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'''Kobol''' is the second homeworld of humanity after the destruction of [[Parnassus (TOS-RH)|Parnassus]] and the ancestral world of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man (TOS-RH)|Twelve Colonies]].

==History==

===Settlement===

Following the destruction of Parnassus, the [[Lords of Kobol (TOS-RH)|Lords of Kobol]] led their acolytes and many followers to a remote planet which would sustain them from the fruits of the land. This planet became known as Kobol, named after the House of Kobol itself.<ref name="arm_kobol_settlement">{{cite book/RH|1|55}}</ref>

However, mere centuries after settlement, the growing population began to squabble just as the people of Parnassus had done. The Lords of Kobol, having spent much of their solitude perfecting space travel, made a radical decision to leave the planet.<ref name="arm_kobol_settlement" /> They departed simply and quickly, leaving acolytes and followers behind to forever question what had happened to the Lords themselves. Their goal was to improve themselves and humanity as a whole, with legends implying they might have gone to [[Earth (TOS-RH)|Earth]].<ref name="arm_lords_depart_earth">{{cite book/RH|1|56}}</ref>

When the people of Kobol spread out into space once more, inhabiting the [[Twelve Colonies of Man (TOS-RH)|twelve-planet system called the Colonies]], the first group to leave became the lost [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS-RH)|Thirteenth Tribe]] of Kobol. While many of the acolytes of the House of Kobol remained on the planet, others traveled far across space to the Colonies, specifically to [[Caprica (TOS-RH)|Caprica]], where they ruled. The pure-blooded descendants of the House of Kobol ruled [[Caprica (TOS-RH)|Caprica]] for millennia, until the [[Cylons (TOS-RH)|Cylons]] came.<ref name="arm_lords_depart_earth" />

===Ancient City===

The ancient Kobollians built an underground mirror city beneath the surface to house the last generation of its people and preserve their sacred records. This city contained all the information and wisdom of the ancients.<ref name="res_underground_city_records">{{cite book/RH|3|99}}</ref> The city was a smaller, mirror image of the one that stood above on the surface, with soaring towers and crenellated structures. The cavern walls and ceiling glowed with an eerie phosphorescence, as if some mineral or naturally-occurring moss gave out a vaguely-green, diffuse light.<ref name="res_mirror_city_description">{{cite book/RH|3|96}}</ref>

===Destruction by the Cylons===

Kobol was devastated by the [[Cylons (TOS-RH)|Cylons]] over a thousand yahren before the [[Battle of Cimtar (TOS-RH)|Battle of Cimtar]].<ref name="res_mirror_city_description" /> The surface was left in ruins, with rusted wreckage of downed [[Viper (TOS-RH)|Viper]] fighters scattered throughout the cracked and broken city streets. Great weeds and vegetation reclaimed the planet. Shattered buildings leaned against those still upright, and the great presidium lay buckled and tossed at crazy angles, bearing painted messages of "PEACE!" and "GODS HAVE MERCY ON US" from the doomed populace.<ref name="res_kobol_ruins">{{cite book/RH|3|92}}</ref>

Even the ancient pyramids did not escape the relentless brunt of the Cylon attack. Great, broken stones lay scattered everywhere, and the pyramids themselves were heavily damaged, jutting up like rotten teeth.<ref name="res_pyramids_damaged">{{cite book/RH|3|93}}</ref>

==Geography==

===Surface===

The surface of Kobol featured ancient pyramids ringed by wilderness. A large pyramid was surrounded by several smaller ones, forming a site of great spiritual significance. The landscape was characterized by rock, stone, and sand where the vegetation dropped away around the pyramid sites.<ref name="res_pyramids_damaged" />

===Underground City===

The underground mirror city was accessed through concealed entrances within the pyramids. Stone staircases spiraled downward from the pyramid temples, carved from colossal pillars of stone that stretched from the depths to the roof of the cavern.<ref name="res_spiral_stairs">{{cite book/RH|3|150-151}}</ref>

The city itself spread and sprawled outward and spiraled upward within a gigantic cavern. Its buildings were made of the same light-emitting stone as the cavern walls, creating a phosphorescent glow throughout the underground metropolis. The roof of the cavern was almost lost in the distance. Trees and close-cropped shrubbery lined the sides of long, shallow reflecting pools of clear water, and avions nested in the trees and perched on window sills and rooftops.<ref name="res_mirror_city_description" /><ref name="res_underground_city_details">{{cite book/RH|3|98-99}}</ref>

At the heart of the city stood the presidium, located in a recessed well with arborial growths flourishing in stone pots arranged in terraced steps forming a graceful hemisphere.<ref name="res_underground_presidium">{{cite book/RH|3|97}}</ref>

==The Caretakers==

Following the Cylon destruction of Kobol, a group called the caretakers survived in the underground city for succeeding generations. Led by [[Segis (TOS-RH)|Segis]] and her servant [[Talen (TOS-RH)|Talen]], these robed figures were the descendants of those who stayed behind when the last humans left for the stars many millennia earlier.<ref name="res_underground_presidium" />

