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Description
A frigid world of tundra plains, Cadomai Prime was the homeworld of the sentient Snivvian species. Cadomai was located in the Outer Rim Cadomai system, in the Catarlo sector, a subsector of the greater Aparo sector. Cadomai was situated on the northern end of Hydian Way hyperlane between the planets Ruuria and Bonadan, near the Corporate Sector. The subfreezing environments of Cadomai forced the Snivvians to evolve unique, dense skin that allowed the beings to control the opening and closing of their pores, in order to trap or release body heat. Cadomai winters were very long and exceptionally cold, forcing Snivvians to stay underground in Cadomai Prime's extensive system of subterranean caverns for months at a time. Cadomai had a single moon, with a day of 27 standard hours and a year consisting of 405 local days. Cadomai had a standard level of gravity. The planet's main export to the rest of the galaxy was art, while its major imports were foodstuffs and raw materials.

History
The Snivvians descended from hunters on the frozen plains of Cadomai Prime, eventually gaining sentience and establishing a civilization on the world. Many Snivvians were known throughout the galaxy as excellent artists and authors, a product of Cadomai's winters&mdash;with the Snivvians forced into underground homes during these intensely cold periods, they often had little else to do but develop their artistic talents and sensibilities. For the Snivvians, the norm was for one male and one female to be yielded by each birthing, but male-male twin births sometimes occurred, albeit very rarely. In these cases, one of the two children would be born with a genetic flaw, known as the Blood Code of the Snivvian, which had a chance to mutate into a personality disorder and possible sociopathic behavior. Three times in the history of Cadomai, Snivvians with this genetic disorder grew to become charismatic, but evil dictators&mdash;two were defeated by civilian uprisings, while the last, Zereldspidar, required the intervention of the Galactic Republic to fell. Eventually, the Snivvians mastered genetic engineering and minimized the chance of these abnormal births. The history of Cadomai tended to be a very violent one, and the Blood Code of the Snivvian led to the downfall of a number of civilizations on the world. The Snivvians eventually developed a participatory democracy on Cadomai, with representatives being elected to a ruling council known as a Chevram. From there, an executive officer was chosen purely on artistic skill. The Chevram was elected once every twelve years, and a new executive chosen every year of the Chevram's rule.

Eventually, the Snivvians developed space travel, and were able to expand their civilization beyond Cadomai. The region of space containing Cadomai was considered widely explored by the Republic by the time of the Great Sith War in 4,000 BBY. In the era of the Mandalorian Wars several decades later, Cadomai had established itself as a prime resolt world despite its cold climate. The Snivvians built large vacation complexes within their cities, and used their artistic and creative culture as an attraction for tourists. In the next few centuries, the Hydian Way hyperlane was blazed&mdash;the older Morellian Trail route, which included Cadomai, fell upon the larger Hydian. Afterwards, during the Jedi Civil War, the area of space containing Cadomai fell under the control of Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Revan's Sith Empire. Cadomai eventually was returned to Republic control, however, and would remain as a Republic world until that government's fall in 19 BBY.

In the time after the Battle of Yavin, the transnovels of Cadomai&mdash; artistic combinations of words and images that told a story while being displayed that were usually created by the Snivvians during their periods underground every winter&mdash; came under examination by the Galactic Empire's Coalition for Progress, a sub-agency of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, which was in the process of reporting on the suitability of various art forms in the New Order. Along with thousands of other types of art from across the galaxy, Cadomai transnovels were judged on a series of austere and inflexible tenets that fit in line with the philosophy of the Galactic Empire. Around 7 ABY, three years after the death of the Emperor at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, the area containing Cadomai fell under the control of Imperial Warlord Zsinj. In 137 ABY, Cadomai's region of space was under the hegemony of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire.

Inhabitants
The native Snivvians made up 99% of Cadomai Prime's population, with other species making up the rest. One notable Snivvian native of Cadomai was Marn Hierogryph, whose parents sent him offworld after Hierogryph's skill as a con artist angered many fellow Snivvians. Hierogryph went on to become a career criminal on the planet Taris, later joining the disgraced former Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick in his quest for justice. Other notable Cadomai natives included Zutton, a well-known Snivvian artist around 0 ABY; Sinrich, a Clone Wars-era bounty hunter who invented the holographic disguise matrix; and Tevlun, a member of the Hyperspace Navigator's Guild. The Snivvian language was the tongue mainly employed on Cadomai, and Snivvians speaking Basic were sometimes said to have a "Cadomai accent". Additionally, some natives of Cadomai, Marn Hierogryph for example, used "Spirits of Cadomai" as an exclamation.

Locations
Brella was the capital city of Cadomai Prime, although it was by no means the only major city on the planet. By the time of the Mandalorian Wars, the Snivvians had begun to build resorts and vacation complexes in the other cities on the world, making Cadomai a tourist destination. The subterranean caverns of Cadomai also held extensive systems of homes that the Snivvians made use of during Cadomai's intolerable winters. The world also was home to the University of Cadomai.

Appearances

 * The Taris Holofeed: Prime Edition
 * Labor Pains
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 26: Vector, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 36: Prophet Motive, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 43: The Reaping, Part 1
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy