Utherans

The Utherans are a sentient Near Human species native to the planet Utheras. They are ruled by the Utheran Inquistion under a High Iquisitorus. The Utherans, despite their strict tenants against the degradation of worlds and life, became a large power in the galaxy, invading and subjugating planets to their Crusade. Along with the Sith the Utherans were one of the most damaging threats to the galaxy.

The Unification of Utheras
In the beginning of recorded Utheran history, the people were a squabbling mass divided across the mainland, until a council was established, and with it came a lord. The lord controlled everything amongst the people, and this idea of absolute power meant that the lords were often killed in power.

It took one powerful lord, known as Rethcoris, to seize control of Utheras and command the respect of his people at the same time. Rethcoris was charismatic and liberating, speaking to the people like they were his brethren, and not mere commoners. This appealed to the masses, and for once the lord was not killed by his lessers. Utheras held a vote under Rethcoris to elect him again as lord, and he maintained his position until his death.

The Speaking of Arthurys
The Utherans believed in one chief deity, Arthurys, the Sword of the Galaxy; a divine warrior and liberator who through the sacred texts written by scholars at the beginning of a liberated Utheras described the Utherans as a supreme race, divine and without taint, though all other races had to be purged from the galaxy to ensure the Utherans attained true enlightenment and power. It is said that after the death and succession of Lord Rethcoris, Arthurys appeared to the Utherans and told them to begin their Divine Crusade, and liberate the galaxy.