Stybla honoring ceremony

The Stybla honoring ceremony, also known as the Stybla honoring ritual and the odo ceremony, was a ritual in which the Stybla family conferred the suffix "odo" onto the name of an honored individual. Odo meant "guardian" in Tybroic, the original, ancient, and long-dead language of the Stybla. The ceremony was a tradition dating back over five-thousand years, and it used the ancient language of Tybroic throughout most of the event. The ceremony was open to few individuals—usually only the high-ranking members among the Chiss Syndicure were invited.

Following the rescue of contraband at Pleknok and before the Vagaari pirate operations, Mid Commander Mitth'raw'nuru, core name "Thrawn", underwent the Stybla honoring ceremony, becoming Mitth'raw'nuruodo. The Stybla medal was awarded to Thrawn and put on his honor chains. There had only been eight other non-Stybla that have undergone the ceremony; one of which included the "tragic" patriarch of the Mitth: Mitth'omo'rossodo, who had lost all four of her sons saving the Ascendancy.

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