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The Nightsisters were an ancient, insular matriarchal society that ruled the planet Dathomir through their prowess at war and their command of dark magic. The Nightsisters used the Force differently than the Sith, seeing themselves as able to tap its power without being consumed by it.

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    • The Nightsisters were an ancient, insular matriarchal society that ruled the planet Dathomir through their prowess at war and their command of dark magic. The Nightsisters used the Force differently than the Sith, seeing themselves as able to tap its power without being consumed by it.
    • The Nightsisters ruled from a great stone fortress carved with female figures. The interior of this domain boiled and roiled with dark-side magic, and concealed some of the clan’s greatest and most powerful secrets.
    • The Nightsisters were capable warriors, using bows and blades imbued with dark sorcery. More experienced and powerful Nightsisters could use Force sorcery to hide their movements.
    • To become a true Nightsister, a Dathomiri woman was baptized with powerful magic, a ritual performed by her sisters.
    • Dead Nightsisters were still considered part of the clan, and laid to rest in cocoons hanging from the trees.
    • During times of great peril, these mummified Nightsisters could be revived by the witches’ mightiest spells, fighting on behalf of the clan.
    • The leader of the Nightsisters during the Clone Wars was Mother Talzin. Talzin knew Darth Sidious and his Sith apprentice Count Dooku, though she refused to renew the old alliance between the Nightsisters and the Sith. Talzin had good reason to resent the Sith: Sidious had promised to make Talzin his right hand, but betrayed her and stolen her son, who became Darth Maul.
    • Talzin was a mighty witch, able to see the future and the past, spy on distant events and torture or even kill from a distance.
    • But for all her power, Talzin was not the mightiest of the witches -- even older Nightsisters dwelled deep within the fortress on Dathomir. During the Clone Wars, the eldest and most powerful witch was Old Daka.
    • The males of Dathomir – collectively known as Nightbrothers – lived apart from the Nightsisters, on the far side of the planet. The Nightsisters used them as servants and breeders.
    • After her betrayal by Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress returned to Dathomir, from which she’d been taken by slavers as an infant. Mother Talzin accepted her and vowed to help her take vengeance against Dooku.
    • Talzin sent Asajj, Naa’leth and Karis to kill Dooku, cloaking them with invisibility spells. When the attempt failed, Talzin and Asajj schemed to create an apprentice for Dooku who would secretly be loyal to the witches.
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