Awa Moonflower

"If I die, at least I've died with my people."

- Senator Awa Moonflower

Awa Moonflower was a Human female who served as Senator from the Seswenna sector in the years leading up to the Seswenna Security Crisis.

Early career
Moonflower was born 736 BBY on Seswenna to Senator Jinn Moonflower and his wife. Raised in a political family, she was selected to be senator from a young age and succeeded her father, upon his retirement, at the age of 19. Young and inexperienced, Moonflower quietly lurked behind the scenes, often voting with large blocs and being susceptible to strong-arming politicos. As she matured, however, she began to openly embrace Seswenna's diverse xenographic heritage and allied herself with autonomists and anti–Core-power-mongers. By 707 BBY, she had become a force in politics, being one of the senators whose career vaulted with the defeat of SB 292R-0173Y8 and the exposure of corruption within Core world factions. Nevertheless, Moonflower was not the public face of the "new guard" in the Senate. She remained largely behind the scenes when Anwis Eddicus was elected to replace Rosock Mekosk in 704 BBY.

Seswenna Security Crisis
Despite being very popular among residents of Seswenna, the Human population of Eriadu generally despised Moonflower. In 703 BBY, she began receiving death threats. Keeping it confidential at first, she quietly assumed that she was performing poorly as the sector's senator. With the death of Hanik Regueny and the subsequent investigation, she decided it best to tell her acquaintance, Alta Eddicus, of the threats. Aware of the situation, Alta Eddicus reported this to the Governmental Investigative Network Special Agent Evening Delwynn, who was in charge of the Regueny investigation. Rather than to risk Moonflower's life, she was placed under Jedi protection on her homeworld of Seswenna.

Personality and traits
Raised in a political household, Moonflower was exposed early to the political lifestyle. She was selected to succeed her father, upon his retirement, and filled the position for many years. Nevertheless, Moonflower was quiet and shy to the public. She never felt that she had fully earned the respect of the Seswenna peoples and overcompensated by voting for any measure that was popular among her homeworld. When she was threatened by Eriaduan radicals, she lamented that she had not fully served her sector. Instead, however, her staunch openness to xenographic diversity was the reason for her threats; but the self-questioning senator nonetheless blamed herself.

Behind the scenes
Awa Moonflower makes her first appearance in the Golden Age of the Republic series novel Secret Agendas. Her role in the novel, while minor in amount, is significant to the overall trajectory of the story arc.

Appearances

 * Golden Age of the Republic: Secret Agendas