Cia Ajur was a female Nightsister during the Clone Wars.
Cia served as the lorekeeper of the Dark Side Coven, a group of Nightsisters employed by Count Dooku. She was the most well versed of the group in the lore of the Nightsister's knowledge of the Dark Side and their magic and rituals.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Cia was born into the Dreaming River Clan. The daughter of one of the tribe's wisewomen, her mother began instructing her in the lore of the Witches starting when Cia was five years old.
Adolescence[]
Adult life[]
Pursuit of knowledge is both the quickest path to power and the only passion worth pursuing.
—Cia Ajur
Joining the Coven[]
The Clone Wars[]
Night Falls on Kashyyyk[]
In 22 BBY the Coven were dispatched to the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk were they sabotaged a critical portion of the planet's power gird. Count Dooku offered the services of the Techno Union for no charge and power was quickly restored. This act gained Separatist supporters on Kashyyyk critical ground though they were unable to fully push the world into the Confederacy.
Hell on Haruun Kal[]
Clash on The Undying[]
In 22 BBY Cia and the rest of the Coven clashed with a Jedi strike force consisting of Master Luminara Unduli, Knights Bultar Swan Jyuria Song and padawans Barriss Offee and Ahsoka Tano. Interrupting the Coven's search for Darth Scion's holocron, the two groups clashed aboard the wreckage of the ancient Sith warship Undying in the asteroid field that had once been Malachor V.
During the conflict Cia dueled Bultar Swan.
Battle Royal on Felucia[]
Personality and Traits[]
Cia had a copy of Gethzerion's “Book of Shadows” to which she added her own notes and observations. Of all the Coven she was the least contemptuous of the Sith, viewing them as a valuable source of knowledge of the Dark Side. She was especially interested in Sith Alchemy.
Due to her love a of knowledge Cia studied every language she could though her ability to do so was very limited while living on Dathomir. After becoming an agent of Dooku she had the opportunity to learn at a rate she'd only dreamed of before. With her abilities she was not only able to learn languages via study but was able to simply rip the ability to speak some languages out of the heads of several unfortunate souls. By 22 BBY Cia spoke Basic, Bocce, Binary, Huttese, Mando'a, High Galactic and even a bit of the Sith language she'd picked up from studying a handful of Sith artifacts that were left behind on Dathomir. On the orders of Darth Sidious Dooku worked quietly behind the scenes to ensure that Cia's efforts to learn more of the Sith language went no further.
Powers and Abilities[]
Your own mind is my greatest weapon against you.
—Cia Ajur
One of the first abilities that Cia discovered that she had was Short-term memory enhancement. Not commonly found among the people of Dathomir, it took time for Cia's mother to realize her young daughter's astonishing memory was actually the manifestation of a Force ability. This power, often used on conjunction with Concentration, often aided Cia in her lore gathering as she grew to adulthood.
Cia's greatest skill in the Force lay in being a telepath. She was able to wordlessly speak full sentences to her allies, though she could only receive basic emotions and ideas back from them. Her experience with telepathy also allowed Cia to greatly strengthen her skills enough to use Thought Shield to a masterful degree and Mind Shard to wrack the minds of her enemies with pain.
In combat Cia learned to use her telepathy to read an opponent's intentions, thus keeping her one step ahead of her foes. This was a crucial edge as her abilities as a warrior were somewhat lacking. Given her interest in knowledge and the mind in general, Cia came to greatly favor the use of the Memory Walk ability when fighting. She also naturally discovered and mastered the Malacia power which she often used to even the odds in combat. Cia was also proficient in the use of Force Lightning, Telekinesis and on occasion was able to use the Heartshadow ability.
When faced with an enemy whose mind was too strong to breach Cia would almost always shift to using her trusty force pike to get her opponent at a distance while she looked for a chance to unleash a Force power on them or flee.