Riidik Kressh (Destiny)

Riidik Kressh was a female Sith who lived during the final days of the Old Sith Empire. The daughter of, she fled from Sith Space during the Great Hyperspace War only to end up in the clutches of the decades later. After serving the for several centuries, Kressh eventually passed on only for her spirit to become bond to the  which she had been using for a vessel. After discovering the, she adopted the name Taral and went on to aid Varon Krul in his machinations.

Early life
Born on the Sith world of several years before the Great Hyperspace War, Riidik Kressh was the daughter of the Sith Lord  as well as the younger sister of. Despite the prestige her name carried, Riidik was often looked over by her father in favor of her brother. When the Great Hyperspace War broke out, Lord Kressh took great pains to protect Elcho from the machinations of his rival but did not do the same for Riidik. Realizing she was on her own, Riidik stole a and fled from Sith Space when the Sith Empire collapsed.

For the next three decades, Riidik wandered aimlessly through space. In, her sphere was discovered by a scout ship and was brought to Dromund Kaas. It was there that she found the Sith Empire lived on under the rule of a man known as the. Upon receiving an audience with the Emperor, Riidik was bestowed the rank of Sith Lord for the high prestige her name carried and she was tasked with overseeing the construction of his armada from her sphere.

The Ship
Riidik performed this role for several centuries, isolating herself within her sphere. As time passed, her existence was forgotten and the sphere in which she resided became the subject of legend and folk lore, with most knowing it only as "." At some point, Riidik passed away, but through unknown circumstances her spirit became bonded to the sphere, allowing her to continue controlling it even in death. By the time of the Great Sith War, the Ship had long since vanished from Dromund Kaas and was forgotten by all, including the Sith Emperor himself. The sphere wandered through space for the next four millennia, becoming the subject of many a folk tale as it briefly encountered spaces only to vanish before they investigate it in greater detail.

At some point, the Ship came across the remote world of Kesh, which was home to a that had been formed around the time of the Great Hyperspace War. Making contact with the tribe, the Ship was regarded as a deity by the native Sith. Believing it to be a protector who had come to guard them from threats in the galaxy beyond Kesh, the Sith gave it the name Taral.

Alliance and death
In 40 ABY, Taral resurfaced on the Sith world of, making contact with the rogue Sith Varon Krul. Taral was aware of Varon's plans to resurrect his father Darth Vorath and offered to aid the young Sith, leading him to Kesh and the Lost Tribe of Sith. It went on to serve as transportation for Varon as he set about freeing the ancient entity from her prison within. When Taral expressed its doubt in Varon's plan, the young Sith promptly eradicated the spirit that possessed the sphere, ending Riidik Kressh once and for all. Varon proceeded to adopt Taral's name as his own as he proclaimed himself Dark Lord of the Sith, using it to profess his superiority over the Lost Tribe of Sith.