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G'Mai Duris

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this X'Ting was chosen to serve as the Regent and leader of her people during the height of the Clone Wars, at a time when her homeworld of Ord Cestus was under the control of Cestus Cybernetics and the Five Families. This pairing also seemed to be under the control of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. A talented and honest politician, Duris could trace her family's history back to the original hive queen, althoug only tangentially. The main line died out during the plagues that decimated the X'Ting. During the Clone Wars, Duris was in her female stage, and found herself on tenuous ground after deposing the devious Caiza Quill as regent. She assumed a position of leadership after her mate, Filian, was killed by Quill in a form of duel known as "going to the sand". After Filian's death, Duris also learned of the history of her people, and how the eggs for which she served as regent had been hidden in a secure location after the Great Plague. Her role, she learned, was as leader of the Regency, charged with keeping the X'Ting as united as possible until the royal eggs could hatch. She tried to join the mission to recover the royal eggs, but was voted down by the council and by Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had been dispatched to Ord Cestus to discover a way to free the X'Ting. In the end, she allowed Obi-Wan to accompany Jesson Di Blinth on the mission. After the Jedi managed to help secure the eggs, Duris was forced to accede that he was working for the betterment of the Cestians. Thus, when she was challenged for leadership by Caiza Quill, she felt that she was strong enough - and ready enough - to face the challenge. Instead of attacking Quill, however, she stood stoically in the face of his posturing, until Quill could no longer contain his own fear. He conceded his position to her, although he blocked her at every remaining opportunity. With the destruction of the Five Families at their bunker in the Kibo Plateau, Duris found herself entrenched as the true leader of the X'Ting and Ord Cestus. She was able to take immediate control and bring the manufacturing facilities under the guidance of the X'Ting, and vowed to keep Ord Cestus loyal to the Old Republic. She even gave the cave spiders - descendents of the spider people who once ruled the planet - a measure of freedom.