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"My true name is Shira Brie.''" "But you're better known as Lumiya." "''Yes."

- Lumiya reveals herself to Jacen Solo

Early life
"Graduated with top honors in history of academy. Record unequaled since."

- Excerpt of Brie's Imperial dossier from the Krake Data Vault

Shira Elan Colla Brie was a Human female born on Coruscant, then known as Imperial Center, at the height of the Galactic Empire. A Force-sensitive, Brie's childhood was spent in the Imperial Palace of Emperor Palpatine as an experiment conducted by the Emperor's foremost servant, Darth Vader. Brie's conditioning led her to accept the New Order doctrine of Palpatine's Empire and, with Vader's influence, Brie was fast-tracked for training in the Imperial Intelligence division. She had few memories of her life before Vader's tutelage and her time with Imperial Intelligence; the young woman soon excelled in all aspects of her training, becoming proficient in a variety of exotic martial arts, such as Echani and Noghri Stava. Brie's body was also biologically enhanced; furthermore, her mental faculties were improved by means of mnemonic drug training.

As part of her training in Imperial Intelligence, Shira Brie was enrolled in the Coruscanti Pilot Institute in 2.5 BBY. Holding the rank of cadet, the young Force-sensitive underwent training under Commandant Mogurk. Brie struck up a friendship her fellow trainee and bunk-mate Cadet Myrette Davani, and soon rose to the top of the class. Throughout her three years of training, Brie's instruction under Darth Vader also took place, occurring at night and in utmost secrecy. The Sith Lord's tutelage wearied Brie, but she was able to maintain her position as the best cadet. Her time in Imperial training became one of the few times in the young Force-sensitive's life that she felt that others truly cared for her well-being.

Training on Carida
"Shira still hasn't discussed the bug walker incident, and I've stopped pressing her. Nothing like it has happened since. She still spends a lot of time in "private tutoring" that she won't tell me about, though. Frankly, I think she's heading into intelligence. It would explain why more of a stink wasn't made about the accidental deaths of six students, and it would explain her mysterious private training, which always happens at night. Yet in many ways, she's still the same woman I've known for years. Same sense of humor, same brilliant mind, and the same love of practical jokes. But that darkness inside her keeps growing."

- Myrette Davani, who trained alongside Brie

Circa 0.5 ABY, Brie's flight school class transferred from Coruscant to Carida for one last year of study at the Imperial Military Academy. There, Brie and her fellow flight school classmates would undergo one term of stormtrooper boot camp, followed by a further two terms of strategy, survival and tactics. As the school's finest pilot, the role of flying the personnel shuttle from Coruscant to the academy fell to Brie. The cadet refused, however, and her superiors instead selected Davani. The class arrived safely at Carida, a high-gravity world, and settled in to prepare for boot camp. The training began with two days of arduous physical conditioning in the barracks, before the cadets were dispatched on a 200 kilometer hike across one of Carida's deserts on the third day. Brie and her fellow classmates were told by the instructors that they could pack however many supplies they wished, but the young woman perceived the exercise's true purpose. She explained to Davani that the instructors were waiting to see if the cadets would foolishly weigh themselves down with extra water and other supplies; any cadet who did would perish on the hike due to the world's high gravity. Taking only the standard supplies, Brie and Davani completed the hike together&mdash;two of twenty trainees to survive out of two hundred.

The hikes proved to be a staple of the boot camp training, along with war games and long hours honing their pilot skills in the simulator. Together with Davani, Brie also used simulators to put in extra practice, especially for one upcoming war game against Bantha Squad, in which the two cadets would be operating the new Mountain Terrain Scout Transports&mdash;the war games at the academy often served as field tests for new technology. Brie's training under Darth Vader, however, continued to take a toll on the young woman's mental state. In 1 ABY, six months into the final year of the military training, the Mountain Terrain Scout Transport war game was carried out. Brie and her fellow cadets were dropped into a mountainous area known as Tarkin's Teeth, some 300 kilometers outside the academy proper. There, they boarded their MT-STs and began the exercise. While the rest of the squad formed a perimeter, Brie and Davani undertook separate reconnaissance missions in their individual walkers. Brie soon encountered the Bantha Squad walkers and opened fire&mdash;her vehicle, however, had been fitted with live weapons rather than the training lasers employed by the other cadets.

