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Milya Tayrce Kraen was born in 36 BBY on Leritor into a middle-class family. Her mother and father had both worked in a small starship refitting factory, until Milya was born, at which point her mother stayed at home. However, the company that her father worked for tried to extort money from the Thrysus Sun Guard on a contract, a group of mercenaries who were known for their devotion to the ways of the Echani and for their deadly effectiveness.

Angered by the insolence of the company and taking advantage of the Republic's paralysis in light of the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo, the Sun Guard sent a raiding force to Leritor in 32 BBY to punish those who would try and extort credits from them. The raiders were efficient, destroying the company and even attacking the residential quarters of some of the workers. The Tayrce's apartment was one of those that was attacked, and Milya saw both of her parents struck down and killed by the Sun Guard. With their dying gasps, their parents begged the Sun Guard to take Milya in rather than killing their three-year-old daughter. The raiders acceded to the request, and took the girl back to Thrysus to raise her as one of their own.

The pair of Sun Guard who adopted her, though, treated the girl as one of their own, and Milya grew to love them in time. She was ridiculed and scorned for her lack of true-blooded Echani heritage, and often had to defend herself from attacks by the other girls near her age. Her youth was difficult and solitary, filled with harsh training in the ways of Echani martial arts and other skills that mercenaries would need. Milya's specialty was in disappearing. Even with her distinctive auburn hair-many of the other girls her age had platinum blonde hair passed down through generations of Echani lineage-she could and often did evade people searching for her. It was necessary for her to survive. She soon learned all three levels of Echani martial arts, becoming proficient to the point where she was one of the instructors for younger children&mdash;a job many of the other Sun Guards disdained. For that, she was grateful for the job; it kept her away from her tormentors. Her adopted parents, Darin and Fini Valaskeois, loved her and treated her well, especially her adopted mother. However, when she was 17, her parents were slain in an honor duel over an impending action; Darin and Fini had disagreed over the course of action that another family wished to take. Milya found herself alone and friendless again and, after taking everything that the Valaskeois will had entitled to her, she fled Thyrsus.

Striking out on her own, she made her way from spaceport to spaceport, nursing her dwindling supply of credits. Thievery helped augment her money, but she hoped to find more permanent employ. While on New Holstice, she recognized the Hawk-bat, a light freighter owned by a Bothan shipmaster named R'hask Sei'lar whom in her months of spaceport-hopping she'd learned had a good reputation. Hoping to find work as one of his crew, she boarded the ship, only to find that a gang of ship-thieves was also onboard, intent on stealing the vessel. With a prized vibroblade that Fini had given her, she prepared to attack them, when suddenly she was surprised by a man who grabbed her from behind. They briefly tussled, but the fight ended in a stalemate when he held a vibroblade to her throat while she had a smaller blade pressed against his ribs. Realizing that neither of them were ship thieves, they released each other. The man introduced himself as Micor Kraen, a member of the crew, and Milya agreed to work with him to eliminate the danger of the thieves.

Bursting into a corridor where the thieves were gathered, the two quickly eliminated them. However, Milya was fired upon in the process, forcing Micor to reveal himself as a Jedi Knight in order to save her. In turn, she saw a shadowy Defel preparing to attack him, and shoved him out of the way, taking the poisoned dart that had been aimed for him. Selu quickly dealt with the Defel and drew the poison out of her arm, saving her life once more. In gratitude, she kissed him, much to his surprise. However, he was still unwilling to trust her completely, especially since he'd revealed himself as a Jedi during a time when Jedi were hunted down and killed by the Empire.

However, he agreed to let her stay on the ship, at least until he and his companions got offworld. As it turned out, R'hask Sei'lar had been slain by the Empire, and Micor&mdash;actually an alias for Selusda Kraen&mdash;had been trying to get the Hawk-bat ' s first mate, Jorgesoll Knrr and a Jedi Master named Quinlan Vos off the planet. In order to distract the Empire, Micor and Vos led an assault on a group of parked Imperial ships, seizing a shuttle and two starfighters. Milya took the shuttle into orbit, with Vos and Selu flanking her in their fighters, while Jorge quietly slipped offworld in the Hawk-bat. Entering orbit, they damaged and escaped from an Imperial Carrack-class cruiser and successfully reached the outskirts of the system. Milya proposed taking her shuttle and parting ways with the others, but Selu, having had a change of heart from his original suspicion, offered to let her stay on the Hawk-bat, at least temporarily.

The Hawk-bat then journeyed to Nar Shaddaa, where Vos left the ship with an acquaintance of his named Vilmarh Grahrk in order to pursue news of his wife and child. From there, Selu took the ship back to his homeworld of Commenor, where Milya learned of the danger his entire family was facing. The Mistryl Shadow Guard, a group of female mercenaries, had been after Sarth Kraen, Selu's brother, for some time, intent on kidnapping in order to use his scientific knowledge for their war effort. By the time the Hawk-bat returned to Commenor, the Mistryl were threatening to execute a friend of Sarth's who had been taken hostage, Annita Daowot. To save her, Selu disguised himself as Sarth and went in his brother's place.

