Belderone/Legends

Belderone, originally known as Vartholium, was the sector capital of Belderone sector in the Outer Rim Territories. Located on the Salin Corridor, Belderone had two inhabited moons.
==History==
Known in the Pre-Republic era as Vartholium, Belderone first came to galactic prominence as a possession of the empire of Xim the Despot, becoming one of the Thanium Worlds.
Belderone shared its name with the Belderone Contention, a conflict that took place during the Unification Campaigns of the 900s BBY, in the aftermath of the New Sith Wars. The Galactic Republic's Judicial Forces brought the Belderone Contention to a violent end at the Battle of the Dandrian Ring.The Essential Guide to Warfare
In the millennia after the Cron Supernova, Belderone hosted a cottage industry of treasure hunters that made the dangerous jumps in the direction of Ossus.Nexus of Power
The Confederacy of Independent Systems tried to conquer the planet shortly before the Battle of Coruscant to act as a fortress for the Separatist Council, but were thwarted by Galactic Republic forces led by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. General Grievous's flagship, the Invisible Hand, did, however, manage to kill twenty-seven Jedi Knights attempting to evacuate the populace of Belderone, among them Flint Torul, of whom the son Flint managed to figure among the survivors, and thousands of civilians aboard the evacuation ships. The Separatist Council fled to Utapau instead. .
Kuat Drive Yards later assembled AT-ATs on the planet, which the Galactic Empire used to destroy Flint's hometown. The death of Flint's mother led to him being seduced to the dark side of the Force by Darth Vader and later becoming the Dark Lord of Belderone, apprenticed to Lumiya. Many refugees from Belderone fled to nearby Naldar, but that world was conquered after the Battle of Endor by Imperial forces led by Flint himself. However, Luke Skywalker managed to redeem Flint. Flint returned to Belderone to help his people rebuild.
Belderone and Kulthis both had Stenax colonies. The reason the Stenaxes colonized these planets is unknown. They remained isolated from the other inhabitants, on Belderone settling a previously uninhabited continent. Thankfully, they did not participate in the Stenax Massacres.
The New Republic eventually destroyed AT-AT facilities on Belderone. The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, p. 9 After the defeat of Waru and the destruction of the star Crseih, the New Republic sought to relocate the homeless Firrerreos, whose homeworld had been desolated by the Galactic Empire. The Firrerreos had been placed in suspended animation in slaveship by the Empire. Flint persuaded the Belderonians to accept the Firrerreos on Belderone. However, rivalry between the two peoples arose. The Yuuzhan Vong used this rivalry to their own ends, setting the Firrerreo and Belderonians against each other. Belderone, weakened by internal conflict, was then easily conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong, who enslaved the Belderonians and rendered the Firrerreo all but extinct.
==Appearances==
*Reversal of Fortune 
*Labyrinth of Evil
*Star Wars Annual (1977) 3 
*Star Wars (1977) 92 
*The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant 
*The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion 
*Millennium Falcon 
==Sources==
*The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
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*The Essential Guide to Alien Species
*The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
*The New Essential Chronology
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*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Atlas
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*The Essential Reader's Companion
*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
*Nexus of Power
==Notes and references==
Category:Belderone sector planets
Category:Belderone system
Category:Fortress worlds
Category:Galactic Alliance planets
Category:Galactic Empire planets
Category:Galactic Republic planets
Category:Greater Maldrood planets
Category:New Republic planets
Category:Terrestrial planets
Category:Type I atmosphere planets
Category:Xim's empire planets