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| homeworld = Alderaan
| homeworld = Lorell
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| mother = Lydia Zailyn
| mother = [[Lydia Zailyn]]
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| father =  
| father = Ezri Katriel
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| spouse = Édouard Ruellan (m. Y4–Y10; his death)<br>[[Euna Miriel]] (m. Y15–present)
| spouse = [[Dianthe Tal'e]]
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| siblings =  
| siblings = None
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| children = 2
| children = Sidonie Tal'e †
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| born = Year -12 Day 76 (Galactic date)
| born = Year -12 Day 80 (Galactic date)
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Year 4014 Day 76 (Hapan date)
Year 4014 Day 80 (Hapan date)
 
 
| branch = [[Imperial Army]]
 
| branch = [[Imperial Army]]
| positions = Brigade Executive Officer
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| prior service = Crewman, Royal Hapan Navy, [[Hapes Consortium]]
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| prior service = Army Signals Officer<br>2nd Legion Signals Officer<br>5th Brigade Commanding Officer
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'''Amne Zailyn''' was a Hapan of noble descent who was dedicated to a life of service to the Empire. After being widowed as a young mother, Amne gained entrance to the Imperial Academy and began her career as a reconnaissance soldier. She distinguished herself as the commanding officer of the [[5th Brigade]] and was highly decorated after her meritorious service on Derra IV. Amne served as an officer of [[Army Command]] from Year 14 to 15, during which time she apprenticed herself to [[Darth Sigyn]] to learn the ways of the Force. Perhaps unusually, she was trained to Sith Knight of the [[Order of the Sith]] without stepping foot in a Sith academy.
  
Command Sergeant '''Amne Zailyn''' is a soldier in the [[Imperial Army]]. She is the current executive officer of the [[2nd_Imperial_Legion#5th_Brigade.2C_the_Infernos|5th Brigade]], reporting to Captain [[Deryk Ysenm]] and Colonel [[David Terrio]].
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==Biography==
===Biography===
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===Early life and family===
====Early life, education, and military service====
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Amne was born in Year -12 on Alderaan to Lydia Zailyn, an acclaimed flutist. Her grandmother, Isaline Zailyn, was a high-ranking Draconian Army officer who, after the surrender of the Draconian Union in Year -27, was among the nobles who fled the Phoenix Revolution and set up exile courts led by surviving claimants to the Hapan throne. Isaline was welcomed into the homes of her brothers and sisters who, along with their extravagant dowries, had been married into noble families in various sectors after the death of Princess Da'tan Pal'durath in Year -61. Due to her reluctance to marry or take a consort, it was expected that Isaline would adopt one of her nieces or grandnieces as her heiress. However, within a few months, it became clear that she was indeed with child. She would not disclose the identity of the father and, early in Year -26, she gave birth to her daughter Lydia on Alderaan. Isaline dedicated herself to working with the Refugee Relief Movement, using her considerable funds to relocate Hapan refugees to peaceful, refined worlds throughout the Republic. Over the years, Lydia performed as a child prodigy with a gift for playing the Alderaanian flute.
 
 
Amne Thian Zailyn, the only child of [[Lydia Zailyn]], was raised on her mother's smuggling ship, the ''Bën Riore'', although she would leave her daughter with trusted friends before embarking on a particularly dangerous assignment. Amne considered the members of Lydia's smuggling organization to be part of her extended family, and she was in many ways a daughter to them all. Amne was taught how to watch and listen, move quickly and quietly, defend herself armed or unarmed, pilot and fix ships, and both slice into and protect important files.
 
 
 
However, Amne was scholarly by nature and not much interested in pursuing her mother's line of work. Jeric, the elderly cook on the ''Bën Riore'', used to slip her sweets as he told her fantastic bedtime stories of politics and intrigue. These stories later informed her interest in her namesake, [http://library.hapes.org/index.php?title=Thian_Tini%27duran Thian Tini'duran], who was one of the most beloved Queen Mothers in Hapan history. The Queen Mother's decisions to treat her consort as her equal and to establish the feudal nobility system in order to link proper governance with family status and honor influenced many of Amne's early views on politics. Wishing to become part of the [http://library.hapes.org/index.php?title=Civil_Service Civil Service], Amne convinced her mother to allow her to attend a distinguished university on Hapes.
 
