Seggor Tels

"I am Seggor Tels, Quarren, and I despise our planet-brothers with all my heart....May the Sea reclaim them! It was their fault I did what I did! Can't you see that?"

- Seggor Tels

Seggor Tels was a Quarren leader who, motivated by hatred and jealousy of the Mon Calamari people, helped the Galactic Empire conquer the planet Dac in 19 BBY. However, Tels went on to rally the Quarren to fight alongside their Mon Calamari rivals to oust the Imperial forces in 2–1 BBY.

Shortly after the Declaration of a New Order, Mon Calamari leaders such as Ackbar initially welcomed the Empire. Quarren leaders like Seggor Tels, on the other hand, preferred to stay in the oceans. This may have been due to the continued influence of the Quarren Isolation League, or due to the sting of the League's defeat during the Clone Wars (though it is not known if Tels had been a member of the League.) Tels, in particular, derided the Mon Calamari's fixation on the stars, and considered them to be pompous dreamers who were ignorant of what life was like for the Quarren of the ocean depths.

An Imperial agent, acting as an advance scout for the planned Imperial conquest of Dac, approached Tels at this time. Seeing a chance to strike back at the hated Mon Calamari, the Quarren leader agreed to sabotage Dac's planetary shields. In the ensuing conquest of Dac, the Imperial forces overwhelmed the defenseless Mon Calamari. However, Tels' initial joy in seeing the Mon Calamari brought down soon turned bitter, as both the Quarren and the Mon Calamari were enslaved. No record exists of any special consideration given to Tels or any Quarren collaborators by the Empire.

Blaming the Mon Calamari for forcing the Quarren to become involved in Galactic affairs, Tels was nevertheless convinced that the Empire had to be forced off Dac. Over time, Tels convinced the Quarren to join the Mon Calamari struggle to liberate their homeworld. When the long struggle finally ended with the liberation of Dac in 1 BBY, many of Tels' newly freed people left Dac, in search of a new life away from Mon Calamari, Empires, and Rebellions. Tels remained on Dac, however, to live a meditative life in the oceans.

"I seek to understand why I still weep at night for those who died, why I still hate the dreamers who caused it all, and why I feel shame for my role in what transpired. Perhaps what I truly seek is a dream of my own."

- Seggor Tels