Doriya Briikan

"Funny, you don't usually see too many tailed-headed Mandies." "I can appreciate that, and I know this must be a really special day for you, but let me just give you a little fair warning: if you keep looking at me like that, I am going to break your nose. If you call me a 'tail-headed Mandie' again, it'll be your teeth. Your choice."

- A rude cantina-goer and Doriya Briikan

Doriya Briikan was a female Twi'lek Mandalorian, who lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Orphaned at a young age when a gang of pirates attacked the transport her family had booked passage aboard, Doriya was taken in by a group of Mandalorians responding to the transport's distress call. Raised and trained by her newly adopted parents, Doriya learned to fight and survive as a Mandalorian, as an adult, Doriya took a job as a server at the Oyu'baat cantina, becoming a friendly fixture of life in Mandalore's capital city, Keldabe.

Biography
Born Aleyfa Dira in the year 49 BBY, she was the daughter of itinerant workers from Ryloth. When she was scarcely a toddler, Aleyfa's family booked passage aboard a starship bound for the Core in search of new employment opportunities. Midway through their journey, their transport was set upon by a gang of ruthless pirates, who slaughtered everyone they encountered, including young Aleyfa's parents. Before the pirates could kill Aleyfa, however, they were themselves attacked by a group of Mandalorians responding to the transport's distress call. Now orphaned, Aleyfa was taken in by her Mandalorian rescuers, and soon after, she was officially adopted by Rosu and Goruk Briikan.

With no records available, and as the child was too young to give her name when asked, Aleyfa's newly adoptive fathers called her Doriya, and returned with the young girl to their Keldabe home on the planet Mandalore. There, over the next twelve years, Doriya's parents raised her with love and affection, in addition to training her to hunt, fight, and survive, in accordance with Mandalorian custom. At the same time, Rosu and Goruk encouraged her to delve into her Twi'lek heritage. She learned to speak the native Twi'leki languages—from the spoken Ryl, to the ancestral body language of her lekku—and studied traditional forms of Rylothian dance. When she was thirteen, Doriya underwent the trials of her verd'goten, and upon successfully completing the traditional rite of passage, she emerged as a legal Mandalorian adult.

Though she possessed the same martial skills as most other Mandalorians, and despite growing up with two mercenaries for parents, Doriya's interests tended toward a less combat-oriented life. She dabbled in a variety of odd jobs throughout Keldabe, before eventually finding employment as a server at the Oyu'baat cantina. During her time working at the Oyu'baat, Doriya met a variety of interesting people, including her fellow Keldabe resident, Ezgi Deshra. It wasn't long before the two young women had become close friends, and occasionally even enjoyed each other's company as casual lovers.

Personality and traits
A Twi'lek female, Doriya Briikan stood at a height of 1.54 standard meters, and typically weighed around forty-seven kilograms. She had dark green eyes, and light green skin, while her back was covered in a number of white tattoos. Additionally, she possessed a slender build, threading the needle between an abundant appetite and a fast metabolism. Doriya was also left-handed, and suffered from an allergy to warra nuts.

While Doriya was a rare example of a morning person, she typically preferred to sleep in for as long as circumstances would allow. She loved the entire purple color spectrum, dabbled and delighted in fashion, hated Melahnese food, and owned every album ever released by the musical group Sonic Free. Doriya spoke Mando'a, Basic, and Ryl, was able to understand Binary, and could communicate using her species' intricate and unique form of body language based around lekku movements. She also loved plants, and decorated her Keldabe apartment in a variety of flowers and leafy wall ivy.

Equipment
As a Mandalorian, Doriya possessed a personalized suit of Mandalorian armor. Comprised of black plates with silver accents, and a purple flak vest over a form-fitting black body glove, Doriya's armor was forged using a beskar–carbon alloy, making the plates lightweight but incredibly resilient. Though she rarely wore her armor in her everyday life, Doriya nevertheless cared for the entire suit, and dutifully cleaned and maintained it.

Doriya also owned a custom-made, snub-nosed WESTAR-34 blaster pistol. A gift from her close friend, Ezgi, the modified blaster had a dark, durite finish, and an ebony-varnished, veshok wood grip, engraved with her clan's sigil.

Behind the scenes
Doriya Briikan was conceived and developed by writer Mia Mesharad for her 2017 online tour piece, " Welcome to Mandalore ," though it wasn't until Mesharad's subsequent story, " The Nar Kreetan Job ," that she was finally identified by name.

Appearances

 *  Welcome to Mandalore 
 *  The Nar Kreetan Job