Kintan strider/Legends

The Kintan strider was a ferocious creature with incredible self-healing abilities. Extinct on their homeworld of Kintan, they were used as guard beasts by many Hutt gangsters.
==Biology and appearance==
Physically, these creatures were considered an ugly sight to behold, with notably bizarre features. Despite this appearance, Kintan striders were noted for ferocious, aggressive, and vicious behavior with a relentless blood-lust. Quick and agile, their exceptional healing capabilities made them formidable opponents, allowing them to survive seemingly mortal blows whereupon they swiftly recovered enough to bring like aggression to their attacker.Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
White-colored, with large shoulders and arms dragging nearly to the ground, striders commonly carried sticks and large poles to use for weapons and as implements for eating.
Kintan striders were represented in dejarik games with a holomonster playing piece. One of the piece's tactics was the kintan strider death gambit.
==History==
Kintan striders were originally native to the Endless Wastes of Kintan. Their ferocity made them a respected adversary to generations of ancient Nikto orders. On their homeworld, striders became extinct due to a combination of pollution and over-hunting. It proved to be one of the last creatures to have died at the hands of the Nikto on Kintan. The creatures had been transported, bred, and domesticated on other worlds long before their demise on Kintan, however, thus preserving the species offworld.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic 
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire 
*Star Wars Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy 
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*Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope junior novelization 
*Star Wars: Assault Team 
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*The Star Wars Holiday Special 
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*The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
*The New Jedi Order: Star by Star 
*Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen 
*Millennium Falcon 
*Fate of the Jedi: Ascension 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
*Threats of the Galaxy
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
*The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic
*Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide
*Lords of Nal Hutta
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of Kintan
Category:Creatures of unspecified diet
Category:Dejarik
Category:Domesticated creatures
Category:Hutt Space species
Category:Semi-sentient species