Yevetha

"Your wars are decided by the death of a tenth of a population, a third of an army. Then the defeated surrender their honor and the victors surrender their advantage. This is called being civilized. The Yevetha are not civilized, General. It would be a istake to deal with us as though we were."

- Nil Spaar

The Yevetha were a lithe, skeletal species indigenous to N'zoth in the Koornacht Cluster, known for their xenophobia and death-centered culture.

Physiology
Physically, the Yevetha stood almost two meters tall, and had large black eyes and light gray skin, ghoulish in appearance and bereft of body hair. The males possessed two pairs of crests, one on the upper face, one on the lower, that swelled red during mating or combat. Each hand possessed six fingers, but the most notable feature of Yevethan physiology was their dew claws, housed in sheathes on the underside of each wrist. These blades extended to about a foot in length, and were used in close combat and blood sacrifices.



Young Yevetha were gestated in the female's detachable birth cask, known as mara-nas, which were fed with the blood of sacrificed males. The developing Yevetha's need for blood was an essential part of their harsh culture.

Yevetha were known to suffer from a disease called gray death, but the symptoms were unknown.

Culture
For the Yevetha, death was not to be feared. Under Yevethan law, murder only occurred when an inferior killed a superior, while slayings in the other direction were considered an acceptable occurrence. Sacrifice, particularly to provide blood for a birth cask of an important Yevetha, was considered an honor to the family of the sacrificed Yevetha.

Yevethan culture was organized into a strict hierarchical system headed by the Darama. Politically, Yevethan society was led by a Viceroy, who also operated as the chief of state for the Duskhan League. The Darama and Viceroy were linked positions, connecting Yevethan spirituality and politics. Departments of governance, commerce, science, and culture were led by Proctors, and supported by various guilds. This structure was mirrored in the Yevethan military and shipboard staffs led by Primates.

History
"I'm beginning to wonder if the greatest indignity that the Empire subjected the Yevetha to wasn't holding them to a higher standard of behavior."

- Leia Organa Solo

A relatively recent species, the Yevetha advanced quickly and in relative isolation from other sentients. The combination of their rapid evolution, their isolation, and the harsh environment of N'zoth combined to produce a culture of xenophobia and an internal concept of superiority.

When the Galactic Empire expanded into the Koornacht Cluster, they noted the Yevetha's rapid ability to learn new skills. The Galactic Empire subjugated N'zoth and its nearby star systems, built the Black 15 shipyards, and put the Yevetha to work as skilled slave labor for building, repairing and modifying vessels of the Imperial Starfleet.

Almost a year after the Battle of Endor, the Imperial garrison at N'zoth was ordered to retreat and destroy the repair yard. Before they could initiate their withdrawal, an assault led by Nil Spaar took advantage of the Empire's view of the Yevetha as mindless labor, seizing control of the yards and any ships, operational or not, that the yards held. They then killed or enslaved the surviving Imperials.

Over the next decade and a half, the Yevetha developed their technical capabilities, developed advanced technologies in the form of starship shielding, gravity bombs, Aramadia-class thrustships, and D-type fighters. They established the Duskhan League, which grew to encompass thirteen worlds. The Yevethan fleet was named the Black Fleet in a twisted version of its predecessor, the Galactic Empire Black Sword Command.

In 16 ABY, the Dushkan League came out of its isolation to engage the New Republic. A delegation led by now-Viceroy Nil Spaar arrived at Coruscant to seek a peaceful co-existence. Using the New Republic's lack of intelligence on the Dushkan League and senatorial political infighting to his advantage, Nil Spaar extended his negotiations with Chief of State Leia Organa Solo over a period of weeks. During this period he played into her empathy towards a species subjugated by the Empire, allowing him to cultivate assets on Coruscant. Finally, Nil Spaar set off a series of political machinations, sewing confusion amongst the New Republic.

Nil Spaar returned to his people, and with the New Republic in disarray, the Yevetha launched a campaign of brutal expansion and colonization. The Yevethan Purge saw the elimination of entire species like the Corasgh, communities like the Norat Sovereignty, and the colonization of many nearby star systems in the Koornacht Cluster. In the following weeks, foiled reconnaissance efforts by the New Republic prompted an armed conflict between the Dushkan League, its hidden Black Fleet, and the New Republic Defense Force's new Fifth Battle Group. For more details on the political and military conflict, see Black Fleet Crisis.



The conflict concluded with a Yevethan loss at the Battle of N'zoth and the death of Nil Spaar at the hands of Sil Sorannan. A victorious New Republic disarmed the Yevetha and kept them under close watch, but active patrols were removed by at least 25 ABY.

However, by then no one was entering the N'zoth system. This allowed the Yevetha to build up an even larger force than the Black Fleet, consisting of thousands of Aramadia-class thrustships.

It was then that the Galantos Guard encountered the Yuuzhan Vong. In exchange for what the Galantos believed to be protection from the extragalactic invaders, they informed the Yuuzhan Vong of the brutal Yevetha and their eminent threat. Taking heed, the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the N'zoth system.

In the subsequent battle, the Yuuzhan Vong emerged victorious. Although no records exist of the actual battle, it was inferred that every single Yevethan ship in the system was destroyed, due to the nature of the combatants. The Yuuzhan Vong proceeded to orbitally bombard N'zoth, rendering the planet a molten wasteland, while the besieged Yevetha continued to refuse outside help.

The species was rendered completely extinct, wiped out by conquering species as brutal as their own.

Appearances

 * Before the Storm
 * Shield of Lies
 * Tyrant's Test
 * The New Rebellion
 * Dark Tide I: Onslaught
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * Force Heretic I: Remnant
 * Force Heretic II: Refugee