Approved NPC Khel'eth Clan

[Ayumi Pallopides]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To codexify an aspect of Denon for lore expansion
• Image Credit: Generated by AI
• Canon: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Links:
  • Denon
  • The Denon Ascendancy
  • Cato

FAMILY INFORMATION

• Family Name: Khel'eth
• Family Type: Clan
• Place of Origin: Ryloth originally, Denon currently
• Family Size: 7
• Loyalties: Ayumi Pallopides
• Notable Possessions:
  • Denon Citizen Outfits
  • Denon Style
  • Numa Class Headdress
  • Compact
  • Prime Frigate MK. III
• Description: A rescued clan of twi'leks whom Ayumi rescued and was rescued by in many cases. Each one of them has skills that helped in the p;lan and they were able to make a complicated and dangerous situation easier by cutting and sharing the workload. Later they would side with Ayumi and Cato already planning to go with her had the other sisters go with her. leading to a long standing arraignment between all of them. Ayumi would be their boss and eaach of them acted like a crew on her personal yacht moving later into Upcity as administrrators who could aid herr in rebuilding and reforming it... and still later as she retook the senate position within the High Republic.

FAMILY MEMBER 1

• Name: Lira Khel'eth
• Age: 28
• Species: Twi'lek
• Role: Clan Sister
• Languages: Galactic Basic, Twi'leki
• Skills: Expert in engineering and technical repairs, capable of rewiring complex systems under pressure.
• Notable Possessions: A modified toolkit with specialized tools for skiff and infrastructure repairs.
• Holdings: None personally, contributes to Upcity's infrastructure.
• Appearance: Lira's faded blue skin a soft, muted Rutian tone carries the subtle iridescence common to many Twi'leks from certain Ryloth clans, where environmental adaptation on the planet's twilight zones once favored cooler hues for heat reflection. Over years of grueling labor under artificial lights and exposure to industrial solvents on the Hutt barge, the vibrancy has dulled to a ghostly periwinkle, streaked faintly with silvery-gray along her lekku tips and collarbone from prolonged stress and malnutrition. Her dark lekku, nearly indigo at the base fading to near-black at the ends, bear faint scarring: thin, pale lines from old restraint cuffs and one prominent burn mark midway down the left tchun (the longer, dexterous head-tail), a memento from a sabotaged power conduit during her escape. She often wraps them loosely in oil-stained bindings for practicality, though she leaves the tips free to sense subtle vibrations in machinery.
• Description: Lira was born into a minor engineering-focused clan on Ryloth's Lessu outskirts, where families traditionally maintained the subterranean ryll refineries and atmospheric processors before Hutt syndicates seized control. Her clan, like many, bartered daughters and skilled sons into indentured service to settle debts or gain protection Lira's technical aptitude made her valuable, so at 19 she was "loaned" to a Hutt cartel skiff-repair operation orbiting Nal Hutta. What began as a five-year contract stretched into near-permanent enslavement when the cartel fabricated escalating debts. For nearly a decade, she toiled in the dim, grease-choked holds of Hutt barges, rewiring failing hyperdrives, patching hull breaches during pirate raids, and jury-rigging life-support systems to keep slave quarters barely habitable. Her no-nonsense pragmatism earned grudging respect from overseers but also drew punishment for "overstepping" she once rerouted a barge's power grid to short-circuit restraints during a prisoner transfer, buying seconds for two clan sisters to slip away. The turning point came during a routine transit through the Outer Rim: a malfunctioning coolant line threatened to flood the engine bay with toxic gas. While overseers fled, Lira stayed, sealing leaks and rerouting auxiliary power under choking fumes. Her quick thinking saved the vessel and crucially, several captive Twi'lek women, including a young Ayumi, who had been separated from her own clan during a raid. In the chaos of the near-disaster, Lira exploited a security lapse: she overloaded a docking clamp release, detaching a maintenance skiff. She, Ayumi, and three others escaped in the small craft, limping to a neutral port where sympathetic smugglers (possibly tied to early Rebel cells) helped them vanish. The escape forged an unbreakable bond with Ayumi, whom Lira now views as the closest equivalent to a blood sister sharing whispered Ryl oaths of protection and mutual survival. The group eventually reached Upcity, a fledgling Twi'lek expatriate settlement, where Lira's skills proved invaluable in building and maintaining infrastructure: geothermal taps, recycled air scrubbers, and fortified skiff landing pads. She refuses personal holdings, insisting her "wealth" is the continued function of the clan's shared systems. Lira's loyalty runs bone-deep; she harbors quiet resentment toward any who profit from Twi'lek exploitation (Hutts most of all) but channels it into tireless work rather than vengeance. Her pragmatic edge hides a fierce protectiveness she'll drop everything to repair a failing generator keeping a nursery warm or teach younger clan members basic circuitry so they never feel as powerless as she once did.

