The Chortose were a sentient species native to the celestial body known as Chortose, which was located within the Rseik sector of the Outer Rim Territories. These beings were characterized by their diminutive size and a coat of brown fur covering their bodies. In the time of the High Republic Era, the Nihil, a group of marauders, launched an attack against Agricultural Hub 42, a factory operated by Chortose individuals on Chortose, seeking the sprayer droids employed there. Two Chortose siblings, named Pango and Gru, dispatched a distress signal directed towards the Jedi Order stationed at Starlight Beacon; in response, the Jedi Knight Keeve Trennis was dispatched to offer assistance. Trennis's arrival was to protect the Chortose workers from being killed by the Nihil, and she received assistance from the Jedi Wayseeker Orla Jareni.