Deliah Blue

"If you could help me, I'd be very grateful. And I always pay my debts&hellip;"

- Deliah Blue

Deliah Blue was a female Zeltron and the chief mechanic of the Mynock. She was a longtime companion of Cade Skywalker and Jariah Syn during their careers as bounty hunters in the wake of the Sith-Imperial War; Deliah also nursed a certain fondness for Skywalker. Deliah maintained a playful, flirtatious and sexual relationship with him, a relationship that later grew into mutual love/lust.

Early life
Born on Zeltros, Deliah Blue was once the living party-girl stereotype of her race. However, Blue eventually relinquished those days to join the crew of the Mynock under captain Cade Skywalker. Known for being a woman of choice words and being able to fix anything using a hydrospanner, she kept the ship intact through the most depreciated times. Along with co-pilot Jariah Syn, the three became bounty hunters and great friends, taking a sexual interest in Skywalker. However, Blue never learned of her captain's former life as a Jedi Padawan, and that he was the last heir of perhaps the most prominent bloodline of all time.

Bounty hunter
"I'm Cade, the other guy is Jariah Syn, and the lady by the door is Deliah Blue. We're here for only one sentient tonight. We'll collect him and go. The rest of you&mdash;stay put and there won't be any trouble."

- Cade Skywalker introduces his crew

In 137 ABY, the Mynock''s crew was contracted by Rav, a former master of Skywalker and Syn to locate gambler Naxy Screeger. After locating him in the planet Lok, Blue used her Zeltron wiles to coerce her way through the door of Brogar's cantina, known in the underworld as a safe house. Inside, they found Screeger, who they captured easily. However, the group also came across a Jedi named Hosk Trey'lis, when the Jedi healer mistakenly thought the group had come for him and attempted to flee. Savoring the opportunity to capture the Jedi and make more money, Syn attempted to kill the Jedi to make capture easier, but was stopped by Skywalker. A dart from Deliah's wrist-launcher hit the Bothan Jedi, who proceded to send Blue flying with the Force. Nevertheless, the dart slowed Trey'lis, setting him up for a thud-bug thrown by Jariah Syn. With the Jedi unconcious, the group left Lok with both Screeger and Trey'lis in tow.

On their arrival on Socorro, their Jedi captive put up a struggle, but Skywalker was able to subdue him long enough for them to turn their two captives over to Rav. When Rav paid the crew with just enough to refuel the Mynock and buy a few drinks, and gave Skywalker deathsticks as a bonus that was added to the crew's tab, Syn was furious. Skywalker stated that it was his ship, and Syn could leave if didn't like it before storming off. After a long argument with Rav about not treating them better, Syn admitted to Blue that he felt Skywalker had lost his edge as a bounty hunter. Blue however, told Syn that he wasn't his fault, and she felt that something was broken in him.

When the pair returned to the ship, they could not enter as the boarding ramp was not down. Jariah hollered at Cade to let them in, as they lived there too. However, Deliah added that Cade did technically own the ship, much to Jariah's irritation. After ingesting some deathsteaks to end a confrontation with the Force ghost of Luke Skywalker, Cade finally lowered the ramp. Deliah immediately began flirting with Cade as she boarded, but was cut short when two Imperial Missionaries appeared demanding safe passage. Cade was hesistant, especially when told that payment would come later, but then noticed the Sith Lord following them and quickly took them on board. When Cade ordered emergency take-off procedures, Blue complained about the strain to the Mynock's engines, but nevertheless complied with her Captain's orders, allowing the ship to escape the planet and the Sith. She was not any happier about Cade allowing the two Missionaries to use her cabin and her clothes, but took the opportunity as a chance to bunk with Cade. Meeting with Syn, Cade and Blue learned of their passengers' identities: Imperial Princess Marasiah Fel and her servant Astraal Vao. Figuring she would lead them to deposed Emperor Roan Fel, the Mynock crew then headed towards the drop off point, Vendaxa, intent on collecting both the promised reward and the bounty on their heads.

Skirmish on Vendaxa
"Sith assassin, fireball in space... How can I decide? Hand me that spanner, would'ya?"

- Deliah Blue to Cade Skywalker

On Vendaxa, Syn and the rest of the Mynock crew protected their two guests from the native beasts while en route to a meeting point established by Astraal and her brother long ago when they were children. When Astraal's brother Shado Vao shows up at the rendezvous point and help the group kill an acklay, Syn and Blue discover the contacts to be Jedi. Princess Marasiah then informs the Mynock crew that the craft the Jedi had arrived in would be the way off Vendaxa for her and her companion. Having strongly suspected the Mynock crew intent to turn her in for a bounty, Princess Marasiah informed the Mynock crew that neither she, Astraal or the Jedi had the credits to pay them for their transport. Syn and Blue appeal to Skywalker to do something, but Skywalker simply shrugs it off and tells his crew to cut their losses and prepare the ship for flight, intent on keeping his identity secret from Wolf Sazen, his former Jedi Master, who accompanied Shado. The Princess, Astraal and the two Jedi turn to board the Jedi craft before seeing it explode. Upon seeing the explosion, Blue snidely told the Princess that perhaps she might be riding on the Mynock after all.

