Stontha beast

Stontha beasts were a type of creature that lived on the planet Petris Major. By around 482 BBY,The present-day events of The High Republic Adventures: Quest of the Jedi take place between those of The High Republic: Path of Deceit and The High Republic: Path of Vengeance, both of which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates to 382 BBY. The flashbacks of Quest of the Jedi take place around a century earlier and therefore around 482 BBY. As the flashbacks in The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 2 occur shortly after those in Quest of the Jedi, they must also be set around that same year. the Jedi Wayfinder Tar'ak Borran used a Force artifact known as an Echo Stone to commune with wild herds of stontha beasts to guide them away from floods on the planet.
When Jedi Master Barnabas Vim visited Petris Major to search for Borran around 482 BBY, he spoke with a Theelin merchant who told Vim tales they had heard about Borran, including when he communed with the stontha beasts. Later, Vim mentioned hearing about the stontha beasts from the merchant in a recording he made for his Padawan, Vix Fonnick. Vim's message was stored in a holocron kept in the Jedi Archives on the planet Coruscant. Around 228 BBY,The events of The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless take place in 228 BBY per the reasoning here. As the events of The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 2 take place shortly after those of Tears of the Nameless, it must also be set around 228 BBY. the recording was viewed by Jedi Knight Reath Silas and Padawan Amadeo Azzazzo.
==Behind the scenes==
Stontha beasts were mentioned in a flashback in the second issue of the 2024 comic miniseries Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear. The issue was written by George Mann and published by Dark Horse Comics on October 9, 2024, as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase III.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 2 
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of unspecified biology
Category:Creatures of unspecified diet
Category:Herd and pack creatures
Category:Species of undefined sentience