N'Akkiarla

"These people are highly proud of their heritage and ancestry, their top priority appears to be to show their warrior ancestors that they are worthy of the warrior-blood flowing their veins. An example of this is the most common pre-battle speech "Ny Grooxi, um ress deo bresk tra gambra jri'volarinapo a'shtrulkahyo k'e'ratroa" which means "My cousins, on this day we prove we are worthy of our glorious ancestor's respect". This militaristic pride means they usually put conflict over diplomacy. Nevertheless they follow a code of honour and are highly honourable, they only fight for the good of their people and friends, they regard sacrificing one's own life to save that of a friend or loved one to be the most honourable thing one can do, they greatly respect and even pray to their enemies which sacrificed themselves for their friends. They loathe mercs and ones who fight for nothing but money.'' ''Formerly the owners of the N'Akkiarlian Humans these people now consider themselves to be the progenitor to the N'Akkiarlian Human, their legacy. They love humans so much because their own people created the humans."

- The Encyclopaedia of Members of the Galaxy (100th edition) by Brena Jerla c. 7,000

The N'Akkiarla (N'Akkiarlian for a member of the N'Akkiarla) were a warm-blooded species of mammal-like reptilian descent who came from the N'Akkiarl system, a system far beyond the boundary of the galaxy. They fought many wars to create their large empire, the most famous being the N'Akkiarlian-Jussk'Ravgarok War several tens of thousand years before they invaded the galaxy.

Despite loving combat and aggression they were very honourable and they were loving to those they cared about. At first Non-N'Akkiarlians believed they didn't have a loving, compassionate side - only an aggressive, war-worshipping side which desired to conquer and enslave every sentient species in the universe. This was because they had never seen how loving and emotional a N'Akkiarlian father was when witnessing the birth of his child or hugging his child. They had also never seen the love shared between partners.

One thing that angered N'Akkiarlians alot was how the "Alien Human" from the "Coruscant Galaxy" thought of them as unloving brutes when there were so many Humans full of hate who only desired to hurt as many people as possible. They also resented how the Humans thought of them as stupid when the Humans had the lowest intelligence of any species they had discovered.

"You lot have no idea of the concept of "love". You are little more than aggressive brutes, we will fight to death before we become your slaves!"''' '"*Roar* If we are aggressive brutes then you feeble-minded humans are the same as us! You humans are among some of the most aggressive, war-loving, hate-filled people I have ever fought! So many of you don't even love your children! At least our children are sacred to us, the love we feel for our sons and daughters would blow your little minds up! And besides, if we are brutes then why are we twice as intelligent as you are? Yes, we scanned the brain-waves of every human in the galaxy before invading and guess what? Your average IQ is only 100, to us that is moronic! And many of your people don't have an IQ that high! Our average IQ is 200, we know things your tiny brains wouldn't even think of in your dreams! ''You should make most of what little time you have left as a free woman. In a few very short weeks we will reach Coruscant and your people will kneel and kiss our feet, the feet of your masters! Everything - what you say, what you eat, what you do, what you wear and even what you think wll be controlled by us, Humanity will become our pets! The next time I see you I will be your owner and you will be one of my possessions, you will obey my every wish and command! If I happen to want you to get down on your hands and knees and eat off the floor then you will and I will be the most important thing in your whole life - you will revere me as a living god!"

- A N'Akkiarlian getting mad at a Human P.O.W

However they did know that the N'Akkiarlian had a loyal side with a bit a loving. They knew that a N'Akkiarlian would go into a mad suicidal rage and try to kill as many enemies as possible after witnessing the death of a "brother".

Biology and Physiology
"Phew! Look at those muscles! I'll tell you something you N'Akkiarlian girls are lucky to have such gorgeous guys!"'' "Yeah, ve zertainly are. Ov courze, their musclez are not the only reazon ve like them..." "Oh yeah, of course, their clothes. I mean look at what he's wearing! Doesn't cover much does it?" "True, but I vazz actually referring to their zveet-talking." "Ah, yes, they're very romantic. They could get a girl into bed using only their charm!" "Yes, they are can be very romantic" "I'm gonna go and chat him up." ''"Good luck!"

- A Human woman from Nar Shaddaa and a N'Akkiarlian Human woman watching N'Akkiarlian men, giving examples of theories as to why women find them irresistible These people were reptomammals (see "History" for a description of a Reptomammal). Like most sentient species the males were more muscular than the females. It was believed these muscles were partly the reason as to why women of all different species were attracted to them. As mentioned it seemed that they were naturally "better equipped" to attract females there were several reasons proposed as to why this is like: their large muscles, their some-what revealing clothing, their virility and their talents at being romantic. It is likely that it was a combination of these factors rather than just one.

