Aearbo Manitani

Aearbo Manitani was a female Loreskus Centurion of the Golden Empire.

Born on Urs Azza in 127 ABY, Aearbo was taken to the Order of Keltrayu young. She became a close friend of the Laq Novice Nairasho, and the two often sparred and trained together. They were both part of an elite sparring group in the mid-140s which Vos'elk'eetash to join, and Aearbo and Nairasho both tested Selkee to her limits regularly. Aearbo chose to specialize in Ataru; although Nairasho was more powerful and the superior bladesbeing, Aearbo learned a number of unique defenses to incorporate in her swordplay, and was much better at preventing than many of her fellow Ataru specialists. She also trained regularly under Te`net Organi, and Zeth Kezzerek would later remark that Organi's hand was obvious in Aearbo's style.

Aearbo was commissioned in 148 ABY and immediately took the field for law enforcement work on newly incorporated planets. When the Nightmare War began in 149 ABY, she was recalled to the Sith Star to be ready for deployment when needed. She was still there when Malyri and Kylaea Porén brought back Nairasho's body from Awpierh. Crushed by the loss of her friend, Aearbo turn her anger and heartsickness inward, forcing herself to constantly excel. She also developed a deep and lasting hatred for the Skavik. She was part of a strike force of Centurions including Selish Anteran and Aria Nikina which battled invaders in the Sith Star's hangar bay during the Battle of the Sith Star.

After the war, aware of Aearbo's lingering anger toward the Skavik (with the Reawakened and their Veracht henchmen dead, the Skavik were the only remnants of the enemy force allowed to live), Eskol Kaartinen assigned Aearbo far from worlds which had Skavik laborers or settlers, sending her to the other end of the Empire to patrol newly-admitted member worlds and help sector defense fleets guard the borders. She succeeded in these posts, continuing to refine her combat abilities in regular sparring sessions with any of her siblings she passed. Aearbo was finally recalled from field duty in 154 ABY, when she replaced Benzeel Rikos in Breek Zagrev's Royal Guard. Her appointment came only weeks before Breek was appointed a Royal Executor, and Aearbo and Zeth Kezzerek moved into a converted officers' quarters aboard Breek's flagship, the Valkyrie.

Powers and abilities
Aearbo was trained in all the arts common to Centurions, including their particular emphasis on and. Through regular sparring with droids and her siblings, she became proficient in Ataru, and her early friendship with Nairasho gave her extra knowledge of Makashi to protect herself in duels against those who trained more specifically for lightsaber-to-lightsaber combat.

Appearance and personality
Aearbo's skin was blue, gray, and green; the green and gray patches were darker, but the blue was bright, almost sky blue. She also had green markings around her large bronze eyes, connected by a wave of green that gave her the appearance of wearing goggles. She was 1.65 meters tall and had seven hair fronds; three rows of two, plus a seventh at the back of her head. Her single, straight-hilt lightsaber had an olive green blade.

In her early life Aearbo was friendly and lighthearted, though she trained hard to keep up with Nairasho as best she could. Nairasho's death wrought a stark change in her personality, and she became much harder and more demanding, both of others and herself. She trained relentlessly, believing that if even her very powerful best friend could fall, nothing less than the best could guarantee victory. She shied away from close friendships after Nairasho's demise, causing some stress and friction with her siblings in the Order of Keltrayu, though eventually Eskol Kaartinen called her on it and tried to encourage her to open herself up to her siblings more.