Dathomirian

Dathomirian Zabraks, also known as Dathomiri Zabraks (shortened as Dathomirians and Dathomiri), were a sentient species native to the Outer Rim Territories planet Dathomir. The creation of the Dathomirian species was the result of hybridization between the Human female members of the Witches of Dathomir and their enslaved Zabrak malelings, and thus they were also known as Human-Zabrak hybrids and Zabrak-Humans. This resulted in the species' prominent sexual dimorphism, with males and females exhibiting different physical characteristics. Generally, females more closely resembled Humans, while males mostly resembled Zabraks as they possessed cranial horns and had no hair. Members of the female sex had paler skin of white or gray varieties, while members of the male sex had skin of red, orange, or yellow shades.

The species originated through an unintentional trade cycle, in which pirate raids from the planet Rattatak brought numerous Zabrak pirates to Dathomir. These pirates were captured by the Witches of Dathomir, who bred with them and conceived Dathomirian Zabraks. By the era of the Galactic Republic, the majority of Dathomirian women were members of the Nightsister coven of Dathomir Witches. In Nightsister society, Dathomirian malelings were subservient to the Nightsisters as warriors known as Nightbrothers. Some Dathomirian women, like the witch Magash Drashi, were members of other clans such as the Singing Mountain Clan.

The Sith Lord Darth Maul had been a Nightbrother during his youth, until he was given to the Sith Lord Darth Sidious as an apprentice by his mother Talzin. The Sith assassin Asajj Ventress was given by the Nightsisters to pirates and grew up on Rattatak. During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Kaleesh General Grievous, the leader of the Separatist Droid Army, attacked the Nightsisters who took refuge in their fortress. Grievous wiped out all the Nightsisters except Talzin and Ventress, the latter of whom had returned to the Nightsisters not long prior, leaving a large portion of the Dathomirian population dead. It was during this period of time when Maul and his brother Savage Opress cut out a path of destruction across the galaxy. By the Galactic Civil War, the Nightsisters had been reformed by the Dathomirian Gethzerion. Years later, the Dathomirian Kaminne Sihn led the Raining Leaves Clan of witches.

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