Vernestra Rwoh's family group

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During the High Republic Era, the Mirialan female Vernestra Rwoh was part of a family group prior to joining the Jedi Order years before 232 BBY. After her birth around 248 BBY, Rwoh began bearing the markings of her family, six tiny black diamonds stacked in two rows of three on the outside corner of her eyes.

As an infant, Rwoh's Force-sensitivity was discovered and she was taken to the Jedi Temple on the Core Worlds planet Coruscant, where she was trained as a Jedi. When Rwoh was a Jedi Knight, she was stranded on the Outer Rim moon Wevo in 232 BBY, and recalled how happy her family group had been after it had learned of her Force-sensitivity.

Description

The family group was made up of Mirialans and had^[1] kinship markings^[2] which were depicted as tattoos in the form of six tiny black diamonds stacked in two rows of three on the outside corner of a member's eyes.^[1]

History

The family group lived^[1] by around 248 BBY,^[3] during the High Republic Era.^[1] Around that year,^[3] the Mirialan female Vernestra Rwoh was born to the family, and began wearing the group's markings.^[1] When Rwoh was an infant^[4] years before^[1] 232 BBY,^[3] her Force-sensitivity was discovered, and the group became happy as Force-sensitivity was celebrated among Mirialans. Afterward, Rwoh was taken to^[1] the Jedi Temple^[4] on the Core Worlds planet^[5] Coruscant where she was trained as a Jedi.^[1]

In 232 BBY,^[3] Rwoh—by then a Jedi Knight—was among a group stranded on the Outer Rim moon Wevo. While on Wevo, the Mirialan became concerned about how she would explain her lightsaber's lightwhip modification—which she considered to be unorthodox—to Jedi Padawan Imri Cantaros, as she had not told anyone about it and did not want to lead the boy down the wrong path. She mentally noted she had never been too worried about anything before, recalling how happy her family had been when her Force-sensitivity was discovered.^[1]

By around 160 BBY,^[6] the human Jedi Indara studied Mirialan tattoos and their meanings, while Rwoh had become a Jedi Master and traveled the galaxy as a Jedi Wayseeker, acquiring new diamond tattoos on her hands and the top of her head representing an individual who had thanked her for saving their life.^[2] Around that year,^[6] as Indara—by then a Jedi Knight—traveled with Rwoh aboard the Mirialan's ship, the Cantaros, she asked Rwoh about the meaning of the tattoos on her hands and top of her head. Afterward, the Jedi Knight gestured to the diamond tattoos on the outside of the Mirialan's eyes, and noted that she knew they were kinship markings, informing Rwoh of her studies of Mirialan tattoos. In response, Rwoh told Indara about the meaning of the tattoos on her hands and head, adding that it was not a Mirialan practice.^[2]

Behind the scenes

Vernestra Rwoh's family group was first mentioned in the 2021 junior novel The High Republic: A Test of Courage, written by Justina Ireland and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's^[1] Phase I.^[7]

Appearances

• The High Republic: A Test of Courage (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
• The Acolyte: Wayseeker (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)

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