Arihnda Pryce

**Arihnda Pryce** was a human female who served as the Governor of the Lothal sector thirteen years after the rise of the Galactic Empire. Prior to her rise to governorship, her portfolio spanned a multitude of positions, such as manager of Pryce Mining, aide to Senator Domus Renking of Lothal, manager of the Bartanish Four Sector citizen's assistance office, an employee at the Proam Avenue Citizen Assistance, and a member of the Higher Skies Advocacy Group. Pryce managed to secure the Governorship of the Lothal sector by trading information about Higher Skies' espionage activities to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin.

During her rise to power, Pryce forged an alliance with the Chiss Imperial Navy officer Thrawn, who later became a Grand Admiral. Once in office, Pryce outmaneuvered and engineered the downfall of her political rivals Renking and Governor Ryder Azadi. As Governor of Lothal, Pryce presided over the expansion of the Imperial military occupation on Lothal, which became a major Imperial outpost in the Outer Rim Territories. Pryce was often absent from Lothal as she coveted the glamor of the Imperial Center, and instead delegated administration to Minister Maketh Tua. The Imperial presence on Lothal attracted resistance from Phoenix Cell, which was part of the growing Rebellion.

While rescuing her parents, Pryce played an important role in helping Thrawn neutralize the Batonn insurgency, leading to high civilian casualties. In 2 BBY, Governor Pryce solicited the services of Thrawn and his Seventh Fleet in ferreting out Phoenix Group in the Lothal sector, joining Thrawn and Imperial Security Bureau Agent Alexsandr Kallus in combating the rebel presence in the Lothal sector — though Kallus was secretly a rebel informant who worked for Jedi Knight Jarik Shan known as Fulcrum, unbeknownst to Pryce. During the course of the insurgency, Pryce engaged with the rebels, personally led an unsuccessful hunt for the defected Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila, and participated in the Battle of Atollon, where Thrawn and Darth Vader laid siege to Phoenix Cell's base.

As the Rebellion prepared to engage in open war with the Empire, Lothal was strip-mined and industrialized further under Pryce. The rebel cell which originally operated on Lothal, the Spectres, returned to liberate the planet from the Empire. After defending against a rebel attack, Pryce destroyed the fuel depot that powered the local Imperial Armory Complex, killing rebel leader Kanan Jarrus, but fell out of Thrawn's favor, whose projects were constructed on Lothal, and caused the Empire's industrial interests there that were important to their expansion throughout the Outer Rim to be lost. Afraid that Thrawn had marked her for death, Pryce mounted a desperate attack on the Lothal resistance's base, though her assault failed, and she was taken captive. Pryce elected to remain on the doomed Imperial Planetary Occupation Facility during the Liberation of Lothal, remaining loyal to the Empire until the end.

## **Appearances**

* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 5: From Crystal to Lifeblood" (first mentioned)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 8: Steps into Shadow Pt 1" (first appearance)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 9: Steps into Shadow Pt 2"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 10: Steps into Shadow Pt 3"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 13: The Extraction"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 16: Imprisoned by Belief"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 36: An Inside Man"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 50: Through Imperial Eyes"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 51: Secret Cargo"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 53: Terror From beyond"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 54: Zero Hour Pt 1"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 55: Zero Hour Pt 2"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 56: Zero Hour Pt 3"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 58: A Risky Confrontation" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 68: Wolves of Dume Pt 1"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 69: Wolves of Dume Pt 2"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 70: Wolves of Dume Pt 3"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 73: A Fool's Hope"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 74: Taking a Gamble"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 75: Liberation of Lothal" (mentioned only)