Aryx
Designation	Non-sentient
Homeworld	Cerea
Feather color	Blue and white
Eye color	Black

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Aryx were a species of non-sentient warm-blooded avians which lived on the planet Cerea. The species were carnivorous and when at full height they were far taller than Cereans, the sentient species they shared their homeworld with. Aryx possessed a large yellow beak and a pair of black eyes on their head as well as a large tuft of feathers at the back of their skull. Feathers also covered the rests of their bodies including a pair of wings on either side of their torso, except for the aryx's pair of legs which were yellow in color like their beak. Each leg ended in three digits, two at the front of the foot and one at the back, all of which had a black talon at it's end. Aryx's feathers could be white and blue and in color with some individuals having all white feathers and others having a mix of the two colours.

Aryx's were domesticated and ridden by the Cereans, who used them as individual transports when moving around on the vast grassy plains of their homeworld or within cities. Whilst being ridden the birds wore saddles for their riders to sit on and had reins for the rider to control them with attached to their beaks. One Cerean who rode a aryx was the Jedi Knight Ki-Adi-Mundi whilst he was on Cerea. He rode it after returning to the planet shortly after reaching knighthood in the Jedi Order. During this visit he was accused of murder but acquitted and sent to capture the true culprit, another Cerean named Maj-Odo-Nomor. Whilst attempting to track down Nomor he rode his aryx to Outsider Citadel, a city built for off-worlders on Cerea, to meet an informant who might be able to help him with the case. Whilst there a group of thugs attacked the Jedi whom used the Force to summon his aryx to defend him. The bird attacked the thugs and was able to wound several of them with it's talons and throw others away from the combat. After the fight Mundi calmed it again with the Force.

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AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Republic: Vow of Justice
• Star Wars: Republic 1: Prelude to Rebellion, Part 1 (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Republic 2: Prelude to Rebellion, Part 2
• Star Wars: Republic 3: Prelude to Rebellion, Part 3
• Star Wars: Republic 6: Prelude to Rebellion, Part 6

SourcesEdit

• The Official Star Wars Fact File 135 (CER1-2, Cerea)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia