The house was consumed by chaos, with Rhusait sitting proudly in the center of the firestorm. The house shattered into factions, with Imperials fighting amongst themselves for survival and greed. Motivations were many, with some trying to show their loyalty to the Empire, while others embraced the opportunity to take what they could from the dying Sith house.
 

Knowing the days of his reign were numbered and that the Empire would soon exact punishment upon him for interfering with the kaggath, Rhusait sought to quickly and brazenly achieve his loftiest goals. He was not without allies; in the final days he steered the policies of the house far into old Sith traditions, promising slaves, power, and freedom from the Empire to all that would join him. The county of Ullitzae became a war zone, with the Qoritchwûq estate, itself, the cracked and crumbling centerpiece. At its heart was Rhusait, sacrificing ‘traitors’ and servants in a bloodied sanctuary with his most trusted Sith in a mad ritual to join with the Dark Side. As the bones were heaped before the altar, the death toll outside rose as civil war consumed the county. The Sith houses of Drezzi looked on in amusement, waiting for the Empire to come and remove the head from House Torkessh so they could feed upon the remains.