River had only been to Kashyyyk once in her life, but it was among her most memorable experiences. and in spite of that, the lush and towering wroshyr trees, the vast oceans, even the mountainous regions were adamantly imprinted into her memories. Not for its outstanding environment in it of itself, but for it being a terrestrial world - the first River had ever seen. In the space controlled by the Hutts, all worlds were exploited for their natural resources, setting up mining installations and factories planet-side, or were dug up as land for the settlement of businesses and industries. Seeing a non-urban jungle was the most memorable thing she possessed after joining the Shade Order. But in that short time she was there, even she'd heard of the almost mythical Shadowlands.
She'd never been there, but she'd heard the tales. The surface beneath the kilometer high trees created nothing short of perpetual darkness on the ground, as if it were in a constant night. Bustling with some of the vicious and savage predators in the entire Mid Rim sector, the Shadowlands were used in a ceremonial rite of passage for young Wookiees, usually male, and in addition, it was also -fittingly so - used as a place of exile for 'rogue' Wookiees. From what River understood, the Wookiees tended to embrace the 'eye for an eye' philosophy. The price for murder was death, the price for thief was giving double back to the victim, and so on. To be honest, River herself didn't know how one would get banishment, except perhaps breaking a moral law.
Civilizations based upon the system of honor tended to have high moral codes and strict sets of behaviors and beliefs. That was all she could imagine, but at any rate, the Shadowlands was never a place River envisioned herself as having to ever enter. As fate would have it, she would. She'd heard that there was a outpost used by the Shade Order traveling in the Mid Rim, and that it was also placed in the Shadowlands. And then one day, a group of darksiders appeared, and like all darksiders, they attacked unprovoked. But the Dark Side aura around them was undeniable. The outpost was either destroyed or everyone is dead. Either way, all communication was cut off, and it was the duty of the Shades to never abandon their own, assuming any were left.
Alongside fellow Shade Knight, Raiden KasMelan, and a Shade Master, Valek Dagger, River was chosen as part of the emergency team sent to the outpost. Piloting a G78 Maedus-class transport shuttle, River brought the transport shuttle over the outskirts of section of forests, and began landing procedures, adjusting the propulsion output and altitude balancing systems of the vessel. "It's way too thick for me to land in there. Sorry, boys, looks like we're going in for an early landing. We'll have a bit of walking to do."
She'd never been there, but she'd heard the tales. The surface beneath the kilometer high trees created nothing short of perpetual darkness on the ground, as if it were in a constant night. Bustling with some of the vicious and savage predators in the entire Mid Rim sector, the Shadowlands were used in a ceremonial rite of passage for young Wookiees, usually male, and in addition, it was also -fittingly so - used as a place of exile for 'rogue' Wookiees. From what River understood, the Wookiees tended to embrace the 'eye for an eye' philosophy. The price for murder was death, the price for thief was giving double back to the victim, and so on. To be honest, River herself didn't know how one would get banishment, except perhaps breaking a moral law.
Civilizations based upon the system of honor tended to have high moral codes and strict sets of behaviors and beliefs. That was all she could imagine, but at any rate, the Shadowlands was never a place River envisioned herself as having to ever enter. As fate would have it, she would. She'd heard that there was a outpost used by the Shade Order traveling in the Mid Rim, and that it was also placed in the Shadowlands. And then one day, a group of darksiders appeared, and like all darksiders, they attacked unprovoked. But the Dark Side aura around them was undeniable. The outpost was either destroyed or everyone is dead. Either way, all communication was cut off, and it was the duty of the Shades to never abandon their own, assuming any were left.
Alongside fellow Shade Knight, Raiden KasMelan, and a Shade Master, Valek Dagger, River was chosen as part of the emergency team sent to the outpost. Piloting a G78 Maedus-class transport shuttle, River brought the transport shuttle over the outskirts of section of forests, and began landing procedures, adjusting the propulsion output and altitude balancing systems of the vessel. "It's way too thick for me to land in there. Sorry, boys, looks like we're going in for an early landing. We'll have a bit of walking to do."