Whisperbird

A whisperbird was a creature known to the Chiss Ascendancy, the nation of the Chiss species.Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising It was represented as a piece in the Chiss strategy board game Tactica, and the Chiss light cruiser Whisperbird of Admiral Ar'alani's Picket Force Six in the Expansionary Defense Fleet was named for it. The whisperbird also shared a name with the whisper bird, an avian native to the moon Yavin 4.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
In 18 BBY,The events of Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil take place in 18 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines. after the Ascendancy exiled Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn", the senior captain explained to Ar'alani that Chiss Defense Force Supreme General Ba'kif had been put in a position similar to playing Tactica. He had sacrificed his nightdragon—Thrawn—to the Chiss ruling body of the Syndicure, in order to keep his whisperbirds—those who served under the senior captain.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, the whisperbird was first introduced as the name of a warship in the 2020 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, the first volume in the Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy written by Timothy Zahn. The creature subsequently made its first appearance in the form of a piece of the Tactica game in a flashback scene in Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, the 2021 final installment of the trilogy.
==Appearances==
*Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising 
*Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil 
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of unspecified biology
Category:Creatures of unspecified diet
Category:Species of undefined sentience