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Thrawn Ascendancy & Chiss Lore: Characters

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What name does Che’ri use for her caregiver Thalias?

Direct answer: Momish

Che’ri affectionately calls her caregiver Thalias “Momish.”

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Who serves as Thrawn’s first officer aboard the Springhawk?

Direct answer: Samakro

Samakro is Thrawn’s first officer on the Springhawk.

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What species is the operative Jixtus?

Direct answer: Grysk

A Grysk male known as "Jixtus".

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Which admiral commands the Vigilant during the Clone Wars era?

Direct answer: Ar’alani

Vigilant is Ar’alani’s command ship during and shortly after the Clone Wars.

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What core name does Mitth’ras’safis use?

Direct answer: Thrass

Also known by his core name Thrass.

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Which Chiss navigator enjoys making pictures of birds and scenery?

Direct answer: Che’ri

Often drew pictures of birds, flashflies, and scenery.

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Which Chiss family adopts Thalias?

Direct answer: Mitth

Thalias enters the Mitth family as a merit adoptive.

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At what age did Thalias lose her Third Sight?

Direct answer: Thirteen

Third Sight only lasted until she was thirteen.

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Which academy did Thrawn and the future Ar’alani attend together?

Direct answer: Taharim Academy

Thrawn meets the future Ar’alani as a fellow cadet at Taharim Academy.

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Which family counted Ar’alani as a blood member before her admiralty?

Direct answer: Irizi

Once a blood member of the Irizi family.

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What is the core name of the Grayshrike’s captain after her rematching into the Irizi family?

Direct answer: Ziinda

Known by her core name Ziinda.

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What navigation title is associated with Qilori of Uandualon?

Direct answer: Pathfinder

Pathfinder navigator Qilori.

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Which people does Jixtus use as telepathic agents to provoke civil wars?

Direct answer: Agbui

Employed the telepathic Agbui species to cause chaos and civil wars.

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What kind of artwork did Thrawn study before demonstrating his combat insight to Ziara?

Direct answer: Wire sculptures

Thrawn studies Ziara’s wire sculptures before demonstrating how art can reveal an opponent’s tendencies.

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Which three Great Families were lured into competing claims over a supposedly nyix-rich mining world?

Direct answer: Xodlak, Pommrio, and Erighal

The scheme targets competing claims by the Xodlak, Pommrio, and Erighal families.

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Which species’ forces, led by Yiv the Benevolent, were trained by Jixtus and the Grysks?

Direct answer: Nikardun

Jixtus and the Grysks train Yiv and the Nikardun in conquest.

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What information does Samakro feed Thalias to test whether she is spying?

Direct answer: A false explanation of Thrawn’s decisions

Samakro plants a plausible false explanation to see whether Thalias passes it to political rivals.

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What family rank permits Thrass to formally declare Thrawn his brother?

Direct answer: Cousin

His rank as a cousin allowed him to create his own family relationships.

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Why does the Magys insist on negotiating with Thalias when the refugees are found on Rapacc?

Direct answer: Thalias has touched what the Magys calls the Beyond

The Magys recognizes Thalias’s past contact with the Force as touching the Beyond.

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What did the Magys hope the suicide of her remaining two hundred people would accomplish?

Direct answer: Join the Beyond and heal their devastated homeworld

The Magys believes joining the Beyond through death will help heal her people’s ruined world.

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What makes Thalias’s appointment as Che’ri’s caregiver unusually valuable?

Direct answer: She is the first caregiver in decades who was herself a sky-walker

First caretaker in decades who had been a sky-walker herself.

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What bargain underlies Nakirre’s initial alliance with Jixtus?

Direct answer: Jixtus guides Kilji conquests in return for passage aboard Whetstone

Jixtus offers to guide Kilji conquests and receives passage aboard Whetstone in return.

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How does Jixtus make Nakirre’s supposedly cooperative alliance openly coercive?

Direct answer: He threatens that FateSpinner can destroy the Kilhorde

Jixtus threatens the Kilhorde with FateSpinner’s destructive power to compel Nakirre’s obedience.

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Who volunteered to operate Starflash in the final ancient defense of Csilla?

Direct answer: Twenty Mitth warriors, including four sons of Mitth’omo’rossodo

Twenty Mitth volunteers operate the weapon, including four sons of Mitth’omo’rossodo.

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Who said 'Because, at this one time, and in this one place, we were the lesser evil.' in Thrawn Ascendancy?

Direct answer: Thrawn

Thrawn speaks this line: Because, at this one time, and in this one place, we were the lesser evil.

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Finish the quote from Thrawn: 'Because, at this one time, and in this one place, ...'

