Xe'laah Qouessi

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"A principled youth doesn't live to adulthood without being sheltered. I was neither principled or sheltered."

―Xe'laah Qouessi on principles

Xe'laah Qouessi is a Nautolan female of below average height and average weight who is unaffiliated and identifies herself as a Vanguard. She originates from the planet of Glee Anselm where she lived out her tadpole phase with her father. Xe'laah would live on the planet until she was ten standard years old. Then an unfortunate accident led to the young lady being separated from her parents. This has led to a series of cultural and visual changes that differentiate Xe'laah from most of her kind.

Character History

Early Life

Xe'laah Qouessi's birth marked the beginning of the twelveth year after the Battle of Yavin. Unusually, the [[starwarsNautolan|Nautolan] was born with a red hue to her skin, a rarity among the species. Her father was an attaché assigned to her mother, a famed diplomat. Her father was the one who stayed with the tadpole as she grew her arms, legs and signature head-tails, which she was told was called tresses to differentiate from the lekku of the Twi'lek and other species. Her mother went around the galaxy, forging agreements with various planets for trade purposes. One mission, in particular, would change Xe'laah's life forever.

The Gand Incident

Young Xe'laah was accompanying her mother and father on a diplomatic visit to the mysterious planet of Gand. Being so isolationist, even getting access to the planet was a coup for the family. With the ammonia filled atmosphere, the trio had to wear breathing masks to allow them to traverse the planet safely. All was seemingly going to plan. After some initial translation issues, Xe'laah's mother was really beginning to form a rapport with her counterpart. One day in particular, Xe'laah was with her father, visiting a local market to stock up on supplies for the week. Everything seemed to be normal. Then all of a sudden, panic erupted as one Gand rushed by with some sort of container in his hand. He was being pursued by staff wielding Gand. In the confusion, the young girl became separated from her father. Xe'laah wandered for hours, unable to find her father.

Lost and afraid, the young girl slept in an abandoned hut for the night. Days went by, the Nautolan child unable to find her parents, luckily there was a plentiful food source nearby to sustain her. A week had passed when she saw a starship leaving. It was most unusual, the Gand primarily remained on their homeworld. The child was confused, but also felt a sense of loss. It had been her parents departing, heartbroken at the perceived loss of their daughter. She wept for what felt like days, but she had to survive. With no friends or family, it would be tough but there was no other option.

Exile to the Stars

After ten years, living on the outside of Gand society, adopting their culture and learning their language, Xe'laaah felt like a de facto Gand. However, this was not the case. Though she had proven useful to the Findsmen, an order of Force-sensitive Gand, this often placed her at odds with those who were kept as slaves in Gand culture. The Nautolan had even been referred to as the Alien of Death, owing to her alien status and the punishment handed out for attempting to flee from their bondage.

One day, Xe'laah was learning with the Findsmen, who in return for her help had provided her with food, shelter, protection and even lessons in how to access the mystical power known as The Force. The alien female preferred non-violent applications of the Force. The idea of hurting people wasn't something she could get behind. Xe'laah preferred to play a supporting role, as the Findsmen sometimes needed her help and would offer rarer pieces of knowledge in exchange for help. This resulted in the Nautolan being able to accomplish feats beyond the normal use of some powers.

There was a mission that proved to be a disaster though, a runaway had taken a Findsman's staff, something held in the utmost regard among the group. Xe'laah was to assist in the recovery of the object. It had seemed like a perfectly normal mission at the outset, though things would soon change for the worse. Upon tracking the target down, the Findsman found that his staff was not in the possession of the supposed thief. This set him off, pummeling the other Gabd repeatedly. Xe'laah was outraged, she'd never seen this side of them. All she did was help them find lost Gand and return them to safety. Could it be that they were much more sinister than she had been led to believe? Refusing to allow the beating to continue, Xe'laah accessed the mind of the Findsman and convinced him to leave. Rushing to the side of the bloodied Gand, she did her best to heal his injuries but it was too late.

The memory of this seared into her brain, Xe'laah caught up to the Findsman and accosted him. She was shocked to learn that this was normal, she had been enabling wrongdoing in order to gain power. Returning to her camp, she was shocked to find it overrun with Findsmen, the one she had thought was just a fallen brother had reported her. Her food supply had been decimated, the hut she lived in set ablaze. Knowing she had to get away, she snuck back towards the city. Nothing but the clothes on her back to her name, the Nautolan arrived to find the city guard was looking for her. Using her knowledge of the streets, she snuck to the arrivals landing pads, hoping to sneak away on a starship. Stowing aboard a cargo freighter, it wasn't until the vessel reached its destination of Glee Anselm that she was discovered. Being recognised as the daughter of her mother, she was given a lift to a planet of her choice. The pilot was thankful to Xe'laah's mother for helping save her career and wanted to return the favour. Xe'laah asked to be taken to Hosnian Prime. The world was the current home of the New Republic Senate. There Xe'laah was able to earn a job as an aide to Chancellor Lanever Villecham, the peace focused leader of the New Republic. As a result, Xe'laah would accompany the Chancellor, picking up much of his own philosophy and adopting it as her own.