Shada D'ukal

D'ukal, Shada The deceptivly decorative-looking mercenary from a mysterious militaristic order of female warriors known as the Mistryl Shadow Guards. She and her friend Karoly D'ulin posed as the Tonnika sisters after botching a mission to transport the Hammertong device. Shada also served as bodyguard for the smuggler chief Mazzic. In this job, she appeared with plaited hair and a blank expression-until trouble started. Then she was all business throwing enameled zenji needles with lethal accuracy and using her more-than-capable combat skills to protect the smuggler chief.

Sixteen years after the Battle of Endor, Shada stopped Karoly from performing an assassination and came under punishment from the Eleven who led the Mistryl. She left Mazzic's employment to avoid the Mistryl hunter teams, seeking to join up with the New Republic. Instead, Leia Organa Solo offered Shada's services to Talon Karrde, who was heading into the Kathol sector to locate a copy of the Caamas Document. Shada accompanied him, and the two grew fond of each other. When Karrde located information that revealed the truth about the fake Grand Admiral Thrawn, Shada was there to stop the cloned Major Grodin Tierce from killing Gilad Pellaeon and the Mistryl leader, Paloma D'asima. As a result the hunter teams were called off and Shada officially joined Karrde's new joint intelligence organization.