The Essential Guide to Force Exile/Mithunir

"My faith is stronger than your doubt, Milya Kraen"

- Mithunir

Mithunir was a Shaper of Kro Var, a member of a Force-using sect native to the planet Kro Var whose powers specialized in the manipulation of earth, water, fire, and air. He was trained by his father, a Master Shaper who had long sought a legendary planet called Atlaradis. He and his father roamed the spacelanes for many years in search of the planet in a small ship that they owned, returning to Kro Var every now and again.

In 7 ABY, Mithunir's father passed away, leaving his aged son to continue the search alone. He did so for the next twenty years, and the Force spoke to him, telling him that soon he would find the path to Atlaradis, but the decades-long search with his father had only gleaned a few small scraps of information: a clue to Atlaradis was buried somewhere in the sands of Socorro. However, he began to have visions of a woman who would help him find the lost planet.

In 28 ABY, Mithunir found the woman he'd been seeing in his visions on Ord Pardron. Her name was Cassi Trealus and she was running a refugee camp for people displaced by the Yuuzhan Vong War. Mithunir told her of his quest, but she was skeptical, saying she had responsibilities to attend to. She told him he could stay at the camp and had her droid, J7-A0, perform a search for the planet he told her of. Mithunir foresaw that her responsibilities would soon be lifted from her, and the vision came to pass shortly thereafter when the Yuuzhan Vong attacked the camp. He defended Cassi from a Yuuzhan Vong warrior and then he and J7-A0 carried her back to his ship after she was wounded. The Yanibar Guard arrived to rescue them after a few days, and in gratitude, Cassi agreed to accompany Mithunir on a search for Atlaradis.

Cassi's sister-in-law, Milya Tayrce Kraen, as well as Jorgesoll and Annita Knrr went with them in Sarth Kraen's ship, Silent Surprise. Their first stop was Socorro, where they found a clue in the desert while investigating the mysterious min-min lights. The lights led to a series of underground chambers that each held a Force-imbued crystal that revealed part of a map when touched. Mithunir, Cassi, and Milya made their way through the hazardous tunnels until they had collected all the clues and could be retrieved by Jorge and Annita. The clues led them to the remote Jebuan system, where a single hyperroute led out of the system to a world deep in the Unknown Regions.

Upon reversion from hyperspace, they found a large space station orbiting a planet, the only way through an extensive asteroid field. They received signals to dock and did so, with Mithunir suggesting that the station was crewed by caretakers that the ancient legends had spoken of. They found the station inhabited by Rakatans, who had built the station after the light-sided faction of their people had been driven into exile 38,000 years ago. While they were learning about the station and Atlaradis from the Rakatans, a small party of Yuuzhan Vong that had been following them attacked. In the ensuing struggle, Mithunir was fatally wounded. He perished on the veritable doorstep of the world he had sought for so many years after eliciting a promise from Cassi to bring both her people and his to the paradise world. Cassi agreed and made sure to visit the surface of Atlaradis before she left, receiving a vision of Mithunir while she was on the Force-strong planet.

Behind the scenes
The character of Mithunir was created for Force Exile V: Warrior to serve as a guide for Cassi to lead her to the planet of Atlaradis. Force Exile author Atarumaster88 chose to use a Shaper of Kro Var, a member of a separate Force-using tradition with a more primal, elemental connection to the Force for the quest and created a series of challenges in the Sorrocan tunnels that would display a similar connection. Mithunir's name is a portmanteau of the Elvish names Mithrandir and Curunir for Gandalf and Saruman from The Lord of the Rings, as the character's role was analogous to Gandalf's in The Hobbit, in that he instigated the "adventure" that Cassi undertook and guided her along the way.

Appearances

 * Force Exile V: Warrior