Astronavigation Data: Iskalon system, Trans-

Nebular sector, Mid-Rim

Orbital Metrics: 360 days per year/21 hours per
day
Government: Tribal
Population: 3,700,000 (Iskalonian 98%, Quarren
2%)
Languages: Iskalonian
Terrain: Oceans, underwater caves
Major Cities: Pavillion
Areas of Interest: Sea caves
Major Exports: Slave labor
Major Imports: None
Background: Iskalon was a water-covered world
inhabited by members of 17 aquatic races
relocated from their original homeworlds in 5000
BBY, collectively united as "Iskalonians." In the days
of the Galactic Republic, before the Clone Wars,
Iskalon was often raided for water-breathing The 17 aquatic races that were
slaves. During the Great Galactic War, a group of relocated to Iskalon included the
Imperial fighters known as the Bane Brigade and Inleshat, Chuhkyvi, Stribers, Graygl,
their Sith commanders attacked the planet. Nejma, Frid, and 11 others. Upon
relocation, they quickly united under
During the time of the Cold War, a proxy
the single term “Iskalonian.”
conflict between the Sith Empire and Galactic
Republic, the sea levels on the planet dropped,
Due to the frequent raids of Iskalon for
revealing several long-hidden caves that had been
water-breathing slaves, the Iskalonians
occupied hundreds of years before and eventually
became predominantly isolationist.
someone was sent to investigate them, discovering
Primarily unaware of the events of the
that the caves had been used by the native species
Galactic Civil War, the Iskalonians
to hide from slavers and their possessions could
began to entertain the notion of
still be found inside the cave network.
rejoining the galaxy. To that end, they
Around 529 BBY, a number of needy Iskalonian constructed the city of Pavillion.
locals were approached by recruiters sent by Hugo
Bartyn. Bartyn wanted amphibian fishermen to Pavillion was an underwater city, built
settle a new city on Lamaredd and tempted these so water and air breathing visitors
poverty-stricken individuals with promises of could interact with each other.
untouched seas in a new frontier. Once they
arrived, however, they became slave laborers.