Nannley

**Nannley** was a Force-Sensitive Cathar female, born on Cathar in 137 ABY.

## Biography

Born on the planet Cathar to a warrior tribe who dwelled in some of the tallest and sturdiest trees in the savannah, Nannley grew up as the Elder’s daughter and the pride of her Clan. In absence of not having a brother she was often expected to handle the jobs a male should handle and in her early life she had no problem doing such. Learning to hunt Kiltik as almost all of the warriors did she killed her first one as part of a group when she was 7 and by the time she was 13 she had finally managed to kill one by herself using a combination of weapons and traps set ahead of time. As she excelled as a warrior for her Clan she began gaining a few fans her biggest one being her little sister Tira. Tira though only 2 years younger than Nannley was never trained and never suited to be a warrior and instead was gatherer of the few berries and nuts that grew in the savannah. Specializing in night time combat and prided with her hunting skills in the dark, Nannley became known to her clan and a few others as the Moonlit Demon.

A few weeks before her 14th birthday, Nannley accompanied her sister out into the savannah at night as Tira was going to find some extra berries that she could keep just to herself for snacks. Going too far from their clans dwellings they would happen upon a ship that was landed on the surface and figure they go through it to see if they could find anything of use to them or the clan. Sneaking aboard the ship they found it empty and figured the crew wouldn’t be back for awhile so they had time to rummage through the place. Finding a few artifacts that she figured were probably trinkets, Nannley felt them call out to her and didn’t know how to react so she did her best to not feel their pull and to focus on finding any food or useful items. She had been deeply engaged in their scavenging that she hadn’t noticed that the owner of the ship had come back and grabbed Tira. In fact she hadn’t even noticed that until she heard the yelling and turned to see her sister being pulled away by a man with black robes on. Her vision being blurred by the artifacts trying to call out to her with a strong pull all she could make out was the sadistic grin on the man’s face and then the blade of his lightsaber being ignited. Watching in horror as her sister was stabbed through the chest, Nannley in a burst of anger called out on the force for the first time as she managed to push the man out the way so she could run. Being chased down by the man and having an encounter of insults, information, and being pitied, everything about Nannley’s life would change and she had a new goal in life.

Immediately after this encounter she was taken from the planet and sent to a satellite minor academy where she was to train in the ways of the force. Though she didn’t understand it well at first she had come to learn the basics as she was a quick learner of saber combat often focusing on that more than her studies in force abilities. Her natural skills as a hunter made her have a knack for the offensive forms and strategies when dueling her opponents in the academy. Over the time she was there one teacher in particular took an interest in her and began to oversee her training personally making sure she was ready to face whatever would come for her in the galaxy. Being such a great student of his for almost three years she started realizing she needed to move up the schedule for her goals if she wanted to accomplish them anytime soon and she started to grow more aggressive in her training. When she came to the decision herself that she was ready she acquired her teacher’s purple bladed lightsaber before beginning to make her way to Korriban in hopes of accomplishing her goal.