Shikkari

"The shikkar is the tool of assassins. It can be as long as a forearm, yet it is easily concealed beneath robes. A twist of the handle after stabbing a victim will snap the glassy blade off and leave it to fester beneath the skin."

- ' entry on the ' as mentioned in her

The Shikkari &mdash;named in reference to the traditional Sith  dagger &mdash;was a breakaway sect of s belonging to the Châtsûshnwûlkut Tsisottoi Shikkarûjontû who joined the Tsistaralkut   during the , a joint - counter-invasion of the  that followed the end of the.

Etymology and nomenclature
The word shikkari was a  composed of shikkar meaning "dagger" and the joint singular/plural suffix  ' ari meaning "lord(s)." As such, it could be translated as "dagger-lords" in.

Sith genocide
The origins of the Shikkari could be traced to a group of s of the Châtsûshnwûlkut Tsisottoi Shikkarûjontû who elected to leave their headquarters on  and join themselves to the Tsistaralkut, a   formed in opposition to the  of. These assassins, many of whom were veterans of the well-versed in the subtleties of, served as s and  for the Tsistaralkut, coordinating Sith artillery strikes and performing asset denial operations against occupying  forces. They participated in a number of major military engagements of the Sith genocide, most notably the Battle of Arkania and Evacuation of Korriban. The latter engagement, generally considered the last formal battle of the Sith genocide, resulted in the deaths of most of the remaining members of the group.

Aftermath
A handful of Shikkari survived the aftermath of the Evacuation of Korriban, slipping away from the to escape the   of the. Rallying under the banner of Karos's lieutenant Nakantos alongside other Tsistaralkut survivors, the Shikkari played a significant part in the group's subsequent transformation from a paramilitary favoring outright opposition into a more furtive insurgency that persisted on Korriban for years afterwards. The actions of the reformed Tsistaralkut ultimately helped to preserve a vestigial community of Kissai and Massassi Sith on Korriban that endured well into the.

Behind the scenes
The Shikkari are based on the real-life, a subgroup of the who derived their name from the  daggers their members traditionally carried.