Noelani Darklighter

Noelani Darklighter was a young Force sensitive orphan, raised by Huff Darklighter on the desert planet of Tatooine. Precocious and innocent, she went to the Jedi Academy at Ossus around the time she turned 11 years old. Prior to the Corellian Insurrection in 40ABY she was assigned to Tahiri Viela as a Padawan apprentice.

Birth
Noelani was born on a mining complex on Araxxis 3 in 27ABY, approximately 8 standard months after the Mission to Myrkr. She was born to Tahiri Viela, the end-result of a single night with Anakin Solo on The Exquisite Death during the mission itself. In the months after Ebaq 9, Tahiri had disappeared, and when Luke found her, he also found Noelani. Deciding that Tahiri was too young to have a child, he mind-wiped all memory she had of Noelani and took the girl to Huff Darklighter on Tatooine.

Early Years
"I'm sorry if my questions earlier hurt you. I just…I just wanted, I want, to know where I came from. Who my parents are. I know I have a family here with you, but I want to know about my birth parents. I want to know if I have any brothers or sisters or aunts and uncles or cousins. There is so much I want to know."

- Noelani Darklighter to Huff Darklighter

Noelani's early life was marked by tragedy. When she was 4, Tusken Raiders invaded Huff's compound, while the two of them were in the city on business. Upon their arrival home, they discovered that the Tuskens had murdered Huff's wife and natural children. In a fit of rage, Noelani found a blaster and killed the Tuskens who had become drunk on sweet-water.

By the time she was 8 years old, she was intelligent, quick-witted and had a strong desire to learn more about her natural family. This was coupled with the realization that Huff truly cared for her, and she did not want to hurt him as well. Sometime after her eleventh birthday, she was sent a message from the Jedi, asking her to join their ranks. She was uncertain on what to do, until a discussion with both Huff and Tionne convinced her to join the Jedi. Once she had arrived on Ossus, she made her first Jedi friend, a young Bothan named Kor Res'sal.

Life as a Jedi
Noelani quickly fell into a standard routine with the Jedi as she learned more about her abilities and how to control them. Additionally, she made a number of friends during this time, foremost among these were Kor Res'sal and Poll Syth.

Apprenticeship
"You do realize that Jedi are not supposed to do the whole possession thing, right?"

- Tahiri to Noelani

Shortly after her thirteenth birthday, she was selected to be a part of a trial program matching younger students with older apprentices, much the same way that Ben Skywalker and Jacen Solo were matched together in the aftermath of the Killik Conflict. She was chosen by Tahiri Viela, her birth mother, though neither knew it at the time, to be her apprentice. The two soon became inseperable. The only time they were with one another was during the initial mission to the Corellian system at the start of the Corellian Insurrection in 40 ABY. Once Tahiri returned from that, she continued training Noelani in the Force and other skills that a Jedi nees, and were soon to begin doing missions for the Jedi.

Llord
After a few months of training, including learning how to use a wide variety of weapons such as the Gaffi Stick, Tahiri and Noelani were sent to Llord to learn what had happened to the young Jedi stationed there, Nelani Dinn. While on Llord, Tahiri and Noelani were attacked by a group of Yuuzhan Vong warriors, who wounded Tahiri and took Noelani captive. While captured, Noelani was kept in an Embrace of Pain and randomly subjected to lashes from a neural whip. She also learned that the Vong group that had captured her was led by a Sith-trained, Force Sensitive name Ulya Tu.

Once Tahiri arrived to rescue her, she was released from the Embrace immediately before Tahiri was knocked unconscious. During the ensuing battle, she learned that she could communicate with Vong lifeforms, such as an amphistaff through the Force. With a mixture of this ability, and Force Lightning, she defeated the remaining warriors though Ulya Tu had managed to escape.

