The Sun Guards emerge as a Sith cult, and Darth Sidious brings members of the Guards into his employ as mercenaries and assassins. More than a century before the rise of the Empire, Thyrsian culture became fixated on Force lore, particularly the prophecy that the galaxy's savior would be known as "The son of suns." The Sith Order, still in hiding after the Battle of Ruusan, play on the Thyrsian belief that The Sith are the subjects of this prophecy and encourage the Sun Guards to follow Sith interpretations of Jedi orthodoxy. Clashes between the Sun Guards and The Mandalorians usually took the forms of duels to the death between small groups of combatants rather than full military mobilizations. The group later turned its attention to The Mandalorians, alarmed by their expansionist tactics. In at least one way though, the Thyrsians retained a traditional element of Echani arts: the uncanny ability to read the body language of others and to predict their next move.Īt first, the Sun Guards led armies against the Echani. The Thyrsians are a diametrical contrast to the rest of the Echani: male dominated instead of female dominated, heavily armored instead of lightly armored, drawing spiritual lore from the sun rather than the moon, emphasizing bladed weapons over unarmed combat, and dark hair and skin. Their military units bore the emblem of the red suns of Thyrsus, and their elite special-missions division evolved into the Sun Guard. During the Bengali Uprising, the Echani on the sun-baked world of Thyrsus rebelled against the female council that ruled the Six Sisters, breaking their planet off from the others. This sensitivity translates well to physical combat. On the worlds known as the Six Sisters, the Echani develop a kinetic communication style and can instantly identify an individual through subtle shifts in body language. The Echani have silvery hair, chalk-pale skin, and a remarkable sameness in body type and facial features, all believed to be the result of Arkanian experimentation with the Human genome.
The Sun Guards originate with the Echani Command, a confederation of six worlds dominated by a Near-Human offshoot Species. The Sun Guards of Thyrsus are one of the most feared military units in history, said to be the only group of warrior who could go toe to toe with The Mandalorians and win. Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Galaxy at War
0 kommentar(er)
