Rhamal Dheis

**Rhamal Dheis** was a female Xiavan politician from the planet of Xiav Conquera. She once served as the Vice Paramount of the United Cassiopeian Republic, assisting Paramount Julian Garrison during both of his terms. She was the ambassador of the Xiavan Aristocracy to the UCR before becoming Vice Paramount. She was preceded by Felsica Labes as Vice Paramount.

## Biography

### Early Life

In 5895 ASA, Rhamal Dheis was born on the planet Xiav Conquera. At an early point in her life, Dheis moved to the planet Cassiopeia Prime, the galactic capital of the UCR, to pursue more career opportunities.

### Career and Politics

Not much of the public knew about Dheis' previous career as a renowned food critic. Many failed to make the connection that harsh food critic Rhamal Dheis and Vice Paramount Rhamal Dheis were one in the same.

After the Faceless Wars that caused unrest around the galaxy for seven years, Dheis worked her way into UCR politics, becoming the ambassador of the Xiavan Aristocracy. She stayed in this position for a while until eventually was elected to become Vice Paramount during Paramount Julian Garrison's term. Xiavan politician Suphro Mhina succeeded Dheis as ambassador after she became Vice Paramount.

### Trial of the Dawns

In 5957 ASA, an emissary of the Praeliorian Empire, Gris Véridémi, spoke to the Galactic Embassy. Telling the politicians half-truths and lies, Véridémi managed to sway the embassy into thinking that the Dawns posed a threat to the galaxy, declaring them terrorists under the guise of being freedom fighters. Having no voices in the embassy to show support for the Dawns, the Galactic Embassy decided to prohibit the Dawns from entering UCR territory, with ambassadors making the decision to allow the Dawns on their territory on an individual basis. Many ambassadors decided to prohibit the Dawns for their own territory as well.

Unbeknownst to the Galactic Embassy at the time, the ambassador for Aethra, Apollo Vopordna, was attacked by a Xanthan spy that worked under the orders of the Praeliorian emissary and the ambassador for Borealis, Percival Hayes. Had Vopordna been present for the hearing, Rhamal Dheis wondered if the Dawns would have gained a lighter sentence.

#### The Final Dawn Hearing

By the end of the series of hearings regarding them, the Dawns took the Galactic Embassy by complete surprise when they stormed into the Embassy Hall on the *Gravity Well*, a ship owned by the Morkarian privateer captain Tiberius Stede. The Dawns' goal was to clear their names with evidence in support of them that also incriminated their enemies and those that accused them, collected by themselves and their allies. One such group of allies was the Cascadian Quaestorium, a government criminal investigation team from Cascade that were directed by Senator Jove Scorzalita to investigate the situation regarding the Dawns. Vice Paramount Rhamal Dheis was present at the Embassy Hall when the Dawns arrived, as she was overseeing a hearing between the ambassadors of the embassy.

Accompanying them was the Borealan House Lafayette, who all mysteriously went missing after Alden Lafayette's sudden resignation as ambassador of Borealis many years prior. Alden Lafayette publicly spoke on the galactic stage for the first time in a decade, making claims against Sentinel Danton Stone and, by extension, House Stone for their crimes throughout the recent centuries. These crimes included the wrongful imprisonment of his family and the lies House Stone told the public to prevent suspicion, as well as the entire colonization of the Aurora colony that led to the genocide of most native Aurorans.

The leader of the Dawns, a Dremirian woman named Annesidora, went on to make a defense for herself and her team. Ann claimed that the Praeliorian Empire and the Borealan Aristocracy conspired with one another to defame her team and have them killed, all while attempting to secure more galactic power for themselves. She then opened the floor to any ambassadors that still had questions, confident that she would be able to answer them reasonably. The more arguments that were made against the Dawns by ambassadors working against them, the more Ann and her allies were able to defend themselves and, in turn, unveil the corruption within the embassy.

Horrible atrocities committed by powerful polities were revealed to the people of the embassy. The Quaestorium presented evidence of lobotomies conducted by the Oktarachians and the Vundorians on revolutionaries and political dissidents. The aforementioned genocide of the native Auroran people was also spoken of, as well as the unethical means of population control regarding the colonial Auroran population. The evidence and claims made against Borealis, Vundoria, and Oktarach were enough for Vice Paramount Dheis to consider the expulsion of these worlds from the UCR.

Ultimately, Dheis decided the Cassiopeian Senate would later discuss the claims made that day, and the Dawns were cleared of all charges and claims made against them. The events of that day would lead to a thorough investigation of the Vundorian, Oktarachian, and Borealan governments by UCR officials.

## Personality and Traits

Rhamal Dheis was a Xiavan woman and, as such, had blue skin adorned with natural darkened face markings. Her hair was a light periwinkle and her eyes were salmon-colored, with shrunken pupils common among Xiavans.

As a politician, Rhamal Dheis greatly respected the precepts of order and justice, and denounced those who tried to sabotage them. Like the Paramount she served the people of Cassiopeia alongside, Rhamal generally had the best interests of the United Cassiopeian Republic at heart. She did not take acts of corruption, tyranny, or terrorism lightly. In the presence of her fellow Cassiopeians, Rhamal Dheis spoke with refinement and unwavering confidence that could send chills down anyone's spine, should they have been on the opposing end of her comments.

As a food critic, Dheis had clearly defined tastes and preferences for cuisine and was particularly skilled in deciding the quality of most dishes. Her keen Xiavan taste buds made her value the quality of food more than most, and made her rather opinionated on most things that she ate. Even as a politician, this eye for cuisine extended to Dheis' policymaking, as she was an advocate for the distribution of acceptable and nutritional foods in Republic schools around the galaxy.