However, Haruun Kal has never been peaceful, and the extreme environment of this Planet has also created some Magical Species.
The most valuable among them is the Thyssel Tree. This kind of tree has a very developed Root System, and after absorbing the Poisonous Substances deep in the depths of Haruun Kal, it exhibits unique characteristics.
If the bark of this tree is eaten raw, it will cause the brains of intelligent creatures to have a strong hallucinogenic and exciting response, which is much stronger than ordinary spices. If you eat more, it will even cause irreversible permanent changes in the brain Injury, and let this person indulge in fantasy forever.
But what's even more wonderful is that if it is systematically roasted and made, those harmful reactions of the bark of the Thyssel Tree will be removed, all while retaining the powerful hallucinogenic and exciting effects, the negative effects will almost disappear and the only effects left make it feel like you drank a Glass of Light Wine!
Moreover, due to the special growth environment, there is basically no possibility of artificial cultivation of this tree.
As a result, Thyssel Bark has become a very expensive thing, and many wealthy people in the Core Worlds and Inner Rim like this spice without negative effects. When chewing Thyssel Bark, people's teeth will be stained red and will last for a day or two before being washed away, so when the two nobles showed their red teeth, they would often smile knowingly.
With such a precious thing, it naturally attracted more coveted eyes.
Since the discovery of the Thyssel Tree, some Bounty Hunters and Smugglers began to go to Haruun Kal to collect the bark of the Thyssel Tree.
As a result, they had a fierce conflict with the Aboriginal Korunnai Civilization.
The Korunnai people basically live a very simple Nomadic Life, and occasionally communicating with other Planets is mostly just buying some conveniences and Small Spaceships that can fly between different peaks. The main animal they raise is a kind of animal called Grasser. This kind of animal is a large and docile Ungulate with six legs and three eyes, which is a type of Herbivore Mammal. The meat is delicious and the milk it produces is also of high nutritional value.
However, the main food of the Grassers is Thyssel Bark.
All Thyssel Trees that have been eaten by the Grassers, because of the secretions in their saliva, the hallucinogenic effect of Thyssel Bark will decrease for a period of time. For those Smugglers, it means the purity of the Spices declines. In addition, Grassers eat Thyssel Bark in a wide range. They will give up after eating a few mouthfuls of each Thyssel Tree, and then go to the next Thyssel Tree. In this way, Thyssel Trees get good protection, but large areas are also polluted by the Grassers, and the yield and purity have decreased a lot.
In order to collect more and better Thyssel Bark, the Smugglers began to hunt and kill the Grassers, which resulted in a fierce conflict with the Korunnai Civilization.
Those Smugglers have also experienced several generations on Haruun Kal, and they are more or less indigenous residents now. They also took root on this Planet and faced the opposition of the Korunnai.
The Korunnai gave these smugglers an insulting name - Balawai, meaning Downfolk. Although this is the dialect of the Korunnai Civilization, others cannot understand the insulting meaning, but these Smugglers still recognize this name. To dare to mention this title in front of them is no different from scolding their mother in person.
The time was 30 years ago in 52BBY. It is unknown who fired the first shot, but since that day, a fierce and cruel war broke out between the Corunai Civilization and the Smugglers.
In order to prevent the Galactic Republic from interfering, the Smugglers colluded with the Pyke Syndicate, who had been engaged in Spice Smuggling for a long time and bribed a large number of Republic Senators. Finally, the Senate of the Republic at that time passed a Formal Bill, which stated: Since both parties are not strictly natives, and have actually settled on the Planet, this war is defined as a Civil War, and the Galactic Republic will not interfere.
For this bill, Mace Windu, who had just joined the Jedi Order and was undergoing Padawan Graduation Trials, could do nothing. After all, when he was young, he was taken away by the Jedi Order and because of the death of his parents, he couldn't even speak the language of the Korunnai Civilization.
However, Mace Windu still pays great attention to the matter of Haruun Kal. He even visited Haruun Kal once, learned the language of the Korunnai, and worked hard to mediate between the two sides, but the effect wasn't very good. Even the Ghôsh Windu where he was originally born didn't listen to his mediation suggestion at all and insisted on retaliation for blood with blood!
The Civil War finally broke out. After all, the Smugglers had more connections with the outside world and accumulated a lot of wealth through the smuggling of Thyssel Bark. They had much better equipment and after bombing, killed a large number of civilians.
But the Korunnai are not fuel-efficient lamps. As the Direct Descendants of the Jedi Knights who fell here thousands of years ago fighting against the Sith Empire, almost all of them are Force-Sensitive. Even if they are not as powerful as the Jedi Knights, they are still physically strong, their five senses are keen, and they even have a strong premonition of crisis.
The Korunnai ran into the jungle and fought a Guerrilla War with the Smugglers. In the jungle environment, a unique fungus that can devour and corrode metals on Haruun Kal caused the Advanced Blaster Weapons of the Balawai to wear out so much that they were basically useless. They suffered a lot for this. As long as they entered the jungle, basically, no one came out alive.
As the war became more and more cruel, both sides in the war were red-hot, directly attacking the Settlements of the other side, and massacring Men, Women and Children abound! This caused the population of Haruun Kal to drop sharply. As of the latest rough statistics, the population on the Planet has been reduced to about 750,000, but the killing is still going on, with no sign of stopping.
And when the Confederacy of Independent Systems was established and the Galactic Civil War broke out, the war on Haruun Kal also attracted the attention of Count Dooku.
The Balawai secretly contacted the Confederacy of Independent Systems, quietly joined the Confederacy, and received a lot of assistance. On the other hand, the Korunnai did not seek help from the Republic because they did not have a good opinion of the Republic. They did not seek help from the Republic until the battles continued to fail and the Settlements continued to fall.
On such a Hellish Planet, an unarmed Consular-Class Light Assault Cruiser broke away from Hyperspace and entered the Planet's Atmosphere.
The Spaceship landed on a Spaceport where the Korunnai Civilization lived, and the hatch opened. Jedi Master Depa Billaba and her two Padawans, Dream Luna and Phantasm Luna, led by a Team of Clones Troopers, walked down.