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this Venan woman was a Baroness from the planet Vena, who represented her homeworld during its negotiations with the Old Republic. Some thirteen years before the Battle of Naboo, Omnino's husand Kindoro was killed while traveling through Republic space under the escort of Qui-Gon Jinn. She held a grudge against the Jedi Knights, and Qui-Gon in particular, for the rest of her life. Baroness Omnino became the ruler of the planet Vena in the wake of Kindoro's death, and served as regent for their son Sando. However, she lacked her husband's leadership skills, and she was forced to deal with the Vena Isolationist faction herself. She turned to the use of mind-control devices to manipulate other beings, thereby keeping the isolationists under control. Shortly before the Battle of Naboo, she was targetted for assassination by the Vena Isolationists from her homeworld, who wanted to keep Vena neutral in galactic politics, and was attacked when she arrived on Coruscant. In an unexpected turn of events, she requested Qui-Gon's protection while she was on Coruscant. She apologized to Qui-Gon, but secretly began plotting her revenge against him. She used her son, Sando's, disappearance near Ord Mantell as an excuse to draw Qui-Gon into her trust. She hoped to have Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi stumble upon Taxer Sundown's operations on Ord Mantell, where they would have already destroyed the reputation of the Jedi. When Omnino realized that the Jedi had uncovered her plotting, Omnino used a mind-control device similar to Taxer Sundown's to capture Chancellor Valorum and hold him hostage. Qui-Gon was forced to confront her, and when he tricked her into watching her step, Qui-Gon beheaded her with his lightsaber.