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Abandoned by the [[Infinite Empire]] following the [[Force Wars]] on Tython, the Flesh Raiders' origins was otherwise lost to [[Timeline of galactic history/Legends|history]], and the species themselves did not appear to keep any such records. Members of the Jedi Order around the [[Time/Legends|time]] of the [[Cold War]] between the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]] speculated that the modern Tythan Raider was formed from a once civilized society that fell as other colonists of Tython disappeared, or that they were the result of individuals who fell victim to the onslaught of the Sith, and were subjected to their arcane [[Sith alchemy/Legends|alchemy]] which reduced them to their adverse state.<ref name="TOR" /> |
Abandoned by the [[Infinite Empire]] following the [[Force Wars]] on Tython, the Flesh Raiders' origins was otherwise lost to [[Timeline of galactic history/Legends|history]], and the species themselves did not appear to keep any such records. Members of the Jedi Order around the [[Time/Legends|time]] of the [[Cold War]] between the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]] speculated that the modern Tythan Raider was formed from a once civilized society that fell as other colonists of Tython disappeared, or that they were the result of individuals who fell victim to the onslaught of the Sith, and were subjected to their arcane [[Sith alchemy/Legends|alchemy]] which reduced them to their adverse state.<ref name="TOR" /> |
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| − | [[Tythos Ridge]] was eventually conquered by Flesh Raiders as the Jedi Order relocated to Tython after the [[Great Galactic War]]. Under the barbaric Raiders, its ground was rendered an inhospitable ruin, filled with bones across the few paths that carved across the landscape. Thus dashed the plans were for a [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Meditation/Legends|meditative]] retreat to be constructed there, as proposed by [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Shol Bestros]].<ref name="TOR" /> By [[3643 BBY]],<ref name="3643 BBY">{{TOR dates}} Since the [[The Barsen'thor|Jedi Consular]] Prologue mission "Pilgrims" refers to [[Sumari]] as the [[Kalikori village]]'s reigning [[Matriarch]] and Sumari [[Death/Legends|dies]] in the course of the [[Hero of Tython|Jedi Knight]] Prologue, during the mission "The Face of the Enemy," the beginning of the [[Jedi Consular]] storyline must take place at some point by [[3643 BBY]]. As this article section assumes 100% game completion and that the player chooses only "[[Light side of the Force/Legends|light side]]" options when available during the course of ''Star Wars: The Old Republic'', the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] Consular must have encountered the Flesh Raider camps on Tythos Ridge during their [[Time/Legends|time]] on [[Tython/Legends|Tython]].</ref> the Raiders |
+ | [[Tythos Ridge]] was eventually conquered by Flesh Raiders as the Jedi Order relocated to Tython after the [[Great Galactic War]]. Under the barbaric Raiders, its ground was rendered an inhospitable ruin, filled with bones across the few paths that carved across the landscape. Thus dashed the plans were for a [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Meditation/Legends|meditative]] retreat to be constructed there, as proposed by [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Shol Bestros]].<ref name="TOR" /> By [[3643 BBY]],<ref name="3643 BBY">{{TOR dates}} Since the [[The Barsen'thor|Jedi Consular]] Prologue mission "Pilgrims" refers to [[Sumari]] as the [[Kalikori village]]'s reigning [[Matriarch]] and Sumari [[Death/Legends|dies]] in the course of the [[Hero of Tython|Jedi Knight]] Prologue, during the mission "The Face of the Enemy," the beginning of the [[Jedi Consular]] storyline must take place at some point by [[3643 BBY]]. As this article section assumes 100% game completion and that the player chooses only "[[Light side of the Force/Legends|light side]]" options when available during the course of ''Star Wars: The Old Republic'', the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] Consular must have encountered the Flesh Raider camps on Tythos Ridge during their [[Time/Legends|time]] on [[Tython/Legends|Tython]].</ref> the Raiders, now displaying greater cunning and proficient in arms such as the [[Vibroblade/Legends|vibroblade]], had built settlements at the Ridge and posed a deadly threat to outsiders as they occupied the path between the ruins of [[Kaleth]] to the west,<ref name="Tython directions">''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide]]'' states that [[the Hollows]] was a valley north of [[Tythos Ridge]] and south of Kalikori village, in agreement with the assumption that ''Star Wars: The Old Republic''{{'s}} in-game map of Tython is shown where the direction of north is upwards. Hence, the aforementioned map is [[canon]]ically oriented with north at the top.</ref> frequented by Jedi from their new [[Jedi Temple (Tython)/Legends|Temple]], to the northwest,<ref name="Tython directions" /> and the [[Twi'lek/Legends|Twi'lek]] [[Kalikori village]] to the north.<ref name="Tython directions" /><ref name="TOR" /> |
While few in number, the Raiders posed a recognized threat to the Jedi presence on Tython during the Cold War. It was then that a member of the Flesh Raider species, [[Fashk]], surfaced to the attention of [[The Barsen'thor|a]] future [[Jedi Consular]] and [[Barsen'thor]], who discovered the [[Sexes/Legends|male's]] [[The Force/Legends|Force]]-sensitivity, as well as a likewise unprecedented case of sentience within a Flesh Raider individual.<ref name="TOR" /> |
While few in number, the Raiders posed a recognized threat to the Jedi presence on Tython during the Cold War. It was then that a member of the Flesh Raider species, [[Fashk]], surfaced to the attention of [[The Barsen'thor|a]] future [[Jedi Consular]] and [[Barsen'thor]], who discovered the [[Sexes/Legends|male's]] [[The Force/Legends|Force]]-sensitivity, as well as a likewise unprecedented case of sentience within a Flesh Raider individual.<ref name="TOR" /> |
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Flesh Raiders were a sub-species of the Rakata, rulers of the Infinite Empire. Mass-mutated and bred as lower-caste soldiers in servitude to the Empire, some members of this species were abandoned on the planet Tython long before the time of the Cold War between the resurgent Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic, allowing the Flesh Raiders' survival past the collapse of the Rakatan Empire.
