Noble Court

The Noble Court was the autocratic government of the Nothoiin species that controlled the Anoat sector, an independent sector located in the galaxy's Outer Rim. The Noble Court had ruled the sector since before the rise of the Galactic Republic and were not part of the galactic government, remaining independent throughout the Republic's existence.

However when the Republic fell and was replaced by the authoritarian Galactic Empire, who had little tolerance for the Noble Court independence and annexed the Anoat sector, leading to the Court almost being eradicated. The Court, however, managed to survive the Empire's efforts to stomp them and went into hiding, becoming a government in exile in the form of a secret society as the Empire reigned over the sector.

Throughout the Galactic Civil War, the nobles actively worked to protect the citizens of the Anoat sector and to return to their former power. With the untimely death of Palpatine, sole ruler of the Empire, at the Battle of Endor, the sector was put on lockdown by Imperial Governor Ubrik Adelhard. Thanks to the influence of a young smuggler from Burnin Konn, the Noble Court joined the Uprising, a resistance movement that tried to fight the Empire in the Anoat sector.

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