Arise Omondra

Arise Omondra (5 ABY&mdash;) is a preteen student growing toward maturity while surrounded by Galactic war.

Family History (2 ABY-5 ABY)
While he was at university a couple years after the Rebel Alliance's victory at the Battle of Yavin, Anand Tarak, the reluctant son of a wealthy family on Calamari, met Albi Omondra, a medical student. After a couple patient years of coaxing, and aided by an exuberant campus celebration that broke out after the Alliance's victory at the Battle of Endor was announced, the sunny Albi persuaded Anand to "try something new," which resulted in a pregnancy. Albi, cool under pressure, happily thought the pregnancy was no big deal, but Anand got cold feet because he thought his father would kill him (he hadn't even told his family about the girlfriend yet). Anand promised Albi he'd always be her friend and that he'd support the Baby financially, and they went their separate ways. Arise Omondra was born on Albi's home planet of Chandrila the usual time later.

Early Childhood (5 ABY-13 ABY)
When Albi Omondra would occasionally leave Chandrila for an assignment, Arise stayed with her grandparents. During one such assignment, Albi was arrested on Coruscant when the Empire captured it (9 ABY). After searching for about a year, Arise's grandparents contacted Anand. Concerned about Albi's disappearance, he immediately traveled to Chandrila, where he was reunited with his daughter and gradually assumed more and more of her care. Early on, Arise's father and grandparents decided that if she showed signs of being bright, they would try to raise her in as normal way as possible and teach her to be balanced.

Year the Sky Fell (14 ABY)
When the Empire invaded Chandrila in the first month of 14 ABY, Anand (who had been a starfighter tech) helped evacuate wounded from a military base being bombarded from space, and became wounded himself in the process. The transport ship Hanna Star fled with the wounded and some civilian family members, just barely making it through the early blockade. With her grandparents trapped on Chandrila and her father unconscious in Manarai Hospital on Coruscant, Arise was made a ward of the state. She lived with other special-needs children in the Jedi Basilica on Coruscant, until it was destroyed in a mysterious attack at the end of 14 ABY.

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