With an average height of 8 feet 2 inches males towered over humans, whose average was only around 5 feet. Their height was one of the reasons why the Human soldiers feared them during the war. The other reason was because they loved to use their longswords, which was given to them on their 20th birthday when they entered adulthood, which looked very "mean". They loved to charge the humans because they enjoyed seeing the look of terror on their faces upon seeing giants (to them at least) sprinting towards them with swords.

"As brave as the short aliens are they panic when they see us charging them with our longswords, can't say I blame them really."

- A N'Akkiarlian commenting on the human's fear of N'Akkiarlian sword charges

As with many species females were a little bit shorter, the average female height was around 8 feet.

Because of their height and (for males) their huge muscles many humans felt intimidated (or even scared) by their size. When they joined their galaxy they wondered why the humans were so weary of them.

"Vhy do you fear uz? Ve are memberz of your galaxy now. Ve vill try and help you, not kill you like during the vorr."''' "It's your size, it intimidates us. You're about 8 feet tall whilst we're 5 feet tall. We only reach your stomachs, we have to crane our necks to your heads. Aside from the fact you're twice as tall as us your muscles are huge. We are weary of you because we don't want to mess with someone with muscles as large as your people's men have. Also you did charge our ancestors in blood-chilling sword charges, to see an army of giants charging you with longswords is, to put it simply, terrifying!" "Vell, I apologize for my height and huge muscles then." "It's not you, it's just a survival instinct to be weary of things far larger than yourself. I'd bet you don't have such an instinct since you're so gigantic." "Hmmm, very interezting!" "I bet you think of us as midgets." '''"Not midgetz, ve care not your size. You are shorter than uz, ve juzt accept that fact. Bezidez, your bravery during the vorr made you look like giantz!"

- A N'Akkiarlian and a Human discussing why Humans are intimidated by the N'Akkiarlians

Like their human counterparts males had high amounts of testosterone which gave them a high libido, which was partly responsible for their need of an empire (they had a population explosion). Females were usually less muscular than the males, females gave birth to one child at a time. Pregnancies usually lasted between 6-8 months and the mother could get pregnant again virtually immediately after giving birth. Most N'Akkiarlian couples had between 1-10 children in a lifetime. The record for the largest number of children by a single male was set by the First N'Akkiarlian King, Tvzitargi'Nomida-Zengratilgateri, who fathered 238 children in his lifetime, thanks to his many wives.

They were also capable of interbreeding with the N'Akkiarlian Humans, hybrid children were very common. Biologically speaking every member of this species is a parent of the humans, due to the fact that humans shared 98% of their DNA with them.

Diseases
As with all living things these people suffered from diseases, it seemed that humans could catch them as well. When the N'Akkiarla joined the galaxy they brought their diseases to galactic worlds and they spread fast around the human populations. Some known diseases:


 * Arrowlung
 * A viral infection that infected one of the lungs, caused a terrible "stabbing" pain in a small patch of the lung, as if pierced by an arrow.
 * Notable sufferers:
 * Kadran Lopra, senator of Coruscant during the 77th Century ABY


 * Brronigar's leg
 * A viral infection which caused the infected limb (almost always one of the legs) to turn a blood-red color which didn't leave the victim once infected. Named after Brronigar 'Vrigo-Tzazagravuldena, a N'Akkiarlian doctor with blood-red skin who researched the illness.


 * Swollen heart
 * A bacterial infection of the heart which caused severe inflammation. The only symptom was severe chest pains, the disease was deadly as it could cause a heart attack or cardiac arrest.


 * Mad coughing disease
 * A bacterial/viral/fungal infection of the lungs which caused very severe coughing, it was named because the non-stop coughing had been known to make many sufferers angry and mad. Could cause pneumonia.


 * Starving disease
 * A disease which was caused by a parasitic protozoan in the stomach which "ate" food in the stomach before the food had the chance to release energy, giving the sufferer a feeling of perpetual hunger. If severe could cause malnutrition, hence the name.

History
Not much is known about their origins but it is believed they came from N'Akkiarl Major and had been concluded that they were Reptomammals (e.g. they looked like Reptiles but they give birth to live young like Mammals do) of Synapsid descent and as such were closer to humanity and the mammals than to true reptiles. They were believed to have created the other sentient Synapsid species which called the N'Akkiarl System "Home", their "legacy", the N'Akkiarlian Humans.

From the amount of war legends and odes to soldiers it was clear that they were very proud of their militaristic ancestors and honored them. About 34,000 years after the N'Akkiarlian-Jussk'Ravgarok War the N'Akkiarlians entered the galaxy, the Galactic Federation of Sentient Species sent them a message of good-will but the N'Akkiarla responded with an invasion.

