Species: Pantoran
Homeworld: Pantora
Attribute Dice: 12D
DEXTERITY 2D/4D
KNOWLEDGE 2D/4D
MECHANICAL 2D/4D
PERCEPTION 2D/4D
STRENGTH 2D/4D
TECHNICAL 2D/4D
Move: 10
Size: 1.65 to 1.55 meters
Special Abilities:
Cold Tolerance: Pantoran are native to a world of icy tundra and frozen marshes and suffer no penalties while in extreme cold (temperatures equal to or above -0 degrees Celsius).
Story Factors:
Tatoos: Some Pantorans display simple golden facial tattoos as a symbol status. These tattoos are based on ancient Pantoran texts.
Background: The Pantorans were blue-skinned near-humans native to the moon Pantora. They were part of the Galactic Republic, during the waning years of that government.
Pantorans were a sentient species that looked very similar to humans. They had two legs, two arms ending in five-fingered hands, a torso and a single head. Like humans, they also had two sexes, male and female. However, all Pantorans had blue skin that turned indigo when they blushed, and yellow eyes. They grew hair on the top of the head, and, in males, on the lower parts of the face. The color of their hair varied from white and purple to blue and black. Some Pantorans also displayed simple golden facial tattoos as a symbol status. These tattoos were based on ancient Pantoran texts. The Pantorans had a greater resilience to low temperatures than humans.
Pantorans hailed from Pantora, the moon of the ice planet Orto Plutonia.
In the decades that led to the rise of the autocratic First Galactic Empire, the Pantorans were members of the Galactic Republic. As such, they had full representation in the Republic Senate on Coruscant. During this time, they explored Orto Plutonia and believed that nothing lived there.
During the Clone Wars, a pan-galactic conflict that pitted the Galactic Republic against the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a Republic security force was established on Orto Plutonia. When the Republic lost all contact with that force, Pantoran dignitaries accompanied the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to investigate the disappearance of the Republic troopers.
At some point, the Trade Federation imposed a blockade on Pantora, with the intention of forcing the moon’s inhabitants to join the Confederacy. Although many Pantorans demanded that their new chairman, Papanoida, yield to the Trade Federation, he chose to rely on Senator Riyo Chuchi instead. Eventually, Chuchi was able to force the Trade Federation into lifting the blockade by threatening to reveal that the Federation had abducted the chairman’s daughters.