A conflict erupted between the criminal organizations known as the Mourner's Wail Syndicate and the Unbroken Clan following the deaths of both syndicates' designated successors. It was widely believed that the bounty hunter Nakano Lash was responsible for killing them, but in truth, she only killed the Mourner's Wail heir, Khamus. She discovered Khamus intended to murder his lover, Krynthia, who was the Unbroken Clan's heir and the mother of his unborn child. After eliminating Khamus, Lash fled with Krynthia; however, the Clan's heir passed away weeks later during the birth of Cadeliah, her daughter with Khamus. Lash then went into seclusion to raise Cadeliah, with the hope that the new heir to both syndicates would one day be able to put an end to the ongoing conflict and unite the two groups.
In 3 ABY, Lash emerged from hiding. She was succumbing to the disease known as pneumogray and wished for her former apprentice, the bounty hunter Beilert Valance, to take on the responsibility of protecting Cadeliah until she was old enough to bring the war to a close. Ultimately, the Mourner's Wail leader Khamdek was assassinated on the planet Milvayne by the bounty hunter Dengar. The bounty hunter IG-88B, assisted by the clan's defecting leader, Vukorah, destroyed the Unbroken Clan.