Battle of Zoldaram

 was a battle which occured in 72BBY and which was created by the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Tenebrous in an attempt to weaken the Jedi Order, using the powerful Mind-Witch Elizibeta, and her coven of Dark Jedi, to trigger war on the planet with the intention of defeating the Jedi Force which would be undoubtedly sent to ease the conflict. It was one of a series of minor conflicts designed to weaken the Jedi, which had occured since 73BBY, and would end in 67BBY, when Tenebrous was defeated by his apprentice, Plagueis. Secretly, Tenebrous planned for his secret apprentice, Venamis, to assissinate the Mind-Witch, weakening the respect of the Jedi in the senate, and in the process, removing a possible threat in his goal of taking over the Galactic Empire.

Prelude
One of a series of minor conflicts designed to weaken the Jedi, which had occured since 73BBY, and would end in 67BBY, when Tenebrous was defeated by his apprentice, Plagueis. Secretly, Tenebrous planned for his secret apprentice, Venamis, to assissinate the Mind-Witch, weakening the respect of the Jedi in the senate, and in the process, removing a possible threat in his goal of taking over the Galactic Empire.

In Early 72BBY, several months after the Mind-Witch Elizibeta, began influencing the minds of the people of Zoldaram, in order to trigger a rebellion against the Senate, the Queen of Zoldaram, Kata Sirya, was persuaded by a former close friend of her father, the former King of Zoldaram, Rugess Nome (secretly Darth Tenebrous) to ask the Jedi for help in easing the anger of her people. The Jedi Council agreed to send help, and sent the Jedi Knight Dooku, and his padawan, Qui-Gon Jinn to investigate.