Rodia- The Rodian Homeworld

The Rodian Homeworld of Rodia is a lush jungle world in the Tyrius system in the Outer Rim in the Savareen Sector. The planet had 4 moons in orbit, 2 of them Eiska and Soomana were in fact asteroids that was captured by Rodia's orbital pull. The 2 true moons of Rodia were Enak and Yasooska.

Rodia's climate was hot and humid mostly due to the planet's rainforests. The terrain also consisted of not only rainforests but also swamps, jungles, urban areas, and oceans. The Rodians would build their cities on waterways and protect them with bubble domes to keep out the heat. 

There are 2 main continents by the names of Betu and Encheeko. The known large body of water was known as the Wesessa Sea in which the Islands of An'yettu was located. There are 2 major cities that Rodia called their capital. 

The first capital was Equator City. As the name says, it is a city located at Rodia's Equator. It was home to a gambling complex that was controlled by cartel's dedicated to money laundering to the criminal organization, Black Sun. Flip of A Coin Casino was also located in Equator City. A cultural part of the city was the famed Concert Hall "Holosseum".

The second and current Capital City is Iskaayuma. After Navik the Red took power as Grand Protector, he moved the capital from Equator City to Iskaayuma, the seat of his clan, the Chattza. The city was home to the Rodian weapons factory, Rodmark Weapons Plant.

There are also other major cities- Chekkoo Enclave, Matza, Samana, and Yusk. Rodia's main exports included Bounty Hunters, Exotic Animals, and Weaponry. It's imports consisted of Agricultural goods, Foodstuffs, and Luxury goods.

Other than the Rodians, Rodia was host to a diverse population of creatures and fauna. The native plant life mostly became endangered or have been wiped out by the growing Rodian population by greater technology.

Among the native creatures of Rodia-

 The Rodian Karstag, a predator that called the swamps and damp forests, it's home. Not only the big incisors on the front of its mouth that made this animal a very dangerous one to deal but also the large spikes at the end of its clubbed tail. While native to Rodia, the Karstag was hunted on the Planet of Vilhon at the annual Vor-cal hunt and served up at the feast afterwards with algae-bread stuffing.

The Newoogall, an arachnid creature with multiple legs had been spotted many times with dripping pinchers. It's hunting technique was to crawl on cavern ceilings and drop down on it's prey in a surprise attack.

The Ghest, probably the most influential of the native species of Rodia. They were large Reptilian creatures that lived in the swamps. Before the Rodians had become technologically advanced the Ghests would be known to decimate entire villages. Many Rodians had become famous as Ghestslayers at the time. The Ghest had become an important part in Rodian Mythology as a symbol of death and destruction.

The Kwazel Maw as seen in the Animated Series of The Clone Wars Season One Episode 8 "Bombard Jedi" is a large slug like creature native to the oceans of Rodia. It is similar to the Dagobah Swamp Slugs but much larger in size and with bio-luminescent markings. They are known to be clumsy swimmers and can mostly be found to be clinging to undersea canyon walls. Their skin is well protected from blaster bolts.

The Vagh Rodiek became a native species after the Yuuzhan Vong War. It was created by Yuuzhan Vong Shaper Caste. The Vong had decimated Rodia and then turned their attention to the Rodian populace. Master Shaper Taug Molou was the one that proposed to use the Rodian population as warbeasts. With approval, Taug started to reshape the Rodians at a cellular level and reshaping them into four legged crablike creatures with bone scythes for legs and the former head spines turned into sharp quills. The Vagh Rodeik played a hand in the destructive ground battles of Nal Hutta.

I'll save the history for another post but I wanted to give at least a summary of the Rodian homeworld of Rodia. If you would like more information then please go to the Wookieepedia page for Rodia at- http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rodia .