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| - Takara Hilts was a Force-sensitive female Human from the Lost Tribe of Sith which ruled the planet Kesh. The Tribe were the descendants of Humans from the First Sith Empire who had become stranded on Kesh during the Great Hyperspace War in 5000 BBY. She was the daughter of Grand Lord Varner Hilts and Iliana Hilts. As with most of the Lost Tribe, Takara lived on the continent of Keshtah Minor. Due to her parent's high social status in Keshiri Sith society, Takara enjoyed a privileged childhood as a Sith princess. By 2974 BBY, she had become the Prefect of Police for the Tahv Constabulary, the Sith capital Tahv's main law and enforcement agency. Despite her privileged lifestyle and powerful connections, Takara became frustrated at her father's decision not to appoint his own daughter as his political successor. Due to the millennium-long Time of the Rot, her father Varner had devised a meritocratic system to reduce political infighting within the Tribe. As a Constable, Takara was tasked with bringing criminals and other enemies of the state to justice. One criminal who eluded her was the Human Sith anarchist Parlan Spinner, an outcast who waged a guerrilla war on the Lost Tribe that had persecuted his family for generations. His acts of vandalism and other criminal activities made him a perennial source of instability for the Tribe's leadership. By 2974 BBY, Takara and her father Varner had devised an elaborate scheme to trap and capture Spinner. Through an informant in Spinner's gang, the authorities learned that Spinner was planning to disrupt the festivities commemorating Yaru Korsin's discovery of Kesh and to kill the Grand Lord himself. In response, Takara took Varner's place in the sedan chair during the parades. As planned, Spinner and his associates surface only to be captured by Takara and her Constables. After executing his associates, Takara had Spinner brought before her father in order to decide his fate. Much to the dismay of Takara and her mother Iliana, Varner decided to spare Spinner's life and to give him a second chance. Spinner became a sailor aboard the Keshiri sailing ship Southern Star which was captained by the Alanciari mariner Captain Chegg. Dissatisfied with her life on Keshtah, Takara stowed aboard the same ship. Unknown to her, the Southern Star had been sent on a mission to explore Eshkrene, Kesh's frozen South Pole. While the ship's crew were exploring Eshkrene, Takara and Spinner attempted to escape only to be spotted and pursued by Chegg's men. At the end of the pursuit, the two Humans were cornered by their Keshiri pursuers who attempted to execute them. However, the Keshiri were slain by members of "the Doomed"—the descendants of an even earlier group of Jedi and Dark Jedi who had become stranded on Kesh following the Hundred-Year Darkness. The Doomed took the two Humans captive, and their leader, Kaliska, brought them into their settlement where she explained the origins of the Doomed. Following the Great Calamity on Kesh, the two rival Force orders had made peace and migrated to Eshkrene where they attempted to find a neutral balance in the Force. Takara and Spinner also learned about the "Great Weapon," who turned out to be the ancient Dark Jedi Baron Remulus Dreypa who had been imprisoned within an oubliette. Spinner and the remaining Keshiri crew managed to escape Eshkrene and steal the "Great Weapon." Takara and Kaliska pursued them and attempted to reason with Spinner. However, Spinner destroyed the oubliette and released Dreypa. Spinner and the Keshiri crew quickly sided with the ancient Dark Jedi and pledged their allegiance to him. Meanwhile, Takara and Kaliska were imprisoned within the Southern Star's hold. After several days of voyaging, the Southern Star reached the port town of Eorm. There, Dreypa managed to win the awe of the local peasants by killing the tyrannical Lord Galathos and the local Tribal garrison. Baron Dreypa desired to return to the wider galaxy and seek revenge on the Galactic Republic and the Jedi. However, he was willing to exploit Spinner and his Keshiri followers to attain these goals. Dreypa led a peasant uprising against the Tribe and marched on Tahv. He also intended to use the captured Sith princess as a hostage in negotiations with the Tribe. However, Takara and Kaliska managed to escape their captors and flew back to Eshkrene with Eorm's entire herd of uvaks—winged reptilians who were used as steeds by both the indigenous Keshiri and their Human Sith overlords. Back at Eshkrene, Kaliska succeeded in rallying the Doomed, who assembled for an invasion of Keshtah Minor in order to stop Dreypa. They flew to Keshtah Minor on a herd of uvaks. Meanwhile, Dreypa and his Sith quisling Spinner made some initial gains but sustained heavy casualties at the Marisota Floodplain. Dreypa's forces retreated to the volcano Sessal Spire and were pursued by the Tribe's forces led by Takara's mother, Grand Consort Iliana. After the failure of negotiations between the two parties, Dreypa awakened his Leviathan Sithspawn which dwelled within the volcano crater and unleashed them on both his former allies and his foes. At that point, Takara and the Doomed arrived and attacked Dreypa and his Leviathans. During the melee, Takara also encountered her old enemy Spinner and attempted to execute him. However, the two quickly formed an "unlikely alliance" after they were attacked by a Leviathan. Spinner managed to kill the Leviathan and to also rescue Takara's mother Iliana from being "absorbed" by one. The three Humans then fled the battlefield. Meanwhile, Dreypa regained the upper hand against the Doomed, and many of them were devoured and killed by his monstrous Leviathans, who also absorbed their knowledge. Dreypa then learned that the ancient forebears of the Doomed had hidden a Jedi starship beneath the Circle Eternal, the Tribe's royal palace on Tahv. Meanwhile, Kaliska caught up with Takara and Spinner, and revealed the existence of the Last Hope to the two Human Sith. In the end, Spinner agreed to return to Tahv with the debilitated Iliana on an uvak while Takara stayed behind to hold off Dreypa. Kaliska herself agreed to accompany Spinner so that he could destroy the Last Hope. However, Dreypa caught up with them and Kaliska was killed, wiping out the last of the Doomed. Spinner and Iliana managed to escape back to Tahv as planned, but the former reneged on his promise to destroy the Last Hope. Instead, he attempted to flee Kesh for good and escape into hyperspace. Meanwhile, Takara was captured yet again by Dreypa, who attempted to use her as a bargaining chip to force Spinner to return the Last Hope. Spinner was moved by Takara's plight and resolved to stop Dreypa once and for all. The young anarchist abandoned his plans to escape Kesh and instead returned to Tahv where he destroyed Dreypa's "pet" Leviathans. During the fighting, Takara herself managed to destroy one of the Leviathans by using Force lightning. At the climax, both Takara and Dreypa ended up on the hull of the Last Hope. Spinner "handed" the starship back to Dreypa and jumped into the Southern Ocean with Takara. However, Spinner had set the ship's autopilot on a one way journey to Sessal Spire and the Dark Jedi was killed during the collision. Following the elimination of Dreypa and his Leviathans, the former outcast Spinner was elevated to the status of a hero for saving Tahv from Dreypa's powers. Spinner was able to improve his social standing within the Lost Tribe and became one of the Grand Lord's Hands. Following their experiences, Takara and Spinner developed a romantic relationship.
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