Region
Outer Rim Territories
Primary Terrain
Mountains, swamps
Points of Interest
Aurashhta Citadel
Kriyya Heights
Chau'un Fe Forest
- "I am not a cat, Master Thanewulf."
- ―Akasha Khan
Orryxia was a planet in the Orryxia System, in the Outer Rim Territories near Eriadu. It was home to the Orryxians, a sentient felinoid species sometimes given the derogatory nickname "Cats."
Though it was within the outer reaches of Imperial territories, because of its remote location and its forbidding landscape the Galactic Empire had little contact with the world. This did not stop Wilek Nereus, the Imperial Governor of Bakura, from visiting the planet to obtain a dental sample from a native orycat. However, he was unable to complete a comprehensive survey of the creature's environment due to adverse conditions.[1]
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Basic Information
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| Orryxia is a world of idyllically beautiful mountains that rise like islands above a permanent low-atmosphere cloud layer. The valleys below the clouds are filled with dense, swampy jungles plagued by fearsome storms, pestilence, and loathsome flesh-eating slimes. Unsurprisingly, the Orryxians all live in the mountains. To be banished to the valleys is the most severe punishment possible under Orryxian law.
The mountains hold a rich variety of ecosystems - there are rain forests, highland prairies, lakes, wetlands, woodlands, and, at higher altitudes, taigas and tundras. The Orryxians themselves are just as varied. Some are built for the open plains, some are agile forest hunters, some have thick coats for the frigid peaks. Their society is divided into feudal clans with separate hereditary rulers. Those without noble titles typically must give fealty to a clan in order to have a civilized life; the outcasts gather to form rough hunting tribes that usually prowl the foothills just above the mists.
Technologically, Orryxia is well behind the galactic standard. They are insular and do not care for the company of other species, but they've engaged in some limited trade with nearby spacers who are interested in the enormous gem deposits that vein the mountains. They've begun paying a small tribute to the Empire in return for some meager benefits, but their best defense is that they're too far out of the way to conquer.
Most of the Orryxians who have left the homeworld are those in the lower classes who have no real hope on the homeworld for a better life. A few have even started colonies or communities on other worlds, never under any Orryxian flag (there is none), but under the name of a new clan.
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Characters from Orryxia at SW-Fans
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