Jehra Kass`l

Jehra Kass`l was a female, the daughter of the warlord Lothar Kass`l and one of the commanders of his Dread Fleet.

Born on the of Belzior in 138 ABY, Jehra was Lothar's only daughter and his first child by his second wife; his twin sons, Broll and Veli, had deserted their father two years before, vanishing into the known galaxy. Jehra was raised under her father's tutelage, receiving the finest combat instruction and tutoring money could buy in. She was raised to disdain her elder half-brothers, but was somewhat fonder of her younger, full brother, Ravi.

From the time she was young, Jehra evidenced a skill and appreciation for tactics. Learning to fight with s under her father's personal instruction, she evolved from surviving a single engagement to studying entire theaters of war. By the time she was fourteen, Lothar allowed her out of Belzior to accompany his fleets, though usually at his own side aboard the Scythe of Rohfellor. On the rare occasions they were parted, she was protected by her father's Dread Sentinels, and often trained with them to hone her fighting skills.

When she was seventeen, Lothar gave Jehra a battleship called the Dying Star and a command of her own. She took the war to the s without hesitation, and those who murmured that she owed her position to her father's nepotism were gradually silenced (though some by Lothar's doing). She grew more distant from Ravi during her time in command, largely due to reports that he was jealous of her success and had spies in her fleet. The reports, however, had been engineered by Lothar, who was pitting his children against one another in hopes that at least one of them would rise to command the respect of the entire Dread Fleet and be a worthy successor.