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Kathol

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this ancient race was believed to have descended from the Old Ones, the original beings to inhabit Kathol Sector. Sometimes referred to as the Precursors, the Kathol evolved on the planet known as Kathol. They developed an entirely organic technology, and their civilization flourished for many millennia before they were known to have created the Codex device. The Codex's activation attracted the attention of a Dark Jedi, who traveled to Kathol Sector and promptly enslaved the Kathol. When a team of Jedi Knights was dispatched to investigate the Codex, they fought to free the Kathol, but the ensuing battle was raged across the entire face of their homeworld. The intense battle destroyed all but one of the Kathol launch gates, and warped the hyperspace continuum in Kathol Sector in an event known as the Rift Disaster. By the end of the battle, the Kathol had disappeared and the Dark Jedi was killed in the explosions. It was later discovered that the Kathol had created the construct known as DarkStryder to guard the remnants of the civilization, and had stored their life-energies in the Lifewell for later restoration. Unfortunately, DarkStryder became self-aware, and chose to keep the Kathol in the Lifewell even after the danger had passed. Over the centuries, the Kathol slowly lost the ability to escape from the Lifewell, and were trapped forever. This concentration of life energy, combined with the natural elements of The Force, evolved into the Ta-Ree, and the Kathol themselves longed to be free of the Lifewell. After DarkStryder was destroyed by the crew of the FarStar, Halbret managed to reopen the Lifewell and free the Kathol. Most of the Kathol in the Lifewell allowed themselves to dissipate, preferring this kind of death to a continued, non-corporeal existence. A few hundred decided to live on, and were constantly at odds with each other. When they discovered that beings who were not from the planet Kathol were using Ta-Ree powers, as when the crew of the FarStar used them to defeat DarkStryder, the Kathol began manipulating the Ta-Ree energy to make it unusable to offworlders.