Editing Boras (section)

==History== 
''"They are not trees. They're called boras, and they make up the tampasi. They will harm you only if you attempt to harm them."'' <br />
―Ferroan <br />
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The boras were native life on the living planet of [[Zonama Sekot]] and existed long before the world gained self awareness. They were first harnessed as a living factory and used to control the art of shaping seeds during the initial colonization of the planet by Ferroans and Langhesi. In fact, it was the first Magister who had studied the boras and made friends with them. After this friendship was forged, the boras invited the colonists to observe the boras nurseries in the tampasi after which they were accepted as shapers. However, teaching the craft took twenty years for the first Magister to learn and he later trained the boras to move their dense canopies in order to serve as organic factories for the Jentari. This act which was made by Magister Hal also had the added advantage of blocking the creation process of Sekotan ships from prying eyes.
 
The natives of [[Zonama Sekot]] made use of Kybo airships to collect produce from the higher points on the boras. At some point, the living intelligence of Sekot allowed a stand of rogue boras to sprout. These were kept in a region in the northeast and were permitted in order to encourage genetic diversity. These malignant boras were allowed to flourish so long as no one disturbed their seeding grounds where they attacked any intruders. Members of the Jedi Order first became aware of the boras before the outbreak of the Clone Wars when [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and a young [[Anakin Skywalker]] traveled to Zonama Sekot to learn the fate of missing Jedi Vergere. In their time on the living world, they learnt of the nature of the boras from the Magister's daughter Jabitha.

During the turbulent times of the Crossings, the devastation caused to the surface of [[Zonama Sekot]] led to terrifying hurricanes that ripped entire boras from their roots. In the closing stages of the Yuuzhan Vong War, Luke Skywalker travelled to Zonama Sekot in order to enlist the planet's aid. Once there, he along with his wife [[Mara Jade Skywalker]], nephew Jacen Solo, Saba Sebatyne, Danni Quee and Soron Hegerty learned of the boras. However, the living intelligence of Sekot sought to secretly test Jacen Solo by orchestrating a kidnapping of Danni Quee and Jabitha by Senshi who took them to a grove of malignant boras where their lives were threatened by the wild creatures. It was during this time that Sekot determined their actions of fight or flight and ultimately decided to aid them in fighting the [[Yuuzhan Vong]].