Spice lord

"Crossing a spice lord is not the smartest thing to do, since there's the distinct possibility that it'll be that last thing you'll do"

- Unknown spice trader

The Spice Lords of Sevarcos II were the most revered and powerful of the clan lords of the Sevari people, and were delegated vast stretches of land by their people. They were devoted to trading spice and making interstellar profit from it in the names of the clans they represented. The market price on spice was ultimately set by the Spice Lords who also regulated the production, negotiated trade agreements, and selected regions for spice mining and extraction.

Relations with the Empire
They were somewhat mysterious, selmdom seen by even their own people, and generally claimed no allegience to anyone except themselves - not even the Empire, who controlled most of the spice trade and extraction in the years of the Galactic Civil War.

Many spice lords would openly contract the Empire to mine spice on their lands, using inmates in the Imperial penal colony on the planet, while others ignored the Empire and mined and traded spice themselves, having little interest in galactic politics and power relations.

Known Spice Lords
During the Galactic Civil War the three most well known and powerful Spice Lords were:
 * Quintas of the Southern Deserts
 * Trevael of the Northern Frontier
 * Cassius Nolath Rha of the Equatorial Belt

Festival of the High Winds
The Festival of the High Winds was an annual meeting of the Spice Lords during which they would participate in various ceremonies, rituals, and discussions regarding the spice trade, while the Sevari youths would participate in wind rider racing tournaments.