Witches of Dathomir

The Witches of Dathomir, known as Dathomirians, Dathomiri, or the Daughters of Allya in honor of the wayward Jedi Knight Allya, were a clan-based warrior society native to the planet Dathomir.

The Witches of Dathomir were born from the Jedi Allya, who was banished to the planet around 600 BBY, and who they regarded as their ancestor. By the time of the Galactic Empire, Allya's descendants had divided into female-dominated clans that were named after regional landmarks. Each clan had a unique set of rules regarding Force usage, but all the clans, bar the Nightsisters, held one rule above all others, "never concede to evil". An even older shamanistic culture of rancor-riding humans akin to the Witches of Dathomir existed on the planet at the time of the Tho Yor Arrival.

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