In moments, Brie had destroyed twelve MT-STs and killed six cadets. The Force-sensitive woman was laughing when Davani arrived. Due to pressure from above, the live weapons were blamed on "instructor error" and the deaths passed off as training casualties. Although Davani pressured her to discuss the incident, Brie refused to do so. She trained at the academy during the day and with Vader at night, earning consistent high marks from her military superiors and developing new powers under the Sith Lord's tutelage, which continued to affect her psyche. A short time before circa 1.5 ABY, to celebrate their upcoming graduation ceremony, Brie and Davani headed out into the local Caridan district on their two-day leave passes. The two cadets began a cantina crawl, heading through several establishments in short order and drinking at each one. At the first bar, Brie used the Force to exert influence over the Caridan bartender so that she and Davani could enjoy certain perks unavailable to regular customers, such as discounted drinks.

Four bars later, when a group of Caridans offered to buy the two women a drink, Brie once again made use of her abilities. She used the Force to immobilize one of the Caridans and then telekinetically flattened him to the floor. Soon after, Shira Brie graduated from the Imperial Academy with top honors, an accolade which had been achieved by no other student as of 3 ABY. Lord Vader granted Brie the rank of a major in Imperial Intelligence. Following Brie's graduation, Darth Vader and Director Ysanne Isard of Imperial Intelligence arranged for the young Force-sensitive to be dispatched on a solo mission. Brie proved herself able, encouraging Vader to field her as an operative personally in his attempts to rid himself of the threat of the Rebel Alliance.

Joining the Rebellion
"Wasn't it nice of Shira, asking to help like that? She's such a thoughtful person.''" "Yes. Isn't she." "''And cute, too&mdash;for a Human."

- C-3PO, Leia Organa, and Plif

Following the Empire's devestating loss to the Rebel Alliance during the Battle of Yavin which saw the destruction of their first Death Star superweapon, Shira Brie was given a new assignment by Darth Vader. She was to be installed a counterspy within the Rebel Alliance with instructions either to cause the death of the individual directly responsible for the Death Star's destruction, Rebel hero Luke Skywalker, or to so severely tarnish his reputation that he would be discredited in the eyes of his fellow rebels. To this end, a plausible back story was fabricated for Brie which stated that she was from the city of Chinshassa on Shalyvane. Though the planet was home to the native Em'liy species, Brie's cover story falsely identified Humans as the domestic race. The Em'liy were instead cast as oppressors to the Humans who warred with them and destroyed the society to which Brie supposedly belonged, killing her family in the process. This pseudo war between the Humans and the Em'liy lasted for years until they two species cast their differences aside to make peace with one another. All of Shalyvane's natives then gathered together at a shrine called the Circle of Kavaan to solidify their new conciliation under the guidance of alien ambassadors contracted by the Em'liy, but they were instead attacked by these offworlders, who proceeded to massacre all those present. Brie, a little girl, managed to escape the slaughter and was left to survive by her own faculties. Many years passed before she learned the "truth" of Shalyvane's destruction from a drunken ex-fighter pilot; the Em'liy had allied with the Empire and also lied to them, claiming that Brie's people were members of the Rebel Alliance. Enraged by the revelation, Brie sought out the Alliance and decided to join.

