THE KRATH- Four thousand years ago, the Jedi were numerous and powerful throughout the Galaxy, but it was also a time when thousands of force sensitve individuals, including those who had potential to be Jedi knights, were succumbing to the Dark Side's fascination.

In those days there was a star system called The Empress Theta System, after a women warlord who, in the early days of space travel, had conquered and united it's seven worlds. As the millennia passed, the Teta system, which is situated in the deep galactic core, had become the prime source of carbonite.

The descendents of Empress Teta were still the figurehead rulers of the seven worlds. but they had been forced to share their power, to a large degree, with the commercial interests that had developed the carbonite mines.

Together the Teta royalty and the wealthy mine owners formed an elite society, a tightly knit group that reigned over multitudes of the less fortuate.

The sons and daughter of this elite were a self indulgent lot, with much leisure time on their hands. As a way of amusing themselves these young aristocrats began dabbling in the lore of primative magic.

At some point in their mischevious experiments the young Tetans crossed an invisible threshold and tapped into a stratra of magic that unleashed it's malign mental reality with unexpected power. What had started as a game suddenly grew serious, and took on a life of it's own.

In the weeks following that day, this sinister power reshaped the minds of the young Tetan elite, and began to transform them into powerful magicans. Under the guidance of Satel Keto, the first of the group to fall, the young Tetans formed a secert society dedicated to the Dark arts. They called themselves "The Krath", after a evil god prevelent to the region.

The Krath began building up a huge space army. The "light jedi" of the time had a gathering on the planet Deneba. Ulic Qel-Droma (a jedi master) said to the crowd " We are witness to sinister developments....A war with the Krath might last for years. Many Jedi will die, and what will be gained by this blood shed? We will have slain thousands, but the Krath themselves will survive, their dark powers intact."

Soon after it was suggested that a Jedi should infiltrate the Krath and learn their dark secrets. Ulic Qel-Droma, watchman of the Teta system, volunteered to do so. He disguised his identity and merged with the populas on Cinnager, the largest planet in the Teta System. After many months he became a Krath.

He disappeared for years. Then with out warning he emerged....as a High Priest of the Krath. What followed was the first major war between the Light Jedi and the Dark Side.