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Behemoth From Below

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this mystical creature was believed live beneath the mountains of Aduba-3. A large saurian, the Behemoth was actually a creation of the Dark Jedi Seviss Vaa, who had planned to use it as the basis for a great Sith Army. The creature was originally a native lizard, which had been been mutated by Vaa to become enraged when it was in the presence of a Jedi lightsaber. Vaa was forced to put the Behemoth into suspended animation when war broke out with the Old Republic, and his death at the Battle of Ruusan left the Behemoth hidden below Aduba-3's surface for centuries. It was accidentally set free by a villager form Onacra known only as the Old One, and local legends claimed that the Behemoth was actually the protector of Onacra. Just after the Battle of Yavin, the Behemoth was called forth by Merri Shen's grandfather, in an attempt to oust Serji-X Arrogantus from power. The Behemoth was unusual in that it could fire a blast of coherent light from the crown of its skull, just like a huge blaster. When he failed to control the beast, it began ravaging the countryside. Don-Wan Kihotay, along with Hedji and Han Solo, eventually learned that it could only be destroyed by a blast of pure energy. They used Kihotay's lightsaber as a conductor for the Behemoth's energy rays, focusing them on the creature itself and killing it.