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{{Quote|I will never love a husband as I love you.|[[Dianthe Tal'e]]}}
 
Soon after arriving on the planet Hapes, Amne became interested in Dianthe of Phelope, the eldest daughter of Seth Tal'e and Isola Kuat.<ref name="Aces High">''[http://holonet.swc-empire.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16219 Aces High: Warlords and Scumbags]''</ref> Dianthe had been engaged to marry her older paternal half-brother Artor, the only child of Seth's late first wife, from early childhood, but that did not deter her from becoming involved with Amne. They remained together even after Dianthe's marriage. Upon graduating from university, Amne enlisted in the Royal Hapan Navy as military experience was required for civil servants. She was able to utilize her smuggling skills in creative ways during her basic training. She regularly corresponded with Dianthe, who was experiencing her first pregnancy. Amne was able to be present when Dianthe gave birth to Sidonie, who Amne considered to be as her own child. Amne kept pictures of them with her when she was away; they were especially comforting when she was sent on a lengthy assignment to Deep Core to assist the newly-merged Galactic Empire. Here, she became friends with the fighter pilots and non-commissioned officers of the [[Imperial Navy]], such as [[Ninian DeLayn]] and [[Alexander Kuhn]]. When she returned to the Hapes Cluster, Amne received the news that Dianthe and Sidonie had been killed. She became more religious, believing that people suffer undeserved tragedies in order to reach spiritual enlightenment. She reached the conclusion that the gods had been displeased with the death of Lana Da'tanah, the last of the rightful queen-mothers, and that the Hapes Cluster had entered into a dark era. Instead of entering the Civil Service when she was discharged from the Hapan military, Amne left the Hapes Cluster and moved to the Imperial Territories.  
 
 
 
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====Becoming an Imperial====
 
  
Amne settled on Corellia for some time, taken in by the Davrins at the request of her parents. She decided to enroll in the Imperial Academy, and she kept in touch with the Davrins and her parents throughout her time there. Amne threw herself into her studies at the Academy, much as she had done in university. Her training officer was Major [[Califf D`Troit]], the Army Adjutant who was known for returning the [[1IL|First Imperial Legion]] to the glory it experienced before the betrayal of [[Inara Imperium]] and subsequent defection of many Immortals. Amne became friends with Nalani Connell, a graduating half-Zeltron student who was determined to prove herself worthy of Imperial service. Nalani was the daughter of a pleasure-slave who had been emancipated by Imperial law, and she held little regard for the corrupted Galactic Republic of old. She had cultivated a frosty demeanor to remain focused on her duties and ward off any students who expected her to be as sexually available as Zeltrons were reputed to be. Nalani particularly avoided flyboys who were headed for the Navy, and her experiences, along with Amne's mentorship with Major D`Troit, influenced Amne's decision to enter the Army. They remained friends even after Nalani graduated. Amne sought out friendships with other women in the Academy, although she did not often speak of her life outside of the Academy, and she became friendly with several other students. Amne graduated near the top of her class in Year 11 at the rank of Corporal and, when deployed as a Master Sergeant, she was eagerly welcomed to the Immortals under the command of D`Troit, who was by then a Lieutenant Colonel, with 1st Lieutenant [[Elvira Falston]] as his Executive Officer and 2nd Lieutenant [[Dragomir Kies]] as the Legion Adjutant. She was quickly sent to the Coruscant Sector for a combat patrol mission, codenamed Operation Blitz, and was assigned to Squad Leader [[Felix Stones]]. Her squad, the Sabres, scouted several planets for signs of rebel bases or hostile armies. The Sabres arrested a number of hostiles that had established hidden bases throughout the system and retook some occupied Imperial buildings. The Immortals took it upon themselves to map their assigned sectors, marking potential microjump points and updating the political maps of the planets. They were commended with special recognition upon the conclusion of Operation Blitz, after the inspection of 4 systems with 30 planets in total.  
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Amne spent her earliest years traveling with Lydia under the care of a nanny, then a governess, as she performed throughout the Republic, though she was given to the care of her grandmother when the time came for her to attend the Alderaan Select Academy for Young Ladies. Out of a desire to reconcile with her extended family after Isaline's death in Year 0, Lydia sent the twelve-year-old Amne to Procopia to stay with relatives. When Amne developed a mutual affection with her distant cousin, Édouard Ruellan, their parents arranged a betrothal. With her marriage agreement in place, Amne accompanied the Ruellans to Coruscant in Year 3 when they were invited to the Imperial Court as per tradition.<ref name="Footnote 2">Biannually the extended family of the rulers of the Tapani houses were invited to Coruscant to join the Imperial Court for a year, while the High Lord or Lady stayed in the sector. The rolling rotation ensured each cluster of the allied houses had at least one major family living in the Imperial City at any given time. Though the families were essentially held hostage, the constant presence allowed the Tapani nobles to greatly increase their standing in the Core community.</ref> Amne and Édouard were married upon their return to Procopia in Year 4; their son was born near the end of the following year. Amne was widowed in Year 10 after six years of marriage. Motivated by [[Cherokee]]'s ascension to the Imperial throne in Year 11, Amne decided to enlist in the [[Imperial Army]]. Her son, aged 5, remained in Tapani as his grandparents' heir.
  