The caretakers claimed to be a distant branch of the [[Kobollian (TOS-RH)|Kobollian]] race, as all humanoid races came from Kobollian blood. They were protected by a unique defensive shield that surrounded the underground city, keeping them safe and undetected from the Cylons.<ref name="res_underground_city_details" />

==Return of the Fleet==

Approximately eighteen yahren after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies (TOS-RH)|Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], [[the Fleet (TOS-RH)|the Fleet]] returned to Kobol under unusual circumstances. [[Segis (TOS-RH)|Segis]] appeared via holographic transmission to all ships, welcoming them to Kobol. The caretakers claimed they had remotely input coordinates through quantum space to bring the fleet to Kobol rather than their originally intended destination, which would have been overrun by Cylons.<ref name="res_underground_presidium" />

Commander [[Apollo (TOS-RH)|Apollo]] had visited Kobol before with his father [[Adama (TOS-RH)|Adama]] nearly twenty yahren earlier.<ref name="res_pyramids_damaged" /> During the fleet's return, he explored the pyramids again, finding the temple easily and locating the sigils carved into the base of stone that would open the secret door. Inside the pyramid's deepest chambers, he found the same temple where Adama had once spoken to him about their heritage.<ref name="res_temple_visit">{{cite book/RH|3|112-113}}</ref>

The caretakers showed the fleet ancient texts inscribed in stone, which were translated with the assistance of [[Uriah (TOS-RH)|Uriah]] from [[Cerberus (TOS-RH)|''Cerberus'']], the fleet's archives ship. The writings were confirmed as genuine, inscribed many millennia ago. These texts prophesied the return of the Colonials and stated that a great commander would lead humanity into final battle with the Cylons and reclaim the Colonies.<ref name="res_ancient_prophecy">{{cite book/RH|3|100-101}}</ref>

Commander [[Cain (TOS-RH)|Cain]] advocated for the fleet to remain on Kobol, seeing it as an ideal location from which to rebuild and reclaim their homeland. The underground city appeared to offer everything needed for survival, including protection from Cylon detection.<ref name="res_ancient_prophecy" />

==Ceremonies==

A funeral ceremony was held in one of Kobol's temple chambers for [[Starbuck (TOS-RH)|Starbuck]]. During the ceremony, an eerie light filled the chamber from nowhere and everywhere at once, bouncing in geometric shapes off the symbols and sigils on the walls before striking Starbuck's head. Apollo had witnessed the same phenomenon during his previous visit with Adama, suggesting a connection to those of pure Kobollian blood.<ref name="res_starbuck_funeral">{{cite book/RH|3|123-124}}</ref>

Following the funeral service, Starbuck's body was placed in his favorite [[Viper (TOS-RH)|Scarlet Viper]], and the fighter was launched from [[Galactica (TOS-RH)|''Galactica'']].<ref name="res_starbuck_burial">{{cite book/RH|3|124-125}}</ref>

==Final Destruction==

Kobol was ultimately destroyed completely when Count [[Iblis (TOS-RH)|Iblis]], working with the Cylons and [[Chitain (TOS-RH)|Chitain]], attempted to annihilate the fleet. The planet's surface shuddered and rippled before collapsing inward upon itself as the incredible network of underground caverns and passageways crumbled. Buildings on the surface screamed and twisted as their bedrock vanished. Huge volcanoes thrust themselves up through the face of Kobol, and a fissure as large as the city itself opened and swallowed all that remained. The pyramids flung themselves apart layer by layer, exposing their ancient secrets before they too were consumed.<ref name="res_kobol_destruction">{{cite book/RH|3|236-237}}</ref>

The planet's core exploded in a force like a mini-nova, spreading out in an ever-widening ring that vaporized space-borne Cylon and Chitain fighters and destroyed the attacking basestar. From the fiery heart of the destroyed world, three [[Light Ship (TOS-RH)|Light Ships]] rose like phoenixes and soared away into space.<ref name="res_light_ships_emerge">{{cite book/RH|3|237-238}}</ref>

==Significance==

Kobol held immense spiritual and historical significance as the ancestral world of the Colonials. It was considered a hallowed and haunted place, the cradle of life for humanity after Parnassus.<ref name="res_pyramids_damaged" /> The planet contained the sacred records of the ancient Kobollians and served as the focal point for understanding humanity's origins and destiny.<ref name="res_underground_city_records" />

Commander Apollo viewed Kobol as central to understanding the nature of the Lords of the House of Kobol and the true purpose of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS-RH)|Thirteenth Tribe]].<ref name="war_apollo_quest">{{cite book/RH|2|78}}</ref> The sanctuary aboard [[Galactica (TOS-RH)|''Galactica'']] was built into the ship's design more than five hundred yahren ago without the knowledge of the other colonies, determined to preserve a Kobollian sanctuary aboard ship as a connection to this heritage.<ref name="arm_lords_depart_earth" />

==References==
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