BioTech & Ambria
Their next mission was an information gathering mission to the desert world of Ambria. Once on the world, Tahiri left Noelani in their hotel alone, and went out hunting for information, where she was drugged and taken to BioTech Industries research station. The next morning, after a running fight involving a Wookiee and a few Yuuzhan Vong, Noelani's arm was broken and then she was captured as well, and taken to the research facility. When she arrived at the Research Station, the ground transport she was in was hijacked by a young teenager, Chase Poliska. After running from BioTech, the two sneak aboard a starship heading towards Kashyyk. On the way, the ship experiences engine failure, and Noelani exposes their presence rather than letting the ship explode. An altruistic action which leads to their arrest on Kashyyk. Noelani manages to escape, and after fighting a Terentatek in the Deep Forest, foils an assassination attempt on one of the city leaders. Shortly, she was reunited with Tahiri, and they, and Chase return to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. While Noelani was still healing from the injuries she had received in the Deep Forest, Chase told her that they were from two different worlds, and then left, heading into the Undercity of Coruscant.

Discovering Her Family
"I… I just want to know who I am."

- Noelani to Tahiri

After Chase left, Noelani built her own lightsaber, and then she and Tahiri were going on a training mission to Rhen Var. On the way to the Hanger, she ran into, and met for the first time, Ben Skywalker--who she still did not know was her cousin. After the mission, Tahiri and Noelani went to the Temple on Ossus to rest for a while, and so Noelani could get some more formalized training. On Ossus, she and Ben spent a great deal of time getting to know one another, an activity which upset Ben's mother, Mara Jade Skywalker; who was one of the few people who knew the truth of Noelani's parentage.

On one of their days off, Noelani, Ben, Poll and Kor decided to go explore a series of ruins that were nearly 4000 years old. While there, Noelani inadvertently activated a training program which forced all four young apprentices to face their greatest fears. While in the catacombs, Ben was forced to kill Poll in an effort to protect Noelani and Kor. After their rescue, Ben and Noelani kissed.

And was interrupted by Ben's Mother, Mara Jade. Fearing that the Jedi Master hated her, Noelani fled into Tahiri's starship. A few minutes later, Tahiri came aboard, and told Noelani the truth that she had just learned: that they were Mother and daughter.

Life After The Jedi
"Why? Why did you do this, Master Skywalker?"

- Noelani to Luke Skywalker after she was reassigned to Master Tionne

Following Mara Jade's death, the Jedi Council ruled that Tahiri would have too much of an emotional investment in Noelani to effectively train her. A decision which had the aftermath of Tahiri quitting the Jedi. When Noelani learned that Tahiri had left, she felt betrayed, and fled as well, heading into the Undercity of Coruscant in an effort to find Chase.

Surprisingly, she was able to find him, and they then joined efforts with a group who spent their time hunting down, killing and studying the Vongformed life that had gone feral and crazy following the death of the World Brain. She and Chase traded their time and talents to the group, in order to have a place to live for themselves and a group of orphans that Noelani had found.

Within a few months though, her world once again came crumbling down around her. While on a mission, Asyra'mata, the oldest of the orphans was captured by a Galactic Alliance Guard unit being led by her mother. The two groups fled in different directions, with Chase and Noelani returning to the compound where they lived. Evir, the leader of the compound denied them access to troops or resources to rescue Asyra'mata as he felt it would bring too much attention to their operation.

As Noelani made plans to rescue Asyra'mata on her own, she told Chase to take the other kids and go somewhere. The two professed their love for one another as the compound came under attack. She left Chase to deal with the kids and went to the front of the compound, where a GAG unit being lead by Jacen Solo, who she mistook for a Jedi, was attacking. After a brief fight with Jacen, she snuck onto one of their troop transports and let it take her to the GAG headquarters, where she hoped Asyra'mata was being held. While exploring the area, she saw a wrecked speeder being brought in, to discover that it contained Chase and the other kids. In her anger, she hit the window, attracting the attention of her mother.

Appearances

 * Jedi Adept: Greater Than The Sum Of Their Parts
 * Jedi Adept: A Father's Blade
 * Jedi Adept: Family Found
 * Jedi Adept: A Path In The Dark