For 5 months the N'Akkiarla carved a path to the core worlds (the center of politics in the galaxy) through the Perlemian worlds. The N'Akkiarla enslaved the populations of conquered worlds, used them as laborers, and slave-soldiers. After subjugating the Perlemian Trade Route worlds the N'Akkiarla came up against the Neimoidian Purse Worlds. They invaded Koru Neimoidia and quickly defeated the Neimoidian and GFSS defense forces. However the Allied forces regrouped and launched the Battle of Koru Neimoidia. However in the end the N'Akkiarlian army was defeat by Neimoidian super-artillery. The dreadnought Ezkrva 'Utiazrupanata-Xurgilgranarr bombarded the Allied army from orbit after the battle was won by the Allied forces and destroyed it. Fortunately the GFSSNS Courage at Yavin was about five parsecs was away and agreed to the request for help by the Koru Neimoidia Commanders. The bombers were launched against the dreadnought, despite taking heavy casualties (about half of all bombers) the dreadnought was severely damaged by the proton bombs, however the dreadnought was not completely destroyed, rather put out of action. The Courage at Yavin bombarded it and destroyed it.

The battle had finally been won by the Allies, and the galaxy finally realized that the N'Akkiarla were not invincible, slaves all over N'Akkiarla-conquered space began a revolution against their "masters", however there were no-where near as well equipped and trained as their owners. The total death toll at the end of the war was about 3 billion. However the revolution distracted N'Akkiarlian attention away from vital targets, making it easier for the Allies to attack them. Eventually the jackpot was in reach, the N'Akkiarlan Grand Fleet over Cato Neimoidia. The Allies decided to take the gamble, at exactly 12:32 Coruscant Time the Allied fleet left hyperspace near Cato Neimoidia starting the monstrous Battle of Cato Neimoidia. The Allies won the battle and the N'Akkiarla was forced to surrender, their punishment for their war crimes was banishment from the galaxy for 5,000 years. Because of the slavery and attacks upon civilian vessels Anti-N'Akkiarlianism continued until around 4,000 ABY&mdash;a full 3,000 years after the war had ended.

In the year 6,000 the ban expired and the N'Akkiarla once again entered the galaxy, by this time a new sub-species had appeared, the "Homo-N'Akkiarla". This sub-species was comprised of N'Akkiarla with Human ancestry, many members had inherited traits from their distant Human ancestors (like hair and human skin). The sub-species was created from the Human slaves which were taken back to the N'Akkiarl System during the war who bred with their N'Akkiarlian owners (whether this was voluntary or forced is currently unknown). Because they were of alien ancestry this species was considered "dirty-blooded" by the N'Akkiarlian pure-bloods and were the lowest social class, being treated only marginally better than slaves. They had no right to take part in any N'Akkiarlian culture and any part of N'Akkiarlian life. Despite being of part-N'Akkiarlian descent. Fortunately most humans of the galaxy sympathized with their less-fortunate cousins so they took the Homo-N'Akkiarla in and treated them as equal citizens. After this the Homo-N'Akkiarla became firm friends with the baseline Humans.

The Coruscant Republic was angry at the N'Akkiarlian races over their treatment of the Homo-N'Akkiarla, which was in gross violation of the Sentient Rights Charter. The arguments raged for 90 years until the N'Akkiarla, finally, backed down and promised to treat the Homo-N'Akkiarla, equally, in return, the GFSS accepted their request to enter the Republic. Upon entry into the Republic many N'Akkiarla immigrated into the galaxy where they led relatively normal lives and force-sensitive individuals were trained by the Jedi. Around 30,000 ABY the Jedi, led by N'Akkiarlian Jedi, headed for the N'Akkiarl Galaxy to let the N'Akkiarlians of the galaxy know they no longer had to be slaves to their king.

In the year 17,299 ABY the descendants of the Jussk'Ravgarok who manged to flee from the Jussk'Ravgarok system before it was absorbed into the Star Empire returned to the galaxy and invaded it. Using 50,000 year old starships which their distant ancestors had fled in they landed on multiple worlds and killed many N'Akkiarlians before the N'AKkiarlian Star Empire and the "Coruscant Galaxy" defeated them. Several worlds were ravaged by the Jussk'Ravgarok.

The Jussk'Ravgarok eventually had to resort to kamikaze attacks on enemy starships because they would rather die than become like their slave brethren. After the invasion had been crushed the N'Akkiarlians located the planet where they were hiding and obliterated it, making free Jussk'Ravgarok extinct.

