Dalharil Ebonclaw

"Weaving is much like creating a tapestry; As one single fiber must be threaded, and worked with other fibers. Some may be of different colours, and hue. However in the end they all create a completed piece of art."

Dalharil Ebonclaw, or her full name Dalharil plak'la elemmiire Ebonclaw is one of two genetic clone hybrids of the Danthiri Matron Lirreka, and the Human Force user Adena Qel-Droma. Her creation, and that of her sister Tiera-Qel Ebonclaw was an attempt by the Danthiri to unlock the secrets of force users in a culture where such things as Jedi were unheard of. Unlike the rather primal, and power driven Danthiri, Dalharil expressed no interest in the ways of her Danthiri side. During the time of the Great Territorial War Dalharil fled the Ebonclaw compound on Myrkr to discover her human roots. This led her to Ossus, and the Jedi Order. Dalharil Trained under Master Damian Nightblade in her early days as a padawan. She was present at the Battle of Coruscant, helping evacuate Senate members as the Sith Armada of Empress Darth Viea assaulted and eventually captured the planet. During the Jedi rebulding Dalharil trained with Master Ussej Padric Bac until earning her knighthood.

Early life
Dalharil was born on the Dantiri homeworld of Delmagh, the 12th daughter of the Danthiri Matron Lirreka Ebonclaw. Both her and her twin sister Tiera-Qel are not however full Danthiri, but rather half Danthiri, half Human, nor were they a product of classic breeding as most commonly understood. The twins are both technically hybrid clones combining the mixed genetic makeup of both their parents, Matron Lirreka, and then Jedi Master Adena Qel-Droma, a Jedi from Alderaan. Dalharil in many ways was an unexpected accident of this genetic experiment. At the time a child with both Danthiri, and Force sensitive traits was designed by Ebonclaw geneticist, Danthiri being rarely attuned to the force by default. Once the embryo was created, the Matron herself had the life implanted within her, to assure certain genetic traits, and influences could be passed along. However the single child divided into two, creating a second child, Dalharil. When the Twins were born it was noticed that Dalharil had adopted more human traits than her sister. This however was not seen as anything really different, as many of the Matron's daughters were half breeds. It was, however as Dalharil aged that many differences between her and her kin began to show.

Dalharil often felt like an outsider, uninterested in the matters of the house, or the culture. Dal was not even interested in becoming a weaver, which is a semi-force like craft focusing on the elements and weaving them into various useful ways. Dalharil had many issues with her siblings, most notably the eldest, and rightful heir to the house Adesia, and Dal's own twin, Tiera. Adesia and Tie instantly formed a rivalry, the eldest hardly tolerating the presence of the twins within the family, Tiera took this as fear from the heir, thinking Adesia worried that one of them could challenge her claim to the Matrons throne, and so made it a point from early on to do exactly that, this war often placing Dalharil in the middle. The young weaver did however have one ally, and some could call friend in one of her older sisters Tiance .

While Tiance was not always the warmest, she had no issues with the twins parentage, she would often tolerate Dal's endless questioning about family matters and motives, venting about her lessons in weaving, or the fighting between Tie, and Adesia. It was eventually Tiance who leaked certain information about Dal's human mother, which for some reason, Dalharil had never been told about. Never would her questions be answered by Lirreka, or any other sibling.Taking what she learned of her human side, Dalharil sought out her mothers personal assassin, and spy Raviel. Hearing from Tiance, that Rav had known her human mother, and even learned to wield the mysterious power known as “ the Force” from her. Raviel was reluctant at first to say anything, however fed her small amounts of information, mostly as to the nature of the Force, how to tap into her own natural ability in it, and that her human mother was a powerful user of this gift, and was something called a “Jedi”.

For several years Dalharil trained in the force in secret, however learning nothing more of her human side. On the same note, Dalharil's twin Tiera seemed to openly practice the Force skills she learned, constructed an carried a Force users weapon called a lightsaber, which only Tie, and Rav were ever allowed to build or carry. Tiera also seemed to know much of their human side, however never shared this with Dalharil, often promising to tell her if Dal completed some meaningless tasks for her, only to find a loophole to get out of the deal. This further lead to Dal's feeling of separation. As she neared young adulthood Dalharil awoke in the middle of the night, her mind burning with schematics of some device she had seen in a dream. Moving into into the technical labs, Dal began to build. She knew nothing of electronics, however in a trance like state she worked as if she had done this a million times. Waking from her daze Dal looked down to realize she had constructed her first lightsaber. Fearing the fall out of this Dalharil quickly tore it apart, however saved the components only to rebuild the inner core later. She took the core to Tiance, and begged her sister to help her hide it from Her mother and other sisters, reluctantly Tiance agreed and took it, placing it in a hidden compartment for “ exotic” plants, and allowed vines to weave and grow around it as an outer casing. The end result was that of a simple looking bundle of vines, which was not uncommon to see carried by a weaver, as many carried fetishes related to their craft to aid concentration. However hidden between stalks lay a power switch, when activated the lightsaber bloomed with a vibrant canary yellow blade.

Planning the Escape
The house soon erupted into a buzz as word spread that the Matron, and a large Armada of Star ships was massing to make a move out beyond the known cluster, beyond the galactic rift. Such a massive move would take time, and resources. A bold move such as this gave rumors that the Matron planned to overtake the massive Galaxy that up until now Danthiri astronomers had only been able to see through telescopes. Dalharil begged to go with her mother, stating that she needed to learn of the other cultures, and their histories. This was a respected argument, Danthiri have always been warlike, but valued learning above all else, taking in technology, culture, and histories of those they defeated was often times more important than the gaining of territory. Lirreka however denied her request, siting it would be too dangerous, and Dal had best remain home to study. It was later as her Mother neared completion of preparations that Dal overheard her mother, and Rav walking past her room, having recently spoken with Tiera down the hall. Though unable to catch all the things said, Dal heard the phrases “ Looking through Jedi academies, and Sith” and the words “ Her” stressed as if trying to remain weary of the individual mentioned. Dalharil became curious of this, and made plans to find a way to this large galactic body in which her Mother seemed to be invading. Lirreka must have expected this as Dalharil was conveniently pinned down with lessons when the armada left, hours ahead of schedule. Stranded Dalharil focused on the lessons she had learned from Raviel. Months passed before the call came to bring in new blood from home, to the new front. Weavers, and warriors, beast handlers, Dalharil saw this as her chance to escape. Dressing in her Weaver robes, hood drawn to hid her face, and lightsaber in toe, Dal boarded a shuttle bound for an Ebonclaw Stronghold inside the galaxy. Using a Jedi mind trick on security to sneak passed she remained in silence the whole trip, fighting mixed emotions of excitement at what she may discover.

Behind the scenes
Dalharil was created by writer, and illustrator Adena McDargh, and writer M.Raper for theStarWarsRP.comand Star Wars Legends in 2004 as well as continued use in the development of StarWars:Generations

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legends
 * Star Wars Generations