With Brie's cover in place, Darth Vader bolstered its verisimilitude by ordering for Chinshassa to be completely razed. Shalyvane would also serve as the secret location by which Brie would report her progress to Vader; a personal means of contact was furnished by the Dark Lord that was activated when her unique blood chemistry came into contact with a transmitter embedded within the Circle of Kavaan. She then posed as a Shalyvane refugee and successfully infiltrated the Alliance, due in part to their immediate need for fighter pilots following the Battle of Hoth. Eventually earning the rank of lieutenant, Brie engaged in several rebellion campaigns, including work alongside fellow Force-sensitives Kyle Katarn, Corwin Shelvay, and Erling Tredway on a mission to D'rinba IV to disable the superlaser of the second Death Star. Shira was next assigned to Rogue starfighter squadron and was stationed at Haven Base on Arbra, during which time she met and befriended her superior, commander Luke Skywalker. When lieutenant Brie volunteered to accompany her commander on a mission to Bespin's Cloud City in search of Lando Calrissian, her congenial demeanor spurred contemptuous feelings from Leia Organa&mdash;who had been denied Skywalker's companionship on a reconnaissance drill around Haven Base. Oblivious to Organa's scorn, Brie left with Skywalker for Bespin, flying her X-wing starfighter as his wingmate.

Lieutenant Brie noted that Cloud City seemed deserted upon their arrival. Upon investigation by Commander Skywalker's astromech droid R2-D2, it was discovered that the planting of a series of bombs within Cloud City's infrastructure resulted in the evacuation of the populace, though they were soon thereafter neutralized by a lobot and a Human, which Skywalker surmised was probably Lando Calrissian. Before their investigation could take them any further they were attacked by Hugo Treece, an Imperial governor stationed on Bespin by Darth Vader. They remained pinned down by relentless fire from Treece's contingent of stormtroopers until Calrissian's arrival served to distract the Imperial's attention away from his allies. Brie stood by while Commander Skywalker reactivated the bombs through the Force, and the resulting explosion was enough to scare the Imperials into swiftly evacuating Cloud City.

In the ruined TIE Fighter, Brie struggled for life. The Force-sensitive was certain she would die alone in the starfighter, but the modifications made to her body during her Imperial training, as well as her ability to enter a healing trance, enabled the woman to survive the vacuum of space. Darth Vader discovered his badly scarred and wounded protégé and decided to return Brie to the Executor for medical treatment. The young woman's injuries required the installation of cybernetics to ensure her survival. The mechanical implants further enhanced Brie's body, though ultimately she was left more machine than human.

Emperor's Hand
"Come Lumiya. You will be an extension of my will&hellip;"

- Darth Sidious

Lumiya was dispatched to Ziost, the ancient homeworld of the Sith species. There, she crafted a lightwhip; a unique weapon similar to the lightsaber which possessed a flexible energy blade which incorporated shards of Darth Vader's Kaiburr crystal and Mandalorian iron. The Emperor's Hand was still on Ziost when news of the resounding defeat at Endor reached her.

'''Tommy, I'd like you to write about Lumiya's lightwhip and how she crafted it, as I think it's exactly up your street. I think you'd also be better at conveying the impact of Endor upon Lumiya and the Empire better than I could! Info's in The emperor's pawns, the databank and I think cswe! Great stuff so far. -- —Harrar'''  ( Cut the comm chatter ) 23:22, September 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * No sweat. I'm currently working on and through the info from Evil Never Dies (as you can tell ;)) and also the Marvel stuff, but I'll get to the lightwhip stuff in due time. Evil Never Dies states also that Lumiya learned that Nom Anor was interested in working with her; you know anything of this? —Tommy9281 Dark side Master SWGTCG.jpg ( No truth in me ) 23:29, September 25, 2009 (UTC)

Ascendance
"Lumiya? Queen of the stanging Sith?"

- Mara Jade Skywalker

The Empire's staggering defeat at the hands of the Rebel Alliance and the loss of both Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader during the Battle of Endor saw Lumiya bereft of anyone to further her Sith knowledge. She thus proclaimed herself Dark Lady of the Sith, and embarked on a quest of her own volition to progress in dark side wisdom, first by seeking out an order with a historic allegiance to the Sith way: the esoteric Mecrosa Order. Known to be in possession of many ancient Sith secrets artifacts, the Order's members felt a sense of obligation to the woman who arrived at their fortress on the planet Nyssa bearing an unnerving resemblance to the late Darth Vader. Lumiya was given access to the oldest of the Mecrosa's relics, and was even allowed to take from them custody of the oldest of Sith holocrons&mdash;that of the legendary Sith King Adas.