Both the N'Akkiarla and the Humans were heavily damaged in the year 193,283 ABY when they fought a large war against an unknown invader, the N'Akkiarlians won but their galaxy was ravaged. The N'Akkiarlians living in the "Coruscant Galaxy" felt deeply sad and enraged by the deaths of trillions of their cousins, around 80% if their two species were wiped out, threatening them with early extinction. Fortunatly the N'Akkiarlians compensated for this by having lots of children and after several centuries their numbers had been restored, many then returned to their ancestral home to re-populate and rebuild their worlds which were starting to recover.

Nearly 7,000 years later in 200,000 ABY the N'Akkiarlian commoners kicked out the monarchy during the N'Akkiarlian Commoners Revolution. King Arquro 'Zvingo-Szernisolaksjo was removed from office the monarchy was abolished.

After the Common People's victory the two N'Akkiarlian races, hand in hand, forged a new period in their history. This new period was based on peace and harmony, the N'Akkiarlians gave up their aggression and led peaceful lives using their vast intelligence to produce new drugs etc for the good of their galaxies and the less-intelligent beings within them. N'Akkiarlian Science and Wisdom went through a renaissance after being in decline since the time of the formation of their Star Empire. They were a credit to the universe.

Possible relationship with Galactic Humans
"You think yourzelf as better than uz? Do not forget that it vaz uz who civilised you. How does it feel knowing you and I are couzinz and you are a child ov our people?''" "We are not related! We have nothing in common, you are my enemy!" "You are our children, for eons ve have vatched you - fathers vatching their sons. Ve are impressed at how you have created a galactic civilization, join us and together our zpeciez' vill rule all other life-formz! You cannot ezcape from your family! You and me are ov the zame blood, we are brotherz." "Rubbish!" "Argue all you vant, child of my zpeciez, but you cannot ezcape from your parentage!" "I am a pure human!" "Hahaha! Oh, the irony! You "pure humans" are mutantz! You are juzt a mutant form of uz!" "Oh, I'm bored of this argument! I'm leaving! ''"Good bye, couzin. One day your people vill return to uz, your brotherz! Together ve vill run the N'Akkiarla zystem."

- An argument between a N'Akkiarlian (who tries to get the Anti-N'Akkiarlian to join them) and an Anti-N'Akkiarlian (who believes the N'Akkiarlians are only good for slaves), referencing the many different theories that Humans were civilized by the N'Akkiarla and are descended from them.

Ancient human legends from many millennia ago (estimated to be many hundreds of thousands of years before the formation the Republic and the Jedi Order) tell of "multi-colored Gods", Gods of all different colors: white, black, red, purple, green etc who lived on numerous planets in The Galaxy and civilized Humanity and built a society with them and apparently relationships with the Gods were common (Historians now know this to be the earliest documented evidence of interspecies relationships) and a new race was created. Upon acquiring the knowledge to build, Humans built temples to their Gods. Prior to the discovery of the N'Akkiarla Scholars and Historians had concluded that humanity had actually encountered an alliance of different alien species (hence the "multi-colored Gods") but one of the greatest mysteries was the language the legends were written in, which was language which had not been seen anywhere in the Galaxy (Study of N'Akkiarlian shows remarkable similarities between the two languages, meaning the language the legends are written in could be Ancient N'Akkiarlian). Once discovering the N'Akkiarlians and their language and studying them for many years, Scholars and Historians came up with the conclusion the the N'Akkiarlians used to have colonies in the Galaxy, discovered Humanity, saw their capability for intelligence and thus civilized them and forged a society but for some unknown reason left the galaxy, leaving humanity to their own devices.

Some claim that the Honorable warrior, militaristic and bloodthirsty traits many Humans show could be inherited from the N'Akkiarla which lived alongside humanity many thousands of years ago, the same people also claim that if this theory is true then the "N'Akkiarla" could be "Living Ancestors" of all of the Humans of the Galaxy, these claims are currently being investigated. If these claims turn out to be true then the old classification of "Baseline Human" will be obsolete, because the seemingly "pure" Humans would have at least a little alien blood, meaning there would be no such thing as a "Baseline" Human.

The theories were commonly used as counter-arguments by N'Akkiarlians arguing with Anti-N'Akkiarlians, claiming that according to the theories the Anti-N'Akkiarlians hate their own forefathers.

However it appears that it wasn't just the earliest humans who wrote legends about aliens, ancients texts from N'Akkiarlian temples say that the earliest N'Akkiarlians found mysterious beings on some of the planets they colonized, the description given sounded a lot like a description of a human, further re-enforcing the theories.

Politics and galactic relations
The N'Akkiarla were well known by the members of the galaxy for putting conflict before diplomacy, because of their military-based society. They were most infamous for the Great N'Akkiarlian War, a war which the galaxy would never forget.

