Allura Drayneen

Allura Drayneen was a Human female member of the Imperial Inquisitorius. Born within the Colonies on Yir Tangee, Allura was Force-sensitive and grew up harbouring a deep aspiration to pursue a successful career. Allura eventually took the opportunity to make her aspiration a reality and attended the Byblos Academy of Medicine where she trained towards becoming a doctor. Allura ultimately graduated from the academy and became a medical trainee with the Galactic Empire.

After causing a foul up on Denon, Allura was demoted and relocated to an Imperial prison facility on the Outer Rim world of Dathomir. During her time on Dathomir, Allura’s medical knowledge was exploited by the prison’s warden, Garis Larvon. Allura was forced to work for Larvon as a torturer, though she tried to act humanely in this role, occasionally using persuasion to gain her subject's trust without resorting to violence.

Allura’s Force-sensitivity was discovered when an Inquisitor by the name of Olof took control of the prison in response to attempted incursions by Nightsisters. After her potential was finally realised, Allura was eventually convinced by Olof to become a member of the Inquisitorius herself. After completing her training at the College of the Inquisition, Allura was sent to the Citadel Inquisitorius where she worked as an interrogator.

Allura was eventually given her first assignment, which was to root out a terrorist cell on Dakshee. Allura worked with an Imperial Intelligence Major known as Orem Ducat, and she was eventually able to establish the identities of the terrorist ringleaders. However, without consulting Allura beforehand, Orem Ducat oversaw the complete massacre of the instigators afterwards. Following the end of the assignment, Allura was deemed unready to become an Inquisitor in full.

Early life and medical career
Allura Drayneen was born within the Colonies on the planet known as Yir Tangee. She was Force-sensitivite and grew up during the waning days of the Galactic Republic. Allura possessed a deep aspiration to pursue a successful career, ultimately aiming to become a doctor. Allura eventually left her home planet and attended the Byblos Academy of Medicine. She was placed under the tutorship of a Mon Calamari Professor known as Nas’gi Afi. Allura studied towards becoming a doctor and showed much eagerness to succeed. However, Allura’s idealistic attitude often conflicted with the views of the more experienced and pragmatic Nas’gi Afi. Afi often criticized Allura’s concern for others, stating that it would merely distract her from her job and hold her back from becoming a more successful doctor.

After Allura had finally graduated, she was immediately contacted by representatives of the Galactic Empire, who offered to employ her. Attracted by their offer, Allura accepted and was recruited into Imperial Intelligence where she worked and trained towards becoming a medical officer within the organisation. Allura received a considerable amount of training to ensure that her medical knowledge was up to the high Imperial standards. Due to her performance, Allura managed to impress her superiors, who predicted that was on the right track towards becoming a fully-fledged medical specialist with the Galactic Empire. Allura was eventually stationed at one of the intelligence bureau’s divisions on the world of Denon, a posting that she became very satisfied with.

At some point during her posting on Denon, Allura was invited by some of her fellow graduate friends to a small celebration after a long shift of work. However, due to forgetfulness, Allura overlooked the fact that she was on standby for emergency duties at the time. By sheer coincidence, Allura was unexpectedly called back on the same night of her celebration after a fuel-tank explosion in the mid-city levels of Denon which resulted in thirty nine casualties. After hastily making her way back, Allura was required to quickly prescribe a dosage of painkiller for the injured victims. Due to being rushed back on such a short notice, as well as being moderately inebriated from her celebration, Allura was unable to concentrate properly. As a result, Allura accidentally prescribed an incorrect dosage.

Allura was consequently responsible for the deaths of seven injured patients who could have been saved had they been given the correct dosage. After Allura realized the consequences of her mistake, she was mortified by the incident. Although she knew that the foul up might have inevitably ruined her medical career, at the time, Allura felt more shame over the fact that she had caused a large amount of harm due to a simple error. To Allura’s relief, the disgraced medical trainee was able to avoid any criminal charges for her actions. However, Allura’s superiors perceived her actions as a show of inexcusable incompetence and negligence. Thus, Allura was scheduled by her superiors to be demoted and discharged from her posting with Imperial Intelligence and to be relocated from Denon.