Flint's submission
During this time, Lumiya also sought out another of Vader's pupils, a Dark Jedi native to the planet Belderone named Flint. Darth Vader planned for the two to contend with each other for the right to become the Sith Lord's Shadow Hand while he was still alive; but his premature death at Endor left both Lumiya and Flint without their Master. Flint, who mourned Vader as one would a deceased parent, retreated to the Dark Lord's abandoned citadel on the planet Vjun; Lumiya successfully tracked him there and confronted Flint for the rights of Sith Master. The Dark Lady's superior strength resulted in a sound defeat for her opponent, and she chose to take him as her first apprentice.

Lumiya immediately set in motion her own plan to destabilize that the New Republic had achieved in the wake of Emperor Palpatine's death. While her Shadow Hand Flint was tasked with both conquering the Phelleem sector and the assassination of Luke Skywalker, Lumiya made preparations for the Nagai, a species from the nearby Companion Besh galaxy, to invade known space.

Discovering Carnor Jax
"I'm not sure I even count the Emperor's clones as Sith. After all, they didn't earn their Sith knowledge, didn't acquire it through sweat and sacrifice; they inherited it like a package of downloaded computer programming. I think that the last Sith were gone when the Emperor and your grandfather died on the same day. But plenty of Sith legacy survived. Individuals who were candidates to become Sith and failed for some reason to achieve full apprenticeship. They knew enough to survive, enough to continue learning. One may have learned enough to become a Master."

- Lumiya, 40 ABY.

One of the new Royal Guards alloted to Lumiya by Isard, Carnor Jax, demonstrated Force-potential. With Flint eliminated for his treachery and the Sith Order thus imperiled, Lumiya took Jax as her new apprentice and began re-constructing the ancient Order of the Sith Lords in secret, and in her own image.

In 11 ABY, Lumiya received word from Jax that he had been approached by a mysterious individual known as Nom Anor, who represented an extra-galactic race of warfarers intrigued by the possibility of an alliance with the Sith. Almost as soon as Jax reported the proposition, however, he was slain by Kir Kanos, a surviving member of the Royal Guard who exacted revenge on Lumiya's pupil for his role in defeating the reborn Emperor Palpatine. Jax's links to Nom Anor were lost upon his death on Yinchorr, leaving Lumiya unable to respond to the individual's overtures.

'''Add to that if there's more info Tommy. Basically, from what I can tell she then doesn't do anything until 14 ABY (except "build-up" and increase her power), then she kills Flint :(. Then ten years pass before we pick up the narrative with the Yuuzhan Vong invasion (I need to finish with the Traitor, Ebaq 9 and TUF info). I reckon we can then spend some fun time polishing all this up and making it neat and very coherent, before moving on to LOTF. Going well! -- —Harrar'''  ( Cut the comm chatter ) 13:50, September 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * No sweat. —Tommy9281 Dark side Master SWGTCG.jpg ( No truth in me ) 19:23, September 26, 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to the New Order
"Our apologies for the brevity of your journey. Had we foreseen the speed of the invaders' advance, we would have sent a more sizable escort. Should you survive and care to reach us on your own, the navigation string attached to this message will guide you&hellip;once."

- White Eyes invites Lumiya to parley with the One Sith

In 25 ABY, the galaxy was invaded by the extra-galactic invaders who, by means of the advance agent Nom Anor, had attempted to make overtures to Lumiya and Carnor Jax fourteen years previously. Known as the Yuuzhan Vong, the species intended to eradicate all technology and either convert the inhabitants to their own religion or annihilate those who stood in their way. The New Republic suffered heavy losses in the opening months of the war. That same year, Lumiya learned that though she was without an apprentice to perpetuate the legacy of the dark side, she was not alone in its practice; a fledgling Sith order had taken up root on their namesake's ancestral grave world of Korriban. The attention of the One Sith had fallen upon Lumiya, and she was invited by their leader to consort with them. An escort in the form of the Sith Master Lomi Plo and her apprentice Welk was sent for the Dark Lady, but on the return journey, they were intercepted by the Yuuzhan Vong. Though her chaperons were captured by the extra-galactic invaders, Lumiya eluded them and escaped to plot her next course of action.