After the war, they were banished from re-entering the galaxy for 5,000 years, so proper Galactic Relations were not established until 6,090; the GFSS argued with the N'Akkiarla over their treatment of the "Homo-N'Akkiarla" for 90 years after the N'Akkiarlian banishment expired and they were allowed to enter the galaxy. Despite being a combat-orientated society, the N'Akkiarla did have representatives in the Galactic Senate and an embassy on Coruscant. The first Senator was named "Jyoznarr 'Burr-Hureg", he held his position for 50 years until he retired from the position in the year 7,040, becoming a senior advisor to the second Senator, a young, head-strong N'Akkiarlian named "Vlorinag 'Zzyan-Kunimarzabezkando" who believed more on increasing the influence of the N'Akkiarlian sentients in the galaxy rather than improving relations which was his predecessor's top priority. Apparently he frequently sought 'Burr-Hureg's advice and took 'Burr-Hureg's advice more seriously than that of his other advisors, seeing him as a wise old man who could help him stay in good stead with the Senate and as someone who had a lot more experience in the political arena than he had.

After joining the Federation the N'Akkiarla had either good or neutral relations with all of the species they had discovered apart from their mortal enemies, the Jussk'Ravgarok, whom they had the deepest hatred of. They were most friendly with the peoples of other monarchies, like the Hapans since they shared ideals and used the same form of government.

Relationship with the N'Akkiarlian Humans
"Zon, why do fight againzt your own fathers? Just because the enemy looks more zimilar to you than to uz doesn't mean you are related to them more than uz. You are a creation of my people, ve are your parentz. Do not turn againzt your own family for this vermin!"

- A N'Akkiarlian speaking to a N'Akkiarlian Human who has defected to the GFSS

Because the Human species was practically the direct descendants of their species, the N'Akkiarla loved them like how a mother loves her child, they had a "Blood-bond", a "Blood-bond" was basically the relationship shared between very close family - e.g. the relationship between parents and child, the relationship between brother and sister.

"Why do you love the humans from your galaxy yet loathe us?"''' '''"Because you weak aliens are nothing like our Human brothers! Also unlike our Human brothers your people are not our children, the Humans that fight alongside us are of our creation. They are our flesh-and-blood, they accept us as their fathers and they embrace the fact that they were made by us. Do not try to compare yourself to our Human children!"

- A Human P.O.W asking a N'Akkiarlian why they like the N'Akkiarlian Humans but not his species

The two species very rarely fought each other as they felt a kinship, since they both hailed from the same planets. There were a few arguments throughout history, but these were very spaced out.

Most N'Akkiarla treated the Human natives like their own flesh and blood because, as mentioned above, the ultimate ancestors of the Humans were their own kind, they regarded human natives as slightly-modified versions of themselves.

Witnessing the death of a fellow N'Akkiarlian was one of the things that had been known to send all N'Akkiarlian beings from both species into a Blood-rage, when in a blood-rage one would loose control, they would let out a huge roar and go beserk, killing every single enemy they see, until their blood-lust had been satisfied and their fallen brother had been avenged. After the blood-rage the "Beserker", as they're known, would rest on one knee beside their fallen brother, they would then close their dead eyes (if they were still open) and (if killed in combat) read the Prayer for a Fallen Warrior which went something like this: "Lord Drooxda 'Yuzra-Krongri [N'Akkiarlian God of War], please accept this brave, honourable warrior into your Legions of Honour. Let him join his fallen brothers from other battles long ago. Please, accept his warrior soul into your ranks, J'ukra [Amen]".

The N'Akkiarlian would then take his fallen brother back to base for the Wake in which all the warriors would feast in their fallen brothers' honour.

"*Roar* You have killed one my brothers! Prepare to meet your end!"

- A N'Akkiarlian entering a blood-rage

The Blood-rage terrified the life out of the GFSS soldiers who had the misfortune to be near the N'Akkiarlian entering it, practically all GFSS soldiers feared having to face a very angry giant who wants to kill all enemies. There were many cases of Humans being ripped to pieces or being ripped open by bare hands by N'Akkiarlians in a blood-rage.

"I have experienced a blood-rage first-hand, and let me assure you it was the most frightening experience in my entire life. Even for a hardened warrior like me who had be in near-death situations before. To see a giant let out a huge roar and then rip your buddies apart with his bare hands is the most horrible experience I've ever faced. He eventually got to me, he ran his sword through my shoulder and pinned me to a wall. He was about to rip my chest open with his bare hands when one of my mates shot him the head and saved me. Whenever I close my eyes I see him slaughtering my mates, blood splurting everywhere, whenever I try to sleep I see his blood-covered face and the burning rage and absolute hatred in his eyes as he was about to rip me open with his hands and I wake up screaming! I was so terrified I lost my mind and had to be put into an asylum for 10 years before I could even begin to go back to "normal life"."

