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Alderaan
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Primary Terrain
Grasslands, Small seas, Forests, Jungles, Swamps, Deserts, Ice cap, Mountains, Urban
Points of Interest
Aldera Royal Palace, University of Alderaan, Castle Lands (original capital), Alderaan Select Academy for Young Ladies
Native Species
None, formerly Killiks
- "Any time is the time to visit Alderaan! How can one not enjoy a planet where peace and beauty are common preoccupations, and art and learning are the popular pastimes?"
- ―Lord Tion
Alderaan was the second planet in the Alderaan system, and the home of many famous heroes, including Leia Organa Solo, Bail Organa, and Ulic Qel-Droma. Renowned galaxy-wide for its unspoiled beauty, Alderaanians worked with and around the land to preserve as much of the natural surroundings as they could.
In an attempt by Grand Moff Tarkin and the Galactic Empire to intimidate the galaxy into submission, the unarmed and peaceful planet of Alderaan was destroyed by the first Death Star in 0 BBY (35:3:7).
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 View of the Mountains from the Palace  The Petrified mounds of the Killiks in the Castle Lands In the Castle Lands, the remains of Killik mounds stood as a silent testament to the indigenous species that had disappeared for unknown reasons. Philosophers, poets, and artists often visited the Castle Lands for inspiration and meditation.
Alderaan was home to more than eight thousand subspecies of grass and an even larger number of wildflowers. Its flora also included a massive variety of spices, herbs, and grains. The planet had no major oceans, but it had a single polar ice cap. The rest of Alderaan's surface water was composed of thousands of lakes and connecting waterways.
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| Alderaan had many rare species not seen anywhere else in the Galaxy, as well as many common creatures. The most notable species was the nerfs - antlered mammalian herbivores raised on farms and in animal nurseries on planets such as Alderaan and Kashyyyk. They were popular for their meat, nerfmilk, and soft hide. It is suspected that they originated on Alderaan, but escaped its destruction.
In the wild, they were common prey for predators such as manka cats and taoparis. Subspecies of nerfs included Grizmallt nerfs and wildernerfs. A number of nerf breeds were also found on the Tunroth Triumvirate worlds.
Other known species included the Grazer, Thranta, Stalking bird, Woolly moth, Oozle, and the Manka cat.
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Society
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| Alderaanian culture valued education, the performing and fine arts, and peaceful resolutions to conflicts. They placed high value in their participation in the Galactic Senate—and later, its Imperial equivalent. The Alderaanians constantly sought a harmonious existence with their surroundings, evident in their integration of their society into the natural terrain of Alderaan. Alderaanians were known for love of philosophy.
An average Alderaanian was very educated and cultured. Poets and artists thrived on Alderaan. The beauty moved the pens of poets, while the vast grasslands served as a canvas for grass paintings. Alderaan was also famous for its cuisine. The large variety of spices and herbs allowed chefs to experiment and create some of the finest dishes in the Galaxy. Steamed Alderaanian spiced wine was a favored beverage among many.
Some of Alderaan's major exports included wine, art, and luxury goods.
The University of Alderaan
The University of Alderaan was a center of learning on the planet Alderaan. It was also known as Alderaan University, Aldera University, and the University of Aldera.
Founded in Aldera by the great thinker Collus, it was designed to isolate its students from the outside world. Before Collus' death, he realized that you can't fully learn something until you've experience it. "How could a biology student learn by looking at diagrams and books without actually going out into the field?" he inquired. "How could a politics student learn without setting foot on Coruscant?"
Eventually it was developed so that the main building would stay on the capital, Aldera, but many different "pods" of the school were spread out across the galaxy. Botanists spent much of their time on Ithor and other tropical planets. Meteoroligists spent their time studying the gas planets and cloud storms on Bespin. Historians would visit the ruins of Ossus. Political students had jobs as government functionaries on Coruscant.
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Government
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| Although a democratic society, Alderaan was headed by a hereditary constitutional monarchy, with the Royal House of Organa presiding over the High Court and legislative High Council of Alderaan. Its monarchs have variously borne the titles "Prince," "First Chairman," "Queen," and "Viceroy." Traditionally, the heir of the Alderaan throne also serves in the High Council of Alderaan and a term as Senator of Alderaan. A vizier helped the monarch rule.
Alderaan's government deliberately halted itself from so much as questioning spacecraft leaving or arriving on the planet.
Several decades before the Clone Wars, a political conflict between the high houses of Alderaan arose. This conflict, known as the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention, was the result of the inability of the great families (among them the House of Organa and the House of Antilles) to choose the next Viceroy of Alderaan. Three separate votes yielded no winner, and so the Alderaanians asked for Jedi mediation to resolve the contention. The Jedi, including Jorus C'baoth, considered the intricacies of the situation, and decided that House Organa bore the rightful claim to the throne.
Bail Organa was the leader of Alderaan and was on the planet when it was destroyed, while his heir and (secretly-adopted) daughter Princess Leia served as Senator of Alderaan in the Imperial Senate.
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