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a primitive race native to the Rafa System, it was thought that the Toka were the descendants of the Sharu race, given that they held so many of the Sharu legends in reverence. The Toka lived in the ancient Sharu buildings on Rafa V, and their society and religion were based on the Sharu legends and histories. Rokur Gepta learned that the Toka, like the humans who inhabited the Rafa System, arrived there from other systems a long time ago. The Toka were believed to have arrived first, and made the first contacts with the Sharu. This contact was broken when the Sharu mysteriously disappeared, and the Toka were badly affected ever since. This disappearance of the Sharu supposedly accounted for the Toka's lack of intelligence and inability to advance technologically, and thus the Toka were dubbed the Broken People. Since the disappearance of the Sharu, the Toka became fairly simple-minded, and existed only to tend the life-orchards of the Rafa System, growing the beautiful and potent life-crystals. Through Osuna Whett, Gepta also learned that the Toka themselves were descended from human stock, withered with apparent age due to their close interaction with the life-crystals. All of this knowledge that was held by Gepta, of course, was proven mere legend when Lando Calrissian and Mohs discover the resting place of the Mindharp on Rafa V. It was then revealed that the Toka were, in actuality, the Sharu themselves. When the Sharu civilization was at its height, the Sharu were terrified by an unknown event. This caused them to begin hiding all record of themselves and their civilization in the huge computer banks found throughout the Rafa System. These computers were disguised as simple buildings. The Sharu also hid themselves from prying eyes by locking away all their knowledge in these computer systems. They developed the life-crystals as a way to continualy suck the knowledge and intelligence from succeeding generations, perpetuating the illusion of the ignorant Toka. A single Toka from each generation was allowed to maintain some of the ancient knowledge. This Toka, the High Singer, was charged with keeping the legends of the Key and the Mindharp alive until the Bearer and the Emissary returned to the Rafa System. This event would signal to the Mindharp that the threat to the Sharu had passed, and they could emerge from their disguise as the Toka and re-establish themselves. After the Mindharp was activated by Duttes Mer, the Rafa System underwent a huge transformation. The life-orchards were destroyed, and the Toka were restored to their former civilization. It was then discovered that the Toka were most likely descended from human stock.