- "Axkva Min was a Nightsister Elder who discovered the art of draining the life force of her enemies to enhance her own power. She became a threat to her own people and was struck down by Gethzerion herself when the full scope of her atrocities was brought to light. Axkva Min was then banished along with her most loyal followers."
- ―Rohak, to a spacer
Axkva Min was a Nightsister who was situated in the Nightsister Stronghold on the planet Dathomir during the Galactic Civil War, and used a specialized energy lance as her main weapon.
Biography[]
- "So, you have come here to free me?"
- ―Axkva Min, to a spacer
She was imprisoned in the Chamber of Banishment near the Stronghold because of her practice of draining the life from her pupils in order to increase her own power. She possessed a fragment of the Codex of Tython, an ancient Jedi Holocron. An Alliance to Restore the Republic agent seeking to reassemble the holocron came looking for Min, using the Key of Exile provided by Sarguillo, to access the Chamber. There, he found several Nightsisters guarding a large crystal which contained the essence of Axkva Min trapped within. The Codex, possessed by the Rebel, then launched a bolt of energy to the crystal, destroying it and freeing Axkva Min. She attacked the intruder, but was defeated and offered him to take her life, seeing it as a preferable fate to eternal imprisonment. The Rebel, however, was only looking for a crystal on a chain around the witch's neck. When this fragment installed back into the Code, another arc of energy jumped from the Codex to the banishment crystal. The figure of Axkva Min was transported inside again, and the scattered pieces of the crystal reformed themselves with her essence inside. Once again, the Queen of the Nightsisters was trapped within.[4]
Later she was killed by a group of spacers as she attempted to escape.
A portrait of the former Nightsister Queen managed to survive her death.
Behind the scenes[]
Axkva Min was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[5] Axkva Min was added to the game with the "Publish 5" update, released on December 16, 2003.[6] Upon the release of the "Chapter 7" on November 1, 2007,[7] she was made the main boss of the eponymous "Heroic Encounter."[1]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force (Light Side scenario campaign)
Sources[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- Friday Feature – Chapter 7 Sneak Peek on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Friday Feature – Faces of Evil on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force (Card: Axkva Min) (backup link)
- Friday Feature – Scary places to visit in Star Wars Galaxies this season on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Nightsister's Revenge (Card: Axkva Min) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Heroic Instance: "Axkva Min"
- ↑ According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Quest: "The Nightsister Headdress" on Dathomir
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force (Light Side scenario campaign)
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Publish 5: Vehicles on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Chapter 7: A Collection of Heroes on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)