Mitth family/Legends

The Mitth family, also called House Mitth, and formerly known as the Eighth Ruling Family or Eighth Family, was a Chiss family in the Chiss Ascendancy. It was once one of the Nine Ruling Families. Every Chiss Ruling Family was associated with a specific color, and that of the Eighth Ruling Family was burgundy.
At some later date, it appears that Thrawn likewise became a Syndic of the Family,Vision of the Future as in 19 ABY,The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Vision of the Future to 19 ABY. Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade encountered warriors from his Household Phalanx on Nirauan, identifying themselves as warriors serving "Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo", and wearing the burgundy uniforms of the Family.
In 22 ABY, the number of Ruling Families was still said to be nine, although it was not said explicitly that the designation of Eighth Ruling Family was still borne by the same affinity.Survivor's Quest By 28 ABY,The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee to 28 ABY. the number of Ruling Families in the Ascendancy had been reduced to four, and the Mitth family was not mentioned as one of them.Dark Nest I: The Joiner KingThe New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee Despite her claim of being an officer of the Expansionary Defense Force, Commander Hess'irolia'nuruodo wore a burgundy-and-black uniform, a color scheme previously associated with the Mitth family and Grand Admiral Thrawn's rogue Household Phalanx.
==Behind the scenes==
Excluding Thrawn, whose appearances date back to the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire,Heir to the Empire Chiss associated with the Eighth Ruling Family first appeared in the 1998 novel Vision of the Future.Vision of the Future However, the family designation of "Mitth" was not used until the 2006 novel Outbound Flight. The name "Mitth family" was first definitively used in the 2017 short story "Chasing Copero" from the official website of the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic.
==Appearances==
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*Outbound Flight 
*Vision of the Future 
*Survivor's Quest 
*The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
*The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey
*Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
==Sources==
*The Essential Atlas 
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
==Notes and references==