FAMILY MEMBER 2

• Name: Vey Khel'eth
• Age: 26
• Species: Twi'lek
• Role: Clan Sister
• Languages: Galactic Basic, Twi'leki
• Skills: Skilled in medical care, specializing in trauma stabilization and recovery.
• Notable Possessions: A portable medical kit customized for field use.
• Holdings: None personally, works in Upcity's medical bay.
• Appearance: Vey's pale lavender skin a rare, soft lilac hue associated with certain highland clans from Ryloth's cooler, shaded canyons retains a gentle, almost luminescent quality under natural light, though it appears muted and slightly ashen in the artificial glow of Upcity's medical bay. This coloration, less common than Rutian blues or greens, historically marked lineages valued for their perceived "calmness" by offworld slavers, making them prime targets for medical or entertainment roles in Hutt courts. Faint, natural mottling appears along her lekku bases and lower back in deeper plum tones, subtle patterning that some Twi'lek lore ties to ancestral highland adaptations for subtle heat regulation. Her delicate lekku, slender and gracefully tapered, end in fine silver-gray tips from years of precise work; the left lek bears a thin, silvery scar running parallel to the underside a clean surgical line from a self-administered bacta-patch repair after a plasma burn during the escape. She keeps them unbound but often drapes a soft, sterilized cloth over them when treating contagious patients to avoid contamination.
• Description: Vey hails from a small healer lineage in one of Ryloth's northern cave-cities, where families traditionally served as herbalists and field medics for miners exposed to ryll dust and cave-ins. Her clan emphasized practical medicine over clan politics, training daughters in trauma care using limited resources cauterizing wounds, stabilizing fractures, and brewing analgesics from native fungi. At 17, during a Hutt raid on her settlement, she was captured alongside several others after refusing to abandon injured kin. Sold into service aboard a cartel medical barge (disguised as a "hospital ship" for slaves), she spent years treating gladiators, dancers, and laborers under duress learning advanced field techniques from stolen Imperial med-droids while quietly sabotaging records to delay executions. Her empathy made her indispensable yet vulnerable; overseers exploited her gentleness, forcing her to patch up victims of their cruelty. During the same transit crisis that allowed Lira's escape (the coolant breach), Vey was in the medbay stabilizing the injured. When alarms sounded, she prioritized freeing restrained patients over fleeing, using a vibro-scalpel to cut binders and administer stims. She joined Lira and Ayumi on the detached skiff, using her portable kit to keep a critically wounded escapee alive during their desperate flight to safety. Without her rapid intervention sealing a punctured lung and managing shock the group might not have survived the journey. In Upcity, Vey runs the modest medical bay, treating everything from construction injuries to respiratory issues from recycled air. She refuses personal holdings, viewing resources as communal; her customized kit (stocked with scavenged bacta, herbal poultices echoing Ryloth traditions, and a compact surgical droid arm) is her only "possession," always ready at her side. Her bond with Ayumi is protective and nurturing Ayumi calls her "vhet," a Ryl term for "steady heart" and they share quiet lekku-touch rituals of reassurance after long shifts. Vey's gentleness masks quiet resolve; she harbors deep compassion fatigue from years of forced healing under slavery but channels it into teaching clan youth basic first aid, ensuring no one feels helpless. She distrusts offworld pharmaceuticals, preferring hybrid Twi'lek-Imperial methods.

