Syren plant/Legends: Difference between revisions

From SW420
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>RoboCade
m Removing TC'd audiobooks
 
No edit summary
 
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 8: Line 8:


As a rite of passage, many young Wookiees would attempt to harvest the plant's syren fibers at the [[Well of the Dead]]. A young Wookiee would bring a few stronger friends to hold the powerful petals in place while he attempted to harvest the fibers as quickly as possible. Thereafter, he would wear the syren fibers as a symbol of virility and bravery. Despite the help from comrades, some young Wookiees lost [[Limb/Legends|limb]]s to the plant. Before [[Gender/Legends|he]] attended [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]'s [[Jedi Praxeum]], [[Lowbacca]] managed to harvest the syren fibers by himself. While the plant's reflexes were unwittingly triggered, Lowbacca sensed it immediately and managed to clear himself from the flower's range before it closed. Returning home, he wove the fibers into a [[Belt/Legends|belt]].
As a rite of passage, many young Wookiees would attempt to harvest the plant's syren fibers at the [[Well of the Dead]]. A young Wookiee would bring a few stronger friends to hold the powerful petals in place while he attempted to harvest the fibers as quickly as possible. Thereafter, he would wear the syren fibers as a symbol of virility and bravery. Despite the help from comrades, some young Wookiees lost [[Limb/Legends|limb]]s to the plant. Before [[Gender/Legends|he]] attended [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]'s [[Jedi Praxeum]], [[Lowbacca]] managed to harvest the syren fibers by himself. While the plant's reflexes were unwittingly triggered, Lowbacca sensed it immediately and managed to clear himself from the flower's range before it closed. Returning home, he wove the fibers into a [[Belt/Legends|belt]].
The [[Besadii/Legends|Besadii]] [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] [[Crime lord/Legends|crime lord]] [[Gardulla Besadii the Elder/Legends|Gardulla]] kept syren plants in her luxurious and notorious [[Gardulla Besadii's pleasure garden|pleasure garden]] within her [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] [[Gardulla the Hutt's Palace/Legends|palace]] near the [[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]].<ref name="Adventures">''[[Episode I Adventures 7: Capture Arawynne]]''</ref>
==Behind the scenes==
An [[Syren spice|unidentified spice]] appeared in the [[2003]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]'', a [[Roleplaying game|massively multiplayer online role-playing game]] developed by [[Sony|Sony Online Entertainment]] and published by [[LucasArts]],<ref name="SWG:MD">{{SWGcite|exp=JtL|type=other}}Quest: "Man Down!"</ref> prior to its closure on [[December 15]], [[2011]].<ref name="Shutdown">{{SonyCite|url=playerinfo|text=IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ''STAR WARS'' GALAXIES™|archivedate=20111124020123}}</ref> This spice was one of the central elements of the "[[W:c:swg:Secrets of the Syren|Secrets of the Syren]]" story arc, introduced upon the release of the "[[W:c:swg:Publish 14 Notes for 9 March 05|Publish 14]]", on [[March 9]], [[2005]].<ref>{{SonyForumsCite|url=swg/board/message?board.id=swgpatchnotes&message.id=730|text=Update Notes: Publish 14.0 - March 9, 2005|archivedate=20051113081026}}</ref> In the cut fifth chapter of "Secrets of the Syren",<ref name="ID">{{SonyCite|url=content.jsp?page=In%20Development|text=In Development|archivedate=20051013055815}}</ref><ref name="P28">{{Cite_web|url=https://forums.mmorpg.com/discussion/72650/pub-28-notes|title=Pub 28 Notes|date=2006-03-31|publisher=MMORPG.com|nobackup=1}}</ref><ref>{{SonyCite|url=en_US/players/content.vm?page=Current%20Publish|text=Publish 28 Update Notes, April 26th|archivedate=20060427125323}}</ref> it should have been revealed that the spice was extracted from the roots of syren plants.<ref name="SWG:SotSE">{{SWGcite|exp=SK|type=other}}Quest: "Secrets of the Syren: Endgame"</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Episode I Adventures 7: Capture Arawynne]]''
*{{Tales|5|What They Called Me}}
*{{GamerCite|4|What They Called Me}}
*{{SWG|Starter Kit}} {{Mo}} {{C|Cut}}
*''[[Tatooine Ghost]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force]]'' {{1st}} {{Flash}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force]]'' {{1st}} {{Flash}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy]]'' {{Mo}}
Line 27: Line 17:
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''
*{{GamerCite|4|Secrets of Kashyyyk}}
*{{FFCite|42|KAS4, ''Kashyyyk''}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Interlang
|de=Syrenpflanze
|ru=Цветок-сирена
}}


[[Category:Botanical sentient species]]
[[Category:Botanical sentient species]]

Latest revision as of 07:55, 27 March 2023

Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

This article is in need of referencing per Wookieepedia's sourcing guidelines.

This article needs appropriate citations. Help us improve this article by referencing valid resource material. Remove this notice when finished.

A Syren plant

The carnivorous syren plants were native to the planet Kashyyyk. They could be found in the dangerous jungles of the planet's surface, far below the canopy level where the Wookiees dwelled.[1]

A syren plant could be identified by its two ovular, bright yellow petals that were divided in half. The petals were mounted on an extremely thick, mottled, blood-red stalk. In the middle of the petals was a tuft of glossy white fibers. To many casual observers, the plant might have seemed little more than a giant, beautiful, oversized flower.

Lowbacca with his syren belt

The tuft of syren fibers within the plant emitted a large number of pheromones, which could lure unsuspecting prey. If a creature was lured within proximity of the yellow petals, it was unlikely to survive. Touching the blood-red inner flesh of a syren plant's petals would cause it to reflexively close in one swift powerful movement. The prey, now trapped by the plant's powerful and sticky petals, would be painfully digested alive.

As a rite of passage, many young Wookiees would attempt to harvest the plant's syren fibers at the Well of the Dead. A young Wookiee would bring a few stronger friends to hold the powerful petals in place while he attempted to harvest the fibers as quickly as possible. Thereafter, he would wear the syren fibers as a symbol of virility and bravery. Despite the help from comrades, some young Wookiees lost limbs to the plant. Before he attended Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum, Lowbacca managed to harvest the syren fibers by himself. While the plant's reflexes were unwittingly triggered, Lowbacca sensed it immediately and managed to clear himself from the flower's range before it closed. Returning home, he wove the fibers into a belt.

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
Retrieved from "https://sw420.com/index.php?title=Syren_plant/Legends&oldid=157295"