Rattataki/Legends

The Rattataki were a Near-Human species characterized by their chalk-white skin and bald heads. Virtually isolated from the rest of the galaxy, the Rattataki developed a violent society on their home planet of Rattatak, which involved extensive gladiatorial combat. Warrior Aidus and criminal Kaliyo Djannis were both Rattataki. The Nightsister and Dark Acolyte named Asajj Ventress was generally thought to be a Rattataki, while in fact she was a similar Zabrak-Human hybrid species called Dathomirian.
==History==
The Rattataki were commonly thought to be descendants of a long-lost Republic expedition. While most other inhabitants of Rattatak came from the Unknown Regions, there were a significant number of off-worlder mercenaries who would come to Rattatak from time to time, likely to view or participate in gladiatorial combat, only to be stranded there permanently. The remarkably harsh conditions on the planet nearly drove its population to extinction. For eons, the Rattataki constantly battled amongst themselves, the surface beasts and their fellow inhabitants (represented primarily by Humans, Zabraks,. Siniteens, Vollick, and Weequay) over the planet's limited resources. Despite being nearly completely isolated from the outside galaxy, the Rattataki displayed remarkable initiative and continually created new ways to kill each other.Republic 60
The Rattataki tribes were briefly unified under the warlord Rattatak who managed to bring the infighting tribes together to push back the beasts that infested the surface. Having previously lived in sprawling cave systems, the efforts of the warlord managed to secure several areas on the surface for the planet's populace. Strong fortresses were built across the mountains of the world and are a remnant of the time when the planet's tribes were unified, though Rattatak himself was lost in the struggle for the surface and the tribes resumed their old ways of infighting. This development allowed the species to make contact with societies outside of their homeworld, and travel offworld to settle on new planets.
Shortly afterwards the Great Galactic War broke out, Sith Lord Darth Vich, upon noting the relatively-unknown Rattataki's considerable combat prowess and affinity for battle, captured hundreds of tribes of native Rattataki to forge them into his own personal army. Vich soon recognized that a number of these Rattataki showed sensitivity to the Force, and seeing the potential in this, trained many of these as Sith Acolytes who would answer to him personally. Unsurprisingly, the Rattataki's natural abilities in battle were quickly manifest, and Vich's Army became a force to be reckoned with. This new-found power caused Darth Vich, who was eager for more sway in the Empire, to grow increasingly ambitious. This ultimately resulted in a failed power-grab known as Darth Vich's insurrection, after which most of his Rattataki forces were killed outright or enslaved. However, rumors persisted during the post war period that a small number of Vich's acolytes had defected during the failed insurrection, later being taken in by the Sith for full training.
When many Rattataki warlords including the Siniteen leader Hal'Sted had gathered an army in the southern hemisphere to challenge Osika Kirske, a powerful Vollick warlord had them killed so they could never be a threat to him. Only one child, who was looked after by Hal'Sted, named Asajj Ventress, escaped.
Rattataki had no major contact with the Republic until a Jedi Knight, Ky Narec, crash-landed. The Jedi soon found the young Dathomirian Ventress, who had been living among the Rattataki, discovering her incredible potential to the Force. Together, they united armies and brought peace to the planet, until Kirske and some other warlords of the planet united to slay them, leading to the death of Narec, and causing Ventress to capture or kill their foes in a rage.
==Behind the scenes==
Rattataki is a playable species for players who choose the Bounty Hunter, Imperial Agent and Sith Inquisitor classes in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Asajj Ventress was formerly Rattataki preceding a retcon in The Clone Wars that altered her birthplace to Dathomir and her species Dathomirian. Leland Chee speculates that she may have shaved her head to better blend in on her adopted homeworld.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic
*Star Wars: The Old Republic Cartel Market
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith
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*Yoda: Dark Rendezvous 
*Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows 
*Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 
*Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron 
===Non-canon appearances===
*Star Wars: Battlefront II 
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==Sources==
*The Essential Atlas
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*Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia
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*Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide
*Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
*Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
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==Notes and references==
Category:Human and Near-Human species
Category:Outer Rim Territories species