Maynus

Maynus was a planet located on the Outer Rim, close to the. The planet was discovered in 12,000 BBY. In 880 BBY, a disease struck the planet, killing most of the population and destroying the majority of fresh water. After the disease struck, the planet had many powers and governments, such as Maynian, the Gevorians and the Par. The planet also contained many poisonous plants, such as the Hujeep and the Lorr. The planet was home to Jaxson Cand after he turned to the dark side. It was also visited by Rem Drat'n and the mercenary group Red Talon in 12 BBY.

Discovery
Maynus was discovered around 12,000 BBY by a group of Republic soldiers and missionaries who were sent to expand the Galactic Republic. The planet was colonized by the Republic and was named Maynus in honor of the Supreme Chancellor's daughter. Soon after the initial colonization, the small towns expanded. By 11,500 BBY, the planet had over ten million inhabitants. As the amount of people grew, the amount of importations shrunk. By 5,000 BBY, the colonies began to protest for their freedom.

Secession
In 1,000 BBY, the people of Maynus seceded from the Galactic Republic due to the lack of supplies. The colonies drafted a document giving the reasons for secession and they declared their colonies the only true government on Maynus. The several colonies that inhabited Maynus created global laws that all groups had to follow.

Vandoid era
In 880 BBY, the Vandoid sickness was introduced to the planet. The disease caused a red fog to engulf the planet, and it also polluted the water and caused most of the people inhabiting the planet to become sick. The sickness vastly affected the planet's water supply, causing them to import most of their water. In 700 BBY the planet's fresh water supply started to become more scarce which caused the importation of water to be the only water supply that the inhabitants could drink.

Maynians and Gevorians
In 456 BBY, a civil war broke out between the two factions that had formed on the planet, the Maynian and the Gevorians. The war lasted until 445 BBY when the Maynian armies surrendered. The Maynians fled the major cities and took refuge in remote forests on Maynus and other planets. Several years later, the Maynian people banded together and secretly created their own city, named Candson. During this time the Gevorian people created a monarchy, their leader was Jacen Gevorian II. Over the next two hundred years the Gevorian people were lead by people of the Gevorian bloodline. In 243 BBY, the Gervorian leader Noover Gevorian was assassinated and the throne was taken by the people. After the death of Noover, the Gevorian bloodline was banished and the people of Maynus called themselves the Par. The Par then established a complete democracy.

The Par
In 230 BBY, the Par created a set of laws. One of the laws created stated that every six years an election would be held for the position of Kaiser. In 229 BBY, Nihalus Christoph was elected to be the first Kaiser, though he held the position for only five years before dying. His daughter Vee Christoph took over the position as interim Kaiser since they could not hold an election till 223 BBY. When the next election happened Vee was unanimously voted in as Kaiser. After her six-year term, Kayl Biggard won the election. He proposed the law that forbade a person of Christoph blood to be elected as a Kaiser because he felt threatened by the strength of the two previous Kaisers. The law was passed by a mixed vote. It was the only law that Biggard proposed that had been passed. In 100 BBY, Kaiser Joel Knowel proposed a law permitting the Christoph bloodline to be voted in as Kaiser. The law was passed and at the next election Perso Christoph was elected to become Kaiser. Perso created many laws, one law he proposed legalized the hunting of Maynian tribes, while another increased the amount of learning material for children. He stepped down from office three years before his term ended.

Massacre in Maynus
In 10 BBY, an Imperial task force was sent to Maynus to destroy the origins of the Maynian tribe to prevent the spread of the Vandoid sickness. The Imperials received the intelligence from Lez Gevorian, a mercenary and member of the Gevorian bloodline. Lez's information was false, it said that the Maynian tribes were carriers of the dangerous Vandoid sickness and that the tribes' goal was to infect. She gave the Imperials a false location, one that led them to a small Par city where the Imperials attacked. Soon after, the Kaiser at the time proposed war against the Empire. The proposal was rejected because of lack of resources and inferior technology.

Maynian
The Maynian culture was first established in 879 BBY, after the Vandoid sickness. The tribes formed because the members believed that, in 880 BBY, Jaxson Cand was sent to save them from the Vandoid sickness because he was their savior.. They also believed that the planet belonged to them only which caused them to act hostile toward anyone they saw. They dressed in cloaks and lived within trees and caves after they were defeated by the Gevorian army. The Maynian's thought that machinery would poison their world. They also believed battle proved strength, and they did not believe peace existed. They thought they were always in a time of war. They were at times called Candians.

Gevorians
Gevorians formed after Jacen Gevorian led a small army against the Maynian people. They believed that the common man was capable of many things, except leading the planet. They thought that only a Gevorian could lead the planet. They believed in peace, except for Maynians. They thought that Maynians were evil beings sent to overtake the planet by spreading lies and killing innocent people. They dressed in dark blue while the royal family dressed in a lighter shade of blue.

Par
The Par were formed after Kyp Gevorian became Grad. They assassinated Noover Gevorian, Kyp's successor, as a sign of rebellion to the Monarchy. They believed that not one man could rule Maynus, every Par needed to be a part of the decision making. The Kaiser was the person who proposed the laws while the people voted. They believed that any other way of ruling was incorrect and that to propose such ideas were an act of treason, unless formally proposed by the Kaiser. They often hunted the Maynian tribes.

Weather
The planet was mainly warm and dry except in forests. The forests stayed moist because the tall trees trapped the moisture in the area which caused fog. The grass lands received little water after the Vandoid sickness. There were deserts that received much less water than the grass lands did, and were extremely dry and hot. The mountainous areas were very moist and had heavy amounts of snow.

Terrain
Most of the Par inhabited the grass lands while the Maynians took refuge in the forests and mountains. The deserts were mainly uninhabited except for the Par's prisons. The mountains were remote, and they separated many sections of the planet. The grass lands consisted of Ji'tal grass, which resembled normal grass, the planet also had.

Fauna
Algouls were a native creature of Maynus. The creatures were offspring of infected Humans from the Vandoid era. Spindells were a native arachnid species on Maynus. The spiders were often found in forests because of the amount of moisture. The female spiders were aggressive and had poison glands filled with deadly poison while the male spiders were harmless.

Flora
Cecal trees grew wild and abundantly and needed no water. They grew nuts throughout the year, which were one of the planet's main exports. The tree first started growing after the Vandoid sickness. Hujeep was a poisonous plant that grew wildly in the forests of Maynus. The leaf of the plant was often crushed and turned into a liquid form of poison that was often used to coat weapons. Lorr was a type of tree that grew wildly across the mountains in extremely cold environments. The trees were short and thin, they grew poisonous fruits and the tree sap was poisonous as well. Ji'tal grass was a type of grass that grew in mildly moist environments. If the environment became too dry then the grass would dry into a shade of red before dying.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Red Talon