By this time, Milya had figured out Selu's true identity and she persuaded Jorge, Sarth, and Cassi-the cargomaster for the Hawk-bat, along with Spectre, a former ARC trooper who'd been working as a bodyguard for the Kraens, to take the Hawk-bat and try to rescue Selu. Their quest took them to Emberlene, the homeworld of the Mistryl, where Milya unsuccessfully attempted to bluff the Mistryl into letting them land. Several Mistryl ships pursued the Hawk-bat, but were drawn off by the arrival of a large group of unknown ships arriving in orbit. In the ensuing chaos, the Hawk-bat was able to land at the facility where Selu was. Bursting in to where he was, Milya, Spectre, and Sarth found Selu at the losing end of a duel with the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress. However, several destroyer droids under Sarth's command evened the odds, and the three were able to rescue Selu and escape the planet shortly before a fission bomb which Selu had inadvertently brought to Emberlene, exploded, causing devastation to the planet that was only exacerbated by the attacking fleet.

Once they were safely away, Milya and the others helped persuade a wounded Selu to not bow to despair, to keep living in spite of the guilt he felt for having slain so many. He listened to them and recovered. After they returned to Commenor, the rest of the crew, including Milya, voted him as the new captain, since Jorge did not want the position. Selu agreed to the job and they set off, bound for the Outer Rim, where the Hawk-bat acquired a pair of starfighters to use in the event they needed to defend themselves or planned on a little piracy or extortion. Milya had finally found a place where she was accepted by those around her.

Over the next two years, Milya continued to serve on the Hawk-bat as it conducted various cargo runs, both legitimate and illegal. During her time onboard the ship, she had a running competition with Spectre, another member of the crew and a former ARC trooper who'd been trained by Mandalorian training sergeants, over who could win the most sparring matches. Despite her disadvantages in reach, size, and height, Milya had a six-to-one winning ratio over Spectre, going 42-7 against him. She did far better in matches where he lacked weapons or armor, which was the majority of their fights, and was by far the best combatant on the ship with a vibroblade, save for Selu Kraen. The Jedi on several occasions was able to defeat both her and Spectre at the same time with the aid of the Force. Selu Kraen chided Spectre and Milya for letting their fights get personal though, cautioning them against letting rivalry build between them.

During a smuggling run to ferry explosives to guerrillas on Zhar, the Hawk-bat was attacked by a Victory-class Star Destroyer, the Corrupter, after refusing to heave to for boarding. Selu outflew the Star Destroyer long enough to make a blind jump into hyperspace, and several hours later, the Hawk-bat emerged deep in Wild Space near a remote inhospitable planetesimal. Selu set the ship down there to effect repairs, but sensed a major disturbance in the Force while on the planet. He was originally going to investigate it himself, but Milya and the others insisted on accompanying him.

Traveling through a chasm in the planet's surface, Selu was able to lead them through a series of tunnels to a hidden tower that was concealed from view by Force illusions, which also provided them with breathable air. Arriving at the tower, the crew of the Hawk-bat was met by eleven spirits of ancient Jedi from millennia earlier. They were invited into the tower by the spirits, chief of whom were Revan and Srynassa Valaris, the exiled Jedi. Inside, they found the tower was fully furnished and prepared for them, to the point where it seemed they were expected. The spirits later met them and verified their credentials; in particular, Milya was spoken to by Brianna, an Echani Jedi from years earlier. They were also told that their arrival had been prophesied thousands of years prior, and that a special destiny awaited them. Escorting their guests to a sizable chamber dubbed the Room of the Crystal Heart, the spirits showed them a vision of past events and gave each member of the crew a vision that let them know that this was where they belonged. Milya saw her adopted parents as well, and Brianna spoke words to her in Echani that had been the last phrase her adopted mother left her in her will. With that, she was convinced that she was take up one of the roles the spirits had said they were destined for, that of seer.

However, Selu was unconvinced that he was supposed to take up the role of leader; in fact, he was adamantly opposed to the idea and stormed out of the room. In response, Milya went after him in order to convince him, as she felt that there was some sort of connection between them. She kissed him again, telling him that despite his protests, he was hoping she would do that, and he admitted that she was right. She then had him Force-meld with her, to show her what was keeping him from accepting what the spirits said. He reluctantly did so, knowing that the experience would be traumatic for her. She saw his griefs and some of his most tragic memories, but despite what she'd seen, she encouraged him to move on, learn from his mistakes, and take up the mantle of leader. Joining together with the others, Milya placed her hands on a Force-empowered crystal in the room, and it unleashed its power when all five of them touched it, imbuing them with the Force.

The next several months were spent on that remote planetesimal, training in the ways of the Force, learning from both the other spirits and Selu.

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