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- "The Lellish natives have become advertising professionals, deriving a good income from upper-echelon public servants like myself."
- ―Wilek Nereus' notes
The Lellish were the native sentient species of the planet Alk'Lellish III in the Expansion Region. Many Lellish became advertising professionals, a business in which they earned a sizable profit by promoting the hunting of a native predator known as the ketrann to offworld public servants. Wilek Nereus, later to become governor of Bakura, had dealings with the Lellish during a successful ketrann hunt.
History
Alk'lellish III, the homeworld of the Lellish
The Lellish were a sentient species native to the planet Alk'Lellish III,[1] located in the Sumitra sector of the Expansion Region.[2] The planet was home to the saber-toothed ketrann, a solitary hunter that attacked the migrating herds of metarshi. The four white saber-fangs of the ketrann were popular among game hunters, a fact that the Lellish exploited to commercial advantage. Many Lellish became professional advertisers and lured offworlders to the planet to hunt the predators for a fee; in particular, they attracted public servants from the upper-echelons of society.[1]
During the administration of the Galactic Empire, the Lellish gave a share of their profits to the local Moff in exchange for the right to limit the number of hunters permitted to kill full-grown ketrann each season. One Imperial civil servant who had dealings with the Lellish was Wilek Nereus, who eventually attained the position of Imperial governor of Bakura. Nereus gained a dental specimen of the four-toothed ketrann for his personal collection, and he later included his experience on Alk'lellish in the notes for his personal memoirs.[1]
Behind the scenes
The Lellish were mentioned in The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook, a West End Games sourcebook published in 1996. They were created by Kathy Tyers, who also wrote the novel The Truce at Bakura, for which the sourcebook was written to complement.
Sources
- The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook (First mentioned)
