Alsakan was once an ecumenopolis in the Alsakan system in the Core Worlds, on the Perlemian Trade Route. At its height the planet could rival Coruscant in power and influence.
It became the location of one of the worst massacres in galactic history when it was at the center of the Battle of Alsakan during the War of Darkness. The Cult of Shadow unleashed the Charon Death Cult on an unsuspecting galaxy and utterly destroyed everything on the planet and wiped it clean of all life.
All that remains now is a dead planet full of ruins. The atmosphere is saturated with the Charon Death Mist, requiring anyone who visits the planet after the battle to wear a full environment suit since the mist can be absorbed through the skin.
History[]
The planet was originally a Killik colony before 30,000 BBY when they were taken to the Unknown Regions, possibly by the Celestials in 30,000 BBY. At least one Killik from Alsakan became a user of the Dark Side and was able to escape the world and flee to Sarafur.
In 26,000 BBY Alsakan was colonized by Humans from Coruscant in the colony ship Kuat Explorer. The planet was divided into many kingdoms until the King of Archais united the planet after the Battle of the Ten Valleys. Alsakan became a Core Founder of the Galactic Republic in 25,053 BBY.
From 17,000 BBY until 3,017 BBY, Alsakan tried to usurp Coruscant's predominance seventeen times, causing the Alsakan Conflicts between the planets' holdings in the Expansion Region.
In 1,000 BBY, the Alsakan Tessent was carved to commemorate the Battle of the Ten Valleys. Native Dark Jedi Jilst Bindalin stole the Tessent and took it to the tomb of the Killik darksider on Sarafur, whom Bindalin believed to have been a Sith Lord.
Alsakan remained loyal to the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars, and one of the battles between the Republic's Victory Fleet and the Confederacy's Bulwark Fleet took place above this planet.
Exodus Divergence[]
In 18 ABY, Alsakan became one of the worst tragedies of the War of Darkness. The Dark Lord Sivter announced that the Cult of Shadow would wipe Alsakan clean of all life. Despite a combined effort by the Empire, New Republic, Jedi Order, and other smaller governments to stop him, Sivter was able to carry through with his promise by unexpectedly unleashing the Charon.
The Battle of Alsakan became a massacre of undreamt of proportions, making the cult’s earlier actions on Vorzyd V pale in comparison. All one trillion lives on the planet that hadn’t evacuated were killed by the Charon. By the time the battle was over, Alsakan had been reduced to a lifeless rock.