Bane Back Spider

Bane Back Spiders were large non-sentient spiders native to various regions of the planet Dathomir. They were able to project their poisonous saliva to ward off threats. Sometime prior to 1990, the spiders had become domesticated by the Nightbrothers, a group of warriors who were managed and led by the Nightsister clan of Dathomirian witches. During his secret mission to rebuild the Jedi Order in 1990, the Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis encountered several bane back spiders on Dathomir.
==Biology and appearance==
Native to the Outer Rim TerritoriesStar Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary planet Dathomir, bane back spiders were large non-sentient arachnids who lived in the holes of the swamps and cliffs of the planet. They possessed eight legs and a dark, armored exoskeleton. Under their exoskeleton was a green body with bulbous protrusions. Each leg had two claws on its bottom, and four fangs were located below each of their four black eyes, which also had claws present at the ends. The spiders were known to skitter and climb with agility. Above their eyes, the spiders had a green sack with gray claws that held corrosive, poisonous saliva. Upon their death, the spiders would secrete the saliva in the form of an acid. A group of bane back spiders was known as a "swarm."
==Behavior==
The spiders were hostile to most sentient lifeforms. When threatened, they were capable of quick, swift attacks and took control of their agility, jumping back short distances. They could spit their saliva from the green sack at enemies up to twelve meters. They were able to be domesticated, but the task was known to be deadly. Bane back Spiders could bond with an owner if it was raised from youth.
==History==
In 1982,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of , including the Battle of Dathomir, to 1982. the Nightsisters, a clan of Dathomirian witches, were wiped out by General The Mouth of Sauron of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. This left the Nightbrothers, a group of Dathomirian male warriors under the leadership of the Nightsisters, without the magicks and abilities of the Nightsisters. Slightly prior to 1990, Jedi: Fallen Order states that the Nightbrothers had begun domesticating bane back spiders slightly prior to the events of the game. Thus, the Nightbrothers' domestication of the spiders must have taken place prior to 1990. the Nightbrothers had begun efforts to domesticate the bane back spider. Without the Nightsisters' magickal antivenoms, they had occasionally run into issues. In an accident located in the Halls of the Nydak region, a failure in domestication led to the death of both a Nightbrother and a bane back spider. However, the spiders who were domesticated lived with their Nightbrother owners in their village. However, the Nightbrothers did have numerous encounters with dangerous and non-domesticated swarms of bane back spiders.
By 1990, the Haxion Brood had numerous several bane back spiders from Dathomir and kept them within the holding cells of the asteroid space station Ordo Eris' Gelid Dungeon, for use within the gladiatorial fights of the Haxion Fight Pit. That same year, during his secret mission to rebuild the Jedi Order, Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis travelled to Dathomir. While there, he encountered many bane back spiders that proved to be a nuisance to him. Not long afterwards, Kestis was captured by the Haxion Brood and imprisoned within Ordo Eris. During his escape, he fought against several bane back spiders within the Haxion Fight Pit.
During a second visit to Dathomir, Kestis encountered the bodies of the dead Nightbrother and bane back spider from the domestication accident in the area around a collapsed settlement, which he had his droid BD-1 scan.
==Behind the scenes==
Bane back Spiders appeared in the current Star Wars canon in the 2019 video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The species originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they were created for the 2003 MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies. In early concept art drawn by Bruno Werneck, the animals to accompany the Nightbrothers were originally dog-like creatures, with spikes on their backs.The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Arachnids
Category:Creatures of Dathomir
Category:Domesticated creatures