Korriban

"Korriban shall be as it always was.  A graveyard for the darkest of the Sith Lords, still whispering within their tombs.  It shall always be a source of evil, spawning threats throughout the millenia."

- Darth Traya

"Careful we must be.  Deserted this planet was, long ago, after many wars."

- Yoda

Korriban, known as Pesegam during the reign of Xim, and also known as Moraband by the time of the Clone Wars, was the sole planet in the Horuset system, located across the galaxy from Koros Major. It was the original homeworld of the Sith species and a sacred planet for the Sith Order, housing the tombs for many ancient and powerful Dark Lords of the Sith, and containing immense dark side power.

After the Hundred-Year Darkness, the remaining Dark Jedi interbred with the Sith species and ruled the Sith using their Force powers. After the Great Hyperspace War, Korriban was abandoned and became a barren world. It was the site of a Sith Academy, and became the headquarters of the One Sith.

It was close to Bosthirda and was located on the Nache Bhelfia and Kamat Krote hyperspace lanes.

It was the second Sith-only occupied planet in the Outer Rim.

Astrographical Information
Region:  The Outer Rim Territories (The Stygian Caldera)

Sector:  Esstran Sector (Sith Worlds)

System:  Horuset System

Suns:  (1) Orbital Position:  2
 * Horuset

Moons:  7

Grid Coordinates:  R-5

Rotational Period:  28 standard days

Orbital Period:  780 local days

Physical Information
Planet Type:  Terrestrial

Diameter:  16,890 km

Atmosphere:  Breathable (Type I)

Climate:  Cold and Dry

Gravity:  Heavy (1.4 Standard)

Primary Terrain: Points of Interest:
 * Mountains
 * Canyons
 * Dry Riverbeds
 * Tombs
 * Ruins
 * Valley of the Dark Lords
 * Eternal Pyre
 * Valley of Golg
 * Sith Academy
 * Sith Citadel
 * Shyrack Cave
 * Korriban Arrival Port

Societal Information
Native Species:  

(Historically) (Modern) Immigrated Species: Primary Language(s):
 * Sith
 * Terentatek
 * Shyrack
 * None
 * Rakata
 * Theelin
 * Hssiss
 * Tuk'ata
 * Wraid
 * Human

(Historically) (Modern)
 * Sith
 * Galactic Basic Standard

Ruling Factions

 * The Infinite Empire  (36,463 BBY - 25,200 BBY)
 * Xim's Empire  (25,130 BBY - 25,096 BBY)
 * The Old Sith Empire  (6,900 BBY - 5,000 BBY)
 * The Sith Empire of Exar Kun (3,997 BBY - 3,996 BBY)
 * Czerka Corporation  (3,992 BBY - 3,950 BBY)
 * Darth Revan's Sith Empire  (3,959 BBY - 3,955 BBY)
 * The Sith Triumvirate (3,955 BBY - 3,951 BBY)
 * The Sith Empire  (3,681 BBY - 3,638 BBY)
 * The Old Republic (3,638 BBY)
 * The Eternal Empire (3,637 BBY)
 * The Brotherhood of Darkness (1,006 BBY - 1,000 BBY)
 * The Commerce Guild  (c. 24 BBY - 19 BBY)
 * The Galactic Empire  (19 BBY - 4 ABY)
 * The One Sith  (24 ABY - 138 ABY)