Cora Braveheart

Cora Braveheart was a Force-sensitive Human female and was at different points in her lifetime a mechanic, a pilot, and a Jedi. A native of Tatooine, Cora was descended from two long lines of moisture farmers, and was a direct descendant of Jori Daragon on her father's side. She witnessed Anakin Skywalker's shocking podrace victory, which she had unwittingly predicted. After her mother's death, she left Tatooine and began working in shipping food for the Republic up until the establishment of the Galactic Empire. She helped Master Shaak Ti escape Coruscant and took the Jedi Master to Felucia. Afterwords, she began doing odd jobs, never divulging her full name or information to her employers, fearing that the Empire was tracking her whearabouts.

Birth and Early Childhood (40-30 BBY)
Cora was born in the year 40 BBY to Alec and Tanya Braveheart. Alec was killed a few months before Cora's birth while attempting to rescue several youths who had been kidnapped by Tusken Raiders, and her mother sold their moisture farm and moved in with her grandparents. As there were no formal schools on Tatooine at the time, her mother home schooled her, tutoring her in various subjects. However, Cora was reckless often wandering off by herself, and once got lost in the desert. Thankfully she was found by some Jawas, who helped her return home safely. For her eighth birthday, her mother bought her a cactus in the hope that nurturing the cactus would teach her responsibility. Unfortunately, Cora ended up accidently drowning the cactus.

Watching the Boonta Eve Classic (32 BBY)
After much fussing, her mother finally relented and allowed her daughter to watch a podrace. While the being sitting next to them said Subulba would win, Cora predicted that the young Human would win. After the race, she proudly stated to Anakin that she knew he would win.

Growing Up (30-20 BBY)
"Mom, I'm not going to be a kid forever! And when I grow up, I'm leaving this dustball forever!"

- Cora

As Cora grew older, she began to perform odd jobs, helping pilots make repairs on their ships for a small fee, or in exchange for flying lessons. Cora kept most of her earnings in a small lock box, as she planned to leave Tatooine behind forever. However, her oppurtunity to leave came with tragedy. Her grandmother died of a cold when Cora was sixteen. Her grandfather died the following year of grief. Her own mother eventually died of a bone marrow disease after years of fighting it off. Although she was sad, Cora decided she would continue with her plans to leave and make a new life for herself.

Republic Shipping (20-19 BBY)
Unfortunately, none of the pilots would hire Cora due to her inexperience. Eventually, she agreed to help a rather shady looking Nikko Spends deliver cargo to Cato Nemoidia. It was only once they were en route that she found out that the "cargo" was slaves. Furious, she knocked Spends out with his own blaster, and freed the slaves. As a consequance, the Cato Nemoidian government placed a bounty on her head for "being a public nuisance".

Cora eventually made her way to Coruscant and got a job from Alistair Reynolds, helping to ship food throughout the Republic. She worked with Marcellus Petreius, who was later "killed" by Seperatists.

Battle of Coruscant (19 BBY)
"Nice flying kiddo!"

- Alistair Reynolds

On a routine delivery run to Coruscant, Cora and Alistair pulled out of hyperspace, only to find themselves caught in the midst of a space battle. Cora took over at the controls and was able to manouver the ship through the space battle and land safely onto one of the landing platforms. Cora and Alistair were both interviewed by Holonet for their roles in the battle.

Order Sixty Six
Towards the end of the war, Cora had begun to get uneasy feelings of the future. At first, she assumed that she was merely nervous about what job she would have after the war was over. On the night the Republic fell, she landed on one of the Temple's landing platforms to investigate the fire. She ended up helping Shaak Ti, a member of the Jed Council. She used Alistair's ship to help Master Ti get to Felucia. However, she was unable to return to Coruscant as Alistair had reported her for theft of his ship.

In Hiding (19-17 BBY)
Cora worked at odd jobs, mostly illegal activities such as smuggling. However, after recieving evidence that Nikko Spends was chasing her, she settled down in Alderaan hoping to shake him off her trail.

Personality
Cora was intelligent and instinctive, if impulsive. Her reckless nature often got her into trouble and gave her plenty of enemies. However, Cora was extremely compassionate as she was willing to put other people's safety ahead of her own.

Powers and abilities
Cora was Force-sensitive, and had some level of precognition as she was able to predict that Anakin would win the podrace. She also sensed Order Sixty Six before it happened. Cora also had improved reflexes as she was able to maneuver the ship she was in to safety in the midst of a battle. She also was able to knock out Nikko Spends, who was a well trained assassin.

Later, after she recieved some training, her precognition grew, and she was able to recieve visions of events that may occur in the near future. She became skilled in the Shien style of combat, as well as having some knowledge of Soresu. Cora became adept at Jedi mind tricks, although she used them sparingly.

In addition to her Force powers, Cora was a skilled mechanic able to do odd jobs for pilots as a kid, and was able to overide the mindwipe that was on HK-47. She also was bilingual, able to speak and understand both Basic and Hutteese.

Marcellus Petreius/Nyx
Cora met Marcellus when she joined Alistair Reynolds's business. The two of them frequantly worked together,and Marcellus was kind enough to give Cora some tips on how to improve her piloting skills. The two of them were very close co-workers. Cora was devastated when Marcellus was presumed dead.

The pair did not meet again until several years later, when Darth Nyx was performing a mission on behalf of his master. She became visibly distraught when she discovered the identity of her kidnapper. The feelings she had for Nyx resurficed, and conflicted with her growing feelings for Ferus Olin. In the end, she chose to escape, leaving Nyx. However, Nyx continued to love her until his own death. Cora would later describe Nyx as her biggest "what if".

Ferus Olin
Ferus and Cora met on the planet Alderaan after the Clone Wars. They became very close, in spite of Ferus's attempts to distance himself, and the secrets they kept from each other. Ferus was determined to find her, allying himself with Darth Vader in order to gain the holocron that was needed to ransom her. Ferus was the one who began her training, which would be finished by Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ferus and Cora eventually married, and had one daughter, Roana.