Terrin

✦ Backstory

Raised by the bounty hunter Kaal Breze rather...unintentionally. He killed her birth parents for a bounty, and only once they were already dead did he realize there was an infant in the adjacent room. Not knowing what to do with her, he just kind of panicked, grabbed her, and ran. He ended up giving her what he thought sounded like a Chiss name, but to another Chiss it would just end up looking like a keysmash. Not knowing their naming conventions, he incorrectly shortened the name to "Terrin." Unbeknownst to her, her birthname was Rolc'elii'ntinae - "Celiin."

Growing up under Kaal's care, she turned out to have a natural affinity for bounty hunting, and grew good at getting her way with contracts as he taught her the art. She took to preferring flamethrowers, though is armed to the teeth with many other types of weaponry ranging from blasters, to knives, to missiles, and being adept with them all.

Terrin joined the Great Hunt young, wanting a new type of challenge and getting in contact with Braden who could help her achieve that desired challenge. Up until that point, she'd drifted between a handful of partners - most of them dying to their own mistakes or lack of skill - so was skeptical of Braden's team at first. However, even as most of it was wiped out by Great Hunt rival Tarro Blood, Terrin quickly grew endeared to Mako and would gladly drag her along for the ride. Against all odds and slowly building her team all the while, Terrin rises to the top and wins the Great Hunt, being named Grand Champion and being offered a place in Mandalorian Clan Lok by Mandalore, himself. It's shortly after this that she takes Torian as a member of her crew - after helping him to kill his own father - and the two grow close as they get to know each other better.

Terrin goes on to take increasingly difficult bounties, quickly making a name for herself in Empire, Republic, and criminal underworld alike. This fame even goes so far as to bring her to be hired to assassinate the Republic Chancellor himself, which she manages to pull off with little more than a few bruises and some singed paint on her newfound Beskar armor. It's not long after this that Torian proposes to her, which she gladly accepts.

Her skills bring her to be hired by Marr himself a few times to help deal with Makeb and the Dread Masters; while her brute force nearly caused the Empire to lose everything on Makeb when they needed a far more careful touch, her support on Oricon was vital to the survival of the Wrath's team as it was often outnumbered by Dread forces. She was yet again contacted - this time by Arkous - for a plan he believed her skills would be an incredible help with. This would bring her into an official partnership with the Wrath, Darth Nox, and Cipher Nine.

As a result, she would become a pinnacle member of the team that would grow to include the Barsen'thor, Hero of Tython, Havoc Squad, and the Voidhound, helping them to strike against the Revanites and by extension, Revan himself. It would be this, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time, that would have Terrin answering Marr's call about sensing the Emperor in Wild Space. She'd be the first to arrive, long before any of the others...

And as a result, spend five long years in carbonite, with the former Emperor in her head. She's angry, at first. And, while she never gets over her irritation at having him in her head, she gradually accepts the leadership role she's put in because of it. The Alliance matures her, and she grows to care deeply for it and the troops to serve under her. Still, she's beyond relieved when she can finally purge Valkorion from her mind for good.

She leads the Alliance into aiding the Republic openly, practically spitting in the face of the Empire that had long employed her. However, she knows the Republic is iffy about her as a leader due to everything she'd done to it in the past and over time Synnda V'ehsz, once the Barsen'thor, kind of unintentionally ends up her second-in-command as she has him act almost as envoy to communicate with the Republic that was far more trusting of him. As time goes on, however, it grows to accept Terrin herself with its communications with the Alliance - and she and Tau get along surprisingly well when they finally meet in person for the first time.

Shortly after the Republic/Alliance dual-victory at the Meridian Complex, she and Torian have their first child, who they decide to name Cadera'tten - Atten. While Terrin had never grown up with her Chiss heritage, they both agreed that it would be a nice way to tie it into her far more familiar Mandalorian life. Not even a year after, they'd have their second child, Cadera'raa - Araa. Their third, Anaehr, wouldn't be born until many years later...

And unfortunately, that age gap would be what ultimately unwinds their family. Anaehr, jealous of his siblings' success, closeness, and inheriting of Alliance leadership when Terrin retires, leaves Odessen in a huff. Terrin and Torian find themselves killed due to his betrayal.