A member state of Xim's Empire during the Pre-Republic era, Abraxin later joined the Galactic Republic with the destruction of the empire.
At some point, a group of Barabel made their way to the world and created a small settlement.
During the lifetime of Darth Bane, Abraxin was aligned with Lord Kaan's Brotherhood of Darkness and was strong in the dark side. However, this power had waned signficantly by the time of Darth Plagueis.
Circa 67 BBY, the Sith apprentice, Naat Lare, visited Abraxin in order to hunt marsh haunts, as an aspect of his training. As an escapee from the Bedlam Institution for the Criminally Demented, Lare was separately hunted by both Darth Plagueis and by two Jedi, Ni-Cada and Lo Bukk.
During the final days of the Republic, the Jedi Order's Exploration Corps dispatched the Jedi Master Ur-Sema Du and her Padawan Kai Justiss on a , where the duo encountered and captured a marsh haunt for study by the Jedi Archives. With the rise of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the start of the Clone Wars, Abraxin seceded from the Republic.
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