FAMILY MEMBER 3

• Name: Tala Khel'eth
• Age: 30
• Species: Twi'lek
• Role: Clan Sister
• Languages: Galactic Basic, Twi'leki, Huttese
• Skills: Skilled in combat and security tactics, with a bold leadership style.
• Notable Possessions: A custom blaster pistol with a worn grip, a memento from the escape.
• Holdings: None personally, serves in Upcity's security teams.
• Appearance: Tala's crimson skin a vivid, deep Lethan red, one of the rarest Twi'lek pigmentation variants carries an almost metallic sheen under direct light, historically associated with warriors and leaders in ancient Ryloth clan sagas. Lethan tones were once seen as omens of strength (or misfortune, depending on the storyteller), making bearers targets for both reverence and exploitation by slavers who prized them for gladiatorial pits or as status symbols in Hutt courts. Years of combat and exposure to blaster residue have left her skin faintly scarred: small, silvery burn flecks across her shoulders and upper arms, plus a jagged line along her right cheek from a vibroblade duel. Her strong, athletic build is compact and powerful broad shoulders, corded muscles from constant training paired with thick, muscular lekku that taper to blunt, battle-worn ends. The right lekku bears a prominent notch near the base (from a restraining collar ripped free), and both show faint callusing along the inner curves from years of wrapping them tightly during fights to prevent grabs. She keeps them mobile and unbound in combat, often braiding combat beads or small metal rings into them as trophies or reminders.
• Description: Tala was born into a rugged border clan on Ryloth's equatorial badlands, where families trained as caravan guards and skirmishers against ryll-smuggling raiders and Imperial scouts. Her Lethan coloration marked her early as a potential leader; she rose quickly in clan defense squads, mastering vibroblades, blasters, and improvised tactics using Ryloth's cave networks. At 22, during a massive Hutt incursion to seize "prime stock," her clan fought a delaying action to allow non-combatants to flee. Tala was among those captured after a brutal stand her defiance (killing two enforcers bare-handed) earned her a spot in a Hutt gladiatorial arena orbiting Nal Hutta rather than immediate sale. For five years she survived as a pit fighter, honing lethal precision while secretly organizing small acts of sabotage: loosening chains for fellow captives, passing messages in Huttese (which she learned fluently from eavesdropping on overseers), and memorizing guard patterns. Her bold style charging head-on, using lekku as whips or distractions made her a crowd favorite, buying her small privileges like a personal blaster (kept unloaded until the escape). That blaster, now customized with a worn grip etched with tally marks for every life she spared or took, remains her most cherished possession. During the same coolant-breach crisis that freed Lira and Vey, Tala was in the holding cells belowdecks. When alarms blared, she broke her restraints using a smuggled shard, rallied nearby captives, and fought her way to the skiff bay covering the escape group's retreat by laying down suppressive fire and taking a grazing blaster hit to the thigh. She boarded last, ensuring no one was left behind, and piloted the skiff through asteroid fields using skills learned in arena dogfights. Her ferocity during the escape cemented her as the group's protector; Ayumi, who fought beside her in the final corridor, shares a mirror-like bond both fiery, both survivors who channel rage into guardianship. In Upcity, Tala leads security rotations: perimeter patrols, training drills for young adults, and rapid-response teams for raider threats. She claims no personal holdings, viewing her role as the clan's shield. Her leadership is direct and inspiring she trains with the same intensity she expects from others but tempers it with loyalty; she'll risk herself first to protect even the newest clan members. Tala's fierce spirit hides scars beyond the physical: survivor's guilt from arena kills, a simmering hatred for Hutts, and occasional reckless charges when protecting family. She speaks Huttese only when necessary, spitting the words like curses.

