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Myrkr

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a haven for smugglers and other not-quite-law-abiding groups, this planet was located in a system near the Borderlands Regions. It was also known as the indigenous home of the ysalamiri and the vornskrs. Much of its native plantlife stored metals as part of their existence, and the presence of these metals often dampened the effectiveness of scanners and communicators. The planet was first settled about 300 years before the Battle of Endor, and seemed to have gone unnoticed before then. Old Republic records, as well as those of the Jedi Order, make very little mention of the planet, however, and the Jedi simply left it alone. Myrkr had a 24-hour day, and a 324-local-day year. Some twenty ears after the defeat of Grand Admiral Thrawn, Myrkr was attacked and overrun by the Yuuzhan Vong. A worldship was inerted into orbit around the planet, in which voxyn were bred for use against the Jedi Knights. The planet is referred to as "Myrkyr" in the early chapters of the Heir to the Empire comic series from Dark Horse, as well as in Force Heretic III: Reunion.