Mitth family

Mitth family
Familial information
Family type	Chiss family
Species	Chiss
Planet(s) of origin	Copero
Chronological and political information
Affiliation	Chiss Ascendancy Nine Ruling Families

"Chiss brought in from outside a Family's bloodlines to enrich or diversify or invigorate. All warriors are made merit adoptives when they're accepted into either the Defense Fleet or the Expansionary Fleet. That's why every warrior wears the color of one of the Families."
"Which one is yours?"
"The Eighth."

―Force Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo, to Maris Ferasi

The Mitth family, also called House Mitth, and formerly known as the Eighth Ruling Family or Eighth Family, was a Chiss family in the Chiss Ascendancy. It was once one of the Nine Ruling Families. Every Chiss Ruling Family was associated with a specific color, and that of the Eighth Ruling Family was burgundy.

At some later date, it appears that Thrawn likewise became a Syndic of the Family, as in 19 ABY, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade encountered warriors from his Household Phalanx on Nirauan, identifying themselves as warriors serving "Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo", and wearing the burgundy uniforms of the Family.

In 22 ABY, the number of Ruling Families was still said to be nine, although it was not said explicitly that the designation of Eighth Ruling Family was still borne by the same affinity. By 28 ABY, the number of Ruling Families in the Ascendancy had been reduced to four, and the Mitth family was not mentioned as one of them. Despite her claim of being an officer of the Expansionary Defense Force, Commander Hess'irolia'nuruodo wore a burgundy-and-black uniform, a color scheme previously associated with the Mitth family and Grand Admiral Thrawn's rogue Household Phalanx.

Behind the scenes

Excluding Thrawn, whose appearances date back to the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire, Chiss associated with the Eighth Ruling Family first appeared in the 1998 novel Vision of the Future. However, the family designation of "Mitth" was not used until the 2006 novel Outbound Flight. The name "Mitth family" was first definitively used in the 2017 short story "Chasing Copero" from the official website of the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Appearances

• "Chasing Copero" on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link) (Mentioned only) (First identified as Mitth family)
• Outbound Flight (and unabridged audiobook) (First identified as Eighth Ruling Family, in book)
• Vision of the Future (and unabridged audiobook)
• Survivor's Quest (and unabridged audiobook)
• The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
• The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey
• Dark Nest I: The Joiner King

Sources

• The Essential Atlas (First identified as House Mitth)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

Notes and references

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