Direct answer: we were the lesser evil.

The complete dialogue is: Because, at this one time, and in this one place, we were the lesser evil.

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True or false: Csilla was the Chiss homeworld.

Direct answer: True

Csilla was the frozen homeworld at the heart of the Chiss Ascendancy.

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True or false: The Chiss Ascendancy was located in the Core Worlds.

Direct answer: False

The Ascendancy was situated in the Unknown Regions.

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True or false: Chiss sky-walkers used the Force to assist navigation.

Direct answer: True

Sky-walkers used precognitive abilities to guide ships through hyperspace.

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True or false: Chiss sky-walkers were exclusively elderly men.

Direct answer: False

Chiss navigators were typically young girls whose abilities faded with age.

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True or false: Thalias had previously served as a sky-walker.

Direct answer: True

Thalias was a former sky-walker who later cared for Che'ri.

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True or false: Che'ri commanded the entire Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet.

Direct answer: False

Che'ri was a young sky-walker, not the fleet's commander.

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True or false: Thrawn commanded the Springhawk.

Direct answer: True

The Springhawk was a Chiss warship commanded by Thrawn.

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True or false: The Springhawk was a Death Star-class battle station.

Direct answer: False

The Springhawk was a Chiss heavy cruiser, not a battle station.

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True or false: Ar'alani held the rank of admiral.

Direct answer: True

Ar'alani served as an admiral in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet.

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True or false: Yiv the Benevolent was the ruler of the Galactic Republic.

Direct answer: False

Yiv led the Nikardun Destiny, not the Republic.

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True or false: Yiv was associated with the Nikardun Destiny.

Direct answer: True

General Yiv led the expansionist Nikardun Destiny.

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True or false: Jixtus was a Jedi assigned to train Thrawn.

Direct answer: False

Jixtus was a Grysk operative working against the Ascendancy.

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True or false: Thrass belonged to the Mitth family.

Direct answer: True

Thrass was a Mitth family Syndic and Thrawn's close friend.

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True or false: Thrawn belonged to the Skywalker family of Tatooine.

Direct answer: False

Thrawn was a Chiss adopted into the Mitth family.

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True or false: Samakro served aboard the Springhawk.

Direct answer: True

Samakro served as the Springhawk's first officer.

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True or false: Ba'kif was a Sith apprentice.

Direct answer: False

Ba'kif was a Chiss general, not a Sith apprentice.

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True or false: The Chiss Ascendancy had Nine Ruling Families during Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy.

Direct answer: True

Nine Ruling Families stood at the top of the Ascendancy hierarchy.

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True or false: The Ascendancy encouraged unrestricted preemptive strikes.

Direct answer: False

Chiss rules restricted preemptive military attacks.

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True or false: Thrawn studied artwork to understand other cultures.

Direct answer: True

Thrawn used art to infer a culture's psychology and tactics.

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True or false: The Chiss called the Galactic Republic the First Order.

Direct answer: False

The First Order was a later state, distinct from the Galactic Republic.

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True or false: The Vigilant was associated with Admiral Ar'alani.

Direct answer: True

Ar'alani commanded the Chiss warship Vigilant.

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True or false: Lesser Evil is set after the Battle of Endor.

Direct answer: False

The main story of Lesser Evil takes place around 18 BBY.

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True or false: Thrawn encountered Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars.

Direct answer: True

Chaos Rising overlaps with Thrawn's Clone Wars encounter with Anakin.

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What is the Chiss homeworld?

Direct answer: Csilla

Csilla is the icy capital of the Chiss Ascendancy.

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Who is Thrawn's devoted aide in the Ascendancy books?

Direct answer: Thalias

Mitth'ali'astov 'Thalias' is Thrawn's caregiver and ally.

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Which Chiss family does Thrawn belong to?

Direct answer: The Mitth family

Thrawn was adopted into the Mitth ruling family.

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What is the Chiss expansionary fleet called?

Direct answer: The Expansionary Defense Fleet

The CEDF defends Chiss space from Unknown Regions threats.

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What is the name of the Chiss ruling council?

Direct answer: The Syndicure

The Syndicure governs the Chiss Ascendancy's politics.

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What is the name of the Chiss sky-walker navigators' ability?

Direct answer: Third Sight

Sky-walkers use Third Sight to navigate the Chaos.

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What is the region of space the Chiss call the Chaos?

Direct answer: The Unknown Regions

The Chaos is the Chiss name for the Unknown Regions.

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What is the name of Thrawn's brother in the Ascendancy?

Direct answer: Mitth'ras'safis 'Thrass'

Thrass died with Lorana Jinzler aboard Outbound Flight.

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