Dai Bendu (SWA)

The Dai Bendu, also called the Holy Order of the Bendu, was an ancient and legendary organization of monks who studied during the Early Hyperspace Age. The order originated in the snowy Andobi Mountains on the ice-locked world of Thape, in the. A vast majority of the Dai Bendu were of the Talid, who originated on Thape. In the year 36,453 BBY, a group of Talid monks discovered ancient s, predating that of even the Infinite Empire which had ruled for several millennia.

These strange constructs, dubbed the Tho Yor, were activated by the Talid monks, and left Thape. Once the first one had been activated, over two dozen Tho Yor ships rose from the snow and ice and spread across the galaxy, gathering individuals. A majority of the Dai Bendu took to the first Tho Yor ship, which took them to the terrestrial world in the, Kalimahr.

On Kalimahr, the Dai Bendu established new temples within its valleys and mountain ranges, and eventually began to utilize technology. The Dai Bendu of Kalimahr would eventually splinter off into the Kali Bendu, and immediately began to communicate with the fledgling Je'daii Order. On Thape, the Dai Bendu began to record their findings and kept them within the Sulu Koro, meaning "deep mountain." The Dai Bendu would eventually go extinct, but the Sulu Koro remains hidden on Thape, which has since been renamed to Ando Prime by the.