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. Ultimately, Allura graduated from the academy and became a medical trainee with the Galactic Empire.

After causing a foul up which resulted in the deaths of several medical patients on Denon, Allura was demoted and relocated to an Imperial prison facility on the Outer Rim world of Dathomir. There, Allura continued working as a medical assistant, despite growing disillusioned due to the frustration and indignity she experienced over her transfer. However, Allura’s Force-sensitivity was discovered when an Imperial 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. She was eventually given her first assignment, which was to root out a terrorist cell on Dakshee. Allura was assigned to work with an Imperial Intelligence Major known as Orem Ducat. However, throughout the mission, Allura and Orem were in constant disagreement with each other. Regardless, Allura was eventually able to establish the identities of the Justice Action Network terrorist ringleaders. However, without consulting Allura beforehand, Orem Ducat oversaw the complete massacre of the instigators immediately afterwards. Despite this, following the end of the assignment, Allura was deemed ready to become an Inquisitor in full.

Early life
Allura Drayneen was born within the Colonies on the planet known as Yir Tangee and grew up during the waning days of the Galactic Republic. Allura’s Force-sensitivity initially manifested itself with infrequent and vague dreams, though she was unable to interpret the true nature behind the dreams, nor did she possess any knowledge about her connection to the Force. Regardless, the dreams often gave Allura a large amount of inspiration; they motivated her to achieve as much as she could and to pursue a livelihood that she would consider rewarding. Allura ultimately aspired to become a doctor.

With hopes of making her dreams a reality, Allura left her home planet and attended the Byblos Academy of Medicine. Allura was placed under the tutorship of Professor Nas’gi Afi, a Mon Calamari who was a former medical analyst for the Galactic Republic. Under Afi’s guidance, Allura studied towards becoming a doctor and performed well academically, showing much eagerness in her studies. Throughout her time as a student, Allura also became known for her amiable personality; she exhibited a genuine affection for her fellow students, despite the demanding nature of the academy. 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 almost 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 had realized the consequences of her mistake, she was mortified by the incident. Although she knew that her foul-up might have inevitably ruined her medical career, at the time, Allura felt more embarrassment and shame over the fact that she had caused a large amount of unnecessary 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 current 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.

Discovery and recruitment
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 an assistant 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 career. 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 favourable tracks.

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 was mystified by Olof’s suspicion, though nonetheless, she answered all of the questions given to her.

After hearing Allura’s statement, Olof, who believed that she was lying, 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 telling the truth. 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, who informed the medical assistant that he regarded her as a suitable candidate to become a potential Imperial 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 and exhibited a remorseful demeanour in an attempt to sway her, though Allura was initially uncertain about his offer. However, Olof used his recently gained knowledge about Allura’s past to his advantage, making his offer look like an attractive option for 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 the new career would have brought her if she accepted the offer, but also apprehensive about whether it would have been truly worth abandoning her career as a medical specialist. After a few days of 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 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 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 coercion 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. Regardless, due to her overall performance, Allura was deemed ready to become an Inquisitor in full.

Personality and traits
As a trainee doctor, Allura Drayneen held a genuine affection for those whom she considered close to her, such as her fellow students at the Byblos Academy of Medicine and even her own medical patients. However, Allura’s kind-hearted nature masked an almost obsessive drive to become better than she was. This showed throughout most of her life as she strived to pursue a career that she considered worthwhile and rewarding. Allura was also seen as something of an idealist who expected things to simply turn out the way she desired. Even though she aspired to do well, Allura was easily let down and frustrated when the choices she made did not proceed as she wanted.

Despite harbouring much self-belief, Allura’s confident and optimistic attitude did not always translate into a particularly conscientious one. Allura was sometimes regarded as a very naïve and forgetful individual, particularly by her medical tutor at the Byblos Academy of Medcine, Nas’gi Afi. Allura exhibited a tendency to become distracted by her own imaginings of success to the extent where she would lose sight of what she was actually required to do, causing her to overlook potentially serious issues. Allura’s absentmindedness resulted in her demotion after she caused a foul up on Denon, ultimately hindering her medical career and leading to her future disillusionment.

As a member of the Inquisitorius, Allura became less concerned for others and more committed towards her new role. Having battled with feelings of disillusionment, Allura reconsidered her way of thinking and made an effort to change her attitude; concentrating solely on doing her job rather than allowing her mind to become sidetracked. Allura considered her admittance into the Inquisitorius her last chance to pursue a successful career and forced herself to accept everything she was taught. However, despite maturing somewhat out of her former naiveté, Allura still remained carelessly optimistic about her future, hoping that her new role would bring her the success she desired.

Due to her past disillusionment, Allura developed a fear of failure which caused her to become apprehensive in situations that required her to act assertively and take control. During her first assignment on Dakshee, Allura grew frustrated by Orem Ducat’s lack of cooperation, though 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 natural 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. 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.