Lumiya first decided to strike against the Yuuzhan Vong. The New Republic suffered a defeat at Ithor in 25.3 ABY when Yuuzhan Vong forces laid waste to the planet. It had been discovered that the pollen of Ithor's native Bafforr trees was lethal to the living armor worn by Yuuzhan Vong warriors. The New Republic had allied with the Imperial Remnant to defend the world and its valuable military asset, but to no avail. Determined to secure a sample of the now rare Bafforr pollen, Lumiya elected to strike at Yaga Minor, a fortified Imperial Remnant world that housed some of the last pollen in the galaxy. The Sith Lady penetrated the world's defenses and arrived at the laboratory in which the samples were located, but was confronted there by a band of Yuuzhan Vong who had infiltrated the facility themselves and destroyed its large munitions dump.

Several months later, Lumiya met Vergere, who was a member of the Fosh species and a Sith. The Fosh explained herself to Lumiya; a rogue student of the Force during the age of the Galactic Republic, she had rebelled against the orthodox teachings of the Jedi Order and sought out new knowledge. In her quest, she had come across Count Dooku, a former Jedi Master and the Sith apprentice to Darth Sidious. Sidious subsequently accepted Vergere as a Sith candidate, but when the Fosh learned of his desire to dominate the galaxy she tried to strike him down. Sidious survived the assassination attempt and sent killers after Vergere, who took a Jedi mission to the living world of Zonama Sekot in 30 BBY, which was under siege by a Yuuzhan Vong advance force. Vergere surrendered herself to the Yuuzhan Vong that same year, and spent decades living among the extra-galactic species.

It had been Vergere herself who had encountered A'Sharad Hett, a former Jedi of the Old Republic, when he had been captured by Yuuzhan Vong scouts in the Unknown Regions. Vergere had imparted her Sith knowledge to Hett, who had returned to Korriban and founded his One Sith. Apparently unaware of her survival, Hett's agents fashioned another invitation for Lumiya to ally herself with their Order. The message from the spokesman of the One Sith, a man with glowing white eyes stated that another escort would not be arranged, but directions were provided on the navigation string included with the message should Lumiya decide to answer their summons. Lumiya had come to believe, however, that the One Sith's methods were too slow; by the time the Order on Korriban had moved beyond its fledgling status, the Dark Lady felt that Skywalker's Jedi would be too powerful. Lumiya encouraged Vergere to appreciate that Hett's plan was a long-term affair and the Fosh Sith relented.

A plan for the galaxy
"There is a plan&mdash;a plan that will be carried out whether or not I survive."

- Lumiya

Vergere imparted her own Sith wisdom to Lumiya. The Fosh finished the Coruscanti's training, which had begun so long ago under Darth Vader, and enabled her to ascend to the rank of a true Sith Lord. Nevertheless, both Sith knew that neither could restore peace to the galaxy. Vergere was tainted by her collaboration with the Yuuzhan Vong, and Lumiya's cybernetic implants limited her Force potential. ''Tempest The Sith Lady became willing to surrender her own desires in service of a Sith destiny. Together, Lumiya and Vergere decided to select a new Sith champion, one who could rise to control the galaxy and preside over a reign of peace and stability as a benign dictator. The question of who would be chosen as the new Sith Lord was one of great importance; many candidates were considered, and many discarded. Kyp Durron, a powerful Jedi Master, was considered too volatile and obstinate, while Lumiya's old rival Mara Jade Skywalker was felt to possess too many attachments. Jaina Solo, the daughter of Leia and Han Solo, was dismissed as too emotional, while Leia herself was bypassed as too fearful of Anakin Skywalker's legacy. Even Luke Skywalker was considered, but Lumiya declaimed him as too bound in the dogma of the Jedi Order.

