Ziralo

Ziralo was a female from the  world of  who became the founder and leader of the Spiderclan, a dark side faction that was formed from the.

Biography
Throughout most of her early life, Ziralo lived within the society known as the  and grew up amongst one of the organization’s many clans. At some point during her life as a Dathomir Witch, Ziralo was exiled from her clan after she was accused of practising the ways of the dark side of the Force. During her life in exile, Ziralo spent most of her time wandering the wastes of Dathomir, though she was ultimately unable to peacefully come to terms with her exile as her former allies had hoped. Instead, she became driven by feelings of resentment and committed numerous acts of violence out of the hatred she held for her former clan, whom Ziralo strongly believed had betrayed her. A few years after her exile, Ziralo’s actions eventually caught the attention of the, a group of the darksiders who had also been exiled from the Witches of Dathomir. After her potential was recognized, Ziralo was convinced to become a member of the dark side organization.

At some point following the end of the, a conflict which gave rise to the , an Imperial prison facility was established within the wastes of Dathomir. After acknowledging the construction of the penal complex, Ziralo began to feel as though the Empire posed a great threat to the group that she had chosen to become a part of; she wished to show aggression against the prison, hoping to terrorize the personnel within the facility into leaving Dathomir. Many of Ziralo’s fellow Nightsisters did not share her thoughts on the matter, however, considering it wiser to remain hidden from the Empire rather than to attack one of its facilities directly. Ignoring the counsel of her peers, Ziralo was able to persuade around ten other fellow Nightsisters to see her side of the affair, eventually splintering from the dark side cult and forming her own separate tribe that became known as the Spiderclan. Taking refuge within the Nightspider Cave, the Spiderclan were able to survive autonomously by gradually forming a symbiotic relationship with the native creatures known as the Gaping spiders, communicating with them through the power of the Force.

As the de-facto leader of the band of Nightsisters, Ziralo began to oversee a number of attempted raids against the Dathomir Imperial Prison. Realizing the clan’s small numbers, she conducted hit-and-run tactics against the penal complex, hoping to gradually chip away at the facility’s defences without having to engage them fully. At some point during Ziralo’s campaign against the Dathomir Imperial Prison, however, a member of the Imperial by the name of Lyon Olof arrived at the facility and was eventually able to determine the clan’s existence when the Nightspider Cave was discovered by Imperial scouts, though the troopers were captured by a patrolling member of the Spiderclan shortly afterward. Ziralo herself personally interrogated one of the captured scout troopers, eventually coercing him to reveal that he had passed the Nightspider cave’s location onto his superiors within the Imperial facility that they had been attacking.

Anticipating retaliation from the Galactic Empire, Ziralo realized that the Spiderclan would not have sufficient numbers to effectively fight back; therefore, she organized a surprise attack for Olof’s impeding task force while also preparing to evacuate the clan from the Nightspider cave. When the task force arrived, Ziralo’s planned ambush was ultimately successful, though Inquisitor Olof managed to survive, eventually catching up with Ziralo in the midst of her attempt to escape. During their brief encounter, Ziralo utilized her abilities with the Force to hide her presence while also summoning a pack of Gaping spiders to act as a distraction, diverting the Inquisitor’s attention from her and allowing the Nightsister to sever the Olof’s lightsaber-wielding arm with her sword. Before Ziralo was able to make the killing blow on the Inquisitor, however, a number of stormtroopers arrived and opened fire on her. Realizing that she was outnumbered, the Nightsister quickly departed and escaped from the cave.