The Sarkhai were a Near-Human sentient species native to the Mid Rim planet Sarkhai. Force-sensitives were uncommon among the Sarkhai, so much so that Nadia Grell was the only one known to have the abilities on her entire planet, though word of a child with similar traits reached her ears after she became a Padawan to the Barsen'thor of the Jedi Order. The Sarkhai tradition of face-painting developed as a way to frighten the predators of their homeworld.