Melodie

Melodies were a humanoid water-based species native to Yavin 8. The species lived deep within the purple mountains of their homeworld, most notable Sistra.

Melodies were hatched from eggs and started life on land. These young Melodies would live around the poold in the caves and caverns of the Sistra awaiting the day when they reached the age of 20 when they were to complete the change into an adult Melodie in an event called the Changing Ceremony.

Prior to this, these young Melodies whom had not yet changed would care for the infant Melodies. This involved gathering trico which is then made into a paste to feed the infant Melodies until they were old enough to eat the silver-backed fish that lived in the pools within the mountain. Young Melodies lived a dangerous life since they were preyed on by numerous predators including the bird-like avrils, the rodent-like raiths, the serpentine reels and the spidery purellas.

During the Changing Ceremony, these Melodies (also known as Changelings) would be taken down a shallow cove to begin their transformation. This shallow cove was the only safe place the Ceremony could take place. It was covered in a blue-green algae which created oxygen through photosynthesis for the Changelings to breathe.

During that time, the Changelings were vulnerable and had to be protected. The Ceremony was concluded when the gill slits and tails of the Changelings were formed, making them adult Melodies (also known as Elders) and allowing them to live entirely underwater. The Elders lived in pools that ran throughout much of the mountain.

Notable Melodies included Lyric, Sannah, Esla, Gyle and Aragon.

Appearances

 * Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World