Evangelia Maxico

Evangelia Maxico was a knight of and a member of the.

Youth and training
Born on Estaph in the, she was a commoner with no links to nobility. However, she was also a Force-sensitive, and was discovered by agents of the Mecrosa. After her parents were "accidentally" killed by a gas leak, Baron Offul Grant adopted her. The Tapani sector media fawned on him for the magnanimous gesture, but Grant, himself a leader among the Mecrosa, actually wanted a Force-strong disciple for the Order before she could be discovered by the Jedi.

Evangelia received the best training her adoptive father could provide, including the use of poisons, toxins, and a variety of weapons and martial arts. Her tutors considered her an expert at close-range knife fighting, though she was also a crack shot with a blaster pistol. In 151 ABY, she killed a Jedi Knight who was investigating a series of mysterious disappearances in the Tapani sector. Shortly after, her adoptive father had her knighted to give her the social standing and authority to further her missions.

As a youth, Evangelia was fascinated with the lore of both Sith and Jedi. She began to sense that she was different from others and had powers they did not, and slowly experimented with her Force powers, though she never received formal training. She also wished to carry a, although the weapon was restricted to nobles. She was punished severely by her adoptive father and his Mecrosa masters when she was caught with an illegally obtained lightfoil. After she was knighted, however, she took one belonging to her father's family, and demonstrated sufficient skill with the weapon that no one protested again.

Evangelia came into conflict with Marcus Antessio, a fellow knight and Mecrosa assassin, over tactics. Antessio sought to play the various Sith and other dark side factions against one another, while Evangelia wanted to commit the Mecrosa to the strongest claimant and use House Mecetti's influence and wealth to help the Sith rebuild. In addition, Marcus despised Evangelia, who had been raised to nobility from the common class, unlike Marcus himself, who was born noble. Lady Menal Bathiriat, commander of the Mecrosa, had policies in line with Marcus's beliefs, leaving Evangelia constantly stymied.

Leadership conflict
In 154 ABY, the Mecrosa learned that the s of and Chosis were for sale on the  of. Marcus Antessio was sent to recover them, along with a team of Mecrosa killers and Evangelia as his second-in-command. Though she detested her commander and being subordinate to him, Evangelia also understood how vital it was to recover the holocrons before they slipped into Jedi hands.

Marcus treated Thosso as his right-hand man, relegating Evangelia to a backup role. When the two went to seek information, however, Evangelia tried to focus the remaining agents on other venues of research. Thosso returned one night with the news that Marcus had died fighting the Halambo; though she was not sorry to see him die, Evangelia was frustrated that he had wasted his talents when the mission demanded the best the Mecrosa had, and more than a little worried that the Jedi were alerted to their presence.

On the trail
Evangelia and Filiat Jegun located the information broker Wonga Vurb, and the Mecrosa tracked him down at his residence, persuading him to share the location of the seller's contact in exchange for credits and the possibility of information from the Mecetti intelligence network. The Mecrosa team tracked down Malleigh Rason, and Evangelia personally killed Rason's bodyguard Grumyukkan after he had been injured by her colleagues. Torturing Malleigh for information on the holocrons, the Mecrosa found the location of Synix Fer'faloon and the site where Malleigh thought the holocrons might be stored. After killing the fence, the Mecrosa rigged his apartment with an explosive to eliminate any competition for the holocrons who might arrive after them.

They followed the trail, but the holocrons were stolen by Eche Parunam, a former Jedi who was being closely pursued by two members of the. Parunam was herself mortally wounded by the gangster Rahli and his  enforcer Wek Lekatro. As they two fled on a, Lekatro missing a hand, Evangelia ordered Thosso to shoot them down. She recognized the Dashade for what he was and warned her team as they attacked, but Aimon Bathiriat charged without cautioned and was mutilated by Lekatro, nearly torn in half by the Dashade's claws. The two criminals were eventually brought down; Rahli was downed with a temporary paralytic agent, and Evangelia took the holocrons from him before cutting his throat.

Duel with the “Dark Lord”
The Mecrosa escaped into the downlevels, but were pursued by Breek Zagrev and Kyriel Windrunner. When Kyriel destroyed a bridge over which the Mecrosa had planned to escape, Evangelia braced her team for a fight, but Breek demanded the holocrons and identified herself as a of the. Though mocking her claim and aware of Breek's physical injuries and weakness, Evangelia was privately intrigued by the claim, because she sensed Sith influence in Breek's power. Her desire to see a single Sith faction come to power led her to compromise by challenging Breek to a duel, with the winner taking the holocrons; Breek, claiming to be above the challenge of a servant, had Evangelia fight Kyriel instead.

Though she poisoned Kyriel with and held her own for a while, Evangelia was eventually defeated by the Drakonus and stabbed through the shoulder. Yielding, she surrendered the holocrons and identified herself by name and Order to Breek when asked. Breek allowed the Mecrosa team to leave and retreated with the holocrons.

Power grab
Lady Bathiriat was not pleased to see Evangelia return with both her nephew and her protégé dead, and was livid to hear that Evangelia had surrendered the holocrons to a Sith claimant without approval. She sought to have Evangelia stripped of her knighthood, but was unable to tell the why, as she hesitated to mention the Mecrosa even to that body. As a result, the motion was denied.

Some weeks after the Coruscant mission, Thosso came to Evangelia to warn her that Lady Bathiriat had ordered her killed. Evangelia consulted her adoptive father for help, and he assisted her in trapping and killing the assassins. He also furnished her with the details of Lady Bathiriat's residence and security detail, suggesting the Mecrosa leader would never leave Evangelia in peace.

Taking the hint, Evangelia snuck into Lady Bathiriat's estate on. Avoiding the guards, she succeeded in poisoning Menal Bathiriat, who died shortly thereafter. In the confusion that followed, Baron Grant assumed command of the Mecrosa Order, and any discussion of censure for Evangelia disappeared.