Krayt Cult Cave

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"Oldksam can help you. He is hiding out in the Krayt Cult cave."
―Taibela, to a bounty hunter[1]

The Krayt Cult Cave was a cave in the desert near Mos Eisley on Tatooine.[1] During the Galactic Civil War, it was the home of the Krayt Cult that worshiped krayt dragons.[2]

History

"Heh, heh. You were lucky to get through those cultists. Make sure you return those poison glands to Tori."
―Bib Fortuna, to a spacer[3]

After the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, the Krayt cultists inhabited the cave. They worshiped a large krayt dragon skull in the depth of the cave.[1]

Interior of the Krayt Cult Cave.

Interior of the Krayt Cult Cave.

In 1 ABY,[4] Tori Radeen asked a spacer working for Jabba the Hutt to go into the cave and bring her the poison glands of bone gnashers that lived in the cave. She used the glands to create a new poison for use by Jabba.[2] Around the same time, the Rodian Oldksam was hiding inside the cave because he thought the crime boss Faeto wanted to have him assassinated. A bounty hunter tracked Oldksam down to the cave but only questioned him about a man known as Untas, Faeto's real target.[1] In the meantime, Officer Ellis Arrison ordered a young cadet to attack Krayt Cultists in their cave as part of his officer combat training.[5]

Behind the scenes

The Krayt Cult Cave appeared in the 2003 massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[6] The Krayt Cult Cave was added to the game as part of the "Legacy Quest" with the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[7]

In the cut quest "Cult of the Krayt," Brannix Tzg'ada would have tasked a spacer with eliminating Krayt cultists in the Krayt Cult Cave.[8]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Bounty Hunter Quest: "Faeto's Job" on Tatooine
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gal-icon Jabba's Dirty Work on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  3. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Bone Gnasher" on Tatooine
  4. ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
  5. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Officer Quest: "Officer Mission 1" on Tatooine
  6. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  7. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  8. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — tatooine_eisley_brannix.st, tatooine_eisley_krayt_cult.stf

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