Working on Dathomir
Allura was transferred to an Imperial prison that was located on the backwater Outer Rim world of Dathomir. At her new posting, Allura served as a medical supervisor for the recently established prison complex. Allura became dejected by her transfer and regarded it a disaster. This was due not only to the conditions that she was forced to work in, which she found particularly grim and forbidding, but also due to the slim likelihood that she would ever advance from her position; it shattered her hopes of a successful, prosperous livelihood. Despite her disillusionment, Allura concentrated on working as diligently as she could without becoming distracted, hoping that with time, she would gain enough favour with her superiors to get her career back on more encouraging tracks.

During Allura’s occupation on Dathomir, Garis Lorvan, the warden of the prison, perceived her medical skills as an opportunity to further his own personal goals. With little choice other than to comply, Allura became a submissive servant of the warden, carrying out Lorvan's orders personally without question. Allura was forced to break her medical oath to “do no harm,” using her medical knowledge, under the observation of Lorvan, to inflict pain on some of the prisoners during interrogation sessions. However, despite Larvon’s orders, Allura began to develop her own methods of coercing the prisoners in the warden’s absence. Rather than torturing them for information, Allura sometimes attempted persuade her subjects into trusting her enough to disclose the information willingly without harming them.

On one occasion, Allura interrogated a particularly adamant prisoner. Whilst taking care of the prisoner’s injuries, Allura tried to persuade him to divulge information about a suspected smuggling operation between the inmates, though he remained defiant. At that point, Lorvan entered the interrogation room. Having heard about the success that Allura was having with her subjects, the warden had decided to supervise one of her sessions in person. Seeing Allura's inability to persuade the prisoner, Lorvan presented her with a syringe that would cause intense pain when injected into the prisoner, though she hesitated to use the substance. Noticing his servant’s reluctance, Larvon commented that if Allura ever refused to comply with his orders, then she would suffer the same fate as the prisoner.

Even though she was initially reluctant to undertake Larvon’s orders, considering them unnecessarily cruel, Allura gradually conceded to the warden’s coercion and became less unwilling to conduct torture on the prisoners. She also began to feel less guilt over her fateful blunder on Denon, as well as the betrayal of her medical oath. Her feelings of regret developed into bitterness, and she began to feel as though she did not fully deserve her demotion. Believing that she had reached a dead end in her medical career, Allura became very fearful of losing her posting on Dathomir, despite not being completely satisfied with it. Thus, she became willing to carry out Lorvan’s orders, though not out of loyalty, but solely for what she perceived as the benefit of keeping her job as a medical specialist.

Discovery and recruitment
At some point during Allura’s time on Dathomir, an Imperial Inquisitor known as Olof arrived at the prison with a contingent of Imperial stormtroopers in response to a number of attempted raids on the facility by indigenous marauders. After examining first-hand accounts of the raids, Olof eventually determined that the marauders were a group of native Force-sensitive people known as Nightsisters, a splinter group of the Witches of Dathomir. After a Nightsister encampment was located by Imperial scouts, Olof proceeded with a squadron of stormtroopers, hoping to personally eradicate them. However, the Nightsisters managed to overwhelm most of the task force, and Olof was forced to retreat after being critically injured. Olof was rushed back to the prison’s medical clinic where Allura oversaw his treatment, assigning a number of medical droids to take care of his injuries.

Following Olof’s recovery, Allura began to notice the Inquisitor’s growing wariness towards her. Unknown to Allura, Olof’s suspicions were caused by her Force-sensitivity, due to which he began to connect her to the Nightsisters he had encountered in the wastes of Dathomir. Olof’s suspicions were spurred on even further when he examined Allura’s personal file, which revealed that the Nightsister raids began after she was transferred to the prison. Olof eventually came to believe that Allura was an agent sent in by the Nightsisters to sabotage the Imperial prison. Thus, Allura was arrested, and Olof arranged to interrogate her personally. During the interrogation, Allura was questioned on various aspects of her life by Olof, who hoped to verify who she really was. Allura answered all of the questions given to her, though she omitted details about her role as a torturer.

After hearing Allura’s statement, Olof sensed that she was lying and accused her of being a Nightsister spy. Allura was confused by Olof’s accusation and firmly denied it. However, the Inquisitor was unconvinced by Allura’s constant denial and grew frustrated, eventually deciding to employ a more forceful method in order to confirm whether she was an undercover Nightsister agent or not. He used his abilities with the Force to invade Allura’s mind, hoping to pry the truth from her by scrutinizing her own memories. During the process, Olof was able to look deep inside of Allura’s mind, pinpointing all her memories and desires. To Allura’s relief and Olof’s disappointment, the Inquisitor was also able to confirm that she was not a Nightsister agent. However, due to the intensity of the procedure, Allura was left exhausted and was forced to spend some time recovering.

