Numa's father/Legends

"I wonder what happened to her family.''" "''Probably dead."

- Waxer and Boil, on Numa

This male Rutian Twi'lek was an inhabitant of the city of Nabat on Ryloth, where he lived with his family. He was concerned about his daughter Numa, who was constantly exploring the shelter tunnels under their home. When the Confederacy of Independent Systems invaded Ryloth, the Twi'lek was killed alongisde his life-companion, leaving his daughter orphaned.

Biography
This male Rutian Twi'lek lived in Nabat, a small city on planet Ryloth. He fell in love with a female Twi'lek, and around 26 BBY the two had a daughter whom they named Numa. The family also included Nilim Bril, uncle of Numa, and the family was befriended by female Twi'lek Tronda. Five years later, while the Clone Wars raged across the galaxy between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the female Twi'lek took Numa with her to a local market. Meanwhile, the male Twi'lek found his daughter's doll inside the shelter tunnels under their house, deducing that Numa had been playing there without permission. When Numa and her mother returned, the female Twi'lek expressed her concern over the condition of the shelter tunnels, as they should be prepared to provide protection from a storm that Tronda had felt was approaching. The male Twi'lek comforted his love, believing that Tronda was not a reliable source of information, before turning his attention to Numa. He returned the doll to his daughter, asking how it ended up inside the tunnels, and Numa told that the doll had followed a "bright-eye" to the tunnels, to play with it. Reproving Numa for fibbing, the male Twi'lek remainded her that she was not allowed to go down to the tunnels alone, as she could easily get lost there. Later that night, however, the "bright-eye", which was actually a Confederacy recon droid, appeared again in the tunnels. Out of curiosity, Numa followed the droid inside the tunnels. At the exact moment, the storm Tronda had felt came to Ryloth in the form of an invasion launched by the Confederacy, and Nabat received serious damage. While Numa survived the attack in the tunnels and many other Twi'leks were only captured by the Confederacy battle droids, both Numa's father and mother perished during the raid, orphaning the young Twi'lek.

Personality and traits
The male Twi'lek cared strongly about his family. Fearing that her daughter could get lost inside the shelter tunnels, he disallowed her to enter them alone. He was not very confiding, and neither believed Numa's explanation about the "bright-eye", nor Tronda's feelings about the approaching "storm".

Behind the scenes
This Twi'lek first appeared in The Clone Wars: Curfew, an issue of the online The Clone Wars comic series. While his death is not directly mentioned in the comic, Numa's entry in the official Star Wars Databank confirms that Numa was orphaned by the invasion of Ryloth.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Curfew

Notes and references
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