{{Quote|I presume ignorance, inexperience and trigger nerves blend about as well as Wookiees and baths. With Amne's reflexes [[Lilith Sarka|that poor thing]] never had a chance.|[[Graeda L'Annan]]<ref name="Aces High" />}}
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===Military career===
Amne was permitted a brief sabbatical, and she spent the weekend on Corellia with Ben Davrin. Afterward, instead of being ordered back to the Army base, Amne was sent to a mission briefing in Coronet. Chief Daelis Stanov of Imperial Intelligence was to pose as a wealthy businessman offering to sell Imperial supplies to Dax Goreline, a warlord of Garos; Amne, Captain [[Euna Miriel]], Crewman [[Lilith Sarka]] and computer specialist [[Thalia Brando]] were tasked to be his entourage. Amne and Euna were assigned to protect Brando as she extracted data from Goreline's casino's mainframe computer. Amne was surprised that she had been chosen for an Intelligence mission, given that she hadn't been an Imperial citizen for long.  
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{{Quote|Amne Zailyn — the capable and ambitious commander of the 5th Brigade, whose lasting contributions to that unit and to the Legion cannot be tidily summarized.|Brigadier General [[David Terrio]]<ref name="Feb13">'' [http://commcent.swc-empire.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=1830#p14816 2nd Legion Address], February 2013''</ref>}}
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Amne was promoted to Master Sergeant upon her completion of basic training at the [[Imperial Academy]] and assigned to serve in the [[1st Imperial Legion]] under the command of Lieutenant Colonel [[Califf D`Troit]]. Notable among her fellow legionnaires were [[Elvira Falston]], [[Dragomir Kies]], [[Santiano Salazar]], [[Felix Stones]], [[Dante Erinith]], [[Kol Seraph]], [[Tamarynn Farr]], [[Igneus Esh]], and [[Redme Schwarz]]. Amne was assigned to the Sabres and sent to scout for any signs of rebel bases or hostile armies. The Sabres found and captured a number of hostiles that had established hidden bases throughout the system and retook some occupied Imperial buildings. The Immortals took it upon themselves to map their assigned sectors, marking potential microjump points and updating the political maps of the planets. They were commended with special recognition upon the conclusion of Operation Blitz, after the inspection of 4 systems with 30 planets in total. With the creation of brigades, Amne served as the commander of the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion of the [[1st Brigade]] until she was reassigned to the Corporate Sector to serve as the executive officer of the [[5th Brigade]].
  
Onboard the ''Mendoza'', Crewman Sarka foolishly pulled a blaster on Lord General [[Graeda L'Annan]], not recognizing the Army Commanding Officer and believing her to be a threat. Amne swiftly disarmed Sarka and knocked her unconscious. Amne blushed "like a star-struck schoolgirl" when L'Annan commended her quick actions as she idolized the Lord General. As per orders, Amne arranged for guards to detain Sarka before returning her to her fleet, although Amne thought that Sarka should have been courtmartialed for her actions.<ref name="Aces High" />  
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Amne was soon awarded an MID, a testament to her seamless integration into the reconnaissance brigade. When her commanding officer, Captain [[Deryk Ysenm]], had to take an extended leave of absence for medical reasons, Amne succeeded him as the commanding officer of the 5th Brigade and resolved to follow his example to the best of her ability. It was during this time that she came to work closely with those in her Sector Command, including [[David Terrio]], [[Agramon Kane]], [[Eric Jackson]] and [[Everard de Montfort]]. During the 2nd Legion's deployment for Operation Sovereign Canopy, Amne was invested with the authority to command and direct all active Imperial forces on Derra IV in the absence of Lieutenant Colonel Kane. Their joint deployments allowed her to work with commanders such as [[Edward Canfield]], [[Santiano Salazar]], [[Akai Ai]], [[Tyrren Montari]], [[Lane Rendell]], [[Navarro de Molay]], [[Cora Ersin]], [[Redme Schwarz]] and [[Benedict Tharandon]]. She was awarded a letter of commendation for her efforts, and she was promoted to Major in recognition of her time served and the exemplary nature of that service, both as commander of the 5th Brigade and of the joint forces on Derra IV.<ref name="May18">'' Imperial Monthly Meeting, May 2013''</ref>
  
