Tahiri Veila (Sith Apprentice)

Tahiri Veila was born on Tatooine, raised on a moisture farm before her family was slaughtered by Tusken Raiders. A kind Tusken named Silven took her in, raising her in the tribe before she was found by Jedi Master Tionne, and brought to the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV. She became best friends with Anakin Solo, also new to the Academy himself.

The pair would engaged in many small conflicts during their time in the Academy, including saving captive children in the Golden Globe and recovering Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber. They also met Ikrit, a rabbit-like Jedi Master, who was a former apprentice to Jedi Master Yoda before he disappeared 400 years ago on Yavin, himself in search of the Golden Globe.

Yuuzhan Vong War Anakin would leave the Academy, leaving his own friend behind. Many years later, at sixteen - Tahiri herself being thirteen-fourteen - he returned when the Academy was about to be assaulted by the Yuuzhan Vong and their allies, the Peace Brigade. She was both happy that he returned, and greatly hurt that he never contacted her after he left. The two, along with Tionne and many students at the Academy, escaped the initial assault by the Peace Brigade, at the cost of Ikrit - who sacrificed himself to give the students time to escape.

Unfortunately, Tahiri would be captured during a skirmish with the Peace Brigade. When the Yuuzhan Vong and their Shapers - along with Mezhan Kwaad and Nen Yim - arrived, they transformed the Jedi Academy into their base. These Shapers were tasked with finding the source of a Jedi's power - the Force - and how it worked. After much research and experimentation, they attempted to brainwash Tahiri into becoming one of them, inflicting horrific, torturous methods to transform her - mind and body.

Anakin eventually saved her after going through many ordeals himself to return to the Academy, bringing her mind back to herself. However, much damage was done. From that day forth, she was hardened and angry, losing much of herself back on Yavin. She also bore the scars from her ordeal, namely three claw-like stripes on her forehead.

She fought beside Anakin during the Mission to Myrkr to stop a plot by the Vong to clone Vornyx - creatures who hunt and feed on Force Sensitives. It was on that mission that Anakin and Tahiri discovered their love for one another. Unfortunately, this love never went beyond that: Anakin Solo was killed during the mission, and his brother, Jacen Solo, was captured by the Vong.

Second Galactic Civil War Over a decade after the Yuuzhan Vong War, Tahiri was still mourning over the loss of Anakin. Jacen Solo, who had turned to the dark side - partly to Jacen's own torture at the hands of the Yuuzhan Vong, something Tahiri could relate to in him - and became Darth Caedus, desired a new apprentice. He manipulated Tahiri with his use of the technique known as Flow Walking, an ability that allows him to go back in time and watch events. He brought Tahiri back to Myrkr, and allowed her to kiss Anakin before he died - something she always regretted not doing.

Under Caedus, Tahiri was manipulated into committing countless dark acts, including torturing Lon Shevu to death, attempting to seduce Ben Skywalker, and killing Gilad Pellaeon.She served him with the promise that he would one day change time and prevent Anakin from dying. However, this was not possible and he knew it. Flow Walking only changed the user's own perception of events and allowed them to interact with the past, but changing time was not possible. When she discovered this, she was enraged. During her final mission for Caedus, she fought Ben Skywalker, flailing around with her blade, almost hoping Ben would kill her on the spot.

Tahiri was very spirited and adventurous. As a child and even into adulthood, she walked around barefoot, avoiding footwear whenever possible, because she always hated the confining wraps of the Sandpeople. Tahiri would be forced to grow up quickly, becoming hardened by the ordeal and torture inflicted upon her by the Yuuzhan Vong.

Her lingering attachment to the late Anakin Solo was the primary factor behind her fall to the dark side of the Force. Darth Caedus, the older brother of Anakin and the first active Dark Lord of the Sith since the reign of Darth Sidious, eventually settled on selecting the emotionally compromised Tahiri Veila as his apprentice. Although he initially only sought to use her as a spy in the Jedi Order, the failure to corrupt Ben Skywalker elevated Veila as the next most appropriate candidate. After experiencing Caedus' flow-walking ability first hand, Veila immediately became addicted to the technique that allowed her to visit past events where she could see Anakin before his death. But due to the short amount of time in their flow-walking sessions, as well as her false belief that the past could be altered, caused Veila to develop a strong addiction to the flow-walking ability. As a consequence, she also became incredibly dependent on Darth Caedus to the point where she renounced her allegiance to the Jedi Order with little hesitation or regret.

Once she officially became Darth Caedus' apprentice, Tahiri Veila made great strides in embracing her new Sith identity. She actively participated in the Galactic Alliance Guard's secret police activities, became the Dark Lord's chief enforcer, and endeavored to win the Second Galactic Civil War by annihilating the enemies of the Galactic Alliance and Caedus' New Order. Furthermore, she sought to imitate her Master in both behavior and appearance, mainly by wearing a GAG uniform, complimented by a black robe. Veila became the only person whom he could—to a certain degree—trust and confide in. As a result, Veila may have been engaged in a physical relationship with her Master, though there was never any illusion of love between them.

As a trained Jedi Knight, Tahiri Veila was skilled in both Force-based techniques and lightsaber combat. When necessary, Veila combined her swordsmanship with hand-to-hand combat skills,. Veila carried a blaster pistol as a sidearm in addition to her lightsaber.

After becoming the apprentice to Caedus, Veila's abilities as a Force-wielder and a lightsaber duelist were enhanced by the dark side of the Force. Her aggression in combat increased. Veila's conversion also benefited her with new Force abilities that were generated by dark side-related emotions. Though she succeeded at wielding the Sith signature attack known as Force lightning, her control over her new dark powers was not fully developed.

As a combatant, Tahiri Veila was strong enough to tolerate a significant amount of physical pain while remaining capable at continuing a fight. She demonstrated her ability to absorb pain without losing consciousness during a failed attempt to arrest Leia and Han Solo.

The Galactic Alliance is an interstellar federal republic formed out of the New Republic during its decline in the Yuuzhan Vong War.