Main Lore

### **Vantor System**

The Vantor system is a two-planet system, located in the Tion Hegemony in the Outer Rim.

It’s home to two planets, Vantoria and Vantor Prime, beyond which is a large asteroid belt. The system has a single star, Vantor.

Vantor Prime is a red gas giant that orbits at a considerable distance away from the parent star. The atmosphere is filled with large planet-sized storms that rip apart anything that moves too close to the planet. The planet has 6 moons in orbit, all being average in size. Each century there are large fluctuations in the magnetic field of the gas giant, which expels a magnetic storm outside the confines of the planet, similar to a solar storm. What causes this is a mystery, but it is generally believed to be caused by the planet’s unique core structure. Due to this, there are no permanent bases anywhere near the red giant, as all of them would be eventually ripped apart by the planet’s brutal nature.

The lush green jungle world of Vantoria could not be any more different from its giant sibling. Life has emerged here among the first places in the universe. The planet is quite close to the star, which makes the climate considerably hot. Combined with the abundance of water, this creates a very humid environment, which resulted in the development of large plant life, accompanied by a variety of creatures, most of them being tree-dwellers. Outside of the massive jungles that cover most of the landmass, the coastal areas have a light plant coverage, forming vast grasslands where farming is possible. The tectonic plates are quite numerous, forming high mountains that have a sharp slope, with the rest of the landscape being quite rough as well. Volcanic activity has been dormant for a long time, ever since the formation of Vantorias 3 smaller moons, which regulate the movement of the planet and her core. Weather on the planet is quite sporadic and unpredictable. The moon of Malus orbits Vantoria with the occasional base on its surface.

### **History**

Sometime around 30,000 BBY, the system fell under the control of the first galactic-wide civilization, the Infinite Empire. The planet remained largely untouched, as the hyperlanes leading to it have not been explored, the way to the planet being a treacherous journey. It is unknown whether the Rakata established some sort of presence on the planet, but their records suggest they have visited the system on a few occasions.

After the fall of the Infinite Empire, the planet disappeared from any known records, falling to obscurity. It would be in 1020 BBY near the end of the Dark Age of the Republic when the Brotherhood of Darkness was on the verge of annihilating the republic, that an exploration vessel would make its way to the planet under the directive of the Commerce Guild to find new sources of minerals, to support the war effort. This mission would initially set up bases around the solar system, only to have many of those near Vantor Prime destroyed. Thus the effort was directed towards Vantoria, where the humans encountered the Gwyrm, a sentient species of tree-dwellers who were native to the planet. The natives were quite hostile towards the outsiders, making any large scale mining operations extremely difficult.

With the miraculous victory of the republic against the Brotherhood and the disappearance of the sith, the mining operations became limited, as colonists and fortune seekers now began arriving to settle the planet. At first, the natives attacked any permanent bases on the surface, which forced many colonists to live as nomads or take refuge on the moon bases. Over the next centuries, the Gwyrm got used to the colonists but still mostly kept to themselves.

As the first permanent settlements were established, the exploration of the planet took place, with most of the dense regions having to be explored on land, since the forests made it impossible to scan from air or space. During the Clone Wars, the planet would fall under the Confederacy of Independent Systems, who were the first to start large-scale mining operations. Those were soon ceased however in 20 BBY when the system was liberated by a Republic task force led by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The two Jedi spent only a short time on the planet, however, when they returned to Coruscant, Obi-Wan remarked that he felt a ‘strange tension’ while on the surface.

With the Republic campaign, a permanent garrison of clone troopers had been assigned to the system, as the separatists had hidden in the vast jungles. The clones worked together with the Gwyrm to destroy the CIS holdouts. This struggle ended in 19 BBY when the Dark Lord of the sith Darth Vader sent the shutdown order to all battle droids.

With the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Vantoria soon fell under the sights of the large imperial war machine. The vast resource deposits soon began to be extracted, as the Empire stripped the planet surface of life to accomplish this. The Gwyrm began attacking the Imperials in an attempt to save their planet, which brought them into a new conflict, this time against the Imperial armies stationed on Vantoria.

The Imperial era saw a new group arrive into this remote system - the Mandalorians. After Mandalore had been enslaved by the Empire, a diaspora of Mandalorians emerged in the galaxy, many fleeing to distant worlds in order to preserve their culture and freedom. Such was the case for a group of Mandalorians who arrived here, seeking shelter in the dense jungles of Vantoria. They would initially skirmish with both the Imperials and Gwyrms, but over time they built up an uneasy cordial relationship with the natives, fighting the empire together, while not engaging in battles against each other.

Vantoria continued to remain a battlefield, but due to the massive amount of resources it held, the Empire could not afford to abandon it. It surprised no one when the Imperial forces were bolstered in the region. Imperial records also show that sometime during 2 BBY Emperor Palpatine himself made a visit to the planet, although the reason why he did this was never specified.

When the Galactic Civil War started, Vantoria was assigned a permanent system fleet to protect the large mines of the planet against rebel raids. This proved to be the right move as the Alliance sent many raiding parties to the region in hopes of disrupting Imperial production. It was thanks to these raids that the rebels managed to infiltrate the planet and get in contact with the Gwyrm, who would kill them, fearing they were Imperial spies.

After the battle of Endor and the destruction of the second Death Star, Imperial rule over the galaxy crumbled as successor states and cliques broke off, led by ambitious warlords who sought to gain power for themselves. The Imperials on Vantoria would become a faction of their own, using the extremely rich mines to maintain their rule over the planet. As the Empire reels back in defeat, the recently established New Republic begins its campaign to liberate the entire galaxy from Imperial rule. The situation on Vantoria begins to destabilize further, as the Gwyrm and colonist sympathizers lead a large resistance campaign against the Imperial remnant, the Mandalorians aim to carve up their own territory and the forces of the Empire seek to crush all resistance and take complete control of the planet. Vantoria would become a hotbed for smugglers and bounty hunters much like Tatooine, as many outcasts and freelancers venture to the Outer Rim to seek wealth and glory while the New Republic is sending out their agents to infiltrate the resistance movement and the population of Vantoria.

It is the year 7 ABY. All the pieces are set and everyone is ready to make a move. Vantoria will once more turn into a dangerous battlefield that will bring the entire planet into chaos. While everyone continues their squabbles and adventures, old legends of the Gwyrm are used by the population to create folklore stories of ancient beasts roaming the planet and mysteries hidden deep within the jungle. It is almost as if the old planet itself is bracing for the upcoming conflict.