Tsavong Kraal
Character
"Creche of the Gods"
Name: Yuuzhan'tar
Region: Tingel Arm
System: Yuuzhan'tar System
Suns: 1, G-type main-sequence star (G Dwarf Star).
Orbital Position: Habital Zone ( 149,599,78 km )
Moons: 2 Moons, named Txiin and Q'aah. These two moons hold religious significance to the sentient races of Yuuzhan'tar, as they represent the twin lover gods Yun-Txiin and Yun-Q'aah. They also represent the duality of the Gods nature, as many believe they fight both for and against the children of Yun-Yuuzhan.
Coordinates: Slightly northeast of Belkadan. L-1 on the Star Wars Essential Atlas.
Orbital Period: 372 days per standard rotation, 26 galactic standard hours in a day.
[SIZE=11pt]Class: Terrestrial[/SIZE]
Diameter: 12,823 km
Atmosphere: Type I
Climate: Temperate. Wet, Humid Tropical.
Gravity: Standard
Primary Terrain: Rain Forests, Marshes, Swamps
Native species: Myrshavong, Voxyn
Immigrated species: Yuuzhan Vong, Ferroan, Langhesi, Myneyrsh, Chazrach, Psadan, Ewok, Wookiee, Trandoshan, Rancor, Nexu, Gorog
Primary languages: Yuuzhan Vong, Basic
Government: Fragmented. Several Domains and Broods rule separate of each other, with no specific one gaining an upperhand. There is no unified government ruling over Yuuzhan'tar.
Population:
- Total: 760 Million
- Yuuzhan Vong: 20%
- Myrshavong: 13%
- Ferroan: 12%
- Langhesi: 12%
- Myneyrsh: 11%
- Chazrach: 9%
- Psadan: 7%
- Ewok: 6%
- Wookiee: 5%
- Trandoshan: 3%
- Other: 2%
Demonym: Yuuzhan'tarri
Major cities:
Luminoss (Domain Lah - Highest Yuuzhan Vong Population)
Do'Creche (Domain Kraal - High Myrshavong Population)
Un'Rathi (Domain Kwaad - Largest Yorik Coral Producer )
Zerus-Tule (Brood Okk - Highest Percent Of Crime)
Knigot-Val ( Domain Jamaane - Largest Military Population)
Skru'lloth (Domain Shai / Brood Jhae - Highest Slave Population)
Un'Khaarga (Domain Steng - Shipbuilding City/Port )
Ur'Nraethda (Brood Graego - The Forever Night city.)
Major imports: Slaves. Yuuzhan'tar is widely held as a fringe world that is too wild and chaotic for interstellar trade relations. As such, very few material trade goods make their way planet-side with the exception of Black Market slave auctioning, instigated by the prominent Domains and Broods.
Major exports: Yuuzhan Vong bio-technology. As it is a rarity in the Galaxy, Yuuzhan'tarri often export their unique bio-technology as a substitute for standard currency. Due to the nature of these trade agreements, this often limits the governments and companies
Affiliation: Hrosha-Gul, a small fanatical movement growing rapidly in the outskirts of the Tingel Arm.
Culture:
Most of Yuuzhan'tar's sentient population can be described with 3 separate classifications.
