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NET.GUIDE TO THE MISTRYL SHADOW GUARD
by Darth Moridin - See more by this author
Source: Hand of Thrawn Duology
Last updated on 3 August 2001.
Era
Era: New Republic
Alignment
Alignment: Independent

Car'das shook his head. "Your people don't want justice, Shada," he said, an infinite sadness in his voice. "They never did."

-Timothy Zahn, Vision of the Future

History of the Mistryl

The Mistryl Shadow Guard is an elite order of warrior women trained as mercenaries, who are sent off their home planet to earn money to send back to feed and clothe the devastated community of their world. Their history is a long and tragic one, full of deception, greed, anger, and destruction. Throughout the Galaxy there are few who equal the Mistryl in cunning, guile, combat skills, or bitterness. It all began long ago, with the loss of their planet Emberlene, but their burning desire for vengeance may never die.

The history that is taught to rising Mistryl warriors is somewhat different from the true history of their homeworld. From birth, the citizens of Emberlene are taught that many years ago, while the Empire was still young and early resistance had not been crushed, Emperor Palpatine ordered the destruction of Emberlene as an example. Emberlene had been a rich planet, full of splendor and beauty, and had made it firmly apparent that they were rule by no one but themselves. Fearing the planet's growing power and prestige, the Emperor sent his forces to destroy Emberlene as an example to those who thought they could escape the rule of the Empire. Since then, the Mistryl have hired themselves out as mercenaries, to earn enough money to support the millions of refugees left after the planet's destruction, and loathing the Empire's role in the disaster. Though when that loathing gets in the way of a job, they often conveniently forget this animosity...
Only the history they teach the citizens and the Mistryl isn't the true history of Emberlene, and only the Eleven Elders of the People know what really happened. Three years before its destruction, Emberlene used its might and wealth to go on a conquest rampage. They subjugated dozens of worlds in their sector, capturing and ruling them with ruthlessness. They plundered their wealth, and destroyed anything of value that they couldn't take with them. They left the people of these worlds in a broken, shattered mess, and then moved on to their next target.

The remaining planets in the sector decided that they could not stand idly by and let the armies of Emberlene roll over them effortlessly. The governments of these worlds pooled their resources and hired a mercenary army to serve them against Emberlene. In a single strike against Emberlene, the mercenary army devastated the enemy forces and reduced the planet's superstructure to rubble. Ensuing firestorms and air striked against populated areas effectively ended the Emberlene threat, doing to their people what they had been doing to the rest of the sector over the past three years.

Planet: Emberlene
Type: Terrestrial
Temperature: Temperate
Atmosphere: Type I
Hydrosphere: Arid
Gravity: Standard
Terrain: Barren, Urban
Length of Day: 23 Standard hours
Length of Year: 312 Local days
Sapient Species: Humans
Starports: 2 Standard Class
Population: 35 Million humans
Planet Function: Homeworld
Government: Council of Eleven Elders
Tech Level: Space
Major Exports: N/A
Major Imports: Mid Technology, High Technology, Foodstuffs, Medicinal Goods
Capsule: The planet Emberlene was destroyed during the early days of the Empire, and has never truly recovered. Most of the major cities remain devastated and empty, little more than a husk of the once-vast metropolis. Traders carrying cheap goods are always welcome on Emberlene, especially those who bring food or much-needed medical supplies. The specially trained Mistryl Shadow Guard often offer their services to passing smugglers, mercenary bands, and even the occasional crime boss in order to supply their world.

With their home planet in ruins, millions of refugees to feed and clothe, and their once bright dreams of conquest erased by the mercenary army, the Eleven Elders soon became infused with a bitter desire for vengeance. They began training a group of elite warriors, whom they named the Mistryl Shadow Guards, as mercenaries to be hired out, as well as special forces for the now-demolished planet. The women of the Mistryl became the most deadly warriors they could be, in preparation for their futures supporting the planet's poor, and rooting out the conspirators who facilitated Emberlene's destruction.


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