Lost Twenty

In 17 ABY, the recently returned Dark Lord Kishkumen received intelligence of a portal into an Extragalactic Star Cluster. Located within a temporal anomaly, fifteen years passed in the cluster while just under three months passed in the galaxy. Knowing the portal was about to close, Kishkumen located two Dark Knights and a team of Disciples from the Cult of Shadow, helped them complete their mission quickly, then took them to the Jade Empire. Time being of the essence, he sent a detailed message to his master, Sivter.

Their ship touched down on an uninhabited planet, where they established a colony, living off the land and fighting the Jedi of the Kol-Rekali clan. Over the years, they and their children progressed under Kishkumen's tutelage. In the end, after births, executions and attrition to the environment and the Jedi, they totalled twenty capable Force-users, plus seven younger children. The Dark Lord dubbed them the Lost Twenty. Some had been weak in the Force before: Kishkumen taught them how to strengthen their connection. Their children were trained from birth, and the oldest were promoted as Kishkumen saw fit. Most of the Lost Twenty are Dark Knights; none are Dark Lords.

The Lost Twenty constitute Kishkumen's greatest contribution to the Cult of Shadow to date. Utterly loyal to the cause, they are considered by Kishkumen to be well worth the sacrifice of fifteen years of his life.