Thayol

Thayol was the legendary homeworld of the Thayolen. Most scholars believed it to be no more than a myth until they found apparently contemporary mentions of it in Duinuogwuin records.

Thayol was, according to Duinuogwuin history, destroyed under mysterious circumstances about 105,000 BBY. Scholars have attempted to identify it with various asteroid fields or even novae throughout the galaxy, often speculating a position in the Unknown Regions or the Deep Core. The planet's true former location remained unknown, save perhaps tothe Thayolen themselves.

No Thayolen records are known to galactic historians, but those of the Duinuogwuin indicate it was a planet used as a bioengineering testbed by a superintelligent race, known only by the difficult to translate name given them in the Duinuogwuins' language. Scholars have attempted to identify these as the Celestials, Architects, or Rakata, with less popular theories suggesting the Columi, Gree, or ancient Sith. Unfortunately, the name "Thayol" has baffled linguists, and does not seem to come from any known language.

Some passages in Duinuogwuin history hinted that the planet Thayol splintered after a prolonged war. Scholars hypothesized that this war was a slave result of the Thayolen versus their creators, resulting in the detonation of several explosives which tore the planet apart.

The Thayolen somehow survived, although the number of survivors was never discovered. They took up a nomadic lifestyle in advanced starships, only rarely interacting with the galaxy at large. Despite their powerful Force powers and technology, few of them played a significant role in the history of Known Space, although many conspiracies rumored hidden empires in the Unknown Regions. Some scholars speculated that the vast majority of the species left the galaxy before the rise of the Galactic Republic, after the founding of which history recorded the name of only a single survivor of Thayol: Patrev.

Appearances

 * ''Young Yoda Campaign