It was Jacen Solo, the brother of Jaina, who fell under observation. In 25.7 ABY, Solo had proven his ability to wield power responsibly when he had refused to fire Centerpoint Station, an ancient space station capable of firing vast energy beams, against the Yuuzhan Vong, due to his belief that it would be an overly aggressive action. At the beginning of the war's second year, during the Battle of Duro, Solo defeated Warmaster Tsavong Lah of the Yuuzhan Vong in personal combat, which demonstrated to Vergere and Lumiya that the young Jedi could use his power when necessary. Jacen Solo was selected as the best candidate; his close relationship with his uncle Luke Skywalker, however, posed problems. It was decided, therefore, that Vergere would return to the Yuuzhan Vong and facilitate Solo's capture by the aliens, whereupon she could train him without interference. In 26.5 ABY, the Fosh Sith made her way back to the Yuuzhan Vong, whereupon she inveigled her way into the confidence of Tsavong Lah himself. Vergere abducted Jacen Solo during a Jedi mission to Myrkr, and exploited the young Jedi's isolation in Yuuzhan Vong captivity to begin his training.

I think we're going to need to examine the arguments put forward in Traitor, Betrayal etc and work out what Vergere's training actually was :S

Vergere returned with Solo to the New Republic, where the Jedi was re-united with his family. Solo's attachment to his sister Jaina was such, however, that when during a pitched battle Jaina was endangered by the forces of Warmaster Tsavong Lah, Vergere's trainee rushed to defend his sister at the risk of his own life. Fearful that Solo would die on his mission, the Fosh sacrificed herself in service to Solo's destiny, killing the Yuuzhan Vong warriors threatening Jaina and ensuring her protégé's survival. With Vergere dead, the duty of enacting the Sith plan fell entirely to Lumiya. A year after Vergere's death, the Yuuzhan Vong were defeated at Coruscant and the galactic capital was reclaimed by the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances&mdash;the successor government to the New Republic. While Luke Skywalker's Order and the rest of the galaxy began the long process of recovery, Jacen Solo set off on a five year journey of discovery. The Yuuzhan Vong War had cost Lumiya both her battle fleet and her Sith companion; though the time to approach Solo was a decade away, the cyborg woman had the time and freedom to make preparations for that day.

Long preparations
Discovery of the Home, Darth Vectivus etc. Lumiya decides to re-emerge and facilitate Solo's Sith teachings by means of instigating the Second Galactic Civil War. Manipulates Klauskin.

Aware that she would have to find a way to lure Solo to a location of her choosing, Lumiya alighted upon the idea of a riddle or a puzzle that the Jedi would have to unravel. Drawing on a variety of different cultures, Sith ideals, peversions of Jedi precepts and Solo's own past, Lumiya set about constructing a small piece of beadcraft, an artifact made up of a series of intricately designed colored tassels. Each tassel was unique and carried its own message. Lumiya ordered the creation of lines from the Tahu'ip culture of the Twi'lek people; the Bith Aalagar race of Clak'dor VII; the language of the Firrerreo; the prison language of Kessel; and numerous other sources, wishing to create an item that would attract Solo's attention and encourage him to study its meaning. Some lines, such as the Tahu'up tassel, referred to Solo's own life and how he had strengthened himself through pain in Yuuzhan Vong captivity.

Others referred to the trials he would endure as he ascended to Sith mastery&mdash;the sacrifice of love, which Lumiya presumed would be carried out by means of the murder of a relative or friend&mdash;the ruination of those who defied justice, and the balance of peace and conflict. Elements of the tassels were contrived; others, such as the sacrifice Solo would have to make, were the province of the Force itself. Lumiya was operating in the realms of Sith prophecy and was far from omniscient in what needed to be done. The final line, which pertained to Solo being drawn from peace into conflict, was constructed from a language from the Sith world of Ziost and imbued with the Force, in a last attempt to capture Solo's attention. The Sith Lady believed that Solo's attempts to understand the mysterious tassels would lead him to an expert&mdash;Doctor Heilan Rotham&mdash;on the planet Lorrd, a world with a culture that had a history of non-verbal communication. On Lorrd, which was located in the Kanz sector near her base in the MZX32905 system, Lumiya planned to engage Solo in a series of tests which would bring the precepts of his training under Vergere into sharp relief.

