Navizite

Biological Classification 

Designation: Sentient Classification: Near-Zabrak (Mammal)

Physical Characteristics

Average Height: 1.8 meters

Skin Color: Brown

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Orange or Yellow

Distinctions: Thin layer of hair on most of body, Insulating black pads on feet, Pointed ears

Sociocultural Information

Homeworld: Rosk

Language: Various Navizite languages

Diet: Carnivorous

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Biology and Appearance
Navizites are a species of Near-Zabraks native to Rosk (also known as Xiek V), a moon orbiting the planet Xiek in the Drask system. Navizites have brown skin, black hair, and orange or yellow eyes, and tend to be stocky, similar to some Zabraks. Unlike Zabraks, Navizites-even the females-have a thin layer of hair all over their bodies, save for the palms of their hands, bottoms of their feet, fronts of their necks, and faces. Their feet are covered in insulating black pads, they also have pointed ears. These additional traits are believed to be the result of genetic engineering, not evolution. Like Zabraks, Navizites are carnivorous.

History
The ancestors of the Navizites were Zabraks of a forgotten colony. Despite the Zabraks natural toughness, they were struggling Rosk’s tundra. But after two hard years, the Sith lord, Lord Ghazsu came to Rosk with his followers, they were fleeing the Sith Empire following the Great Hyperspace War. Lord Ghazi used Sith alchemy to give the Zabraks pointy ears, boarder bodies and body hair to retain heat better, and black feet pads to enable them to run though the tundra bear-footed, he also applied these traits to their DNA. Ghazsu did this so the now Near-Zabrak species would be more effective slaves. Over the next few centuries, the Near-Zabraks slavishly labored on building, monuments, and tombs for Ghazsu and his descendants. They were treated brutally by the Red Sith overseers, being forced to labor all day and needing to fend for themselves when not working. Approximately three centuries since their enslavement, a Near-Zabrak leader named Navizu rose, and led a rebellion against Ghazsu’s great-grandson Ghazsu IV. The bloody war proved successful, the Near-Zabraks killed Ghazsu IV and most of his Red Sith followers. Afterword they destroyed all statues of the Ghazsu dynasty. Navizu had died killing Ghazsu IV, the Near-Zabraks made Navizu one of their chief deities and named themselves the Navzites, meaning “people of Navizu.” Overtime, the Navizites formed a tribal society, and the stories of the Sith became a little more than myth.

Society and Culture
The Navizites live in a tribal society. These tribes live in wigwam villages that vary in size. Each tribe is headed by a council of elders, one being the chief elder. These elders are chosen for their wisdom, and can be male or female, the chief elder is chosen by the council. Male Navizites hunt, fish, and gather; wile females take care of the young, and do domestic work. Since it’s difficult to start fires on the tundra, the Navizites eat the meat and organs of their prey raw. They use the rest of the animal for other things.

Religion
While the Navizites have a pantheon of deities, they have three primary Gods: Zlor, the creator God, Ghazsu, the enslaver, and Navizu, the liberator. Each Navizite tribe has a shaman who acts as a healer and is said to communicate with the Gods. These powers are believed to be linked to the force, and the fact that each shaman appoints his/her successor further proves this theory.

Behind the Scenes
Navizites will appear in Legojedi18's yet-to-come Clone Wars era novel The Crisis of Three Worlds.