Order of the Tak Lords

The Tak are an ancient Force-user tradition. Originally founded in the Decuu Empire, the Tak all but disappeared during the War of Lost Souls. At the time they were believed to have been destroyed during the Scouring of Pesht in 1349 BBY. Recent information suggest that the Tak did lose the majority of their numbers at Pesht, and that their disappearance was a self-imposed exile to prevent further losses. A few Tak remained as advisors to the Decuri Emperor, but the last Tak committed ritual suicide immediately prior to the Unification War.

The Tak was thought lost for millenia, but in 14 ABY the last two Tak Lords made themselves known to Emperor Thorn. It was revealed that the Tak had adopted an organization roughly similar to the Sith Rule of Two, mostly out of fear that the human-dominated Confederacy would destroy them if they knew of their existence.

The Tak was well received by Thorn who made them a semi-autonomous state-sanctioned organization, and soon after made themselves known to the Confederate public. They recruited several apprentices in an effort to expand their numbers. Since then, the Tak has been represented by Tak Lord and General Baen Talal.

The Tak tradition is virtually similar to that of the old Jedi Order, which leads some experts to believe that the Tak is somehow related to the Jedi. The only real difference between the Tak and the Jedi is that the Tak accept ritual suicide - called Athsani - in extreme cases. The ritual suicide involved turning one's lightsabe towards one's chest, and igniting the saber. All Tak lightsabers are equipped with an overload mechanism, which is activated prior to the suicide and destroys the lightsaber's crystals, so as to prevent it from falling into the hands of an enemy.