Quiana Lankari

Biography
Quiana Lankari is a Rutian Twi'lek who was the former Master of Jedi Knight Tahné Amelie.

Early Life
Quiana was born on Taris. Her immigrant parents died in a violent raid on their home when she was only four months old, though for reasons unknown the raiders did not kill her. Instead they took her to an orphanage for children in the Lower City, where she was raised amongst other children, most of them alien of some description.

When Quiana was eight she and three other Twi'lek females were adopted by an unknown human man. However, instead of the loving homes he had promised, he sold the alien girls to a local gangster; a Hutt named Slugga.

Quiana and the three Twi'leks that had been sold lived a life of misery at the beck and call of Slugga. However fate would prove to be kind when Slugga met his end at the hands of a bounty hunter named Jack Astran.

Jack brought Quiana to his cousin and friend Vida Embros, who was a Jedi Knight. After reassuring the young Twi'lek that she would not be enslaved again, Vida took Quiana with her to Coruscant.

Coruscant
On Coruscant, Quiana was taken to the Jedi Council and submitted for testing. Although she was almost too old, the Jedi Order accepted her and her training on Coruscant began.

Although most youngling Jedi spend many years of training in the Temple, Quiana spent only two years in the Temple before she was taken on as a Padawan by Vida Embros c. 3,996 BBY. The Great Sith War had just ended, and the human Jedi who had secured Quiana's safety preferred to teach her Padawans reality outside the Jedi Temple.

For the next fifteen years Quiana studied under Master Vida. The Great Sith War had left deep scars on the Republic's stability, and they spent their time travelling to damaged worlds and rebuilding from scratch. When Quiana was twenty-five, c. 3,981 BBY, she underwent the tests at the Temple and was made into a Jedi Knight. Free from her initial Padawan studies, Quiana journeyed back to Taris, hoping to make peace with the past that had troubled her since childhood.

The Calm Before the Storm
Five years passed in which Quiana travelled back and forth between Taris and her parents' homeworld of Ryloth, searching for information on her family history. However her efforts proved to be in vain. She gave up and headed back to Coruscant.

The day after she arrived, Quiana was taken to inspect the apprentices; the Council assumed she had decided to take a Padawan. Although that was not her original decision, a small, fiery-haired human girl caught her attention. Her name was Tahné Amelie of Naboo. After talking with the youngling Quiana agreed to take her as a Padawan. Together Master and apprentice left Coruscant for a 'taste of reality', as Quiana quoted her old Master. It was at this time that the Mandalorian clans were beginning to conquer small Outer Rim worlds, paving the way for a future conflict.

The Mandalorian Wars
Thirteen years passed with Tahné under Quiana's tutelage. The two women returned to Coruscant to rumours that the Mandalorians had begun to invade Republic space. Yet although Supreme Chancellor Diath was petitioning the Council for aid, the Jedi refused to make a decision that would lead to violence.

However two young Jedi Knights, who would be later known as Revan and Malak, were opposed to the Council's decision. They deserted the Order and left to join the Republic with other Jedi who had rallied to their cause. Tahné was one of them.

With the loss of her Padawan, Quiana impulsively swore that she would never take another apprentice. She disappeared from Coruscant, and for years her whereabouts were unknown.

Jedi Civil War
The Mandalorian Wars passed with neither sight nor sound from Quiana Lankari. However, when a call was sent to all Jedi to aid in the Battle for Rakata Prime, a strange Tarisian model M4 fighter was seen assaulting the Star Forge along with the Republic cruisers and capital ships.

Soon after the battle ended, Quiana Lankari reappeared with no explanation or excuse for her disappearance. She began to work for the Council again, travelling to damaged worlds and aiding like she had as a Padawan, many years ago.

When the remaining Sith began to hunt and kill the Jedi like animals, Quiana was one of the first to be assassinated. She met her end on Tatooine in the Dune Sea, overwhelmed by blaster fire and two Sith Jedi. Her body was never recovered.

Personality and Traits
Quiana Lankari was a realistic, sometimes blunt woman who preferred peace to combat; unlike her former Padawan Tahné Amelie. She was raised on Taris, a planet known for its prejudice towards alien species, and as such she was suspicious and mistrustful of others at a young age.