stumbled across a group of crash-landed Sith. The newcomers posed as the Skyborngods, and Dazh and the Neshtovar fell for their charade, ceding control of their society to them. Unfortunately for the Neshtovar, in 4985 BBY their uvak were taken away by the new Lost Tribe of Sith, leading many Neshtovar to join a Keshiri resistance, led by Vaal, dedicated to overthrowing Sith rule. However, their plans were unsuccessful, and the Sith regime continued on.

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"This land was a part of the living Skyborn. Do you think they do not hear you? When the ground quakes, when the smokers burn—it's their remnant acting in sympathy with their wishes. Their wishes that we honor them, and hate the Otherside!"

―High Councilor Izri Dazh, detailing some of the religious gospel of theNeshtovar[src]

The landscape of Kesh, planet of the Neshtovar

The Neshtovar were the ruling council of the isolated, remote planetKesh's[1] continent Keshtah Minor,[2] in the years before the Great Hyperspace War. The Neshtovar were famed throughout Keshiri society as riders of the native avianuvak beast, which the all-male body used in their service as a sort of police force for the continent. The Neshtovar were seen by the Keshiri populace as the direct mortal representatives of the Skyborngods, who, according to legend, created Kesh's landmass in a Great Battle against the wicked Otherside—to sin against the Skyborn was to sin against the Neshtovar, who proclaimed themselves to be the "Sons of the Skyborn". Completely devoted to their religion, the Neshtovar could be quite incurious, never actually hammering down who or