User:Werdoland/WIP

Early exploits
"Married to politics, is that it?''" "To the work." "''To the work."

- A female hostess, Palpatine, and Doriana

Kinman Doriana was a male Naboo who experienced a troubled youth, which may have caused him to develop certain skills. These skills brought him to the attention of Palpatine, who–following the instructions of his Sith Master Darth Plagueis–befriended Doriana and involved him in his schemes. Doriana became a "shadow advisor" to Palpatine, and few beings were aware of his name or position. In 54 BBY, several years after Palpatine first noticed Doriana, Doriana and Palpatine–who had become the ambassador-at-large for Naboo–attended a gala held for the victors of the Vinta Harvest Classic at the Eriaduan consulate on Malastare as members of Senator Vidar Kim's party. Sitting at a separate table from Senator Kim, Doriana and Palpatine conversed with an attractive, dark-haired female hostess.

Senator Kim's wife and children died in an starship crash on Naboo around the time of the Malastare gala, and Doriana subsequently attended their funeral in Theed with Janus Greejatus, another ally of Palpatine. Vidar Kim was later assassinated, and Palpatine was appointed to succeed Kim as Naboo's Senator in 52 BBY. Senator Palpatine traveled to the galactic capital of Coruscant; Doriana did the same, acquiring a residence on the 238th floor of the Third Ring Apartment Towers. Doriana received guidance on Coruscant's underbelly from Sate Pestage, another associate of Palpatine, with whom Doriana formed an immediate bond. Along with Pestage and Greejatus, Doriana accompanied Palpatine at Vidar Kim's funeral service, held at Naboo's embassy on Coruscant.

As an aide of Senator Palpatine, Doriana worked with Pestage to maintain Palpatine's schedule, clandestinely attend to his dirty work, and aid in the formulation of the Senator's plots and schemes. Just over two standard months after Palpatine arrived on Coruscant, Doriana was present at Naboo's station in the Senate Rotunda as Palpatine announced Naboo's abstinence in the Senate's vote on whether to seat a number of Trade Federation client worlds. In the weeks following the vote, Doriana and Pestage frequently accompanied Palpatine in his nighttime explorations of Coruscant. Pestage later asked Doriana to monitor members of the Gran Protectorate who had established a contract with the Maladians to assassinate an unknown associate of Damask Holdings. The Maladians' target turned out to be Hego Damask–also known as Darth Plagueis–and Doriana failed to prevent the attempt on Damask's life.

In 33 BBY, as Palpatine instigated the Yinchorri Crisis, Doriana, along with Sate Pestage, assisted in the dumping of Jedi corpses on the threshold of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum and arranged for the infiltration of the Jedi Temple by Yinchorri warriors. Doriana was later present at Palpatine's station in the Senate Rotunda, gossiping with Pestage while Chancellor Valorum addressed the ongoing Yinchorri situation. Doriana, Pestage, and Palpatine later attended a Coruscant performance of the opera The Brief Reign of Future Wraiths as guests of Senator Orn Free Taa. In 32.5 BBY, Doriana and Pestage accompanied Palpatine at a special session at the Senate Rotunda, during which Chancellor Valorum called for renewed taxation of the trade routes to outlying systems. Doriana had become linked to Valorum's aide, Sei Taria, by the time of the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo.

Serving the Chancellor
"I have many servants, Doriana, but few as clever and as subtle as you."

- Darth Sidious

Palpatine eventually succeeded Valorum as Supreme Chancellor, and Doriana, still considered a young man, continued to assist and advise Palpatine in his new position. Five years after Palpatine's election, Doriana was introduced to Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth in Chancellor Palpatine's inner office when C'baoth arrived to discuss the Outbound Flight Project with Palpatine. During the meeting, Doriana proposed dispatching C'baoth to resolve a dispute between Barlok and the Corporate Alliance as a means of persuading the Senate Appropriations Committee to undo reductions in the funding of the project. Palpatine and C'baoth were receptive and agreed to follow Doriana's suggestion. Dismissed by Palpatine, Doriana then returned to his apartment, where he made contact with Darth Sidious via holoprojector and informed the Sith Lord of C'baoth's impending departure for Barlok.

Doriana remained in Palpatine's service in 22 BBY, serving as a functionary of the Supreme Chancellor alongside Sly Moore. In that year, Doriana discussed Palpatine's Loyalist Committee on the morning show Amberdawn and made light of Brookish Boon's controversial accusations that the Committee was a "shadow government."

Legacy
Doriana was remembered as having played a key role in Palpatine's ascension to power. Those who were familiar with Doriana sometimes speculated that Palpatine had attempted to replace the deceased advisor with three other individuals: Darth Vader, Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Mara Jade.

Appearances

 * Darth Plagueis
 * Cloak of Deception
 * Outbound Flight
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future