Voss

Voss was a terrestrial planet in the Voss system located in Allied Tion sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Originally only having one native sentient species known as Gormak, the planet was discovered by the ancient Sith who used Voss for its resources, until the Jedi arrived to drive them off. Seeking allies among the natives, the Jedi taught some of the Gormak tribes on how to use the Force, but the Gormak were unprepared and those tribes radically evolved into a different looking species named the Voss. The Sith were exterminated, while the Jedi left or died out, and the Voss settled on the mountain peak, establishing the city of Voss-Ka. The Voss society turned to Force-sensitives for guidance, as Voss Mystics received Force visions that proved true without exception, Interpreters made sure each vision's meaning was understood correctly, and the Three governed the entire Voss people. Nomadic Gormak came to view the Voss as abominations and became exceptionally hostile to them, attempting to purge them from the world. In return, all Voss spend time serving as Voss commandos, ensuring their survival against millions of Gormak, while the Mystics developed healing rituals to heal grave wounds.

During the Cold War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic Voss was discovered by the larger galaxy, and both governments tried to enter into an alliance with the Voss to benefit from the visions of their Mystics in the war. However, the Voss resisted direct conquest by foiling the Imperial Attack on Voss and remained stubbornly neutral thanks to the actions of the Star Cabal, whose agent Albathius convinced them to keep their neutrality for three thousand days. When the Galactic War broke anew between two powers, Voss became a battleground as both sides tried to gain favor by helping the Voss against the Gormak, while the Sith plotted schemes to present the Republic in a bad light, smuggle an army of cyberbeasts offworld or even hold the city of Voss-Ka hostage. During that time, the capture of Gormak King Jokull revealed to the Voss their shared origins with the Gormak, while a mission by the Hero of Tython resulted in the death of Sel-Makor, the source of corruption in the Nightmare Lands.

When the galaxy was conquered by the Eternal Empire of Zakuul, the Voss and the Gormak ended their centuries long conflict and united in face of a larger threat. Voss Mystic Sana-Rae and Gormak warrior Rokuss traveled off-world to join the Alliance that opposed Zakuul and helped destroy the Star Fortress that dominated over Voss. Voss was later directly attacked by the Eternal Fleet, which destroyed the Shrine of Healing and dealt significant damage to Voss-Ka until the attack was repelled by the combined efforts of the Alliance, the Mandalorian warriors, and the Imperial fleet, though casualties still numbered in thousands. By the time of the Galactic Empire thousands of years later, Voss was controlled by the Tionese clans.

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