{{Quote|This is the Spirit of The Immortals - that no matter what Catastrophies strike us, we will stubbornly rise from the ashes and flap our wings, unleashing our fearless spirit against the enemies of the Empire with the power of the Phoenix!|[[Dragomir Kies]]}}
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Soon after the 5th Brigade's return to the Corporate Sector, Amne underwent training for the Army Signals Corps. Once her transfer was approved in Year 15, Amne — by this time, High Colonel Zailyn — relinquished command of the 5th Brigade to Major [[Bailley Zion]] during a change of command ceremony. High Colonel Kane commended her for being an exemplary Imperial officer and awarded her the Imperial Activity Medal for her "dedication and modest service to the 5th Brigade" during her 21 months as commander.<ref name="Apr22">'' Change of Command Ceremony, April 2014''</ref>
Upon returning to the Immortals, Amne learned that 1st Lieutenant Falston had accepted a position with [[Imperial Intelligence]] and that Lieutenant Colonel D`Troit had been moved to the Reserves upon being stricken with a grave illness. 2nd Lieutenant Kies was appointed Legion Commanding Officer with 2nd Lieutenant Morcha Drayson as his Executive Officer.  
 
  
Amne declined invitations to the Imperial Ball, hosted on Year 12 Day 39, from [[Dante Erinith]] and [[Lane Rendell]] in order to attend with Miriel.<ref name="IRC">''IRC''</ref>  Amne ran into Rendell on Bothawui while on leave for her twenty-fifth birthday. They went out for drinks and Amne later invited herself along with Rendell to reclaim his space station from pirates.<ref name="99 Bottles">''[http://holonet.swc-empire.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=19036 99 Bottles of Rum on the Wall]''</ref> After hearing [[Lilith Sarka]] say that non-humans were not sapient and that "an alien who can fly a ship or shoot a blaster is like a dog you've taught to open the fridge," Amne mused that one of the greatest nights she'd ever had was with a Bothan who "certainly didn't need to be taught any tricks." Rumors ran rampant throughout the barracks, much to Amne's amusement. Much later, she revealed in confidence to Zhaff Orikan and Kalisa Danao that it hadn't happened to her, but to a friend. During the second half of Year 13, Amne accepted Danao's invitation to a small gathering at Orikan's home on the Corellian lake Chirq Eharl. When Kalisa later asked Amne to dance, revealing her romantic intentions, Amne gently informed her that she was in love with Euna Miriel, then her girlfriend of nearly two years. Kalisa drank rather heavily out of embarrassment of her rejected advances, but resolved to continue wooing Amne.<ref name="IRC" /> Amne became uncomfortable with the single-minded pursuit and eventually ended the friendship.
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===Sith training===
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It was around this time that Eric Jackson, Hélène's godfather, used Amne's connection to her daughter to make a stunning revelation: Amne was attuned to the Force. Jackson, who served as the Lord Steward of the [[Order of the Sith]], offered to train her to use the Force. Amne, wary of Force users, accepted his offer after being convinced that learning to use the Force was the best way to protect herself and her family from those who would manipulate or otherwise harm them. With the approval of the [[Sith Council]], Amne became the apprentice of Darth Sigyn.
  
Amne was appointed to the position of Executive Officer of the [[2nd_Imperial_Legion#5th_Brigade.2C_the_Infernos|5th Brigade]] in Year 13. Her departure from the Immortals was bittersweet, but she was seamlessly integrated into the Inferno under the leadership of Captain [[Deryk Ysenm]] and Colonel [[David Terrio]].
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Amne learned in her first lesson with Sigyn that the Sith and Jedi Orders were splinters of the Je'daii Order, the ancient organization of the Tythans who studied the light and dark sides of the Force, named Ashla and Bogan for the two moons of Tython, and believed that using both sides in equal measure was essential to maintaining balance in the Force. Her master maintained that the Sith Order reflected this ancient belief and thus had a greater understanding of the Force, unlike the Jedi Order which forbade the study and use of the dark side. Sigyn granted her the use of his personal library, where she was able to read the literature, history and philosophy of various Force traditions.
  