FAMILY MEMBER 4

• Name: Zara Khel'eth
• Age: 27
• Species: Twi'lek
• Role: Clan Sister
• Languages: Galactic Basic, Twi'leki, Huttese
• Skills: Expert in logistics and coordination, with a talent for quick-witted improvisation.
• Notable Possessions: A datapad with encrypted logistics software.
• Holdings: None personally, manages Upcity's logistics.
• Appearance: Zara's shimmering teal skin a vibrant, almost metallic turquoise hue with subtle iridescent flecks that catch light like oil on water evokes certain coastal clans from Ryloth's rare equatorial oases, where water-rich microclimates favored reflective pigmentation for signaling and camouflage among misty caverns. This teal variant is uncommon, often linked in Twi'lek folklore to adaptability and cleverness ("the color of quick rivers"). Prolonged exposure to dim barge lighting and chemical fumes has softened the shimmer to a steady gleam, with faint silvery undertones along her lekku undersides from stress-induced pigment shifts. Her graceful lekku, long and elegantly tapered with smooth, flowing curves, end in fine, slightly pointed tips; the left bears a small, deliberate tattoo of interlocking geometric patterns (a personal encryption key motif) near the base, while both show light callusing from constant datapad handling and subtle gestures during negotiations. She drapes them loosely in a practical wrap of soft, dark fabric when working, allowing free movement for expressive lekku "speech" during tense coordination moments.
• Description: Zara grew up in a trade-oriented clan near Ryloth's bustling Lessu spaceport districts, where families specialized in smuggling logistics, supply-chain evasion, and black-market coordination to survive Imperial taxes and Hutt monopolies. Trained from childhood in route planning, resource allocation, and verbal sleight-of-hand, she excelled at turning shortages into opportunities bartering spare parts for favors, rerouting convoys to avoid patrols, and improvising cover stories on the fly. At 20, her clan's operations drew Hutt attention; when enforcers raided, she was captured after delaying pursuit long enough for kin to scatter with critical supplies. Sold into service on a major Hutt transport barge as a "quartermaster slave," she managed cargo manifests, slave rations, and docking schedules under threat quietly skimming resources to aid fellow captives while building a hidden network of informants. Her quick wit shone brightest during the escape crisis: when the coolant breach triggered lockdown protocols, Zara used her access codes (gleaned over years) to spoof security sensors, creating false "all-clear" signals in non-critical sections. She then staged a diversion overloading a cargo droid to "malfunction" spectacularly in the main corridor drawing guards away while Lira, Vey, Tala, and Ayumi moved toward the skiff bay. Zara slipped through maintenance ducts, rerouted power to unlock the bay doors at the last second, and boarded with a final improvised hack to jam pursuit scanners. Her calm, rapid decisions under fire ensured the skiff escaped with minimal pursuit. In Upcity, Zara oversees all logistics: supply runs, resource distribution, trade negotiations with offworld contacts, and contingency planning for raids or shortages. Her encrypted datapad custom-loaded with slicing tools, holographic maps, and a self-destruct failsafe never leaves her side. She claims no personal holdings, treating Upcity's stockpiles as her true domain. Her bond with Ayumi is playful yet profound Ayumi nicknames her "zhetka" (Ryl for "river-mind") and they share a ritual of mapping future plans together via lekku-gestured diagrams in private. Zara's improvisation masks a calculating mind; she anticipates problems three steps ahead but occasionally over-relies on charm or bluff when brute force would suffice. She speaks Huttese with oily fluency when dealing with traders, switching to sharp Basic the moment trust breaks.

