Jaina Dai

NAME: Jaina Dai Chume Ta' Jin
NICKNAME: "Jedi" to her friends.
SPECIES: Hapan
HOMEWORLD: Hapes
RESIDENCE: Jaina Chume, Hapes
AGE: 39 standard years
GENDER: Female
HEIGHT: 5'2" / 157 cm
WEIGHT: 106 lb / 48 kg
EYES: Blue-Green
SKIN: Fair
HAIR: Blonde
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes


Jaina Dai is quite beautiful, but by Hapan standards she is only somewhat pretty. She is a petite woman, with blue-green eyes and strawberry-blonde hair that falls down to about mid-back. Like many Hapan women, her appearance belies her age; she is often confused for being her son's sister, rather than Halex's mother.

Jaina Dai typically wears the gowns and regalia of her office, most notably the Peerless Saber and the Queen Mother's Crown. The Crown is a resplendent array of rainbow gems and precious metals passed down through the generations, while the Saber is her own construction. The Peerless Saber produces a 100-cm violet blade when ignited, and its curved handle is excellent for Jaina Dai's preferred Makashi form.



Jaina Dai's Jedi training shows in her serene demeanor and placid temperament. She is quite charming, and can be quite warm when dealing with friends, family, and allies - if a bit over-protective of her son and less willing to consult his opinions and desires when deciding his future for him. Jaina Dai is quite wise when it comes to matters of state and diplomacy, but less so in matters of the heart; it is an open secret that she and the Imperial Usurper-turned-Royal High Commander, Kinsaris Karu, are lovers.



Jaina Dai can trace her matrilineal descent all the way back through to Tenel Ka, the Queen Mother credited with opening the Consortium's borders and thus the modern-day wealth and prestige without compare that the Hapans enjoy. Though technically a descendent of Anakin Skywalker and thus a distant member of the Skywalker family, she is not terribly impressed with that; after all, so is practically everyone else she grew up around.

Born in 495 ABY, Jaina Dai grew up with the understanding that she would never be the Queen Mother, that the burden would instead fall on her older sister, Alloria. Jaina was happy with that certainty - her life's dream was not to rule the wealthiest government in the galaxy, a hotbed of intrigue and deception, but to serve as a Jedi Knight. Jaina Dai was discovered to be strong in the Force shortly after her birth, and like all girls born in the royal family was sent to study at Dantooine on her twelfth birthday.

Jaina Dai reluctantly obeyed her mother's command to return to Hapes at the outset of the Imperial Civil War, when she was just sixteen years old - she was just promoted to senior apprentice, and had been given her first lightsaber. Unfortunately, Jaina Dai's mother and sister were both killed by an assassin in late 511 ABY, while Jaina Dai was still en route to the Consortium. Rumors swirled as to who perpetrated the offense, ranging from Jaina Dai herself to a political rival to the Sith - or even the Empire or Alliance, seeking to get the Hapans to commit to a resumed war. Jaina Dai's coronation was a somber one, with Kinsaris Karu by her side, and she swore on the blood of her family to get justice.post