===Personality===
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As she furthered her studies, she came to an understanding of the Force that was informed by her deeply held religious beliefs. Amne believed that the Tythans had limited themselves by centering their understanding of the Force on the study of their planet Tython and its moons, Ashla and Bogan, and that their approach was no more universal than the Nightsisters' magic-based understanding of the Force. Though Sigyn did not see the import of studying the nature of the Force, he respected Amne's interest and suggested that she serve the Trayus Institute as a Sith Knight.
As a child, Amne was enthralled by Hapani songs and stories of romance and adventure. The tales were more gritty than most stories for children, filled with intrigue and violence as they were. She developed the belief that gods who receive homage must be cruel so that their worshipers can find the beauty between the shadow of tragedy and the light of joy. Amne still keeps Hapani literature and music on her personal datapad. Amne never cared to stop defaulting to the use of feminine pronouns, even when speaking in Basic. She slowly broke herself of the habit of using Hapani years when referring to past events, such as giving her birth year as '14. Her wardrobe is heavily influenced by Hapani fashion. It is frequently remarked that she is friendly to strangers and takes a diplomatic approach to problem-solving. She has many friends but confides in few, although her emotions are often readily apparent. Amne had always associated and been associated with fire on account of her hair. She found it fitting that the units she served in were steeped in fiery symbolism: the Immortals' perpetually rekindling phoenix and the pure conflagration of the Inferno.
 
  
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==Personality and traits==
 
===Relationships===
 
===Relationships===
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Amne first met [[Euna Miriel]] early in Year 12 when they were assigned to protect computer specialist [[Thalia Brando]] as they all posed as escorts for [[Daelis Stanov]], an [[II]] agent undercover as a wealthy businessman offering to sell Imperial supplies to a warlord of Garos. While working together, the two developed feelings for one another. Though their relationship was often interrupted by their duties, Amne and Euna found ways to communicate with each other. In Year 13, Amne changed her permanent residence to the ''Scheherezade'', the C-3 registered to her and Miriel. At the end of the year, Amne and Euna received notice that their brigades would be among those deployed to the war-torn surface of Derra IV. Though they were grateful to be reunited when Amne arrived as part of the second rotation, Euna was much changed by the suffering she'd undergone and witnessed during the first rotation of [[Operation Sovereign Canopy]], known to have contained the fiercest and most stubbornly contested battles against the [[Galactic Alliance]] on Derra IV. By the end of her deployment, Amne and Euna were engaged and expecting their first daughter together. The expectant mothers applied for transfers to non-combative roles in the Army, Amne to Signals and Euna to Logistics. They married in a private ceremony near the turn of the year, four months before the birth of their daughter Hélène in Corellia.
  
====Friends====
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==Powers and abilities==
 
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Amne's natural talents lie with Control,​ accessing her inner Force to better utilize the powers of her own body.​ She also shows talent in Sense, sensing the Force that binds and connects all things. As an apprentice, she sometimes received vague impressions of the Force, feeling uneasy due to an unseen situation or sense the presence of powerful emanations of the dark side. ​With those to whom she is close, she can sense when they are injured or in distress. With training, she learned to extend her senses through the Force to gain an awareness of her surroundings. She is by far the weakest in Alter, or changing the distribution and nature of the Force in her environment.
'''Nalani Connell''' -
 
