Zuliria was a Mid Rim celestial body located in the Eucer sector. It featured several cities and was home to the flying creature known as the Ruori, which most Zulirian urban residents used for transportation. Zuliria hosted the Zuliria Museum of Antiquities, at which the Arcona Ther-das at one point worked as an acquisitions director.
After the Togorian farmer Tyrimm Wyln was accidentally killed on Zuliria during a Galactic Empire raid on a local Rebel Alliance cell, Ther-das met Wyln's mate, Mlatar Thon Gra, and, after helping him uncover Wyln's fate, invited Thon Gra to become a fellow member of the Zulirian Swordmasters group of melee weaponry afficionados. On Zuliria, Ther-das similarly recruited three other individuals: the Ocsin Cene Gilvent, the Whiphid Curdik, and the Ka'hren Kaltor Naklian.
Description[]
Zuliria was a terrestrial celestial body[3] situated in the Zuliria system, a part of the Mid Rim's Eucer sector.[1] It was home to the flying creature known as the Ruori.[3]
History[]
At one point, the Arcona Ther-das, a graduate of the Lerct Historical Institute specializing in ancient weaponry, came to work as an acquisitions director for the Zuliria Museum of Antiquities. During the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance, a Rebel cell operated on Zuliria. At some point during that time, the Togorian farmer Tyrimm Wyln visited the celestial body as part of a tour of a portion of the galaxy. There, Wyln was caught in cross-fire during an Imperial raid on the local Rebel cell and was killed.[3]
Zuliria was the birthplace of the group known as the Zulirian Swordmasters (founding members Ther-das, Curdik, Kaltor Naklian, and Cene Gilvent pictured).
Subsequently, Wyln's mate, the bladesmith Mlatar Thon Gra arrived on Zuliria while searching for her. Thon Gra met Ther-das, who offered his assistance in finding Wyln, and eventually the pair's investigation led them to uncover the Togorian's fate. With little tying him to his homeworld, Togoria, Thon Gra then accepted Ther-das' offer to become a founding member of a group of melee weapon afficionados known as the Zulirian Swordmasters.[3]
By 2 ABY,[4] the Arcona had also similarly invited three other individuals who were present on Zuliria: the Ocsin fellow employee of the Zuliria Museum of Antiquities Cene Gilvent, the Whiphid wandering swordsman Curdik, and the Ka'hren scholar Kaltor Naklian. The group eventually began challenging and attacking various individuals in the galaxy that they believed posed a worthy challenge to their skills, ultimately leading to the Rebel Alliance's Task Force on Alliance Security compiling SecuriDex datafiles on Ther-das, Thon Gra, and Gilvent which all noted Zuliria as their base of operations and also the fact that each of those three individuals posed a high threat level to Alliance operatives on that celestial body.[3]
Inhabitants[]
The inhabitants of Zuliria's cities used the local Ruori creatures for transportation. In contrast, the Togorian Mlatar Thon Gra brought his mosgoth mount, Ktlin, to Zuliria, and Thon Gra flying on Ktlin throughout the Zulirian urban spires made an obvious and fear-inducing sight in the evening light.[3]
Locations[]
Zuliria featured several cities with spires in them. It also hosted the Zuliria Museum of Antiquities.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Zuliria was mentioned in Alliance Intelligence Reports, a 1995 sourcebook for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[3] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas subsequently placed the Zuliria system, and therefore the celestial body itself, in grid square R-7.[2]
Sources[]
- Alliance Intelligence Reports (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Zuliria system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Zuliria system
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Alliance Intelligence Reports
- ↑ Alliance Intelligence Reports represents a collection of in-universe reports from "one year before the Battle of Hoth," which corresponds to 2 ABY, according to The New Essential Chronology.