Rayne Turgachia

Rayne Turgachia

Rayne Turgachia was a Qua hybrid born on the planet of. She was the grand-niece of the Queen Rin Sakaros.

Early life
Born on the heavily political planet of Chandrila, Rayne was the oldest of three golden-haired girls. The newborn baby was quite a shock to the rest of her family, since she was born with abnormal silver streaks in her dark green eyes. It was perhaps the biggest shock to her grandmother, Jasmine, who had only known two other people who had the same eyes: her late mother, Ye`keb Millennium, and her sister Katherine Sakaros, to whom she hadn't spoken since before her own children were born. Since the girl's eyes worked just fine, though, her family did not worry about them, and instead just adored her oddly pretty eyes.

Most of the girl's early years were fairly uneventful. Born in 124 ABY, she quickly became the center of her father's world. From an early age, the man taught her to do all of the things he loved. In exchange, the girl loved being with her father and her uncles, soaking in everything they taught her like a little sponge in water. By the age of four, she had grown to love camping, hiking, and hunting with her father.

It was not long before her family noticed just how astounding the child's memory actually was. Something that had been mentioned in passing years ago was right at the front of the girl's mind, easy to recall. In fact, she never forgot anything, thanks to being both blessed and cursed with an eidetic memory. Every event in her life could be recalled with shocking detail even from such a young age.

Two younger sisters came along quite some time after herself. Eleven years after her birth, her sister Sovi was born, and five years later, Taia followed. Life could not have been more perfect, living with the rest of her family on the land that her grandmother now owned.

Perfection only lasted so long, however. Mere months after the birth of her baby sister, her father suddenly fell ill. Fearing the worst, he refused to let any of his family touch him, and instead immediately went to a local hospital, where he was quarantined. Doctors and med droids alike were so unfamiliar with Qua physiology that they were not much help with his illness. He died only a day after contracting the fatal Sickness.

Heartbroken, Rayne secluded herself away from her family the majority of the time, sitting in her room and reading rather than joining her uncles on trips, or playing with her younger sisters. This went on for months before the girl's grandmother finally talked her into joining her on her rounds of the universe as she displayed her works of art in various shows and galleries. This became something new for Rayne to love, and after a short while, the teenager came back out of her shell and learned to love the arts just as her grandmother did. Quite often her grandmother would make Rayne a part of the exhibit in order to add a touch of life into the static background. She'd dress the girl up in beautiful gowns or strange outfits, and paint her entire body to either blend into the background, or make her completely stand out. While the hours were long and the socialites were often rude, Rayne loved every minute of it.

She soon began to feel obligated to go places with her grandmother, who had a habit of wandering into the slums of a planet just to get some kind of inspiration, which worried the girl to no end. It was on one such trip to that Rayne learned something that would change her life forever.

Family ties
While wandering around the streets, her grandmother suddenly became very uneasy, saying the name "Rin" as she looked off toward the high ziggurat of the Merquise Syndicate. The woman refused to say anything more about it, and instead dragged Rayne back to the hotel they were staying at. After hours of prodding, the girl finally cracked the shell on her grandmother's secret. Jasmine was Force-sensitive, as was the rest of the family. The woman had been trained as a Jedi until she was a teenager, when she left to study art instead. The woman she had spoken about was her estranged sister, Rin Sakaros. She had sensed the woman on planet for the first time in decades.

Curious beyond what she could handle and unable to get much else out of her grandmother, she had left the apartment hotel they were staying at, and approached the mammoth building. Trekking up the steps she was met by Jarek Solios, whom she had met earlier during their visit when he had helped her get out of a sticky situation. Uneasy, he took her to Rin, and the two spoke about their two lives. Rayne instantly loved her beautiful aunt, who was just as kind as she was intimidating. Their meeting was short, however, and eventually had to end.

A little over a year later, while on a supply run for her grandmother in the Outer Rim, Rayne found herself being followed by an unmarked ship, which soon began firing on her own small craft. In an attempt to outrun them, she made a break for the, following her gut rather than logic, which was screaming about what a bad idea that was. She was out of luck, however. Her ship was disabled, and quickly boarded by a large band of who turned out to be pirates. She shot and killed two of them before they proceeded to beat her to a pulp. She thought she might die there, or worse, be taken captive by the men, but her thoughts were soon shattered. Two lightsaber-wielding warriors crashed through the transport, killing all but one of the remaining pirates. Fearing that they were members of, Rayne was completely terrified. The woman introduced herself as Breek Zagrev, and assured her that they were there to help. Both seemed oddly stunned about her own strange eyes, though as Breek hinted that they worked for Rin, Rayne could guess why. She shared the same strange design in her eyes that the Sith Queen had, and as far as she knew, they were the only two living people who had had those eyes.

They took her back to the Sith Star, where she stayed for an entire year as a guest of her aunt, though no one was allowed to know their relationship. The girl was made to wear colored contact lenses to keep her eyes hidden.

One Centurion, however, was far more curious than others. After speaking with Rayne for a short while, and asking her dozens of questions, Te`net Organi pulled her into an empty room, and used the Force to pull both lenses from her eyes with pinpoint precision. He was absolutely shocked at what he saw there, and immediately realized why Rayne had been so elusive when it came to her reason for being here. He swore his secrecy to her, and immediately told her to keep her lenses in at all times.

It was not long after this that Rayne had decided that she wanted to stay there with her aunt, to join the Golden Empire and the Order of Keltrayu. First, however, she had to try and convince her family to come with her. Organi accompanied her back to Chandrila, where Rayne told her family about the Empire, and that she was going back with Te`net to join the Order. None of her family was happy about this, though after several days of long, drawn out fights, her grandmother, mother, and sisters finally agreed to join them.

It was on this trip that Te`net also discovered something special about Rayne. She was a ; a rare gift in the Force that allowed a person to heal wounds and illness in other people. In the history of the Order, only one other Centurion had also been a healer. Still reeling from this news, she returned with Te`net to start a new life as a Novice, and healer, in the Order of Keltrayu.