Darth Talon, who had tracked her quarry to Vendaxa though the use of a Force technique, took this opportunity to spring her attack, and used the Force to drive the native beasts to attack the group at her command. Grabbing her blaster, Blue joined the battle, shooting at the wildlife and Talon. However, Talon would ultimately defeat Shado, Sazen, and Marasiah before ripping the blasters from Blue's, Syn's, and Skywalker's hands. With everyone defenseless, Skywalker used the Force to hurl part of an old shipwreck at her, revealing himself as a Jedi, but also sending her flying into the forest and giving everyone enough time to get to the Mynock.

However, by the time they got there, Talon had already sabotaged the Mynock, delaying the group long enough for her to call Darth Nihl for reinforcements. Blue, with help from Syn and Astraal Vao, began repairs immediately, while Cade spoke to his Master after seven years apart about returning to his destiny. Cade, however, had distanced himself too much from the Jedi, refused to return, and stormed off. He then went to talk to Blue, and asked her what she would do with the bounty she recieved from turning him in as a Jedi. To his surprise, Deliah took in the revelation with good humor, musing that his Force abilities would be an asset in their line of work. However, Syn thought otherwise, resulting in a confrontation between the two. After disarming him, Cade took a walk with Mariasiah Fel, before Imperial Knights Antares Draco and Ganner Krieg emerged from an Imperial fighter. The Sith trap sprung, an a battle began. Blue, Syn, and Astraal quickly started up the Mynock while the Jedi, Imperial Knights, and Cade fought the Sith. Syn wanted to leave immediately, stating it wasn't their fight, but Blue told him she would space him in his sleep if he took off without Cade. Blue and her cohorts ultimately escaped Vendaxa, though in the company of several Jedi and members of the Galactic Empire. Imperial Knight Antares Draco ordered them to head for the safety of Bastion, and the crew of the Mynock reluctantly agreed. Upon landing, Deliah and Cade spent the night together, though when Blue awoke, she found Cade had departed in the Mynock with Shado Vao and Wolf Sazen.

Capture by the Sith
She was later double-crossed by Rav, who turned in both her and Syn for harboring Cade. Blue would end up tortured by an Imperial torture droid.

Later, she and Syn were infected with Vong spores in order to tempt Cade to use his powers to heal them before they died. Cade gave into his feelings and healed them, after which they were allowed to leave in exchange for Cade's service to the Sith. After they were freed, they were given a message by R2-D2 from Cade, telling them to leave him behind. Blue said she wasn't leaving Coruscant until Cade was safe, after which they were approached by Morrigan Corde, Cade's mother.

While observing Cade in the Sith temple, through cameras attached to modified Vong Bugs that Morrigan and Jariah planted, she became very jealous of his intimate relationship with Darth Talon, going so far as to smash one of the monitors on the Mynock that was showing the two kissing (unknown to her, Cade was pretending to be a Sith Acolyte). Even weeks later when the group rescued Cade, Deliah claimed that she was still quite mad at Cade.

She traveled with the others to Socorro, but didn't participate in the fighting, just watched over the monitor. When the Mynock took off, Blue was busy fixing. She vented her frustration at Cade, until he told her the truth. She then gave him a kiss on the cheek.

The crew decided to lay low at Rawk's Nest. However after witnessing the events of the Genocide of Mon Calamari and Cade's picture on the HoloNet, stating he's a wanted man for the assault on the Sith Temple, Cade, Deliah, and company were then revealed by Bantha of the Hidden Jedi Temple.

After arrival to the temple, Cade, Bantha, and the other Jedi go off to meet with the council. During this time Deliah decided to have a little "fun" with Master Tobias Sun by fixing his speeder bike. During the subsequent time spent at the Hidden Temple, Deliah grew jealous of Azlyn Rae, who just recently reappeared in Cade's life which rekindled old feelings that Cade had for Azlyn.

After the decision came down from the Jedi Council, that they would not support Cade in his resolution to "assassinate" Krayt, Cade, Deliah, and Syn took off with several others to take the Sith Lord down.

During the fight with Krayt, Blue remained on the Mynock, prepping her for flight. She only removed herself from her post after Azlyn Rae was badly wounded in battle, where she was told by Cade to get the ship's course set for Kiffex, in order to get Azlyn healed by Droo.

