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Ismaren, Roganda

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one of Emperor Palpatine's concubines and a member of the secret society known as the Emperor's Hands, Roganda Ismaren used her feminine wiles to extract information from the Emperor's enemies. As a child, she was uprooted from her hiding place on Belsavis by Imperial Inquisitor Ameesa Darys, then forced to watch as Darys killed her brother Lagan. Roganda vowed accumulate enough personal power to prevent her own death, and learned to use her femininity to attain more power. Leia Organa Solo once saw her during her first Senatorial meeting. Later, on Belsavis, Leia caught up with her in Plawal. She is somewhat Force-sensitive, and was one of the children in Plett's Well. Her Force-sensitivity earned her a place as one of Palpatine's Emperor's Hands, much like Mara Jade. Roganda told Leia that she had been hiding on Belsavis for seven years, fleeing the anti-Palpatine sentiments sweeping the galaxy. Leia recognized her pale, white skin and dark hair. All the while, though, Roganda was hiding the plot to recover the Eye of Palpatine by having her son, Irek, implanted with a Force-augmenting AI chip developed by Nasdra Magrody. Roganda's real reason for being on Belsavis was to hide her son's training from prying eyes. Roganda used her Imperial contacts for funding, and assembled them on Belsavis, where the Eye of Palpatine was programmed to attack first. She then trained Irek in the schematics and operational procedures necessary to take control of the Eye of Palpatine, in hopes of using the ship to retake the galaxy from the New Republic. Unfortunately, she hadn't planned on Luke Skywalker infiltrating the huge ship and reviving the spirit of Callista Ming, who helped Luke destroy the ship from within. Roganda and Irek managed to escape the destruction, and she fled back to Coruscant. There, in a research lab established in the Bluenek Section of the city, Roganda began an aggressive experiment that altered Irek's body and mind. Hoping to defeat the New Republic once and for all, Roganda hoped to create a Force-wielding humunculous from Irek's youthful body. She kept the boy hidden in the labs, using techniques which accelerated his growth and deepened his connection to the Dark Side of the Force. She located a fellow Dark Jedi to help train Irek, and used captive ysalamiri to hide the incredible amounts of Force energy being generated in the lab, in an effort to avoid detection by the New Republic. Unfortunately for Roganda, Irek became self-aware of his new state and broke free of the bonds which help him. The final stages of Roganda's alterations were not complete, leaving Irek without memories or instructions, just a deep-seated command of the Dark Side. In a rage, Irek destroyed much of the laboratory and killed Roganda before fleeing unto the undercity fo Coruscant.