Following Allura’s recovery, she was approached by Olof once again. Olof informed Allura that he regarded her as a suitable candidate to become a potential Inquisitor, mainly due to her Force-sensitivity. In actual fact however, Allura was merely deemed by Olof as someone who could be easily moulded into an effective agent of the Galactic Empire; he hoped to gain favour with his own superiors by recruiting a prospective new member. Thus, Olof presented Allura with the offer of joining the Inquisitorius, though Allura was initially uncertain about his offer. However, Olof used his recently gained knowledge about Allura’s past to his advantage, revealing that he knew about her past role as a torturer, and thus making his offer look like an attractive option in an attempt to sway her.

After being presented with what she perceived to be a unique opportunity to pursue a potentially more successful career, Allura was taken aback by the proposal. However, despite Olof’s urging, Allura chose to spend some time contemplating her decision. After returning to her work within the prison, Allura remained uncertain and constantly brooded over thoughts about her medical career and the offer given to her by Olof. Allura became fascinated by the possible rewards that she would gain if she accepted the offer, but also apprehensive about whether it would have been worth abandoning her profession as a medical specialist that she thought she had worked hard to attain. After much contemplation, Allura eventually came to her final decision and accepted Olof’s offer of joining the Inquisitorius.

The Inquisitorius
Allura was put through a rigorous selection process before she was finally admitted for training and inducted into the College of the Inquisition. With the tutelage of various Inquisitor teachers, Allura was taught about the principles of the Inqusitorius, learning the various aspects of the role that she would play within the Empire. Allura was also taught about her connection to the Force and was trained to use its power to her advantage. After much intensive instruction and preparation, Allura’s tuition at the College of the Inquisition was deemed complete. Allura became a part of the organization’s retinue and served at the Citadel Inquisitorius on Prakith where she worked as an interrogator.

At some point following the completion of her training, Allura was eventually presented with an opportunity to prove to that she was worthy of becoming an Inquisitor in full. Allura’s official first assignment was to assist an Imperial Governor known as Gerald Weizel in rooting out and eliminating a suspected terrorist network on the world of Dakshee. Allura was assigned to work in conjunction with Orem Ducat, a Major with Imperial Intelligence who acted as the senior advisor for Gerald Weizel. Allura was sent to fulfil her potential role as an Inquisitor by reinforcing the presence of the Galactic Empire on Dakshee—a planet that was marked by constant unrest and agitation against Imperial rule.

Throughout her mission, Allura found herself at odds with Orem Ducat, who exhibited much distrust for the Inquisitorious and was unwilling to cooperate with her as a result. Regardless, Allura commenced her assignment by increasing the number of Imperial patrols around the capital city of Dakshee, hoping to pressurize the terrorists into showing themselves. Eventually, a group of terrorists were arrested within one of the city’s districts after a foiled bombing attempt on an Imperial checkpoint. Ducat and his own officers immediately claimed custody of the prisoners and placed them under interrogation, hoping to discover the identities of whoever was giving them their orders. However, even after being exposed to various methods of coercion, the prisoners still refused to divulge any information.

Allura then intervened, realizing that the captured terrorists would have become more vulnerable to persuasion following their initial interrogation. Thus, utilizing her own newly gained abilities with the Force, she hoped to induce the terrorists through empathetic interrogation. Ducat disregarded the Allura’s method, though despite this, she remained patient in her endeavour. After spending several hours questioning the terrorists, to the surprise of Ducat and his intelligence officers, Allura had successfully managed to coerce one of the captured terrorists into willingly confessing the needed information. It was determined that several of the planet’s trade union heads were secretly ringleaders of a terrorist organization that was known as the Justice Action Network.

Immediately after obtaining the information, Allura planned on arresting each of the terrorist ringleaders and prepared a warrant to authorize their incarceration. However, unknown to Allura, Major Orem Ducat had quickly organized a task force with the intention of raiding the trade centre building where the identified terrorist ringleaders were located, hoping to eliminate them all. By the time Allura realized that Ducat planned on undertaking the mass execution, she was already too late to intervene. The massacre was later covered up by Imperial Intelligence, who fabricated a false identity known as “Brella Temior” in order to openly place responsibility of the terrorist threat on the Justice Action Network, thus throwing support in favour of the Galactic Empire.

