Gorax

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Gorax

Basic Information -

Homeworld: Endor
Height: 6-30 meters tall
Diet: Omnivore

Expanded Universe -

As brave as the native Ewoks of Endor are, the thundering ground-shaking presence of a Gorax giant is enough to frighten even the greatest warrior. Thankfully, these immense humanoids are rare, with only a scant few being spotted in the forests of the verdant moon. Goraxes stand well over six meters in height, though there have been records of truly immense giants, 30 meters in height. Their bodies are covered with thick, matted black-brown fur. Their hairless faces have protruding lower jaws filled with pointed teeth. Sensitive pointed ears compensate for their small, weak eyes. Bright light is painful to the Goraxes, so they prefer to hunt at night. Goraxes have only recently developed sentience, and are quite primitive. They wear crudely stitched-together clothing, and use simple weapons and tools like clubs and staves. Goraxes have been known to domesticate pets, like the Endor boar-wolves. Gorax appear to be solitary beings.

One particularly Gorax was an evil giant that lived in an underground cavern built into a mountain fortress beyond the Desert of Salma. This Gorax captured two human adults who had crashed on Endor, Catarine and Jeremitt Towani, and held them in his cave. The humans' children, Mace and Cindel Towani, were part of a special caravan of Ewoks to challenge the Gorax. Deej, Wicket W. Warrick, Willy, Weechee, Chukha-Trok, and Kaink comprised the group. They succeeded in killing the Gorax, forcing the giant to tumble into a deep chasm. It is not known if the giant built his massive fortress, which was filled with dark caverns and huge spiders.