Hailstorm Brotherhood

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"Embrace these fates: ice and fire, claw and fang, war and ruin. They are inevitable."
―A Hailstorm Brotherhood proverb[3]

The Hailstorm Brotherhood was a fanatical subfaction of the White Maw pirates on Hoth.

History

Galactic Republic forces noted the radical subgroup of the White Maw pirates when scanners detected a massive ice spire rising above the Glacial Fissure sector. Scouts investigated the sculpture and reported encounters with half-naked warriors wearing wampa furs and screaming poetry as they charged into battle.[2]

The Hailstorm Brotherhood represented an extreme version of "going native." Originally a murderous cult from a nameless ice planet, the brotherhood became a legend when its White Maw members relocated to Hoth, abandoning all pretenses of civilization and instead embracing the call of the wild. They are more than a tribe of survivalists, however. There is a strong spiritual aspect to the Hailstorm Brotherhood that makes them dangerously fanatical.[2]

Behind the scenes

If the player is Empire, only the Empire will take on the Brotherhood.[1] If the player is Republic, both Republic and Empire temporarily collaborate to take down the Brotherhood.[4]

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Empire Mission: "The Hailstorm Brotherhood" on Hoth
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "The Hailstorm Brotherhood"
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Republic Mission: "Allied Forces" on Hoth