- A GFSS Marine recalling his horrible experience with a N'Akkiarlian in a blood-rage

Practically all members of this species had at least one human child, most had around 3-4 human children, some humans didn't know their true parent was a N'Akkiarlian (strangely this was more true of fathers than mothers), like the case of a human child who thought her dad was a human only to find out her true father was a N'Akkiarlian who was friends with her mother and was just visiting her mother when they ended up creating her: "Hello"'' "Hello, how are you? How'z your dad?" "He's good" "Oh, that'z good." "Are you my real dad?" "Vott do you mean? "I overheard you and mum speaking" "Hmmm, yez, I am your real father." "Zo, I guezz I zhould give you a big hug then, Dad!" ''"Ok then, give your father a hug!"

- A N'Akkiarlian's daughter realising that he was her actual father

Culture
N'Akkiarlian culture was based around combat and honour. The N'Akkiarlian Warriors had to fight in battle to prove their Warrior ancestors that they were worthy of the warrior blood in them. It was the greatest honor for a N'Akkiarla to serve in the military. One of their favorite things to do was to march to the sound of deep booms of war drums, something every N'Akkiarlian does at some point in their life, the deep booms of war drums apparently awaken the warrior spirit within them, since many Humans and N'Akkiarlian Humans have the same experience when marching to war drums some outlandish claims have developed about this trait (like many other militaristic traits shown by many Humans) being inherited from the N'Akkiarla. Because their culture was based on honour they hated mercenaries and Bounty Hunters, whom they regarded as dishonourable and an insult to the honour of their species because they fight for money, not for their friends, their leader or their survival. When they joined the Republic many humans learnt about their new neighbour's culture. Respecting and loving the fact that it was based on combat and honour many militaristic humans from the "Coruscant Galaxy" moved to the N'Akkiarl Galaxy and changed their culture to the N'Akkiarlian culture, the N'Akkiarlians welcomed them.

Although they followed the same culture females were noticeably less war-loving and eager to conquer than males. The females were also more diplomatically-minded than males. It was commonly believed that one of the reasons why females were so important to the N'Akkiarlians was they mellowed the males' urge to dominate and conquer a little bit. Despite it being honourable to treat P.O.Ws with respect and to take care of the enemy's children many of the males did not do this. It was upto the females to look after P.O.Ws and children and to protect them from the males' brutality.

As was the case with most sentients at one point the females were not treated equally, they were dominated by the males, it was because of this that most members of the Emancipation Party to free the Humans from their slavery were females who sympathised with the Human slaves since they were in the same position as them, the females knew what it was like to be controlled so they wanted to help their Human comrades-in-arms who were yearning to be free from N'Akkiarlian domination.

They succedded and the Humans were free, the newly-freed Humans then started a campaign to make females equal in return. N'Akkiarlian females had confided what it was like to be a female to the Human slaves since they and the Humans were both being dominated and considered themselves comrades-in-arms. Eventually the Human campaign succeeded and the females became equal to the males.

After losing the Great War the N'Akkiarlian males were very angry at their loss but the females persuaded the males that they had deserved to loose for trying to conquer a different galaxy and very brave and some-what intelligent peoples. It was females that persuaded the males to go back to the "Coruscant Galaxy" after the ban from returning ran out and open relations with the "Alien Humans".

If there was one thing the N'Akkiarlian races really did respect it was the act of giving up one's life to save that of their friend or loved one, which they regarded as the most honourable thing one can do. They even respected and prayed for their enemies who demonstrated this skill. When sentenced to an "Honourable Execution" the sentenced person would have the opportunity to "save" their friend's life. How the execution would work was the executioner would pretend to be about to shoot the sentenced person's friend, the sentenced person would "take the bullet" for their friend, they executed person would then die with honour.

Code of Honour

 * Honourable actions:
 * Sacrificing one's life for that of their friends or loved ones
 * Not attacking civilians or non-combatants
 * Defiance in the face of death
 * Giving one's life to save a brother's life
 * Letting enemies collect and tend to their wounded
 * Putting one's self in danger to save one's friends and loved ones
 * Adopting children who have been abandoned or whose parents have been killed
 * Taking surrendering enemies prisoner and treating them with respect


 * Dishonourable actions:
 * Fighting for money
 * Leaving your friends or loved ones to die without trying to help them
 * Attacking civilians and non-combatants
 * Abandoning your fellow warriors without good cause
 * Treason against your brothers and king
 * Stabbing your brothers in the back
 * Shooting your enemies in the back
 * Shooting Combat Medics
 * Going back on a promise
 * Being violent against children, even if they are children of one's enemy
 * Killing enemies that are trying to surrender

Other Culture
Prior to joining the galaxy they were very xenophobic, only having respect and admiration (and even love) for their Human cousins. However after joining the Galaxy and becoming a member of the Senate their xenophobic nature was mellowed a lot, though they still show xenophobic tendencies they are no-where as xenophobic as they were in the Pre-Great N'Akkiarlian War days. And by the year 14,000 ABY they liked many of the peoples belonging to monarchies however unusually they hated Republics despite being a member of the Coruscant Republic, this was because they believed a ruler should be one who directly serves the gods, not someone the Commoners vote for.

