Talaraeza Selbalada

This page is related to the current Talaraeza. For the first matriarch Talaraeza, click here.
"They don't own me. They don't own my body. i'm my own person and I won't be used to continue a futile war for the sake of .... what? Why are the Lushanean's fighting the alliance? It's clear your resources and power far outmatch ours. We have no allies who can help, no one we can turn to. We're blockaded in our own system. Billions of our people died when the Grand Army torched the periphery. How can we defeat that? Arrogance, that's why the war continues. I aim to stop that and I will destroy my own name to do it. I am Rae Shanada and my destiny is my own." - Talaraeza explaining to Thundra why she defected.Talaraeza (al-Shanada) Selbalada is a career soldier born on
Lushanea.  She entered service at a young
age as is customary of her people’s warrior origins.  Talaraeza is the chosen female in her matriarchal family line to carry on the name and legacy the First Matriarch was given in honor of her exemplary service to Lushanea. Talaraeza was born in Shanada, Lunasong at the Rashid Medical Complex to much fanfare as she was the chosen one of the Talaraeza line. She has pitch black hair that is cut short, only going to her neck that is usually swept over to one side or kept in a bun. She has slightly neon green eyes when in the light due to a genetic quirk. While it isn't uncommon for Lushanean's to have green eyes, hers are a rarity even among her people. Talaraeza has a slightly boyish face and doesn't carry herself like a lady at all. She prefers to get dirty but due to her society's culture she doesn't get many opportunities to do what she wants. Talaraeza is currently a Molazim (Lieutenant) in the Lushanean military as she recently graduated from the Royal Military Auxiliary Academy.
She was trained from as early as when she could walk in all things military. Despite this heavy indoctrination she maintains an alarming degree of independence and individuality which has given rise to concerns among the Lushanean elite. She is personally very disinterested in continuing to draw out
the extremely bloody and costly war with Dragonia and is seeking ways to end
it.  A bit of a tomboy, she is a far cry
from her refined and aristocratic ancestors of past generations. 
Talaraeza isn't interested in continuing the current militaristic cycle of Lushanea and she sure as ever isn't interested in having children solely to benefit the Lushanean Empire by giving them another Talaraeza to mold. If she has children, it's going to be on her own terms. Talaraeza is fiercely independent and does not appreciate her path being chosen for her before she was even born. Despite this, she isn't blind to the situation she or her people are in. She studied Dragonian battle tactics, history and the Aegian system as a whole and realized very quickly that the Aegian system had 3 superpowers currently residing in it consisting of AcDragonia, Corsair and Dragonia; the Dragon Alliance. Talaraeza determined rather quickly that despite the blind nationalism that the military caste has regarding their own war capabilities that Lushanea doesn't stand a chance against the combined might of the Dragon Alliance especially since two of the composing nations possess doomsday weapons with Corsair having the Supernova Core and Dragonia having the Space Catapult.
Blind to reason, the leaders of the military caste rejected her concerns and dismissed them as nothing more than being green on the battlefield from not yet tasting victory against her enemies. As no one would listen to her concerns, when AcDragonia send a skirmish fleet into a neighboring system controlled by Lushanea she left with a skirmish fleet of her own to meet them in battle. However upon making contact, Talaraeza immediately surrendered and joined the AcDragonians, renouncing her allegiance to Lushanea. If they weren't going to listen to reason, then they were going to listen to force and Talaraeza underwent a crash course in HEGIO drops to become a drop trooper in the IPEF. Talaraeza introduced herself to the IPEF under the pseudonym of "Rae Shanada".Category:Person of Interest
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