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Koorivar

Category: Alien Races
Planet of Origin: Kooriva

Native to the planet Kooriva, this humanoid, alien race was characterized by the twisted horn which grew from the top of their skulls. The horn of the male Koorivar, distinguished by their green skintone, was robust and thick. The female, with purplish skin, had a more graceful horn. Any damage or loss of the horn was often devastating to an individual's reputation, and it was not uncommon for hornless Koorivar to be isolated from their society.

As a race, the Koorivar were known to be shrewd businessbeings who shied away from uncomfortable or dangerous situations. Many individuals or families often worked together to increase their financial and material wealth, and most Koorivar saw infighting and undercutting as detrimental to their ability to maximize profits. Marriage among the Koorivar was not so much a spiritual union as it was a financial one, with two families arranging for marriages that would provide the most benefit to both families. Love was considered an unproductive emotion, and was virtually non-existent in the Koorivar culture.

Although Kooriva was considered their homeworld, it was believed that the Koorivar were driven from their true homeworld some 2,000 years before the Battle of Geonosis, when the Old Republic ceded the planet to another race as part of the resolution of a political situation. Note that The New Essential Guide to Alien Species indicates that the Kooriva left their original homeworld when it became unstable, and leased Kooriva from the Old Republic. The Republic later refused to cede control of Kooriva, even when the Koorivar formally petitioned for their rights. For more than a millennia, the Koorivar formed themselves into merchant clans, traveling the galaxy and earning enough credits to mount a legal action to repeal the Republic's decision. During this time, many Koorivar became involved with illegal or underworld dealings, since there was more profit to be made in these arenas. When the Old Republic learned of this, the Galactic Senate imposed sanctions against Kooriva and blockaded the planet, nearly bringing the Koorivar economy to ruin. In order to finally gain entrance to the Republic, the Korrivar were forced agree with the Senate's requirement for free trade on their homeworld. Note that the Wizards of the Coast website indicates that the Koorivars'appeal to control their homeworld eventually succeeded, but the Koorivar never forgave the Republic.

The Koorivar eventually sided with the Separatists during the Clone Wars, as much out of spite for the Old Republic as for the potential gains. Unfortunately, with the institution of the New Order, the Koorivar were forced into another recession, as the Empire's pro-human stance left the Koorivar out of many business dealings.

Source Abbreviations Listing - VD2, WOTC, NEGA

For more information, please read or view the following material(s):

Clear and Present Dangers, by Owne K.C. Stephens, copyright 2004, from Wizards of the Coast

High Alert!, by J.D. Wiker, copyright 2003, from Wizards of the Coast

Mission to Myrkr, by J.D. Wiker, copyright 2002, from Wizards of the Coast

More Starships!, by Ben Campbell and Owen KC Stephens, copyright 2001, from Wizards of the Coast

Smugglers of Naboo Fast-Play Game, by Owen K.C. Stephens, copyright 2001, from Wizards of the Coast

Star Wars: Episode II Visual Dictionary, by David West Reynolds, copyright 2002, from DK Publishing, Incorporated

Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Alien Species, by Ann Margaret Lewis and Helen Keier, copyright 2006, from Del Rey Books

The Nebula Assassin, by Owen K.C. Stephens, copyright 2002, from Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast Website (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/mainrpg/rpg), by Various, from Wizards of the Coast

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