Unidentified Crèche elder This elder was a female member of the culture known as the Crèche , where they dwelled on Ovanis and protected an egg that they believed was vital to the fate of the galaxy . At some point , she knew Lor San Tekka , whom the Crèche called " the explorer , " when he lived with them for two years . The Resistance Captain Poe Dameron visited the Crèche elder and her fellow cultists during his search for Lor San Tekka . Shortly later , they were caught in a conflict between the Resistance , the First Order , and two large winged creatures . Following the conflict , she and her fellow Crèche members flew away on the back of the large black guardian . Biography . Background . The Crèche elder was a member of the Crèche , a cult that spent many generations protecting a large egg in the Cave of the Crèche known as the Crèche egg . She and her fellow cultists regarded the egg as their charge , their purpose , and their salvation . They based their entire lives around protecting and nurturing the egg . The elder believed that the egg held their unborn savior , who would reward them for protecting it for so many generations . At some unknown time , the Crèche elder encountered the explorer Lor San Tekka , who spent two full seasons with the Crèche learning their ways and communing with the savior unborn . The Crèche elder came to trust him and shared her group ' s secrets with him . A wider conflict . Following , General Leia Organa dispatched the starfighter pilot Commander Poe Dameron on a search for Tekka , believing that he held the key to finding her brother Luke Skywalker . Poe and his droid BB - 8 flew their T - 70 X - wing fighter into the Cave of the Crèche during their mission to Ovanis . The elder and her fellow cultists initially believed that Poe was a threat and confronted him with blaster s . However , Poe managed to calm them down and told them he was looking for Tekka . The elder told Poe that the explorer had left a long time ago and that she did not know where he had gone . She then briefed Poe about the Crèche egg and emphasized that she would not let anyone hurt the egg . The elder offered to share her group ' s secrets if Poe stayed with them and became a brother . Poe replied that he was on a deadline . When BB - 8 discovered the presence of a tracker on his starfighter , Poe confronted the cultists and raised the tracker . Mistaking it for a detonator , the elder ordered her fellow cultists to take him down . Following a struggle , Poe managed to convince the Crèche elder and her followers that he did not pose a threat and that the First Order was their true enemy . The Crèche elder and her fellow cultists hid Poe and BB - 8 when a First Order platform led by Agent Terex arrived above the cave . After Terex blasted through the door with his First Order speeder bike , she chastised the interloper for polluting the sacred energies of the chamber . As her followers surrounded Terex , she threatened to destroy him . However , Terex had brought reinforcements in the form of several stormtroopers equipped with jetpack s . When the Crèche elder introduced herself and her community and asked why Terex had come , the First Order agent revealed that he was after Poe . The elder tried to feign ignorance but a stormtrooper picked up the tracker ' s signal . When Terex threatened to harm the egg , the elder was about to cooperate when Poe surrendered himself . Poe revealed that his fellow Black Squadron pilots were attacking Terex ' s forces , creating a stalemate . To break the stalemate , Terex ordered his flametrooper s to torch the egg . When the Crèche elder protested and called on the worshipers to sing to the savior unborn , Terex taunted Poe for carrying about these " fools " and proposed that they talk . The savior born . Ultimately , the heat of the flamethrowers caused the Crèche egg to crack . The elder proclaimed that the savior unborn had come , ending their long vigil and bring redemption . She found herself staring at a tall , blue winged creature . The elder welcomed the " savior " and asked the creature to show us how to save this sinner ' s world . However , the creature attacked them and Terex ' s stormtroopers , whose blasters could not penetrate its thick skin . The elder confronted the creature and asked if she had angered them . The winged creature grabbed her and attempted to devour her . However , it was attacked by a large black winged creature . As the fight escalated , the stormtroopers ' blasts made the winged creatures grow larger , causing them to break out of the cave . Eventually , the black winged creature gained the upper hand over the blue creature and killed it by firing a bright beam through its throat . Following the battle , the Crèche elder and her fellow cultists restrained Terex and his surviving trooper s with blasters . After Poe and his fellow pilots let Terex and his men go , the elder decided to let him go since he could not hurt them anymore . She and her followers climbed on the back of the black winged creature , which they regarded as their savior . They allowed the creature to ferry them to their new home . Before leaving , she thanked Poe for saving them and admitted that she and her followers had no idea of what actually lay inside the Crèche egg . Personality and traits . The Crèche elder was an elderly woman with long grey hair , black eye s , and pale skin . She wore a beige and blue gown . The elder and her fellow cultists also had blue marks painted on their foreheads . She dedicated her whole life to looking after the Crèche egg which she regarded as hosting her cult ' s savior . She trusted the explorer Lor San Tekka because he was willing to learn their ways . The elder initially distrusted Poe until he convinced her that the First Order was a greater threat . Terex was able to exploit the elder ' s devotion to the Crèche egg by threatening to destroy it . The elder ' s belief in her savior was tested when the blue winged creature inside the egg tried to devour her . She regarded the black winged creature as the Crèche ' s true savior after it defeated the black winged creature . She gained a greater respect for Poe fter he displayed his willingness to defend them even though he did not know them . She and her followers then rode on the back of their winged savior . Behind the scenes . The Unidentified Crèche elder first appeared in the first three issues of the 2016 Marvel Comics " " . Her story was developed by Charles Soule and she was drawn and colored by Phil Noto .