  
'''[[Lane Rendell]]''' - Lane initially expressed romantic interest in Amne, which she did not return, but they became friends on her twenty-fifth birthday as they worked together to reclaim his space station from pirates.<ref name="99 Bottles" /> Amne later teasingly expressed her apologies when she learned that Rendell nearly married [[Thalia Brando]], with whom she was familiar due to her undercover assignment in Garos.<ref name="Aces High" />
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==Service Record==
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===Awards===
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Achievement_Medal|Achievement Medal]]'''
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**Awarded Y14 D274 by Lord General [[Graeda L'Annan]].
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Battle_Efficiency_Medal|Battle Efficiency Medal]]'''
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**Awarded Y14 D275 by Colonel Agramon Kane.
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Brigade_Command_Medal|Brigade Command Medal]]'''
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**Conferred by virtue of status.
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Letter_of_Commendation|Letter of Commendation]]'''
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**Awarded Y14 D170 by Brigadier General [[David Terrio]].
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Imperial_Activity_Medal|Imperial Activity Medal]]'''
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**Awarded Y15 D144 by High Colonel Agramon Kane.
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Imperial_Service_Medal|3-Year Imperial Service Medal]]'''
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**Conferred by virtue of status.
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Imperial_Campaign_Medal|Imperial Campaign Medal]]'''
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**For participation in Operation Sovereign Canopy, Year 14.
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Imperial_Academy_Basic_Graduate|Imperial Academy Basic Graduate - Honours]]'''
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**Awarded Y11 D309.
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Mentioned_in_Dispatches|Mentioned in Dispatches]]'''
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**Awarded Y13 D286 by Colonel [[David Terrio]].
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*'''[[Honours_and_Awards_-_Empire#Imperial_Meeting_Medal|Imperial Meeting Medal]]'''
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**Conferred by virtue of status.
  
'''[[Ninian DeLayn]]''' - Amne and Ninian met as unlikely allies when Amne's Hapan fleet was temporarily assigned to Deep Core to assist the Imperial Navy. The Hapan women stood in stark contrast during their first meeting. Ninian had been adopted and raised by Corellians and knew nothing of her native culture. Amne was inclined to look upon Imperials with distaste due to their misogynistic culture, viewed as ludicrous in the Hapes Cluster. They became friends although they did not meet again until years later, when Amne was a senior enlisted member of the Imperial Army and Ninian was a commanding officer in the Navy.
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===Ranks===
 
 
'''Alexander Kuhn''' -
 
 
 
====Family====
 
 
 
'''Lydia Zailyn''' - Lydia started her life of crime as a young woman, beginning her career in a smuggling gang. Lydia fell in love with Ezri Katriel, a cop from Arxian who was assigned to work undercover as a mercenary attached to the smuggling vessel ''L'Spëyr'', when Amne was nine.
 
 
 
====Romance====
 
 
 
'''Dianthe Tal'e''' - Dianthe was the first love of Amne's life. They met at university, after Dianthe had persuaded her mother (the Dukana Tal'e) to allow her to attend before marrying her half-brother Artor. Amne remained Dianthe's lover after her marriage, and she considered Dianthe's child Sidonie to be as her own daughter. Dianthe and Artor were friendly, keeping up appearances as a dutiful married couple raising their legitimate heiress, with each having their extramarital love affairs. Amne was grief-stricken to hear of their assassinations, and Artor's subsequent remarriage to his younger half-sister, and she left the Hapes Cluster soon after completing her Hapan military service.
 
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'''Ben Davrin''' - Amne and Ben met twice as children when their parents were visited each other but they really got to know each other when Amne stayed at his parents' mansion on Corellia for an extended amount of time after leaving the Hapes Cluster. Amne attended the Jenruasi with Ben, and they became romantically—but not exclusively—involved.<ref name="Vanquished">''[http://holonet.swc-empire.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&p=246285#p246285 The Vanquished]''</ref> As Amne was entering the military and Ben was frequently traveling for his work as a private detective, neither of them were willing to commit to a relationship. Still, Amne spent her military leave with him, or else visiting his parents, until she started dating Euna.
 
 
 
'''[[Euna Miriel]]''' - After they were assigned to work together for a covert Imperial Intelligence mission, Amne's friendship with Euna blossomed into a full-fledged romance.
 
 
 