As with most organics these people loved to drink alcohol. One of the most common drinks they enjoyed was the ultra-strong N'Akkiarlian Ale, which was described by non-N'Akkiarlians as "caustic" and apparently only someone with an "armored digestive system" could drink it. N'Akkiarlians loved drink so much that there were rumors that they could live on alcohol like water. Drunk N'Akkiarlians were a very common sight in bars and cantinas all over their galaxy (and later, the "Coruscant Galaxy" when they joined it).

When drunk males would get rowdy and aggressive and normally pass out (if these people drunk they usually drank until becoming unconcsious). Whilst drunk females usually became sex-mad and tried to chat up every male they saw. They drunk so much that it was common for two N'Akkiarlians to become parents without even knowing they had created a child.

Despite their brutish appearance and combat-orientated culture these people were actually very intelligent (at least as intelligent as Humans, though many, if not most, were far more intelligent than Humans were), their average intelligence level being 200 - twice that of humans. They were sapient in every sense of the word. Although the fact that their culture was based around combat means they normally only used their high intelligence when deciding whether to attack another species or when devising new weapons in which to kill as many enemies as possible with the fewest possible losses. Although when they joined the "Coruscant Galaxy" they had the opportunity to use their intelligence for more than just killing. Not all members of this species were warriors, there were some who were Kings (albeit Warrior Kings), Explorers, Scientists, Doctors, Judges, Teachers, King's Advisors etc. They showed how intelligent they were when they created the technology needed to travel between galaxies.

Their super-intelligence was one reason why they didn't respect the "Alien Humans" during the Great War, to them the extra-galactic humans were feeble-minded and stupid. When the alien humans immigrated to the N'Akkiarl Galaxy they had to have special schools set up since the stuff being taught in N'Akkiarlian schools was too complicated for the Galactic Humans to understand.

This super-intelligence meant that during war they balanced their efforts between military victories and studying the enemy(ies) to find out weaknesses to exploit, they researched human anatomy by studying POWs and slaves and came up with a list of human weaknesses which could result in either an instant kill or disabling the human. These weaknesses were told to every warrior and this made them deadly in close-quaters combat.

List of instant kill or disabling moves compiled by N'Akkiarlian Xenobiologists after studying human anatomy:
 * Crush enemy's skull - Humans didn't have super strong skulls, so warriors could use their huge strength to crush a human's skull.


 * Snap enemy's back - The Human spine was not very strong and was not deep inside their bodies, a hard chop or landing on a human's back would snap the spine, imbolising the human for an easy coup de grace or a finishing move.


 * Crush enemy's chest - landing on a human's chest would crush it and make it very painful to breath, potentially suffocating the victim. The enemy would almost certainly be downed and a coup de grace would be easy.


 * Crush enemy's neck - If a human's neck was to be crushed then breathing would be impossible and the human would suffocate


 * Snap enemy's neck - If a human's neck was snapped then it would be an instant kill


 * Squeeze enemy's neck - If a human's neck was squeezed hard then the blood supply to the brain would be cut and the human would be brain-dead within a minute.

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Also they were well known for being romantics.

There were many rituals which were they performed, most of the rituals were ancient and regarded such issues and loyalty, dominance, class etc.

One of the most famous rituals was the Pledge of Loyalty, which was practiced by both the N'Akkiarla and the N'Akkiarlian Humans. In this ritual the person saying the pledge kneels before the receiver and says (translated into basic):

"O divine one! Do me the honor of accepting my pledge! To my most glorious ruler I pledge my body, mind and soul so my ruler may command me to do as he wishes!"

The receiver can either accept the pledge and take control of the giver's body, mind and soul or can refuse to accept and the giver will remain independent. This ritual was originally believed to have originated when the Humans became slaves but it has been discovered that the ritual is far more ancient, dating back to when Kingdoms were established.

The person giving the pledge is plainly giving up their Free will and giving themselves to their ruler.

Once accepted the giver no longer possessed their own body, mind, soul etc. They all belonged to the person they pledged them to (usually the king) and as such didn't have any free will since they were not an independent being because their body, mind and everything in their entire life was controlled by the person they gave the pledge to.

