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this female Tarasin was known to be a wise member of the Hiironi tribe, but she was also quite selfish. She desired to gain a position of power, and longed to become the Irstat-Kes of the tribe. She felt that she had a chance when her mother was killed by a kilassin. Her older sister, Meriana, was promoted to become Mother of the tribe, while Dariana was named Irstat-Kes. Her triumphant rise to power was short-lived, however, when Meriana died of a mysterious illness just a day after the death of their mother. Dariana was then named Mother, a position which held no real power. She tried to do her best, but she chafed at the fact that her time as Irstat-Kes was too short. As she aged and grew weak, Dariana broke with Tarasin tradition and began to record her memoirs in electronic form, as a way to preserve her memory and her experiences for eternity. During the Clone Wars, Mother Dariana experienced a se'neth in which she saw the tide of the war sweeping over Cularin, then the oppression of the Empire. Her vision also showed her a way that the Tarasin could survive, but only if they worked together. She was able to invoke the Great Ritual, using her reputation to gather the leaders of the the variouis irstats in a single place to hear of her vision. Despite her words, there were many Tarasin - most of them male - who wanted to ignore the war and remain loyal to the jungle. They spoke of Cularin's death if the Tarasin took up arms, as the destruction of even one tree could set off a chain reaction of events that could cause serious harm to the planet and the Tarasin. Thus, a year after the invocation of the Great Ritual, Dariana announced that she would step down as their leader, provided that she was allowed to complete the work she had laid out for the rest of the year. She also asked that, while she was still their leader, the Tarasin obeyed her every command. Her wishes were granted, and she simply asked for peace among all irstats.