Lissewa - Colonist: Performer

Backstory and Biography

Lissewa was born into slavery, like generations of her family before her. Her family were often used as entertainers of various persuasions. Storytellers, dancers, musicians, or less savory forms of entertainers to adhere to the vices of the Noble houses and elite of Sith society. As a child, she was able to lead a fairly normal life, performing small chores around the home, without much being expected of her. As she matured however, it became clear that there was a different sort of job that her owners expected of her.

Having little interest in aliens themselves, she was sold to another master with a more open appetite at the age of 13. Primarily, she spent time as a dancer amongst his master's harem or as eye candy during the many extravagant parties her master held for his friends and enemies.

Despite this situation, a spark of ambition always existed within Lissewa's heart. She knew that there was more to life than what she had and all it would take is the skill and desire to take it for yourself. She was not a religious person but she had great respect for the First Emperor, Vhrall Akrulta. Though he was a Sith lord, and inherently better than she was, she thought of him as a role model for how to go about attaining greatness. Years she spent, roaming the ballrooms and hallways of the rich homes of her master, listening and learning about the people around her. She ingratiated herself among the staff of her master, bending them to her side so they would feed her information simply because they were fond of her. She studied each of the elite, looking for weaknesses within their carefully constructed facades that she could use to her advantage.

Eventually, the time came for her plan to be put into action. During one of the largest gatherings of the year, she used some of her gathered information to blackmail one of the guests. If the information was released, it would destroy his reputation and likely earn him exile. But she was generous and offered him a way to get out of the situation. All he needed to do was murder another guest, the method she provided to him in the form of a poison to slip into her drink. She pressured him further by providing him information she had on this guest that he could use to favor himself after the deed was done. While this was occurring, she drugged her master's drink to put him to sleep. She enlisted the aid of the staff to help prepare the scene, having them perform violent actions to the guest and make it appear as if the master had gone into a drunken rage and murdered the guest.

As she waited for the master to awaken, she ensured all evidence would point to her master and gathered it all in the guise of working to protect her master. When her master awoke and saw what he had done, he was beside himself. She informed him of the details of his actions, and showed him the evidence. When asked why she had it, she insisted it was for his benefit, that she was trying to protect him from being found. But, before she turned the evidence over to him, she finally showed her true colors by slyly offering to turn it over if he agreed to free her and make her a full citizen. At first, he laughed, claiming that he could just kill her and take the evidence. But she was prepared for this, as she showed how the evidence was currently being uploaded to the holonet and had mere moments before it would the upload would be complete.

The next day, she was a free citizen. But this was just the first step in her ambition. She began to consider what options she could take next towards her climb to the top when she was contacted by one of her former master's colleagues. He said that he had been watching her for some time and was aware of what she had done. At first, she was worried that he would blackmail her but instead he turned out to be a member of the Ministry of Intelligence. He had use for someone with her talents and insisted that as a citizen of the Sith Empire, she was dutybound to accept. While not blackmail outright, Lissewa had little choice but to accept the offer with the promise that should her mission be accomplished, the future would certainly hold great things for her.

Miscellaneous Notes and Reminders

Favor Obligation: Lissewa owes a great many favors to the staff of her former master. They were instrumental in pulling off her plan to freedom and were an unfortunate loose end she could not rectify. They keep in contact with her and will likely expect favors in return for their help and continued silence.