===Service Record===
 
====Ranks====
 
 
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<td>Promoted to Captain</td>
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<td>Year 14 Day 87</td>
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<td>Promoted to Major</td>
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<td>Year 14 Day 170</td>
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<td>Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel</td>
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<td>Year 14 Day 275</td>
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<td>Promoted to Colonel</td>
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<td>Year 14 Day 337</td>
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<td>Promoted to High Colonel</td>
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<td>Year 15 Day 99</td>
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====Other Recognition====
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| position = Army Signals Officer
*Y11D309: Graduated from the Imperial Academy
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| predecessor = [[Draco Creed]]
*Y13D259: Appointed Brigade Executive Officer, 5th "Inferno" Brigade, 2nd Imperial Legion
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| successor = [[Navarro de Molay]]
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| name = Amne Zailyn
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| time = Y14D307 - Y15D260
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}}
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| position = 2nd Legion Signals Officer
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| predecessor = [[Mikal Blak]]
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| successor = [[Nikai Tonnak]]
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| name = Amne Zailyn
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| time = Y15D143 - Y15D260
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}}
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| position = 5th Brigade Commanding Officer
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| predecessor = [[Deryk Ysenm]]
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| successor = [[Bailley Zion]]
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| name = Amne Zailyn
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| time = Y13D336 - Y15D143
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}}
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| position = 5th Brigade Executive Officer
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| predecessor = [[Tec Vaan]]
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| successor = [[Wyatt Gabriel]]
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| name = Amne Zailyn
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| time = Y13D259 - Y13D336
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Amne Zailyn
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Biographical Information
Race Hapan
Homeworld Alderaan
Mother Lydia Zailyn
Father
Spouse Édouard Ruellan (m. Y4–Y10; his death)
Euna Miriel (m. Y15–present)
Siblings
Children 2
Born Year -12 Day 76 (Galactic date)

Year 4014 Day 76 (Hapan date)

Imperial Service
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Imperial Army
Positions
Prior Service Army Signals Officer
2nd Legion Signals Officer
5th Brigade Commanding Officer
Awards 8082_zailyn.png


Amne Zailyn was a Hapan of noble descent who was dedicated to a life of service to the Empire. After being widowed as a young mother, Amne gained entrance to the Imperial Academy and began her career as a reconnaissance soldier. She distinguished herself as the commanding officer of the 5th Brigade and was highly decorated after her meritorious service on Derra IV. Amne served as an officer of Army Command from Year 14 to 15, during which time she apprenticed herself to Darth Sigyn to learn the ways of the Force. Perhaps unusually, she was trained to Sith Knight of the Order of the Sith without stepping foot in a Sith academy.

Biography

Early life and family

Amne was born in Year -12 on Alderaan to Lydia Zailyn, an acclaimed flutist. Her grandmother, Isaline Zailyn, was a high-ranking Draconian Army officer who, after the surrender of the Draconian Union in Year -27, was among the nobles who fled the Phoenix Revolution and set up exile courts led by surviving claimants to the Hapan throne. Isaline was welcomed into the homes of her brothers and sisters who, along with their extravagant dowries, had been married into noble families in various sectors after the death of Princess Da'tan Pal'durath in Year -61. Due to her reluctance to marry or take a consort, it was expected that Isaline would adopt one of her nieces or grandnieces as her heiress. However, within a few months, it became clear that she was indeed with child. She would not disclose the identity of the father and, early in Year -26, she gave birth to her daughter Lydia on Alderaan. Isaline dedicated herself to working with the Refugee Relief Movement, using her considerable funds to relocate Hapan refugees to peaceful, refined worlds throughout the Republic. Over the years, Lydia performed as a child prodigy with a gift for playing the Alderaanian flute.

Amne spent her earliest years traveling with Lydia under the care of a nanny, then a governess, as she performed throughout the Republic, though she was given to the care of her grandmother when the time came for her to attend the Alderaan Select Academy for Young Ladies. Out of a desire to reconcile with her extended family after Isaline's death in Year 0, Lydia sent the twelve-year-old Amne to Procopia to stay with relatives. When Amne developed a mutual affection with her distant cousin, Édouard Ruellan, their parents arranged a betrothal. With her marriage agreement in place, Amne accompanied the Ruellans to Coruscant in Year 3 when they were invited to the Imperial Court as per tradition.[1] Amne and Édouard were married upon their return to Procopia in Year 4; their son was born near the end of the following year. Amne was widowed in Year 10 after six years of marriage. Motivated by Cherokee's ascension to the Imperial throne in Year 11, Amne decided to enlist in the Imperial Army. Her son, aged 5, remained in Tapani as his grandparents' heir.

Military career

"Amne Zailyn — the capable and ambitious commander of the 5th Brigade, whose lasting contributions to that unit and to the Legion cannot be tidily summarized."
— Brigadier General David Terrio[2]

Amne was promoted to Master Sergeant upon her completion of basic training at the Imperial Academy and assigned to serve in the 1st Imperial Legion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Califf D`Troit. Notable among her fellow legionnaires were Elvira Falston, Dragomir Kies, Santiano Salazar, Felix Stones, Dante Erinith, Kol Seraph, Tamarynn Farr, Igneus Esh, and Redme Schwarz. Amne was assigned to the Sabres and sent to scout for any signs of rebel bases or hostile armies. The Sabres found and captured a number of hostiles that had established hidden bases throughout the system and retook some occupied Imperial buildings. The Immortals took it upon themselves to map their assigned sectors, marking potential microjump points and updating the political maps of the planets. They were commended with special recognition upon the conclusion of Operation Blitz, after the inspection of 4 systems with 30 planets in total. With the creation of brigades, Amne served as the commander of the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion of the 1st Brigade until she was reassigned to the Corporate Sector to serve as the executive officer of the 5th Brigade.

