful student named Bane would defy his masters and make the treacherous journey in hopes of uncovering ancient secrets–the mission was in vain as nothing remained in the ancient tombs, prompting the young Sith to turn his attention to other strongholds of the dark side.