FAMILY MEMBER 5

• Name: Kivra Khel'eth
• Age: 29
• Species: Twi'lek
• Role: Clan Sister
• Languages: Galactic Basic, Twi'leki
• Skills: Skilled in stealth and reconnaissance, with a knack for infiltration.
• Notable Possessions: A cloaking device salvaged from the Hutt barge.
• Holdings: None personally, serves in Upcity's scouting teams.
• Appearance: Kivra's deep indigo skin a rich, midnight-purple hue with subtle violet undertones belongs to a rare Nightborn lineage from Ryloth's deepest subterranean caverns, where bioluminescent fungi and perpetual darkness favored darker pigmentation for natural camouflage and thermal regulation. The color absorbs light almost completely, giving her an ethereal, shadow-like presence; under faint illumination, faint silvery veins shimmer along her lekku and collarbones, an ancestral trait once used for subtle signaling in total dark. Her amber eyes glowing golden-orange, almost luminous provide exceptional low-light vision, a Nightborn adaptation that lets her navigate pitch-black environments without tech. Years of stealth work have left her lean, agile frame wiry and silent-moving, with long, sinuous lekku that taper to razor-fine points; the right lekku carries a faint, crescent-shaped scar from a near-miss vibroknife during the escape, and both are often wrapped in matte-black bindings embedded with micro-sensors for vibration detection. She favors form-fitting dark scouting gear: reinforced shadow-cloth jumpsuit, soft-soled boots, and a lightweight cloak that doubles as camouflage.
• Description: Kivra was raised in one of Ryloth's isolated deep-cavern clans, where survival demanded mastery of silence, shadow, and infiltration scouting ryll veins, evading Imperial survey droids, and slipping past rival clan borders unseen. Trained as a "whisper scout," she learned to move without sound, read air currents via lekku, and use natural darkness as cover. At 21, her clan was targeted in a Hutt consolidation raid; she evaded capture initially by melting into ventilation shafts, but returned to sabotage the slavers' shuttle only to be caught mid-operation and sold into service on the same Hutt barge as the others. Aboard the vessel, she became an unseen asset: slipping through maintenance conduits to eavesdrop on overseers, planting false data trails, and quietly eliminating threats to fellow slaves when opportunity arose. Her stealth proved decisive during the escape crisis while the coolant breach distracted the crew, Kivra used her salvaged cloaking device (a prototype personal stealth field stolen from a Hutt officer's quarters months earlier) to infiltrate the security hub, disable internal sensors, and unlock the skiff bay doors from the inside. She then shadowed the group through corridors, silently neutralizing two pursuing guards with precise nerve strikes before joining them aboard. Her actions ensured the escape remained undetected until the skiff was well clear. In Upcity, Kivra leads scouting teams: long-range patrols, early-warning reconnaissance, and occasional infiltration of nearby threats. Her cloaking device now jury-rigged with Upcity power cells remains her signature tool, used sparingly to preserve its charge. She claims no holdings, preferring mobility over possessions. Her bond with Ayumi is layered and intense: a deep familial loyalty intertwined with unspoken romantic attraction quiet glances, protective proximity, and private moments where Kivra's usual silence softens into whispered Ryl endearments. Ayumi reciprocates the pull, though both navigate it carefully amid clan duties. Kivra's quiet demeanor hides fierce devotion; she struggles with vulnerability, often retreating into solitude after missions, and carries guilt over clan members she couldn't save on Ryloth. She speaks little, letting actions convey loyalty.