- [SIZE=11pt]Domains. Domains are prominent Yuuzhan Vong families. All Domains share the last name, but a member does not need to be related by blood to any other member of the Domain. They can be adopted, recruited, traded, or ejected. However, within the family, those who share the heritage of the Domain by blood usually hold higher standing. In rare occurrences, even non-Yuuzhan Vong species can be accepted into a Domain.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=11pt]Broods. Broods are the Myrshavong's version of the Domain. They differ mainly because Broods do not accept members who are not blood related, as many of the Myrshavong breed rapidly and metabolize at an advanced rate compared to most sentient species. It is acceptable for the Myrshavong to adopt Myneyrsh and Yuuzhan Vong into their Broods, as they view both species as their precursors.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=11pt]Slaves. Quite often, fanatical Yuuzhan Vong trade for slaves on the Black Market. It is also quite common for the more fanatical Yuuzhan Vong to raid other planets for slaves, capturing them and then bringing them back to Yuuzhan'tar to fulfill the needs and desires of the Yuuzhan Vong. Slaves are used for a variety of reasons, but more often than not they are used for ritual sacrifices.[/SIZE]
Due to the wilderness of the temperate, expansive rain forests, all races hold reverence for the jungle. The Yuuzhan Vong confer with their newest God, Yun-Lingni, as the herald of evolution and the incarnation of chaos. The Myneyrsh stick to their rituals of the hunt, abiding by the cycles of the Twin Moons before holding their monthly "Great Hunt", where they challenge their greatest hunters with the task of bringing the skull of a Nexu back to the tribe. The Myrshavong honor the traditions of both species, the Yuuzhan Vong and the Myneyrsh, and have integrated into both societies.
Many of the flora and fauna of Yuuzhan'tar are also worshipped by many of the species of the planet, particularly the Chazrach. They refer to the Gorog as "Sky Giants" in their native Yuuzhan Vong language, and refer to them as the hands of Yun-Yammka. The Rancor are bred mostly for fighting sport, though many Domains of the Shaper Caste have taken to experimenting on them for use in war or territorial engagements. Nexu, though mostly hunted for their glistening glass-like skulls, are natural predators of the Ewoks and serve mostly as pests of Yuuzhan'tar. They raid small villages and terrorize the country side, leading the Meneyrsh to hunting them for sport to keep their population in control.
Despite the volatile nature of the Yuuzhan'tarri, nearly all species share the same regard for festivals and dancing. Though the Yuuzhan Vong were once an all-inclusive caste, they have warmed up to the other species of Yuuzhan'tar over time and unite the planet in festivities from time to time. Though most celebrations are aimed towards things like worship, war, or ritual sacrifice - the general demeanor of the festivals are light-hearted and fun. These Festivals are more common as the Winter Solstices approach, to promote mating and population growth.
Technology:
The technology of Yuuzhan'tarr is one of considerable note. Galactic standard technology is scarce, and possessing it within sight of any of the Yuuzhan Vong Domains or the Myrshavong Broods is punishable by death. It is a technology seen as lifeless in the eyes of the Gods, an abomination to all life. It cannot think, breathe, integrate, or be grown. It cannot take instruction from a Yammosk, nor does it form a bond with Yun-Yuuzhan. It is heresy in the eyes of the Yuuzhan Vong to hold any galactic standard technology on one's person. If it cannot be grown or fashioned from basic natural materials given by the planet, you are either chased off the planet or ritually sacrificed to the Gods. There is no wiggle room concerning this aspect.
Given the abundance and variety of life on Yuuzhan'tar, it makes for a prime location for growing Yuuzhan Vong biotechnology. Much of the atmosphere had been reconstructed by use of dweebits when the Yuuzhan Vong first arrived many years ago, adopted to Yuuzhan Vong standards for oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen. This atmosphere provides a very humid, lush production zone for Yuuzhan Vong biots.
As Galactic Standard Technology has evolved over the years, so too has the Yuuzhan Vong biotechnology. Many creations the Yuuzhan Vong have brought to this galaxy flourish, as the Yammosks grow bigger, dovin basals grow stronger. Though the population of Yuuzhan'tar is small comparatively to other planets, not much of their "new" technology is yet known to the Galaxy.
History:
100,000 BBY: The Kwa Holdings Empire discovers the lush jungle planet Serus on the edge of the Tingel Arm. They begin utilizing it as a prison world for their deadliest prisoners who have been excommunicated from the Empire by the use of an Infinite Gate. Furthermore, more dangerous non-sentient creatures are uprooted from their native planets and moved to Serus with the inhabitants to make the native planets safer for colonization. This includes species such as the Gorog, the Rancor, the Nexu, and the Vornskr.
