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    So, the time has come to show the real face of Malekeh Viia’s early training, Phantom-Menace-era (and a bit of the Clone Wars) partner: H’Rann the H’Rossa, also (cockily) known as Cannibal Horizon.

    Why now? Because something important’s just happened. I’ve just come to know that Viia’s finally broke her tie with H’Rann. Forever.

    So, let’s just take a look back.

PICTURE: H'Rann's ages are written next to him. Sketches to show what he looks like through the ages. Malekeh Viia is sometimes with him.

(Oh, look! H’Rann always looked like a little punk, now he’s grown up to be a muscular, post-apocalyptic, punk barbarian. And really, really tall!)



    #1 - A TALE OF TWO RACES

         The story begins on a small planet called Hoova (Outer Rim, Prefsbelt sector, near to Yaga Minor), where two humanoid alien races lived - the Vendrehed and the H'Rossa. They always fought each other for power, always trying to take control over the planet and its resources.

    The Vendrehed live long lives, being able to "hibernate" in safe places when life is not interesting to them and not waking up until something happens (which means, if some sort of Force-quake occurs). They developed a culture which was fascinatingly rich in Force-connected rituals and traditions. Also because of this, the Vendrehed see the world in a more spiritual way, and they usually rule through religion, witchcraft and magic.

    On the contrary, the H'Rossa live very short lives (30-40 years). At the age of 11, a boy would already be considered a man – on the other hand, no healthy man reached the age of 50. They are a slightly tribal, primitive warrior people. Tough, strong and fierce, the source of their physical strength and mental straightforwardness is an ancient grudge: they envy the long lives of the Vendrehed, they fear immortality, despise any kind of ancestors or dead-related cult, and none of them has never interacted with the Force – none of them, except for one.

         WHAT DO THE H’ROSSA LOOK LIKE?

    They basically are a near-human species. Their forehead is made of soft, fragile sensorial tissue, so they have to wear metal protections for all their life. These “shields” get fastened to their foreheads through a bone-deep implant. They all have thick black hair, straight and flat noses and long, curved ears. Their eyes can be very brightly coloured and are often marked by heterochromia.



    #2 - A TALE OF TWO “SIBLINGS”

         Malekeh Viia was an 11 years old, Force-sensitive Vendrehed. H’Rann was a 13 handsome, cunning and naively cruel H'Rossa.

         Who might ever have wanted to make the two rival races work (and live) together?

    It was a foreigner, one of the few who ever happened to land on Hoova. His name was Nas Ykto, a Nautolan rogue Jedi whose actual plan was to choose the strongest out of the two species, rule it and use it to take over the whole planet of Hoova. He spotted this young Force-sensitive Vendrehed, took her as his apprentice and taught her to control the Force freely, without binding it to each the Light or the Dark Side. On the other hand, he also chose a H'Rossa young and promising warrior, and tried to connect him with the Force. Surprisingly, he managed to. But the results of the training did not change his nature: H'Rann became a fierce killer, who only used the Force to take over the enemy but never understood its deep nature and true power.

         The two younglings grew up together as rivals, as brother and sister, and they hated each other as much as they learnt to love each other as well. As written in their antithetical blood, the contempt for the mutual lifestyles and cultures was strong, but it was doomed to fade as time passed by, for they had both been prematurely stolen from their families and races.

         There was a time when their right and duty to love each other finally overpowered hate: it was when, years later, somebody noticed what was happening there in the Outer Rim. At that time, Senator Palpatine was Lord of the Sith. He sent his secret apprentice, Maul, to track down the rogue Jedi on Hoova. Maul was ordered to kill him and turn his apprentices to the Dark Side - if he managed to. Otherwise, he was ordered to kill them too.

    They unanimously decided to join him. They watched Maul slaughter their former master and a grim fascination rose inside them, as accomplices in the same appalling crime. Viia was 16 and H'Rann was 18.

         So, Viia and H'Rann carried on their training, with new masters and new aims. For three years they were secretly trained by Darth Maul up to his defeat against Obi-Wan Kenobi. According to their personal traits, H'Rann was trained as a Sith assassin, while Viia became a great Force user, expert mind-tricker, capable of making herself invisible and unperceivable to the enemy's eyes, but always mainly concerned with fulfilling her own wills and passions.