At arrival on Kiffex, Cade handed off the injured Azlyn to Bantha and immediately passed out thereafter. He woke up, finding himself laying on Blue's lap. Cade accused Blue of hoping that Azlyn died because of her jealousy. Blue snapped back and said she could feel the bond between Cade and Azlyn because she was a Zeltron. She continued on to say that she would hurt him if she ever caught him with Darth Talon again, but she was okay with Cade's relationship to Azlyn; reason was: Azlyn brought out a person that Cade would've become had the tragedy on Ossus not occurred. In the end, Cade stormed off not believing her.

As Cade returned to the compound on Kiffex, he encountered Azlyn in a biosuit not too dissimilar from Darth Vader's. In the scuffle, Azlyn held Cade up to the wall by his throat and nearly choked him, however Blue intervened with a blaster to Azlyn's head. The standoff lasted until Bantha and Droo arrived at the scene to break them up. As Cade was told to leave for the time being for lying to Droo, Blue began work on the Mynock for its exit out of Kiffex's lightning-filled atmosphere.

After leaving Kiffex, Blue, Cade, and Jariah traveled to the Outer Rim world of Tatooine where they began stealing shipments from the criminal organization Black Sun. Despite the dangers they faced going up against Black Sun, Blue commented that things were beginning to feel like old times again. However a sore point for Blue was that Cade continued to refuse her advances. Blue confided in Jariah that she was becoming frustrated with Cade's cold attitude. When Jariah jokingly offered to step in for Cade, Blue did not immediately rebuff him.

Unfortunately, the Mynock was in need of a new trivalve and acquiring one would be very difficult. So therefore, Deliah had to dress up as an Imperial Missionary. She meets another missionary Ethan Adare, who noticed she was new to the planet. Quickly, Deliah said her name was Astraal Vao. She bluffed that a moisture farmer needed the trivalve, to which Adare was happy to provide. But first, he showed her the efforts of the Mission to help those in poverty, which bored her.

By the time that Cade and Jariah returned to the spaceport after their encounter with the Black Sun assassins, Blue had already installed the trivalve into the Mynock. The trio then immediately left Tatooine. After a short vacation on Zeltros, Cade, Blue and Jariah accepted a recovery mission on the world of Wayland. There they encountered a world transformed and overrun with hostile lifeforms created by the failed Ossus Project. Blue was separated from her companions and was captured by Darth Maladi, who maintained a secret base on the planet. Maladi used Blue as a test subject to perfect a new form of Sith bioweapon, grafting the living weapon to her back. Cade soon arrived and attempted to save Blue with his force healing ability. Not only did the healing not work, but they dark-side energies strengthened the weapon causing Blue extreme pain. Wolf Sazen arrives and convinces Cade to use the light-side of the force with his healing power. Cade confesses all his feelings for Blue, finally admitting how much he loves her and how he needs her by his side. Using these feelings to draw on the light-side of the Force, Cade is able to destroy the weapon, healing Blue. Cade then carries Blue from Maladi's base before it explodes.

Cade soon decided to wage a one-man war against the Sith. The first person on Cade's list was Vul Isen, the Butcher of Dac. With the help of Screeger, they stormed Isen's base on Daluuj. While Cade and Sazen dealt with the Sith Acolytes, Blue and Jariah started planting explosives.

Behind the scenes
On page 19 of Legacy 7, it was intended that Deliah and Cade spend the night together. However, a coloring mistake in the issue resulted in Deliah appearing with human flesh tones rather than deep-pink Zeltron tones, leading readers to ask if the character in Cade's bed was Marasiah Fel, not Deliah. The page was reprinted with the colors corrected in the back of a subsequent issue, and the corrected page was used in the trade paperback.

In Polish issues of Legacy, Deliah's name is misspelled "Delia".

Appearances

 * Star Wars Miniatures: Legacy of the Force ad
 * Star Wars: Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Legacy 3: Broken, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5
 * Star Wars: Legacy 7: Broken, Part 6
 * Star Wars: Legacy 9: Trust Issues, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 11: Ghosts, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 14: Claws of the Dragon, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 15: Claws of the Dragon, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Legacy 16: Claws of the Dragon, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Legacy 17: Claws of the Dragon, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5
 * Star Wars: Legacy 19: Claws of the Dragon, Part 6
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Loyalties
 * Star Wars: Legacy: The Hidden Temple
 * Star Wars: Legacy 28: Vector, Part 9
 * Star Wars: Legacy 29: Vector, Part 10
 * Star Wars: Legacy 31: Vector, Part 12
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Storms
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Tatooine
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Monster
 * Star Wars: Legacy 48: Extremes, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 49: Extremes, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Legacy 50: Extremes, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Legacy 50: Extremes, Part 3

Notes and references
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