Seha Dorvald

"Trust isn't anything when it's built on lies. Maybe I'm the stupidest girl you've ever met, but even I can figure that out."

- Seha to Corran Horn after coming forward of her involvement with Jacen Solo

Seha Dorvald was an orphaned Jedi Apprentice during the Second Galactic Civil War. Born on Coruscant, she was orphaned during her childhood when her most of her family was killed following Coruscant's invasion by the Yuuzhan Vong, and after her father's death at the hands of a Yuuzhan Vong insect. After the war had ended, Seha met Jacen Solo, a powerful Jedi and hero of the war, during one of his trips to visit the World Brain, which Seha had lived nearby. He found her to be strong in the Force, and introduced her into the New Jedi Order, though she was too old to become an apprentice.

She would complete tasks at Jacen's orders, including smuggling Ben Skywalker out of the Jedi Temple to let him find the Amulet of Kalara. However, following Jacen's invasion of Ossus, she came forward to the Jedi Masters and confessed to helping Jacen. She then volunteered to help Kyle Katarn, Valin Horn, and Thann Mithric on a mission to either place a homing device on Jacen, capture, or kill him. The result of the mission was a near failure, with the death of Mithric and the near-fatal wounding of Katarn, but Seha was able to complete the mission by placing the homing device on Jacen before escaping.

Early Life
Born before the onset of the Yuuzhan Vong War, Seha lived on Coruscant during her younger years. She lost her family at an early age during Coruscant's invasion in the Yuuzhan Vong War, unable to remember them for her entire life. Seha and her father were able to survive, hiding in the undercity with her father for the remainder of the war. Before they learned the war was over, Seha father was killed by a sting of a Yuuzhan Vong insect, and she became an orphan.

Though she knew the war was over, she decided to stay in the undercity with refugees, because they were the only people she knew. For a while, Seha lived near the World Brain, whom she was frightened of and described it as a horrible creature. Seha would meet the Jedi hero, Jacen Solo, when he took a journey into the undercity to meet the World Brain. Noticing her dislike of the world Brain, he told her that what it looked like had nothing to do with its nature. Jacen was able to notice Seha's Force potential and sponsored her admittance into the Jedi Order, even though she was old for an apprentice. Because of Jacen, Seha felt indebted to him and would often aid him by secreting items to and from the Temple for him.

Second Galactic Civil War
By the time the Second Galactic Civil War had started, Seha had grown into a pretty young woman. During this dark time, the Sith Lady Lumiya, disguised as Jacen, tasked Seha with delivering a message from him to Ben Skywalker and to help him escape the Jedi Temple to find the Amulet of Kalara. Ben decided that Seha was cute and that he would have liked to stand and look at her for a couple of days. She apparently had mutual feelings, as evidenced by her nervousness around Ben during their conversation. She was able to complete this mission, though Seha believed she had been watched during it, and helped Ben escape the temple by opening up a passage out of it.

However, Seha would not serve Jacen much longer. When Jacen, who was now secretly Darth Caedus, ordered his troops to seize the Jedi Temple, she destroyed the computers so that Jacen and the Galactic Alliance Guard wouldn't be to capture valuable information. Seha also carried out a complete set of records, and saved two Jedi Knights from death by leading them to safety through Coruscant's undercity, using her knowledge of the pathways in the undercity.

When Grand Master Luke Skywalker gave Kyp Durron the responsibility of planning a mission to kill or capture Caedus, Kyp was forced to search for a Jedi with knowledge of the Coruscant underlevels. His initial choice had been Zekk, but changed his mind after realizing the team would need knowledge of Coruscant after its Vongforming and finally settled on Seha. When Seha was called up to meet Skywalker, she confessed to him that she was traitor to the Order. She told Skywalker about her past and how she helped Caedus; she kept him updated on things going around in the temple, smuggled things in and out for him, and that she hepled Ben escape the temple on Jacen's orders. She told Luke that she felt indebted to Caedus for sponsering her to be in the New Jedi Order, and that was it was the reason fo her betrayal.

After hearing her confession, Master Skywalker was hesitant in allowing Seha, who was only an apprentice, to go on the mission, and he only conceded after he agreed that someone who knew the new underlevels was needed most for the mission. Seha joined along on the mission with Jedi Master Kyle Katarn, accompanied by Valin Horn, Thann Mithric and Kolir Hu'lya. Seha was able to successfully lead them the team underneath the Senate Building, where they stayed for a few hours. Katarn tasked Seha to place a cloaking device onto Caedus when things were at their most chaotic, and to leave the fight alive with everybody, regardless whether the mission was a success or failure.

Intimidated by the task she was given, Seha was forced to watch the four Jedi confront Caedus in a duel. Waiting patiently, she lifted the cloaking device into the air towards the fight, waiting for the moment when the fight was at its most chaotic. She was at first amazed by the skill the Jedi and Sith performed at, but her excitement turned into horror when Caedus impaled Katarn in the chest with his lightsaber. Seha decided that it was the moment to place the cloaking device onto Caedus, whcih Seha performed successfully. While the Jedi continued on to fight one another, Seha used the Force to pull Katarn, who was still alive, out of the fight. She was able to create an escape route when an airbourne escape seemed impossible. While Seha did this, Caedus was able to kill Thann Mithric by decapitating him, finishing the duel. Valin, Katarn, Kolir, and Seha were able to escape using the pathway she had created, and led them through the undercity to safety.

Personality and Traits
Seha was a shy girl by nature- she had lost her family at an early age, and showed nervousness around Ben and the Jedi Masters. However, she showed a keen willfulness to get the job done, shown by paying a debt to Jacen even after he had betrayed the Jedi, and also by rescuing Katarn from the duel after he had been given a near-fatal wound. Her emotions were wild sometimes though, and had a tendency to cry. This caused Corran Horn, a Jedi Master, to doubt her ability to become a Jedi, but Seha made it known that she was able to learn from her mistakes, and proved her capability as a Jedi further when she was able to complete her mission.

Powers and Abilties
Seha showed latent Force powers, but they were not fully developed because she had been inducted into the New Jedi Order late. She knew basic Force powers such as Force push, Force pull, and telekinesis, but Seha had yet to fully hone her abilties as a Jedi.

Behind the Scenes
The character of Seha Dorvald was created by Aaron Allston for the fourth novel of the Legacy of the Force series, Exile. However, she only made a brief appearance in Exile, and didn't appear or get mentioned in another book until Fury, the seventh book of the series, which was also written by Allston. He expanded on her character during Fury, though it would be her last appearance in Legacy of the Force.

Appearances

 * Exile
 * Fury