Grizmallt/Legends

Grizmallt was a planet in the Core Worlds inhabited by Humans called the Grizmallti. Queen Elsinoré den Tasia began her reign of Grizmallt around 3950 BBY, launching an era of exploration and colonization. Although many of the expeditions failed, Grizmallti colonists populated various planets around the galaxy, including eight in the Renatasia system and the planet Nam Chorios. Around 3900 BBY, Grizmallt was engulfed in a civil war, and Tasia sponsored a final expedition of refugees that resulted in the Human colonization of the planet Naboo.
In the final century of the Galactic Republic, Grizmallt held one of the galaxy's largest engineering facilities, and after the outbreak of the Clone Wars the Commissars of Grizmallt commenced operations to bolster their competition with Kuat Drive Yards. At some point between 21 BBY and 18 BBY, Queen Apailana and Senator Jar Jar Binks of Naboo paid a state visit to Grizmallt. Binks created a famous gaffe due to the differences between the Royal Script of Grizmallt and the Naboo Futhark, which had evolved from the former writing system. Grizmallt was later an Imperial fortress world, but in 6 ABY the planet surrendered to the New Republic fleet of Admiral Gial Ackbar.
==Description==
Grizmallt was a terrestrial planet in the Core Worlds' Grizmallt system. It lay on the Perlemian Trade Route hyperlane, which connected it to the Alsakan and Axum systems while also serving as a dividing line between the regions known as the Northern Dependencies and the Slice—more specifically, the Arrowhead. A rare subspecies of nerf was reportedly found there, which had little connection to other examples of the same species. It was speculated that their differences in neck length and body shape with common nerfs were the result of millennia of reaching for leaves and berries on high tree limbs.
==History==
===Alsakan Conflicts and colonial expansion===
During the early phase of the Alsakan Conflicts, a series of wars between the Galactic Republic's capital planet Coruscant, the world Alsakan, and their respective allies that erupted around 17,018 BBY, Grizmallt was aligned with Alsakan. At one point, the Grizmallti colonized the Outer Rim Territories planetThe Essential Guide to Planets and Moons Nam Chorios, which eventually became a prison colony under the Grissmath Dynasty. Around 4000 BBY, the Grizmallti discovered a Mid Rim planet in the southern galactic quadrant which they named Nabu, in reference to one of their principal deities. Grizmallti aristocrats used Nabu as a vacation spot, causing the world's natives, the Gungans, to withdraw into the swamps to avoid the newcomers.
Around 3950 BBY, Elsinoré den Tasia became queen of Grizmallt and ushered in a new age of exploration and colonization. During Tasia's reign, the Palazzo Reina was built, and writing inside it used the Royal Script of Grizmallt, an oval-based writing system. In 3950 BBY, Tasia sponsored the colonization of the Renatasia system, which led to the settlement of eight planets there, although they became isolated from the rest of the galaxy. While many worlds were colonized by the Grizmallti, most of Grizmallt's colonization efforts failed as colony ships became destroyed or lost, and the planet was engulfed in a civil war around 3900 BBY.
===Colonization of Naboo===
Around that time, the dying Queen Tasia sponsored a final expedition, which set out toward the southern galactic quadrant. The expedition was populated by fortune and glory-seeking Human Grizmallti refugees aboard three colony ships, the Beneficent Tasia and its support starships, Constant and Mother Vima. It was blessed by a famous Jedi Master and led by the scout Kwilaan.Secrets of Naboo After they departed Grizmallt, Tasia passed away, hoping for the expedition to land safely in her final moments. Contact with the Beneficent Tasia was lost shortly afterward and the Grizmallti assumed that the ships had been lost, but they had only been damaged and were unable to make contact due to the hazards of space.
Much later it was learned that the expedition had survived and thatThe New Essential Chronology the refugees had colonized Nabu. The planet's name was later changed to Naboo, and the descendants of the colonists became known as the eponymous Naboo people, who developed a handwritten script called Futhark based on the Royal Script of Grizmallt. A symbol related to Grizmallt also became the symbol of the Royal House of Naboo.Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary Around 3642 BBY,Per the reasoning here, Act II of Star Wars: The Old Republic, which includes the mission "A Farewell to Arms," takes place around 3642 BBY. Moff Tyrak of the Sith Empire had the best surgeon on Grizmallt surgically turn his hair gold, claiming it to be a million-credit job.
===Twilight of the Republic===
In the last century of the Galactic Republic, Grizmallt was home to one of the galaxy's largest heavy engineering facilities, rivaled only by Kuat Drive Yards and Rendili Stardrive. The Naboo continued to honor the memory of Tasia thousands of years after her death, with some individuals paying homage through their dress style and facial adornments and claiming an unbroken ancestry to her. This fact was acknowledged by Muun financier Larsh Hill in a meeting on Naboo between 67 BBY and 65 BBY. During the Invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation in 32 BBY, the handmaidens of Naboo's Queen Amidala wore dark purple robes decorated with a symbol associated with Grizmallt.