Attracting Solo's attention and maneuvering him into a position where he was approachable and accessible for training, however, was only one stage of Lumiya's plan. The Sith Lady was aware that Solo would have to ascend to power against the backdrop of war and instability. Since the end of the Swarm War several years prior, the galaxy had remained at relative peace. The Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and its Chief of State, the Alderaanian Cal Omas, maintained close ties with Skywalker's Jedi Order and operated alongside them to keep the peace. Nevertheless, tensions were arising between the Galactic Alliance and the world of Corellia, a planet with a people known for their independence and pride. The Corellian government, headed by Five World Prime Minister Aidel Saxan, wished to enjoy the benefits of Galactic Alliance membership while flouting the government's regulations. It was this division that Lumiya decided to enlarge in order to plunge the galaxy into conflict and enable the rise of Jacen Solo.

Personality and traits
"Don't put it past Lumiya to engineer events to serve her purposes."

- Luke Skywalker

Powers and abilities
Just a bit sketchy at the moment; will make it cohesive over time.

Brie's early training under Darth Vader enabled her to wield the Force with proficiency. She used mind tricks and telekinesis while on Carida.

A fine pilot, Brie was top of her class during her training at the Coruscanti Pilots Institute and maintained a consistently high record throughout her time at the Carida Academy. Practice on simulators enabled Brie to hone her skills and gain proficiency at piloting a variety of vehicles, such as the MT-ST.

Lumiya was proficient at Echani and Noghri Stava. In addition to Galactic Basic Standard, Lumiya could speak Huttese, Mon Calamarian and Bothan.

She could enter a healing tance.

She was an accomplished swimmer, and was able to tame beasts as steeds if the need to arose. Her original prostheses included blasters incorporated into the hands. When these were replasced after the Nagai-Tof conflict, they no longer included integrated blasters, rendering her unable to fire energy beams from her hands.

Equipment
"&hellip;Biting metal and stinging light&hellip;"

- Excerpt from the Sith tome which inspired the creation of Lumiya's lightwhip



The one thing probably more closely associated with Lumiya than her signature triangular headdress was her choice of weapon; the ancient Sith lightwhip. A peculiar thing that resembled a cat o’ nine tails, Lumiya’s device was constructed of Mandalorian iron and powered by shards of kaiburr crystal. It differed than the lightwhips wielded by the Sith of old, in that it was a multi-stranded device of equal parts studded leather, strands of metal, and coherent lightsaber energy. Lumiya's lightwhip had a five meter attack radius, but she was also able to shorten its tendrils in combat when greater control over a shorter area was required.

Behind the scenes
While Lumiya's Databank entry claims that the woman was recovered from her TIE fighter by Dath Vader's agents, The Emperor's Pawns states that the Sith Lord himself discovered Lumiya in the damaged starfighter.

The final duel between Luke Skywalker and Lumiya, which took place on Terephon, was illustrated by artist Tommy Lee Edwards for Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force. In Edwards' depiction, Lumiya is still wearing her headdress, whereas Sacrifice states that the Sith Lady removed it before the duel took place.

On Edwards' blog, another illustration of the duel is shown. In this unpublished drawing, Skywalker is shown decapitating Lumiya, although the events of the duel in Sacrifice are once again contradictory. Link to Lee Edwards' blog http://web.mac.com/tommyleeedwards/iWeb/Site%202/TLE%20BLOG/78EA8B5A-57FA-4106-8625-028D707BD0E0.html

Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire lists Lumiya's height as 6' (1.83 meters) as late as the battle of Endor, but The New Essential Chronology lists it as 5'2" (1.6 meters). Furthermore, Tempest states that Alema Rar is considerably taller than Lumiya, but the NEC shows them both as the same height at 1.6 meters, while Dark Star of the Empire contradicts both of these.