Dathomirian

Dathomirians, also known as Dathomirian Zabraks and culturally as Dathomiri or Dathmiri, were a subspecies of Zabrak native to the planet Peridea in a distant galaxy. On Peridea, the Dathomiri established a society known as the Witch Kingdom of the Dathmiri and learned to ride the purrgil, creatures able to survive in the vacuum of space and travel through hyperspace. Although their kingdom collapsed in the end, the Dathomiri who traveled into the known galaxy across the intergalactic void were able to reestablish themselves on a new planet, Dathomir. Tales of Peridea and its galaxy would go on to become nothing more than fairytales spoken among Jedi, and the map containing the Pathway to Peridea was long hidden in a stronghold on the planet Arcana.

The Dathomiri were renowned for their use of magick, an aspect of the Force which manipulated magical ichor, which was found on Dathomir. By the time of the Clone Wars, the Nightsisters of Dathomir—a clan of magick-wielding Dathomiri witches—were led by Mother Talzin, and her son Maul was trained as the Sith apprentice of the Dark Lord Darth Sidious, while the Dathomirian Asajj Ventress became an acolyte of the apprentice who replaced Maul, Dooku, leading the Separatists. During the war, much of the species was eradicated under Talzin's leadership as she earned the ire of the Sith.

By the time of the Galactic Civil War, the last known survivors of the Nightsister clan were the Dathomirians Shelish, Yenna, Jerserra, Merrin, and Morgan Elsbeth—although other Dathomiri witch clans were also known to have survived. Later, during the New Republic Era, three Dathomirians known as the Great Mothers were found on Peridea—living proof of the existence of the old Dathmiri kingdom since its abandonment by the majority of its populace.

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