Biology and appearance
Originally mutated lower-caste members of the Rakata species, the semi-sentient Flesh Raiders were extremely primitive and violent. Bulky bipedal humanoids, Flesh Raiders had razor-sharp teeth, which they used to strip the bones of both sentient and non-sentient prey. Eight small olfactory slits lined their upper lip and two stumpy eye stalks protruded from the sides of their box-shaped heads.[1]
From what little study of the creatures the Jedi Order was able to perform, the Flesh Raiders of Tython appeared to have devolved into their primitive and cannibalistic forms after the other colonists of the planet disappeared. Another theory was that the aforementioned society was attacked by the Sith and subjected to bizarre experiments which reduced them to maddened hostiles.
It was also of some note that a few members of the Raiders species were observed as possessing sentient minds and Force-sensitivity, feats bereft of their ancestors, the Rakata.[1]
Society and culture
- "Flesh Raiders are a species of hostile natives. They're smart enough to use tools and violent beyond reason."
- ―Derrin Weller
A Flesh Raiders camp
Having no established cities or formal government, the Tythan Flesh Raiders were tribal and erected crude shelters on Tythos Ridge. There, they practiced a form of spiritual worship, as shamans lurked throughout inside their small settlements, and idols made of rock were placed around their lairs. They also used signal fires to communicate over great distances and, preferring naked earth, the Flesh Raiders would scour the land they chose to occupy, burning away grass and trees and littering the earth with the bones of their prey. The Tythans were also scavengers, who would make use of almost any material found for clothing or armoring themselves.[1]
History
Abandoned by the Infinite Empire following the Force Wars on Tython, the Flesh Raiders' origins was otherwise lost to history, and the species themselves did not appear to keep any such records. Members of the Jedi Order around the time of the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire speculated that the modern Tythan Raider was formed from a once civilized society that fell as other colonists of Tython disappeared, or that they were the result of individuals who fell victim to the onslaught of the Sith, and were subjected to their arcane alchemy which reduced them to their adverse state.[1]
Tythos Ridge was eventually conquered by Flesh Raiders as the Jedi Order relocated to Tython after the Great Galactic War. Under the barbaric Raiders, its ground was rendered an inhospitable ruin, filled with bones across the few paths that carved across the landscape. Thus dashed the plans were for a Jedi meditative retreat to be constructed there, as proposed by Jedi Master Shol Bestros.[1] By 3643 BBY,[2] the Raiders, now displaying greater cunning and proficient in arms such as the vibroblade, had built settlements at the Ridge and posed a deadly threat to outsiders as they occupied the path between the ruins of Kaleth to the west,[3] frequented by Jedi from their new Temple, to the northwest,[3] and the Twi'lek Kalikori village to the north.[3][1]
While few in number, the Raiders posed a recognized threat to the Jedi presence on Tython during the Cold War. It was then that a member of the Flesh Raider species, Fashk, surfaced to the attention of a future Jedi Consular and Barsen'thor, who discovered the male's Force-sensitivity, as well as a likewise unprecedented case of sentience within a Flesh Raider individual.[1]
Behind the scenes
One of many concept arts for the Flesh Raider of Star Wars: The Old Republic
The Flesh Raider was created for the 2011 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Force War
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (First appearance)
- Template:TOR (Picture only)
Sources
"Class Wars!" — Star Wars Insider 114- The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic
- The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
- Nexus of Power
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Star Wars: The Old Republic
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STAR WARS: The Old Republic - Question ! :) - Page 3 on The Old Republic's official website (backup link) places Star Wars: The Old Republic about ten to twelve years after the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, which is dated to 3653 BBY by Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia. The Old Republic—The Lost Suns 2 takes place ten years after the treaty, one week after the mission to Nar Shaddaa, and around the time of the SpecForce Incident. Since the mission and the incident are respectively part of Act I of the Jedi Knight and Republic Trooper's storylines, and the Trooper's Act I occurs concurrent to Act I of the Smuggler storyline, the general events of Act I for all classes can be assumed to occur in 3643 BBY.
The Prologue for each class immediately precedes Act I, and The Old Republic Encyclopedia places the Battle of Ilum at the end of Act III in 3640 BBY. Assuming that in-universe chronology of the Star Wars: The Old Republic events roughly aligns with the release of story content in real-life as with Forums: Dear Story Team, What Year Are We Currently In? on The Old Republic's official website (backup link), the Act III Epilogue must take place near the end of 3640 BBY since it was the chronologically latest story of the The Old Republic base game, which was released toward the end of 2011. Therefore, assuming that The Old Republic takes place over the course of three years per the former of the two aforementioned swtor.com posts, Act I takes place near the end of 3643 BBY. Since the Jedi Consular Prologue mission "Pilgrims" refers to Sumari as the Kalikori village's reigning Matriarch and Sumari dies in the course of the Jedi Knight Prologue, during the mission "The Face of the Enemy," the beginning of the Jedi Consular storyline must take place at some point by 3643 BBY. As this article section assumes 100% game completion and that the player chooses only "light side" options when available during the course of Star Wars: The Old Republic, the Jedi Consular must have encountered the Flesh Raider camps on Tythos Ridge during their time on Tython.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide states that the Hollows was a valley north of Tythos Ridge and south of Kalikori village, in agreement with the assumption that Star Wars: The Old Republic's in-game map of Tython is shown where the direction of north is upwards. Hence, the aforementioned map is canonically oriented with north at the top.