22,678 BBY: The Galactic Republic sends a trade envoy to Dathomir to scout potential commissions. The envoy returns gravely wounded, mentioning a white pearl gate that led to an unstable, chaotic jungle full of monsters. The envoy was determined clinically insane and no attempt to pursue his findings was made.
879 BBY: An extremely large pack of Rancor accidentally migrate from the planet Serus onto Dathomir by way of the abandoned Infinite Gate, leading to a war between the creatures and the native Dathomiri. The Infinite Gate is irreparably destroyed on both sides.
678 BBY: A large tribe of Langhesi, abandoned by the planet Zonama Sekot, find their way to Serus. They claim it as the "Life Giver" and, despite the dangerous environment, settle on the planet.
29 ABY:[SIZE=11pt] [/SIZE]Aftermath. The Yuuzhan Vong War ends. The population of the Yuuzhan Vong fragments, with the majority of the Yuuzhan Vong fleeing into the Unknown Regions on Zonama Sekot. However, many resisted this recall, fracturing the population of the Yuuzhan Vong throughout the Galaxy and stranding them on the planets they were located on.
122 ABY: The Ossus Project. As part of a move to improve relations between the Yuuzhan Vong and the rest of the Galaxy, the New Jedi Order permitted Yuuzhan Vong shapers to use a desolate part of Ossus as a testing area for reconstruction. They experienced a short-lived success, as the project fell to sabotage and corruption.
123 ABY: Within a short timeframe of the Ossus Project being declared a failure, the mutated Myneyrsh species begin demonstrating a compatibility to mate with their Yuuzhan Vong shaper masters. The subsequent species, later named the Myrshavong, also demonstrate a quickened metabolism and ability to copulate with extreme prejudice. In light of the destructive failure of the Ossus Project, the Myrshavong are claimed a blessing of Yun-Lingni, the Yuuzhan Vong deity of chaos and evolution. The Myrshavong are accepted as the heirs to the Yuuzhan Vong Empire, and blood relatives of the Yuuzhan Vong.
414 ABY: The Yuuzhan Vong are once again consulted for the New Galaxy Rebuilding Plan. In coordination with various organizations, they help the Galaxy rebuild planets that had fallen desolate to war. A prominent group of Yuuzhan Vong request that one barren world be given to them as a new refuge. A planet named Serus, the only habitable planet in its system, is chosen and a large populous of Yuuzhan Vong migrate there, renaming it Yuuzhan'tar.
417 ABY: Several Myneyrsh clans migrate from Wayland, mutated by the Yuuzhan Vong's corruption and having nowhere else to go.
418 ABY: Word reaches the Galaxy of the Yuuzhan Vong's migration to Yuuzhan'tar, and many species whose generations had been plagued and affected by the Yuuzhan Vong begin to migrate to Yuuzhan'tar.
428 ABY: The Gulag Plague reaches Yuuzhan'tar by way of a tradesman from the Black Markets down the Hydian Way who came peddling slaves. The Yuuzhan Vong proved remarkably resilient to the plague, with only a few casualties. They claimed it was the breath of Yun-Yuuzhan, that it had come to Yuuzhan'tar because the god was drawing in breath before taking a deep sleep.
837 ABY: The Awakening. A fanatical group named Hrosha-gul begins drumming up the populace of Yuuzhan'tar into a frenzy, claiming that Yun-Yuuzhan has awoken from his Yun'kai, or "godsleep." The group states that the Yuuzhan'tarri and all of their subjects should begin moving from the Creche of the Gods and on towards other planets to claim them in the glory of the Gods.
Notable PC's: @Nas Kraal
Intent: To expand upon Yuuzhan Vong lore, history, and integrated species and make the Yuuzhan Vong a more rich & enticing subject for SWRP role-players.
Credits: All images are credited to either Activision-Blizzard or Disney's Star Wars.
