Stone Spires

The Stone Spires, also known as the devastated settlement, was an area near the Rambler's Reach Valley on the Outer Rim planet Koboh. The area held the remains of a village dating back to the High Republic Era that was destroyed in the aftermath of an Emergence destroying Koboh's moon. The village was the primary settlement of Jedi and Republic scientists researching the Koboh Abyss nebula and the mysterious Koboh matter, but it was destroyed when seismic forces incited by the moon's destruction caused the ground under the village to collapse into a volcanic rift. The surface cracked, allowing lava to flow freely. The resulting pressure was vented through natural fissures. Eventually, Koboh locals began to refer to the outcroppings of ruins as the Stone Spires.^[1]

By 9 BBY,^[2] the Stone Spires area was perilous to traverse. Even so, local marauders called the Bedlam Raiders were stationed there in defense against Jedi Knight Cal Kestis, who explored the area in search of an Abyss compass. Within the Grand Courtyard, which was surrounded by a great manse in the style of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Kestis used psychometry to observe two Jedi destroy the compass with their lightsabers, only for an enraged Dagan Gera to slaughter them in cold blood.^[1]