Selonian

"We Selonians can do lying, but we have no practice at it. We see it is a bad thing. Not a little bad thing, as with you, but a big bad thing, like murder."

- Dracmus

A furry, burrowing species from the Corellian system, Selonians were large musteline carnivorous mammals with long, flexible spines. They were equally comfortable with traveling on all fours or upright. Most Selonians were infertile females. One in every hundred was male, and five in every hundred were fertile females. Selonians lived in clans called "septs," always headed by a female. Septs were organized into dens, which were made up of sterile females and a small number of breeder males and females. Although they did possess advanced technology, they generally stayed on Selonia.

History
Selonians averaged two meters tall, with sterile females the largest and strongest. They had needle-sharp fangs, equally sharp claws on their hands and feet which made them excellent climbers, powerful tails, and were furious in combat. Many Selonians also lived on Talus, Tralus, and Corellia, with additional dens on planets scattered throughout the galaxy. They had a reputation for being refined and a serious minded species. It is believed that their origins were from an aquatic mammal species that lived in riverside burrows which they still used as their homes.

Selonians were also brutally honest, and similar to Wookiees in their trustworthiness and sense of honor.

Specially trained Selonians were a source of contact with other species as the race was long believed by all other species to be potentially dangerous. These members of the race were sterile females. The Human-centric Empire, in an effort to spread xenophobia among the Human population of the Corellian system, spread propaganda saying that Selonians were warlike and prone to violence. Few Humans from the system believed it, however, as the species hadn't been warlike in centuries and the two races co-existed in relative peace. They could speak a modified language among their dens which was not diminished by auditory echoes in their burrows.

A Selonian was known to work for Jabba Desilijic Tiure as a chef.

Culture
Selonians are organized into separate groups, identified as clans, and their homes are called dens. They also seem to possess Queens, who is perhaps the ruler of a den, and perhaps Ladies of some fashion. Several Selonian groups were known for xenophobia, including the Overden, Absolutists, and Sacorrian Triad. They breed each child of a clan to a specific purpose. Infertile females are the most commonly seen, usually as warriors. Males, due to their rarity, and Selonian's reluctance to travel, are almost never seen, save as Jedi. Zonder is one of the few known males to venture out of the Corellian systems. Selonian warriors, who are almost always female, create their own personal glaives, in a manner similar to a Jedi's creation of their lightsaber.

Common Selonian names

 * Cavisek
 * Maronea
 * Vissica

Appearances



 * Boba Fett: Hunted
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Evasive Action: Recruitment
 * Evasive Action: Prey
 * Evasive Action: End Game
 * The Paradise Snare
 * The Hutt Gambit
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Gambler's World
 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Lucky
 * Side Trip
 * X-wing: Rogue Leader
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * Ambush at Corellia
 * Assault at Selonia
 * Showdown at Centerpoint
 * Force Heretic I: Remnant
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Balance Point
 * Recovery
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Balance Point
 * Recovery

Notes and references
Selonianer Seloniano ‎Seloniai Selonianie