Wayland/Legends

Wayland was a lush, semi-tropical planet in the Outer Rim. A day on Wayland lasts 23 standard hours, and a year is 353 local days.

Wayland was discovered and colonized during the Old Republic's second wave of expansion, but a filing error removed all record of the planet from astrogation charts and planetary logs. The human colonists quickly came into conflict with Wayland's indigenous sentient species, the "crystal-skinned" Myneyrshi and the "lumpy armor-plated" Psadans. In their early years, the colonists came to dominate the Myneryrshi and Psadans with Republic technology, but isolated over time, the colonists technologically regressed to the level of the indigenous species.

Centuries later, Wayland was rediscovered by Palpatine, who determined its isolation and uncharted nature made it ideal for a storehouse of arcane artifacts and secret technology. Palpatine built his storehouse into Mount Tantiss in Wayland's northern hemisphere and placed a Dark Jedi as its guardian. This may or may not have been Joruus C'baoth, an insane clone of the Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth; accounts differ. C'baoth remembers a Force duel with the guardian, as do the inhabitants of Wayland. Whether this really happened, or is the result of Force-induced mass delusion spread from C'baoth to the inhabitants, is unknown.

C'baoth, hungry for power, established himself as the hand of justice on Wayland, installing a cruel, twisted Jedi code. The mad clone used his powers to bring a forced peace between the humans, Psadans and Myneryrshi, culminating in a tense coexistence in a city southwest of Mount Tantiss. In 9 ABY, Grand Admiral Thrawn descended upon Wayland to claim the cloaking shield technology and thousands of Spaarti cloning cylinders that he used in his war against the New Republic. The Mount Tantiss storehouse was eventually destroyed by Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca, and C'baoth killed by Mara Jade.

After the destruction of Mount Tantiss, Wayland became a planet of particular interest to the New Republic. Researchers and Intelligence officers scoured the planet and ruins for clues to aid in their defeat of Imperial warlords, discovering evidence that would lead to the political fallout of Bothan involvement in the destruction of Caamas. The New Republic also relocated the Noghri to the colony of New Nystao on Wayland to escape their collapsing home world of Honoghr.

In 28 ABY, Wayland acted as the site of the first interrogation of the Yuuzhan Vong priestess Elan and her familiar Vergere, but due to an attack by Yuuzhan Vong forces they were relocated. It also served as a safe world for New Republic personnel during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Wayland's secrecy was disrupted by Elan, who transmitted its location to the Vong with a hidden villip. The Yuuzhan Vong subjugated Wayland, converted it to a organic weaponry breeding ground and destroyed much of the planet's crust and mantle with Chom-Vrone.

Appearances

 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Empire at War
 * Heir to the Empire
 * Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * Emissary of the Void