FAMILY MEMBER 6

• Name: Sylis Khel'eth
• Age: 25
• Species: Twi'lek
• Role: Clan Sister
• Languages: Galactic Basic, Twi'leki, Huttese
• Skills: Expert in communications and Hutt system protocols.
• Notable Possessions: A modified comm device for secure transmissions.
• Holdings: None personally, works in Upcity's communications hub.
• Appearance: Sylis's soft golden skin a warm, sunlit yellow-gold hue with a subtle pearlescent sheen stems from rare "Dawnborn" lineages in Ryloth's eastern equatorial highlands, where prolonged exposure to filtered sunlight through crystal caverns fostered luminous pigmentation symbolizing renewal and clarity in clan lore. This golden tone glows faintly under soft lighting, almost ethereal, though years in the dim, artificial confines of Hutt barges have tempered it to a steady, matte amber-gold with delicate freckle-like speckles along her cheekbones and lekku bases from nutritional stress. Her lithe frame is slender and precise long limbs, elegant posture ideal for hours hunched over comm consoles; her lekku are gracefully long and slightly thinner than average, ending in soft, rounded tips with faint golden banding that darkens toward the ends. The left lekku bears a small, embedded subdermal comm-node scar (a self-installed relay for covert listening), and both are often adorned with thin, metallic ear-cuff-like bands that double as signal amplifiers. She dresses in sleek, tech-oriented attire: form-fitting tunics with multiple pockets for tools, a lightweight vest wired with auxiliary comm ports, and minimal accessories to avoid interference.
• Description: Sylis originated from a comms-specialist clan in Ryloth's highland enclaves, where families maintained encrypted relay networks to coordinate resistance against Imperial occupation and Hutt incursions. From adolescence, she immersed herself in slicing Hutt encryption protocols, learning to mimic cartel comm traffic, spoof transponders, and intercept slave-auction broadcasts. Her fluency in Huttese came from years of monitoring cartel chatter. At 18, her clan's network was compromised in a Hutt purge; she was captured while attempting to wipe sensitive data and sold into service on a major Hutt command barge as a "communications thrall" forced to monitor channels, route orders, and maintain the vessel's jamming arrays under constant surveillance. Her expertise became a double-edged blade: she quietly fed false intel to overseers, delayed pursuit ships by "accidental" misrouting, and built backdoors into the barge's comm net. During the coolant-breach crisis, Sylis was at her station in the bridge annex. As chaos erupted, she exploited her access to flood non-essential channels with looping distress signals (masking the escape team's movements), jammed internal security comms to prevent coordinated response, and transmitted a fake "containment breach" alert to draw crew away from the skiff bay. Her final act rerouting auxiliary power to the bay doors while broadcasting false sensor ghosts gave the group the window they needed. She slipped away last, using a hidden maintenance crawlspace, and boarded with her modified comm device already tuned to scramble any immediate pursuit hails. In Upcity, Sylis operates the communications hub: maintaining long-range relays, encrypting clan transmissions, monitoring offworld chatter for threats, and coordinating supply contacts. Her modified comm device compact, multi-band, with holographic interface and self-erasing memory is always at her hip or clipped to her vest. She takes no personal holdings, seeing the hub's functionality as her contribution. Her bond with Ayumi is ardent and layered: intense familial loyalty blended with unspoken romantic longing lingering gazes, soft lekku-brushes during quiet shifts, and private comm-channel whispers late at night. Ayumi returns the affection in subtle ways, though both balance it with clan priorities. Sylis's calm exterior conceals passionate intensity; she harbors quiet paranoia about comm security (double-checking encryptions obsessively) and struggles with the moral weight of her past role in Hutt systems. She speaks Huttese only for necessity, her tone turning icy.

GENERAL FAMILY INFORMATION
The Khel'eth Clan is a tight-knit family of seven Twi'lek sisters Lira (faded blue), Vey (pale lavender), Tala (crimson Lethan), Zara (shimmering teal), Kivra (deep indigo), Sylis (soft golden), and their eldest, Cato bound by blood, shared trauma, and an unbreakable oath. Their dramatic escape from Hutt enslavement on a cartel barge showcased their complementary talents: engineering under crisis, trauma medicine, bold security, logistical improvisation, stealth infiltration, and communications mastery. Ayumi, the catalyst who orchestrated their liberation (or provided the final push in the chaos), earned their profound gratitude. In the Twi'lek tradition of life debts vhet'ka ("heart's chain") the sisters pledged eternal loyalty, swearing to serve and protect her as kin. They now follow Cato's lead in supporting Ayumi's vision for Upcity, a burgeoning Twi'lek expatriate haven on Denon, integrating seamlessly into its infrastructure, defense, medical, and operations.

Under Cato's steady guidance (as the eldest, she embodies clan matriarchal authority, likely with a commanding presence and strategic mind honed from years protecting her younger sisters pre-capture), they form a versatile core unit. Each sister's skill fills a critical niche, making the Khel'eth indispensable to Upcity's survival and growth amid Denon's urban dangers raiders, corporate espionage, resource scarcity, and lingering Hutt influence. Their collective presence strengthens communal ties, inspires younger Twi'leks, and deters threats through demonstrated capability. The life debt is not mere obligation; it's expressed in daily acts repairing systems before dawn, patching wounds after skirmishes, scouting perimeters in silence, coordinating supplies flawlessly, securing comms against intercepts all in Ayumi's name.

 

[Judah Lesan]

Ayumi Pallopides

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