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Name: Kitanal Kestrae
Rank: lieutenant, Bajoran Militia
Position: second in command, Bajoran Embassy, Starbase Taurus
Race: Bajoran
Complexion: light/medium tan
Age: 28
Height: 5'6" 1/2
Weight: 130 lbs.
Hair length: to mid-back
Hair-color: golden blond
Eye color: golden (topaz)

Place of birth: Northern Dakhur Province, Bajor

Home planet: Bajor

Major Area of Study: security
Minor Area of Study: tactical/covert operations

Awards & Commendations

Personal Traits: When seen at first glance, Kitanal emanates an aura of "don't touch me". She walks with a fluid grace and moves with the swiftness of the Ta'arhawk, the Bajoran raptor she was nicknamed after. Her eyes--a rare topaz color--are always studying things or people intently. Her hair, a rich golden blond, is almost always braided when on duty. Off-duty, it's occasionally left to flow free.

Personality: Seemingly harsh and critical. However this is only a first impression--as the critical hides a not-often seen wry wit and a very keen mind. If she is with certain people, her "shields" will come down even more.

Early Life: Kitanal was born during the height of the Occupation. Her father perished in the mines when she was only three years old. A year later, she and her older sister were witness to their mother's rape and murder. At ten, her sister was taken from her, leaving her completely orphaned. This instilled a fierce need for revenge in her and she immediately went looking for the nearest resistance cell. She found the Mernith a week later. Esain Deyara, the leader's betrothed, took pity on the angry girl and taught her the basics of fighting. After four months of rigorous training, Esain convinced her lover to take Kestrae with them on a raid. Kestrae was given permission and the raid was a success, but her newfound friend was one of the raid's few casualties. Leaving the Mernith at the age of fifteen to branch out on her own, she perfected different techniques of torture and assassination and even thought up a few of her own. As the waning years of the Occupation passed, Kestrae grew into a beautiful young woman--and an extremely dangerous one. Her reputation grew by leaps and bounds. Fellow Bajorans revered her. The Cardassian civilians feared her. The Obsidian Order put a high price on her head. But she was never caught. Occasionally, she would pop up at a resistance cell's hideout and assist them with a raid or other small assignment, but afterwards, would vanish. A few skeptical Cardassian officers even doubted her existence, believing "The Ta'arhawk" was nothing more than a story made up by the slaves to give themselves false hope. But they would soon learn otherwise--often too late....
 

Academy Life: Having joined the Academy much later than most, Kitanal rarely, if at all, socialized. Instead, she put all her energy into her studies and graduated in the top two percent of her class.
 

Cadet Cruise: N/A

Family:
Mother - Kitanal Dalen (deceased)
Father - Kitanal Banya (deceased)
Sibling(s) - Elder sister Ro'aeni, younger brother Ashren, and younger sister Jaed'ine, all deceased
Partner - Tothram Remy (Tom) Nash, human, civilian tech
Children - Ashren William (3 years old), Tiala Jaed'ine (adopted, approx 7 months)
 

Hobbies: Fighting/battle techniques of all kinds, Klingon opera, alien mythology, Bajoran history, and most recently, dancing, particularly zydeco.

People From The Past:
Iranu Arden - professor at the University of Mozilla. Once assisted Kitanal with a reconnaissance mission during the Occupation. Lasraleen Aravin - Betazoid merchant, Kitanal's closest friend. Col. Reanla Kaelinn - former Militia Commander of Kerok Nor's Bajoran Embassy, former superior. Lt. Rash'iel Quinn - embassy security, best friend from Kerok Nor.  Lt. Nishadi Vaurien - embassy security, friend of Kitanal. Vedeks Nishadi Aurra and Telin Nameer - sister and brother in law of Nishadi Vaurien, who performed her and Tom's wedding.
 

Additional Comments: Rarely talks about her "terrorist" past, and will not accept critical judgment of her actions at the time, especially if they come from Cardassians.