======The Phantom Crusade ====== {{:cwp:png.jpg?400|}} ----- ^ Victor | The Republic | ^ Belligerents| Children of The Wailing Shade| ^ Timeline | 841 RSY - 852 RSY | ^ DEATHS | 23,000 | ---- ====Background==== ## **The Children of The Wailing Shade**, former slaves turned into threats to the republic. The Order was founded around the year 200 RSY, grew out from a mining colony established by the republic, the people of the colony were converted to slaves to forcibly meet the quotas. The planet's environment scarred by the constant mining became a place where no hope remained. Around the year 212 RSY, a semitic planetary event destroyed the colony leaving the slaves turned survivors. The Survivors bounded together and heard what they called the voice of **The Wailing Shade**. Through this voice they interpreted the mandate to bring stability to the galaxy, to destroy the oppressors who harm it. The Childrens grew in the shadows over the centuries and accumulated members who aligned with their theology. The Children’s first major victory came in 841 RSY, when they successfully sabotaged a vessel carrying republic senators; senator** Aris Vellara** and senator **Grol Darnok** The Republic soldiers fought and laid down their lives to protect the senators. The childrens captured the vessel heading for alderaan and re-directed it to their home world valadoran in an unknown region of the galaxy. After 3 years of missing the republic vessel carrying the senators re appeared, sighted near geonosis. On board all that remains were the skeletons of the senators that were headed on a republic mission. Haunted by this event, the chancellor of senate, **Oron Malvoc** ordered the republic forces to hunt down this fanatic religion "We will no longer tolerate this insolence, we will protect the freedom of all people, the republic shall never FALL!!!" the chancellor declared at the senate after the founding of the senators. An operation began, ordered by the chancellor code named **Operation Shattered Shade**. The Navy along with the Army launched a war against this fanatic religion. After 8 years of searching and many misdirections, the republic had a breakthrough in their search for the children of the wailing shade. The Republic had traced and founded the children's homeplanet, valadoran. With a full force of 50 thousand combined soldiers of navy and army. The Republic fought against the childrens. After 5 days of intense brutality the war ended when the leader of the children of the wailing shade died in combat, with the leader dead the order fell and the republic won. The order went extinct. Even after many decades passed by whispers lunger around the republic, the torture senator aris vellara and senator grol darnok went through still haunt many current senators, some don't dare leave their homeworld.