Diamal

The Diamala were a species from the Core Worlds who, along with their rivals the Ishori, became prominent during the Hand of Thrawn crisis. Diamala were recognizable by their leathery skin, white manes, and fan-shaped ears which they could move independently to gesture with. The Diamala temperament was generally calm and unemotional.

In 19 ABY, the Diamala objected when the Ishori refused to allow armed Diamalan vessels to escort Diamalan freighters into Ishori ports. The Iphigini offered to help resolve this dispute. Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Luke Skywalker, who acted as mediators during initial negotiations, were unable to help the two species reach an agreement. The rift between the two species only worsened when they took opposite sides on the dispute over the Caamasi Document. While the Ishori were among the loudest voices demanding that the Bothans pay ruinious reparations for complicity in the destruction of Caamas, the Diamala sent Nebula- and Endurance-class ships to defend Bothawui. Their representative to the New Republic Senate at the time, Porolo Miatamia, was accused by politicians on the other side as being as manipulative as the Bothans themselves.

Appearances

 * Timothy Zahn, Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future, Bantam Spectra.