Kazic family

The Kazics were a cadet branch of the Kazraiin dynasty, the traditional Tantaari royal family of Daispin until the rise of dictator Tristarian Zelon. The Kazics had married into the Kazraiins shortly before the, and the two families became intimately intertwined over the succeeding centuries.

When the Kazraiins were wiped out after the Battle of Enkhara Na'wen in 92 ABY, many Kazics were killed as well, but neither Zelon nor his successor, Genera Seithe, hunted them deliberately. When Aharet Kazic was captured and delivered to the royal palace, Seithe actually took her as a concubine, and she bore him two children: Kaiel, who was killed in youth, and Tristaria, who survived to adulthood.

When Aria turned on her father and won the Battle of Gantu in 136 ABY, she became ruler of Daispin, claiming legitimacy through her descent from the Kazics and, through them, the Kazraiins. In homage to her mentor, Aria adopted the name "Nikina" for her dynasty.