         After Maul's disappearance, Viia felt for the first time the need to give in to the unnatural sleep of her race. And so she did. Her “brother” never forgave her for abandoning him in that moment of change and grief. He’d just lost his master and now he was losing his “family” too. He started to remind how much he hated the Vendrehed and their ridiculous, coward traditions and traits: her training partner had betrayed him and went to sleep, hiding from the pain, and that was great shame. Suddenly alone, guided by the cold, distant hand of Darth Sidious, he carried on his training.

         When Viia woke up ten years later, at the beginning of the Clone Wars, what she found was a perfect, foul killer: as the Dark Side had kept him young, he was 31 yet as vigorous as she had left him, though he had grown in might and stance. The insolent, skilful yet immature fighter had become a wild-looking, broad-shouldered, inflexible warrior prince. They teamed up again, but it didn’t last long. Toward the end of the war, the Vendrehed realized there was no way she could still be able to make their cooperation work out fine, and decided to leave him for good.

    H’Rann didn’t like to be left behind again (and betrayed, moreover). How would you feel towards an attractive step-sister who comes back after a long time and then starts to behave like an unbearable, selfish bitch and ends up leaving you again (for a bald blue guy)? I would be sickeningly exhausted.

    Watch your back, Viia. (But you’re a Sith, H’Rann. What did you expect?)

         (The girl’s lucky: the imminent rise of the Galactic Empire will make these teenage quarrels look pretty banal and probably save her a*s)

    PS. Of course, the name “H’Rossa” comes from an alien race (the hrossa) in the 1938 sci-fi novel by C.S.Lewis, “Out of the Silent Planet”, that I haven’t even read yet. I just read a summary when I was a child and I got so fascinated by the weird names of the Malacandra sentient races, I never forgot them. Later I looked up for them and found out about the book, that I’ll read sooner or later, of course. (The two alien species do not share any traits besides their names, though xD)

         I may have written waaaay too much. Here’s a few other Viia and H’Rann-related pictures for ya to enjoy: imperator-antea.deviantart.com…


   May the Force be with you.

Star Wars (c)

Description

    So, the time has come to show the real face of Malekeh Viia’s early training, Phantom-Menace-era (and a bit of the Clone Wars) partner: H’Rann the H’Rossa, also (cockily) known as Cannibal Horizon.

    Why now? Because something important’s just happened. I’ve just come to know that Viia’s finally broke her tie with H’Rann. Forever.

    So, let’s just take a look back.

PICTURE: H'Rann's ages are written next to him. Sketches to show what he looks like through the ages. Malekeh Viia is sometimes with him.

(Oh, look! H’Rann always looked like a little punk, now he’s grown up to be a muscular, post-apocalyptic, punk barbarian. And really, really tall!)



    #1 - A TALE OF TWO RACES

         The story begins on a small planet called Hoova (Outer Rim, Prefsbelt sector, near to Yaga Minor), where two humanoid alien races lived - the Vendrehed and the H'Rossa. They always fought each other for power, always trying to take control over the planet and its resources.

    The Vendrehed live long lives, being able to "hibernate" in safe places when life is not interesting to them and not waking up until something happens (which means, if some sort of Force-quake occurs). They developed a culture which was fascinatingly rich in Force-connected rituals and traditions. Also because of this, the Vendrehed see the world in a more spiritual way, and they usually rule through religion, witchcraft and magic.

    On the contrary, the H'Rossa live very short lives (30-40 years). At the age of 11, a boy would already be considered a man – on the other hand, no healthy man reached the age of 50. They are a slightly tribal, primitive warrior people. Tough, strong and fierce, the source of their physical strength and mental straightforwardness is an ancient grudge: they envy the long lives of the Vendrehed, they fear immortality, despise any kind of ancestors or dead-related cult, and none of them has never interacted with the Force – none of them, except for one.

         WHAT DO THE H’ROSSA LOOK LIKE?

    They basically are a near-human species. Their forehead is made of soft, fragile sensorial tissue, so they have to wear metal protections for all their life. These “shields” get fastened to their foreheads through a bone-deep implant. They all have thick black hair, straight and flat noses and long, curved ears. Their eyes can be very brightly coloured and are often marked by heterochromia.



