Name: Odilia Böhm

Odilia was born on a military base the size of a city that took up an entire island, one of the many islands that scattered Thestrao’s watery surface. Her family had fought in every major war since the fall of the republic over two centuries earlier. As a child, she was used to her father and mother being gone sometimes for even years at a time to battle species she’d only seen in films, on planets she’d never heard of.

The thing that didn’t add up was that she’d never felt in danger. She never forgave war for taking her parents from her, even if it had always returned them. She was raised on stories of the important patriotic sacrifice her people made for her safety. There hadn’t even been a failed invasion of Thestrao in her lifetime. All for, or against, the coalition of whatever, the republic of some kind, or other useless sounding organizations. What a waste of life.

Her parents, and everyone, thought differently. She attended the same military academies to prepare for the life of the generations of Böhm before her. She was an excellent student, and a good placement in the elite forces seemed a guarantee. The day of her graduation was a grand affair, as everything militaristic was on Thestrao. Her spirits were opposite to the jovial crowd of the important local folk. Here she was, about to embark on a life of combat but for what?

While standing to the side of the stage, waiting her turn to be called out for her awards, she saw everything she did not feel in the face of one man. A local business tycoon hoping to increase military contracts had just entered through the back, flanked by one man. Never had she seen such clarity of mission as in the eyes of that man. She was sure that every movement of his body and every thought in his mind served one purpose: protect his charge.

Now, ten years later, she has only two desires in life, the safety of her current charge and to find the worthiest of charges. Since her graduation and split from her family tradition, not one of hers had been seriously hurt, and she discovered that she was protecting were of higher and higher stature every year. But her new post would be special, on the security team for someone who, despite his small physique, many say is the most powerful force in the galaxy.