Lira Kestal

Lira Kestal was a human female native of the far Outer Rim world of Paridant, which she was born and raised on her entire life up until the age of 24. Wanting to leave, she eventually found that opportunity after running into Luke Solo in 58 ABY while he stopped by Paridant to refuel his ship during his quest for the mysterious unknown force that had called out to him for the past 2 years. Joining Luke due to his witnessing her skills with a blaster during a bar fight, she came along with him to continue the journey.

Early life
Lira Kestal was born on the Outer Rim world of Paridant in 34 ABY, during the first year of the First Order-Resistance conflict. Due to her rather bland and boring upbringing, Lira had wanted to get off of the flat desert planet ever since she was a teenager. These hopes started when she was 15, with Lira aspiring to become something greater in the galaxy rather than just another farmer like her mother and father. Over the years of living on Paridant, Lira became known as somewhat of a swindler and scammer, taking on a more dangerous life than that of her parents.

Meeting Luke Solo
In 58 ABY, 21 years after the end of the First Order-Resistance war and the beginning of the Unified Order of Republic Systems and Protector Knights, Lira was at a combined bar/refueling station facility in order to go and and get a drink. While she was sitting at the bar, she eyed a young man enter the establishment: Luke Solo, son of Ben and Rey Solo. Noticing more than just the person himself, she also saw the lightsaber Solo kept hidden behind his dark brown jacket. Luke himself eventually bought a drink, and right as both of them were about to leave, Lira was confronted by a few local gangsters she had deceived a few days earlier. They attempted to fight her, but she managed to show off her prowess with a blaster pistol (more specifically, her signature DD-16 blaster) and incapacitated all of them. Luke Solo left the bar moments later. Lira, still intrigued by the fact that someone important enough to carry a lightsaber came to Paridant, followed Luke.

Lira secretly tracked Luke's movements from the refueling facility back to his ship on the outskirts of the village where the bar was located. This was where she finally decided to reveal herself to Luke, asking to come along with him in order to get off-world and escape the boring life of Paridant. Luke, reluctant to take her along, explained what he was doing here, which was simply refueling his spacecraft in order to continue off towards the Unknown Regions and outer reaches of the galaxy to track down a mysterious voice through the Force that seemed to be calling out to him. Lira, not phased by this one bit, still wanted to tag along on Luke's journey, referring back to her skills with a blaster as a major factor in why she would be of immense help to him. Although still slightly worried for her, Luke let her on the ship, with the two taking off into space minutes later. While Luke piloted the craft into space, Lira stayed in the passenger/cargo area until further notice.