In 22 BBY,HoloNet News Vol. 531 #49 was published on 13:3:28, which corresponds to 22 BBY per the reasoning here. Grizmallt was represented in the Galactic Senate of the Republic by Senator Tashrikam. Following Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's formation of the Loyalist Committee, a group intended to diplomatically address the growing threat of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Tashrikam referred to the committee as a political maneuver to save face while also stating that Palpatine was gaining direction by turning to more proactive senators. Tashrikam's statements were recorded in the 13:3:28 issue of the HoloNet News CoCo District Edition.
===Clone Wars===
Later that year, tensions between the Republic and the Separatists erupted into the galaxy-wide Clone Wars at the Battle of Geonosis, which saw a Republic victory thanks to the appearance of the new Grand Army of the Republic that utilized Acclamator-class assault ships designed by Kuat Drive Yards. Shortly afterward, the Commissars of Grizmallt ordered industrial spies and starship designers to reduce Kuat Drive Yards' competitive lead in securing new contracts for military vessels.Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
In 21 BBY, places the events of "Crisis on Naboo" in 21 BBY. the Festival of Light was held on Naboo in commemoration of the planet joining the Republic, and part of the celebration included a holographic display of one of the Grizmallti colony ships. Between 21 BBY and 18 BBY,Queen Apailana's reign began after that of Queen Neeyutnee, who was in power during the events of "Crisis on Naboo," which took place in 21 BBY according to , and ended with her death in 18 BBY according to Queen Apailana of Naboo paid a state visit to Grizmallt along with Gungan senator Jar Jar Binks. Apailana and Binks visited the Palazzo Reina, where the senator created a famous incident by misreading the name of the building's Heroine Hall as "Hero in Hell" due to the slight variances between the Royal Script of Grizmallt and Naboo Futhark.
===Empire and New Republic===
In 19 BBY, the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire, under which Grizmallt became a fortress world. Sometime after the Battle of Yavin, fought between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance as part of the Galactic Civil War, an individual developed a secret formula for Slipthroat Grizmallt Liquor and undertook a long trip to deliver it, with all of their companions dying in the process.
Near the end of their journey, the individual encountered a spacer and asked them—without revealing what they were carrying—for assistance in getting to their destination. After the spacer agreed and escorted them to safety, the individual revealed to the spacer that they carried the secret formula.
Later in the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance transitioned into the New Republic and captured Coruscant in 6 ABY. Alongside Alsakan, Wukkar, and many other worlds, Grizmallt surrendered to the fleet of the New Republic Admiral Gial Ackbar with little resistance. Following the Swarm War in 36 ABY, Grizmallt was acknowledged in several academic texts. The existence of the nerf subspecies on Grizmallt was reported in The New Essential Guide to Alien Species, which was compiled from the notes of Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole. The planet's role in the colonization of Naboo was recorded in a document by the Historical Council of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, and the link between the Royal Script of Grizmallt and Naboo Futhark, along with the events of Binks' visit, was documented by Doctor Milanda Vorgan in the academic text "The Written Word: A Brief Introduction to the Writing Systems of Galactic Basic" in 38 ABY.
==Inhabitants==
Grizmallt was a heavily populated world, inhabited by Humans called the Grizmallti, who utilized a writing system called the Royal Script of Grizmallt. The planet had a monarchial government under Queen Tasia and was represented in the Galactic Senate around the time of the Separatist Crisis. The commissars of Grizmallt were a group active around the time of the Clone Wars, playing a role in coordinating starship designs for the Republic.
==Locations==
Grizmallt contained one of the galaxy's largest heavy engineering facilities. During Tasia's reign, the Palazzo Reina was constructed, containing Heroine Hall. The capital of Grizmallt had an Old Quarter, which, like the Palazzo Reina and other buildings from Tasia's reign, had signage written in the Royal Script of Grizmallt.
==Behind the scenes==
Grizmallt was first mentioned in the Dark Empire Sourcebook, written by Michael Allen Horne and published by West End Games in 1993. In Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Quick Reference Guide, published in 2003 as a companion to the video game Star Wars Galaxies, the planet's name was mispelled as "Grizmalit,"Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Quick Reference Guide an error repeated in later guides for the game and its expansions.Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed: Prima Official Game GuideStar Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide
The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed Grizmallt in grid square L-9. In his Hyperspace article "The Written Word," published on March 5, 2010, author John Hazlett drew from a reference to Grizmallt made in the 2005 reference book The New Essential Chronology to hint at the idea of the changing of language between Grizmallt and Naboo over time, while also creating a "fun" incident with the character Jar Jar Binks.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic 
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds 
*Darth Plagueis 
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*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns 
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==Notes and references==
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Category:Core Worlds planets on the Perlemian Trade Route
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