The Elder War

(The following has been recovered from interviews with captured Skaarj, Skaarj Rebels, and Computers hacked during assaults, in order to gain a better understanding of what the rouge Skaarj force, known as the "Taidaris" is and how they are a threat.)

In the early years of the Skaarj, when they first discovered warp-gate technology and teleportation, the Skaarj were not the Empire they are now, but rather a republic, led by several Warlords. Cheif among them was a Skaarj Warlord (Name unknown) who led the republic at the time. He was a cruel being, and would abide no traitors. Most days, it is told, there were at least five carcasses hanging outside the Grand Palace, the remains of so-called Traitors who were mutilated and left outside in the sun of the Skaarj Homeworld to rot alive. This lord controlled the entire republic, and the other councilors were powerless to contest him. If one was found to be the leader of a group of traitors, their torture would be even more immense than that of a normal betrayer. Using the ceremonial Kaid Blades, the Warlord would cut out their eyes and remove their hands, then plunge five blades into their chest, and one in their face, leaving them there until the victim died of massive blood loss. Eventually, a minority group of Skaarj tired of the horrific practices of their leader, and began a revolution movement. After several years of bloody war, the Warlord and his loyal followers were left trapped in the Grand Palace as rebels began to break down the doors. The Warlord, terrified for his life, took himself, his servants, and the Queen with him through a Warp Gate, just as the rebels broke into the palace. The Rebels, not wanting the Warlord to escape, attempted to destroy the Warp Gate. Unknown to them, the Warlord had placed a bomb in the planet's Magma tunnels, and, as they attempted to destroy the gate, the explosive went off, destroying the planet. As the Warlord and his followers came out of the gate onto another skaarj planet, they were confronted by another rebel force. The Warp Gate began to fluxuate as the gate of the other end was anihalated, along with the entire planet. The Warlord and his followers were forced through the unstable gate, and hurled across space to another world. For his attrocities in destroying the original Skaarj Homeworld, the Warlord was named Du Taidaris Ahk in the Elder Skaarj Language, which translates to "The Fallen One." By extention, his servents were named "Du Taidaris" or The Fallen. By piecing together information, the NEG has identified that the Fallen One and his servants ended up on Na Pali, where they are today.