Battle of Iziz

"I'm thinking of calling on other Jedi for help. Master Thon is the watchman of the Stennes System. He may be able to send someone to help us with this dark side threat."

- Arca Jeth

The Battle of Onderon, fought in 4,000 BBY, was the final battle in that centuries-long planetary conflict known as the Beast Wars of Onderon. The battle began after Jedi Knights Ulic Qel-Droma, Cay Qel-Droma and Tott Doneeta failed to reach a peaceful cultural conflict-resolution between Onderon's Queen, the Sith sorceress Amanoa, and the Beast-Lord Modon Kira.

A diplomatic mission
After a training session in Arkania Arca begins to tell a story to his students. He began by telling since the Galactic Republic continues to grow new systems are being discovered throughout every passing day, Galactic Explorers recently made contact with a half civilized world better know as Onderon. There Master then elaborated on the astronomical features of the system and that there are three worlds which only one of the to be contained with intelligent life. In the closest moon named Dxun, It is inhabited by the monstrous Drexl. In those days only a number of the species would learn how to soon escape and migrate from the moon to Onderon. In the ancient times the planet was a young world still evolving, It was populated by primitive tribes. Sadly, the peaceful onderorians were unprepared for the migration of the beasts. The gentle tribe had no other choice but to develop weapons of death to save.



As years passed, The Onderorians learned the pleasures of hunting and killing the creatures for meat and sport. Arca reffered that Onderon took civilaztion to a very perculiar form. Eons passed and tribal culture evoled into a civilaztion developed in the form the Great Walled City which grew over the centuires to become a massive fortress protecting several million on inhabitants. Eventually, the city covered an area of thousands square miles and reached into the planets crust while the rest of the planet was wilderness. During The ages, it became the onderonian's custom to cast out lawbreakers out of the great city anfd into the savage world. at first the outcast served as well food to the Dxun monsters, but as practice continued there would be unexpecting consequences for The Walled City of Onderon. Later, the Onderonrian outcast learned to adapt and survive in the wilds and succesfully tame the beasts. Some of them managed to establish themselves as Warlords or other knowns as Beast Riders. Onderon soon became a divided world that would rapidly turn into a state of Permanent war. recent battles were violent and bloody but the city survive because of its technology continued to advance.

The three Jedi's were escorted into the throne room of Queen Amanoa. However the Queen was not expected the arrival of padawans. Ulic told the queen that all three will serve their best. Suddendly the windows are shattered by the same Beast Lords that attacked the three Jedi at their arrival to the planet. Beast Warrior Commandos began to attack the throne room, while they commenced lightsaber combat. Unfortunately, Galia was kidnapped by one of the Beast Lords and The Queen becomes outraged and demands the padawans to rescue her daughter and bring her back to Iziz safely.

The wedding banquet
"I am ready to talk about peace&hellip;but I'm also ready to make WAR!"

- Modon Kira

After the kidnapping of Galia back in the throne room of Amanoa, the princess was taken to Fortress Kira, the stronghold citadel of the Beast Riders. The Jedi, under an oath sworn to Amanoa, pursued the Beast Riders into the forests of Onderon, intent on retrieving Galia and returning her to Iziz. When the Jedi arrived at Fortress Kira, they were surprised to find that Galia and Modon Kira's son Oron, were engaged in a wedding ceremony. Ulic, Cay and Tott barged into the wedding banquet mounted on three bomas where Galia was being married to Kira. Qel-Droma quickly swooped in and snatched the princess, but she refused to leave the Beast Riders and return to her mother. The Jedi then were stopped by Modon Kira's men, who explained that the princess and Oron Kira's marriage was secretly planned. Kira asks them to join them in the festivities. During the discussion Ulic then found out that the darkside was at work and that Freedon Nadd broughted dark power of the sith to their world Onderon. Then, Modon disscused that all the armies or all Beast-Lords were gathering for one final battle againts the walled city of Iziz. Ulic agreed to help bring down the dark power that has roamed in their world. Modon knowing that Ulic will fail and it will have to come to War.

The battle
After the agreement, Modon assmebles his army and approaches to the city walls. Meanwhile the three Jedi bring back Galia aboard their ship, along with Oron. as they land their ship Amanoa becamed outraged at her daughter's betrayal to the walled city. Ulic then suggested to The Queen that she must put her hatreds aside her if Onderon wants to leave its dark ages and to join the community of worlds. Galia begs her mother to listen to Qel-Droma and told that her marriage to Oron can start the beginning of a new age to their world. Oron warned the Queen if she didn't listen then skies that she has gazed upon will soon grow dark with the beating wings of their warbeasts. Amanoa was furiated and decided to give Kira a taste of what darkness is and called upon the spirit of Freedon Nadd. The room was surrounded with powerful waves of darkness. Ulic's thoughts were thronw into confusion, Galia then tells the Jedi to follow her of where she knows a secret passage way near by. As they escape the cursed darkness of what is all Sith magic, Ulic decided to go out and get Cay out of the throne room while Tott took Galia and Oron to the ranger. The fellow beast lord told Jedi that his mission of peace has failed and decided to fight along with them. Later, Modon gets a report from his comlink reported that the Jedi failed as he expected and commenced the attack.

During the battle, Cay Qel-Droma spots The Queen and grabs her. Unfortunately, his hand was shot whihc caused him to loose his lightsaber and arm to be slashed off. Ulic pulled his brother out from the battlefield. Ulic then sets Cay in a local Ominin droid shop, Cay suddendly noticed there is a malfunctioned droid near by and decides to quickly replaces it with the arm of an XT-6 service droid. Meanwhile, Sith sorceress and Queen of Onderon, Amanoa, stole away to the peace of Freedon Nadd's tomb far below the Iziz royal palace. From the tomb, Amanoa used her Sith magic to confound the Beast Riders and Jedi, instilling feelings of fear, terror and doubt in their minds. Even as the royal scribe Novar drew his blade to strike the Beast lord Oron Kira down, he was saved by the arrival of Arca Jeth.

However, in the skies above Iziz, Arca Jeth, the Jedi Master of Ulic, Cay, and Tott, used his own battle meditation to do negate Amanoa's dark side influence, leading the Beast Riders one step to almost reaching to victory. As the Jedi master exited his ship he didn't seem to pleased to see his three apprentices and explained to Ulic that the dark side is at work and he should have sensed it the minute he arrived on Onderon. Arca then leads his three students and Galia into the deepest sub-levels of the palace into arriving to the Tomb of Freedon Nadd, and used the light of the Force to vanquish Nadd's dark side taint.

Aftermath
Queen Amanoa also expired in the face of Arca's light, ending her reign of terror on Onderon, and leaving Princess Galia free from her past of the dark-side and also to wed Modon Kira's son Oron, thereby uniting Onderon under one banner for many years to come. This engagement, however, would ultimately prove to be simply the opening battle in what was to become the far more sweeping and devastating Great Sith War.

Notes and references
Schlacht von Onderon Batalla de Onderon (Guerras de las Bestias)