There was a hierarchy of who to pledge to, because the King could not see everybody. The Nobles would pledge their loyalty to the King, the Sheriffs would pledge their Loyalty to the Nobles and the Commoners would pledge their loyalty to the Sheriffs. Since the Sheriffs and Nobles had all pledged their loyalty to the king, the Commoner's pledge would travel down the line so they would've pledged their loyalty to the King and the Nobles at the same time as they pledged their loyalty to the Sheriff.

"It's such a cruel, nasty practice! The fact that somebody has the ability to control of another being and to totally dominate them for the rest of their life makes me sad! The most saddening thing is that the N'Akkiarlians actually consider it an honor to have their very essence of sentience removed so they become nothing more than automatons. When I witnessed a N'Akkiarlian giving away his own body and mind as well as his sentient rights I was actually weeping silent tears. I wish it would stop!"'' "I agree, but these people consider it a great honor to be dominated by their king, the servant of the gods. If they like it then why should we intefere?" "Because they're not robots! They are living beings who have rights! I only hope that now they are part of our Republic they will learn that they have the right to refuse giving their life to their ruler." ''"I can't argue with that."

- Two Coruscanti tourists who had watched the Pledge of Loyalty being performed discussing their thoughts on the ritual

"HA! You ztand here now and your zurvival depends on my clemency! You and the rest of my zubjectz vill alwayz bow before me, your controller. Zlavez vill alwayz bow before their mazter! Az it iz I'm not clement to traitors, you'll be executed in the morning"'' "Then I vill be a martyr to the cauze of zentient Rightz!" "No, you vill die a traitor and your fellow zlavez vill jeer at you!" "I vill die a free man!" ''"You vill die my zlave, vot you have been zince the moment your parentz created you! And vhen you are dead you vill serve me for eternity in the afterlife! Guards, take him away!"

- A N'Akkiarlian king taunting a captive traitor who tried to free himself from his King's domination

Religion
The N'Akkiarlian religion had lots of gods (like the God of War, the God of Life and the God of Death). They were worshipped because the N'Akkiarlians felt that the gods would reward them for their obedience.

The N'Akkiarlians believed that their Human cousins would be rewarded greatly in the next life for being so obedient to them.

Distinctions
Despite being reasonably xenophobic against other species, they had good relations with their Human children. This species was the progenitor to the humans, due to this the humans felt they must obey the N'Akkiarla since they believed the N'Akkiarla were far older and wiser than them and because they used to be N'Akkiarla themselves before the N'Akkiarla began relations with the primitive Humans which resulted in them.

Black and White N'Akkiarla were considered separate sub-species as they evolved differently; the Black N'Akkiarla evolved in the inner worlds, close to the star N'Akkiarl, whereas the White N'Akkiarla evolved in the outer worlds, furthest from the star. Prior to joining the Federation and agreeing to the Sentient Rights Charter Non-Black/White N'Akkiarla were considered genetic mutants, which caused a lot of racism. However after signing the Charter racism became rarer, a purple N'Akkiarlian even became the first senator for the N'Akkiarla.

Other distinctions included their high resistance to Force lightning and other Force powers, as well as their long names. It was quickly realized that mind tricks wouldn't work on them.

Because they were immune to mind tricks and most "Alien Humans" weren't they got mad when an "Alien Human" under their command got tricked. "I don't want to fight.""YOU FEEBLE-MINDED IDIOT! Can't you see he used a mind trick on you!?"

- A N'Akkiarlian getting angry at one of his men, a Human from Taris, who has been tricked by a Jedi

They have their own accent for Basic, they pronounce Ws as Vs, S' and Zs etc.

Like the Felucians, the Dark Side was known to twist the features of N'Akkiarlian until they looked like something out of a nightmare. The Dark Side also corrupted and destroyed their minds, reducing them to feral husks. Jedi found it saddening how such intelligent people could be reduce to mindless animals - destroyed by the perverting Dark Side. Due to the perversion of their brothers caused by the Dark Side the N'Akkiarlians learnt to despise the Sith and actively sought to cleanse the galaxy of their existance.

Behind the scenes
The N'Akkiarla had two designs, they were originally going look like this this but the writer felt that the design didn't fit the description enough. The writer then searched Aliens Species wiki and discovered the Sakkra, whom he felt fitted the description of a N'Akkiarlian perfectly.

The "Mad Coughing disease" was inspired by the writer's own experience with a coughing virus. The virus caused the writer to cough non-stop for a week, causing pain (even a bit of vomiting) and a reduced anger threshold due to the frustration at the coughing.

The idea for the First N'Akkiarlian King fathering 238 children came from Pharoah Ramses II who fathered around 100-110 children in his lifetime.