INFO: The Makurth were saurians native to Moltok, a planet of rainforests and volcanoes in the Atrivis sector of the Outer Rim Territories. They often found work as bodyguards in the criminal underworld. During the New Sith Wars, a notable Makurth was Fohargh, a Sith apprentice trained on Korriban.
RACE: Makurth
HEIGHT: 3 Meters Tall
SKIN: Green
DISTINCTION: Four head horns, nocturnal carnivores, terrifying scream
LANGUAGE: Makurth
HOMEWORLD:Moltok was a planet located in the Atrivis sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Orbiting close to its sun, the planet was quite warm, kept habitable only by the shielding action of active volcanoes. Beneath the ash they spewed forth, moist rain-forests covered the planet, home to a countless array of plant species. The planet was home to two sentient races, the Ho'Din and the Makurth. The former were known throughout the galaxy for their botanical skills, while the latter often found employment as bodyguards in the criminal underworld.
The planet was part of galactic society from at least 5,000 BBY, with its natives participating in the Great Hyperspace War, Mandalorian Wars and the New Sith Wars. Moltok almost faced ecological disaster in 300 BBY when the Ho'Din began clearing large swathes of land for new industry. This led to a plague that could have spelled the extinction of the Ho'Din, had they not created a herbal remedy. See Ho'Din for further info on this planet.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:The Makurth were bipedal saurians, covered in green scales. Members of this species typically possessed four horns on their heads; two curled downwards from the top of their skull, while two curled upwards from the sides of the cranium. They were nocturnal carnivores who bore savage-looking teeth. Makurth could produce a terrifying scream, which they uttered before entering combat, and they were prone to snorting and flaring their nostrils in order to intimidate opponents.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:The Makurth shared their homeworld with the Ho'Din, another reptilian species, who traveled the galaxy from at least 5,000 BBY.[4] The Makurth themselves were offworld by 1,001 BBY, when one of their number, Fohargh, trained as a Sith apprentice at the Sith Academy on Korriban. Only the strongest apprentices, those with the potential to become Sith Lords in the Brotherhood of Darkness, were trained there. While at the Academy, Fohargh twice dueled the Human apprentice Bane. In the first of these encounters, although Fohargh was at a height and weight disadvantage, he had badly beaten the Human, who had mistakenly assumed the nocturnal Makurth would be sluggish during the day. The second encounter was a more evenly matched fight, until the Makurth managed to disarm Bane. Taunting his opponent, he appeared to have the match won, until Bane used the Force to strangle the life out of the saurian.
In later centuries, Makurth were frequently found as bodyguards in the criminal syndicate Black Sun.
APPEARANCES:Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (First appearance)
SOURCES:Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Special Edition Limited (Card: Makurth) (First mentioned)
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