Gessleian

Gessleian was a Human male space explorer and later the king of Anaxes who lived c. 9000 BBY.

History
Gessleian's early life is unknown, though it is believed that he was born on Coruscant and was the son of a tinkerer who worked with hyperdrives. By the time he was eighteen years old, he was already participating in voyages aboard a merchant ship, which eventually inspired him to becoming a career spacefarer. According to known records, Gessleian singlehandedly blazed five hyperlanes throughout the Corusca sector. He eventually settled on Anaxes, where he - through unknown means - became the elected king of Anaxes for the final decade of his life. Historians speculate that he became king after he convinced Anaxes' population to vote to join the Galactic Senate, and in compensation the Senate essentially forced the Anaxites to elect him as king through threat of military force. He was succeeded by his son after his death, who was killed during a slave revolt and was replaced by the native Irytona dynasty - the family of the warlord that led the revolt - that would rule as Anaxite kings for several millennia onwards.

The Gessley family, who owned several businesses and was the namesake of the Gessley neighborhood on Coruscant, was purportedly descended from Gessleian and claimed to even have genetic records confirming their relation.