Xhalax Sun

Xhalax Sun is Aeryn Sun's mother on Farscape. She first appears in the third season episode "Thanks for Sharing." Xhalax is the leader of a Peacekeeper retrieval squad attempting to capture Talyn and its captain, Bialar Crais.
Despite regulation, Xhalax fell in love with fellow Peacekeeper Talyn Lyczac, and the two had Aeryn. Xhalax later visited Aeryn as a young child to admit Aeryn was conceived in love, once again breaking Peacekeeper rules. As punishment, Xhalax was forced to choose between Aeryn and Talyn, ultimately choosing to kill the latter.
Years later, Xhalax is given an assignment to hunt down the Leviathan gunship Talyn and Crais, its rogue captain. She encounters Aeryn while on this mission. Aeryn finds that Xhalax is not the loving mother she hoped she would be, but is instead a cold-blooded killer. The two fight, but Aeryn can't bring herself to kill Xhalax, and leaves Crais to finish the job.
However, Crais allows her to live, knowing that if he kills Xhalax, Peacekeeper High Command will send another retrieval squad in her place. Instead, he offers to spare her life if she informs High Command that she killed them all.
In her final appearance in "The Choice," Xhalax abandons her mission to capture Talyn, and instead focuses on getting revenge on Aeryn. Following Aeryn's birth, Xhalax was demoted as punishment for conceiving without permission and was forced to become an assassin. She blames Aeryn for never being truly reinstated.
Xhalax devises a plan to hire someone to pose as Aeryn's father, and then to kill that man in front of Aeryn. She follows through on the plan, but Aeryn admits she knew he wasn't her real father. Xhalax and Aeryn talk, and Xhalax acknowledges she killed Aeryn's real father so that Aeryn could live, and that the choice was made with love.
Soon after, Crais finds Xhalax alone with Aeryn on a balcony and misreads the situation. He shoots Xhalax, and she falls into Aeryn's arms. Xhalax asks Aeryn to let her go, and Aeryn reluctantly drops Xhalax off the ledge, letting her fall down to the ground below.
==Appearances==
*Episode 307: Thanks for Sharing
*Episode 310: Relativity
*Episode 312: Meltdown
*Episode 317: The Choice
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Category:Farscape Characters