Tsistaralkut

The Tsistaralkut, a compound word meaning "Protectors of the Sith people,"   was a group of s,  warriors, and   slaves who banded together during the last days of the  to resist the  counter-invasion of the. With the start of the, a Republic extermination effort meant to eradicate the Sith from existence, the Tsistaralkut turned its attention to the evacuation of civilians and slaves of Sith blood from the , fighting the Republic invasion forces in an effort to buy these refugees time to escape to the.

During the genocide's last days, the surviving members of this group attempted to flee the Stygian Caldera aboard their commandeered, the Forth From Perdition. However, though they initially planned to travel to the distant Sith colony of, they were pursued by elements of the Republic fleet and were forced to seek refuge in the. After being driven from the world of  by the planet's, they took up residence on the most verdant of the planet's four moons, Toprel.