    #2 - A TALE OF TWO “SIBLINGS”

         Malekeh Viia was an 11 years old, Force-sensitive Vendrehed. H’Rann was a 13 handsome, cunning and naively cruel H'Rossa.

         Who might ever have wanted to make the two rival races work (and live) together?

    It was a foreigner, one of the few who ever happened to land on Hoova. His name was Nas Ykto, a Nautolan rogue Jedi whose actual plan was to choose the strongest out of the two species, rule it and use it to take over the whole planet of Hoova. He spotted this young Force-sensitive Vendrehed, took her as his apprentice and taught her to control the Force freely, without binding it to each the Light or the Dark Side. On the other hand, he also chose a H'Rossa young and promising warrior, and tried to connect him with the Force. Surprisingly, he managed to. But the results of the training did not change his nature: H'Rann became a fierce killer, who only used the Force to take over the enemy but never understood its deep nature and true power.

         The two younglings grew up together as rivals, as brother and sister, and they hated each other as much as they learnt to love each other as well. As written in their antithetical blood, the contempt for the mutual lifestyles and cultures was strong, but it was doomed to fade as time passed by, for they had both been prematurely stolen from their families and races.

         There was a time when their right and duty to love each other finally overpowered hate: it was when, years later, somebody noticed what was happening there in the Outer Rim. At that time, Senator Palpatine was Lord of the Sith. He sent his secret apprentice, Maul, to track down the rogue Jedi on Hoova. Maul was ordered to kill him and turn his apprentices to the Dark Side - if he managed to. Otherwise, he was ordered to kill them too.

    They unanimously decided to join him. They watched Maul slaughter their former master and a grim fascination rose inside them, as accomplices in the same appalling crime. Viia was 16 and H'Rann was 18.

         So, Viia and H'Rann carried on their training, with new masters and new aims. For three years they were secretly trained by Darth Maul up to his defeat against Obi-Wan Kenobi. According to their personal traits, H'Rann was trained as a Sith assassin, while Viia became a great Force user, expert mind-tricker, capable of making herself invisible and unperceivable to the enemy's eyes, but always mainly concerned with fulfilling her own wills and passions.

         After Maul's disappearance, Viia felt for the first time the need to give in to the unnatural sleep of her race. And so she did. Her “brother” never forgave her for abandoning him in that moment of change and grief. He’d just lost his master and now he was losing his “family” too. He started to remind how much he hated the Vendrehed and their ridiculous, coward traditions and traits: her training partner had betrayed him and went to sleep, hiding from the pain, and that was great shame. Suddenly alone, guided by the cold, distant hand of Darth Sidious, he carried on his training.

         When Viia woke up ten years later, at the beginning of the Clone Wars, what she found was a perfect, foul killer: as the Dark Side had kept him young, he was 31 yet as vigorous as she had left him, though he had grown in might and stance. The insolent, skilful yet immature fighter had become a wild-looking, broad-shouldered, inflexible warrior prince. They teamed up again, but it didn’t last long. Toward the end of the war, the Vendrehed realized there was no way she could still be able to make their cooperation work out fine, and decided to leave him for good.

    H’Rann didn’t like to be left behind again (and betrayed, moreover). How would you feel towards an attractive step-sister who comes back after a long time and then starts to behave like an unbearable, selfish bitch and ends up leaving you again (for a bald blue guy)? I would be sickeningly exhausted.

    Watch your back, Viia. (But you’re a Sith, H’Rann. What did you expect?)

         (The girl’s lucky: the imminent rise of the Galactic Empire will make these teenage quarrels look pretty banal and probably save her a*s)

    PS. Of course, the name “H’Rossa” comes from an alien race (the hrossa) in the 1938 sci-fi novel by C.S.Lewis, “Out of the Silent Planet”, that I haven’t even read yet. I just read a summary when I was a child and I got so fascinated by the weird names of the Malacandra sentient races, I never forgot them. Later I looked up for them and found out about the book, that I’ll read sooner or later, of course. (The two alien species do not share any traits besides their names, though xD)

         I may have written waaaay too much. Here’s a few other Viia and H’Rann-related pictures for ya to enjoy: imperator-antea.deviantart.com…


   May the Force be with you.

Star Wars (c)