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Iela was born on the distant barren world of Nusami in the Outer Rim
Territories. Nusami was a desolate world orbiting a dying sun.
Iela was only 3 when her latent abilities in the force were discovered -
and even then it was only by accident.
A
Jedi research team, who were in a nearby system examining ancient ruins,
were attacked by pirates. The Jedis' ship was heavily damaged and
the closest system was that of Nusami. Upon arrival the ship
collided with a asteroid sending the vessel and its crew hurtling towards
the world's surface.
After a short and fiery ride through the atmosphere, the Jedi ship crashed
killing all aboard except for the lead Jedi, Master Uron-Don Sakron.
Braving the desert, Master Sakron make his way
across the barren landscape to the village where Iela's parents lived.
Upon arriving in the village, the Jedi collapsed, exhausted by his
journey.
Master Sakron was well cared for by the village's inhabitants for 3 long
days during which time he was haunted by lucid visions of a terrible
future involving a young woman bearing a strange tattoo on her arm.
Many times he would awaken screaming in agony pleading with the woman to
stop. Luckily, they were visions of a possible future.
After being rested back to health Master Sakron begun to sense strong
emanations in the force from somewhere in the village. Once fully
recovered, he begun helping where he could while also looking for the
sensation he had felt. Eventually Master Sakron found the source of
the disturbance in the form of Iela.
Master Sakron approached Iela's parents, informed them of Iela's "special
gift" and requested that he be given permission to train her. Iela's
parents agreed, and soon after Iela was introduced to the ways of the
Jedi.
Master Sakron knew that his ability to train Iela was limited, and fraught
with danger at her young age. As a result, he travelled across the
desert to his crashed ship to repair the sub-space transceiver. This
would allow him to contact the a nearby ship allowing them to be rescued.
The
responses to Master Sakron's transmissions were few. Most responded
that they were on their way to some other destination and
couldn't help. This lack of response lasted for some months but
eventually the entire village including Master Sakron and Iela were
rescued by an older smuggler and transported to Coruscant just prior to
Nusami's sun went nova.
Once there Master Sakron requested that Iela be given over to the Jedi
Council to continue her training. Although reluctant, knowing that
they would never see their child again, Iela's parents agreed, feeling as
though they owed their rescuer something. Iela was soon inducted into the Jedi Academy and begun
her progression to Padawan.
When Iela turned 15 years of age, she was given over to the Jedi Master
Haenis Sinne. What was not known was that Master Sinne was a Dark
Jedi in waiting. He was dissatisfied with the way the Council was bowing to
the Senate's wishes and had begun studying the dark arts. It was not
long before he commenced his research into the rituals of the Dathomir
Witches, the Tara'Sta and of course, the Sith.
When he was given Iela as his Padawan he sensed something within her,
and begun training her to be his new dark apprentice. Luckily the
Jedi Council detected this and moved against Master Sinne.
Unfortunately by the time the Council had made their move, Sinne had
disappeared but not before erasing some of Iela's memories. What was
erased is still unknown.
The
council debriefed the young Padawan and found that some of the skills she
had learnt were also removed by her dark Master. Knowing they must
act quickly, the council gave ownership of Iela over to the great Jedi
Library. There she became the student of the Jedi Knight Segwin Drathis who was studying himself to become a
Jedi Master. Segwin was a field researcher for the library
and specialised in the collection and study of Jedi Artefacts. His
specialty though was the Sith.
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