Tesha Wyatt (Legendary Defender)/History

## History

### Early Life

Tesha was born on Earth and was practically raised in the Galaxy Garrison since both of her parents work there - her father being a Commander, and her mother a medic. She grew up in a loving family and was all set to join the Garrison when she turned 14, but disappeared before she could.

During an offical tour of the Garrison, Tesha was accidently loaded onto a shuttle and sent into space. There, she was captured and imprisoned by the Galra.

### Galra Prison

During her time in the Galra prison, she met Shiro and Matt. They grew close, almost like a family, before Shiro and Matt disappeared and she was left alone again. Soon after, she tried escaping. It was going to plan, until she came upon the Druids' lair. They were in the process of refining Quintessence, and it mesmerised her. She leaned forward to watch, but slipped and fell into a vat of Quintessence. Her body absorbed it and the Quintessence deeply connected her to the energies of the universe, allowing her to manipulate and generate them at will. It also entangled her with the Storm Blue Lion, causing her to experience "flashes" and even allowing the Lion to remotely control her.

She was promptly taken to the Galra HQ where she met Zarkon, who told her she would have chance to serve the Galra Empire. She refused, but Haggar locked her memories away. This meant that she still retained her personality and all of her skills, but had no idea who she was. These memories are inaccessible to Tesha, although strong prompts are sometimes able to trigger memories. However, the memory wipe worked too well and Tesha forgot she had powers, rendering her unable to access them. Zarkon kept her alive, allowing the Druids to study her, but transferred her to the outpost on Balmera X-95-Vox. He ordered her to keep her mask on at all times in order to hide her identity. After showing both interest and aptitude in engineering, she was taught how to fix and maintain Galra systems.

### Joining Voltron

With no memory of her life before, she served the Galra for 2 years as a technician, under the name "Asja". As part of her training, she was taught hand-to-hand combat and the basics of piloting. She observed the Robeast on the Balmera, and watched Voltron take it down, though did nothing to stop them.

She was able to sneak on board the Castle of Lions, but was eventually discovered by the Paladins. They fought, and eventually Shiro was able to unmask her. He recognised and called out to her, prompting a memory from their time in prison. During her confusion, the Paladins were able to apprehend her and she was put in the cell.

When the ship was infected with Sendak's virus, the forcefield in her cell was temporarily shut off, allowing her to escape. She was wandering around the Castle when she heard a scream. Against her better judgement, she investigated and it turned out to be Shiro. She stayed with him until the Paladins came. She helped them purge the virus, and later joined Team Voltron, gaining free movement around the ship.

### Getting the Lion

Shortly after being allowed to move around the Castle, the "flashes" began to increase in frequency. After a particularly powerful one on the bridge of the ship, the Storm Blue Lion managed to take remote control of her. Through her, the Lion piloted them to a planet in a remote part of space, one that many hadn't heard of. The Lion took the Paladins down to the surface of the planet and guided them to it, where it explained its history before releasing control of Tesha. She became its pilot and a Paladin of Voltron.