Allura reported the success of the assignment to her superiors, who were satisfied by how the situation had been resolved, though also disappointed over the fact that Allura had been unable to take the ringleaders into custody herself. Allura then claimed that she had planned on arresting the terrorists, but was unable to because of the lack of cooperation from Major Orem Ducat, whom she believed held a personal grudge against the Inquisitorius and thus deliberately had the leaders eliminated to prevent Allura from taking them into custody herself. Despite Allura’s attempts to explain her side of the affair, she was reprimanded by her superiors, who believed that she was merely making excuses. Overall, Allura was deemed unready to become an Inquisitor in full, and thus she was sent back to the Citadel Inquisitorius where she continued working as an interrogator.

Personality and traits
Allura Drayneen was empathetic, generous and trusting towards those whom she considered close to her. However, Allura’s compassionate nature masked a drive to pursue a career that she considered worthwhile. Allura possessed an idealistic outlook on her life, and thus she was easily discouraged when the choices she made did not proceed as she desired. Allura was also regarded as a very naïve and forgetful individual. She exhibited a tendency to become distracted by her own imaginings of success to the extent where she would overlook potentially serious issues. Allura’s absentmindedness resulted in her demotion, which ultimately hindered her medical career and led to her future disillusionment.

Following her demotion, Allura became committed to her duties to the point of complete submissiveness, complying with the orders given to her by Garis Larvon, despite not agreeing to them completely. Allura did this out of a fear that it would further blemish her medical career if she defied him. Allura was even willing to betray her medical oath to “do no harm” during her service under Larvon purely for the sake of her job. She also had no qualms about lying in an attempt to conceal these past actions, which showed when she was interrogated by Inquisitor Olof. After accepting Olof’s offer to join the Inquisitorius, Allura considered the admission her last chance to pursue a successful career.

Due to her past disappointments, Allura developed a fear of failure which caused her to become apprehensive in situations that required her to act assertively. During her first assignment as a member of the Inquisitorius on Dakshee, Allura grew frustrated by Orem Ducat’s lack of cooperation. However, rather than confronting him about it, Allura tolerated Orem’s attitude, hoping that he would become more obliging after she had proven herself to be competent. Allura’s lenience later backfired when Orem ordered the massacre of the terrorist ringleaders without consulting her in advance. Allura’s superiors later criticized her lack of assertiveness, claiming that it would hold her back from her potential.

Powers and abilities
Allura Drayneen was Force-sensitive and possessed a form of empathy which allowed her to sense emotions through the Force. Throughout her medical career, it was because of this ability that Allura exhibited an aptitude for understanding the feelings of others, particularly those who were close to her. She had a particular knack for getting other beings to trust her, which showed during her service under Garis Lorvan. However, Allura did not completely understand the true nature behind this ability and consequently lacked any control over it. Due to this, Allura sometimes became overly curious and concerned about the feelings of others and was often distracted from her medical duties as a result.

As a member of the Inquisitorius, Allura was trained to make the most of her potential with the Force as an interrogator, a role that she ultimately specialized in. During her training at the College of the Inquisition, Allura began to develop a technique which allowed her to manipulate her subject’s feelings through the Force. Ideally, it was intended to make her subjects more open to suggestion, giving Allura the opportunity to gradually earn their trust and obtain valuable information from them, sometimes by making them believe that she was actually on their side. Allura utilized this ability during her assignment on Dakshee and successfully verified the identities of the Justice Action Network terrorist ringleaders.

Behind the scenes
Allura Drayneen was created by Nacen in March 2009. The author based the character on an already existing one known as Drayneen. During the development of Allura Drayneen, the initial intention of the author was to create a completely original Dark Jedi character set during the time of the Galactic Civil War, as opposed to basing it on a canon character. However, after spending much time researching the dark side organizations of the Galactic Empire, such as the Inquisitorius, the author eventually decided to expand on the small amount of information within Drayneen’s canon article on the Star Wars Wiki.

The author derived the character’s first name from the word allure, meaning the power to attract or entice. The name was intended by the author to reflect how Allura was constantly attracted by dreams and imaginings of success throughout her life. The name also reflects how Allura attempted to entice her subjects into trusting her when interrogating them.