Amne was soon awarded an MID, a testament to her seamless integration into the reconnaissance brigade. When her commanding officer, Captain Deryk Ysenm, had to take an extended leave of absence for medical reasons, Amne succeeded him as the commanding officer of the 5th Brigade and resolved to follow his example to the best of her ability. It was during this time that she came to work closely with those in her Sector Command, including David Terrio, Agramon Kane, Eric Jackson and Everard de Montfort. During the 2nd Legion's deployment for Operation Sovereign Canopy, Amne was invested with the authority to command and direct all active Imperial forces on Derra IV in the absence of Lieutenant Colonel Kane. Their joint deployments allowed her to work with commanders such as Edward Canfield, Santiano Salazar, Akai Ai, Tyrren Montari, Lane Rendell, Navarro de Molay, Cora Ersin, Redme Schwarz and Benedict Tharandon. She was awarded a letter of commendation for her efforts, and she was promoted to Major in recognition of her time served and the exemplary nature of that service, both as commander of the 5th Brigade and of the joint forces on Derra IV.[3]

Soon after the 5th Brigade's return to the Corporate Sector, Amne underwent training for the Army Signals Corps. Once her transfer was approved in Year 15, Amne — by this time, High Colonel Zailyn — relinquished command of the 5th Brigade to Major Bailley Zion during a change of command ceremony. High Colonel Kane commended her for being an exemplary Imperial officer and awarded her the Imperial Activity Medal for her "dedication and modest service to the 5th Brigade" during her 21 months as commander.[4]

Sith training

It was around this time that Eric Jackson, Hélène's godfather, used Amne's connection to her daughter to make a stunning revelation: Amne was attuned to the Force. Jackson, who served as the Lord Steward of the Order of the Sith, offered to train her to use the Force. Amne, wary of Force users, accepted his offer after being convinced that learning to use the Force was the best way to protect herself and her family from those who would manipulate or otherwise harm them. With the approval of the Sith Council, Amne became the apprentice of Darth Sigyn.

Amne learned in her first lesson with Sigyn that the Sith and Jedi Orders were splinters of the Je'daii Order, the ancient organization of the Tythans who studied the light and dark sides of the Force, named Ashla and Bogan for the two moons of Tython, and believed that using both sides in equal measure was essential to maintaining balance in the Force. Her master maintained that the Sith Order reflected this ancient belief and thus had a greater understanding of the Force, unlike the Jedi Order which forbade the study and use of the dark side. Sigyn granted her the use of his personal library, where she was able to read the literature, history and philosophy of various Force traditions.

As she furthered her studies, she came to an understanding of the Force that was informed by her deeply held religious beliefs. Amne believed that the Tythans had limited themselves by centering their understanding of the Force on the study of their planet Tython and its moons, Ashla and Bogan, and that their approach was no more universal than the Nightsisters' magic-based understanding of the Force. Though Sigyn did not see the import of studying the nature of the Force, he respected Amne's interest and suggested that she serve the Trayus Institute as a Sith Knight.

Personality and traits

Relationships

Amne first met Euna Miriel early in Year 12 when they were assigned to protect computer specialist Thalia Brando as they all posed as escorts for Daelis Stanov, an II agent undercover as a wealthy businessman offering to sell Imperial supplies to a warlord of Garos. While working together, the two developed feelings for one another. Though their relationship was often interrupted by their duties, Amne and Euna found ways to communicate with each other. In Year 13, Amne changed her permanent residence to the Scheherezade, the C-3 registered to her and Miriel. At the end of the year, Amne and Euna received notice that their brigades would be among those deployed to the war-torn surface of Derra IV. Though they were grateful to be reunited when Amne arrived as part of the second rotation, Euna was much changed by the suffering she'd undergone and witnessed during the first rotation of Operation Sovereign Canopy, known to have contained the fiercest and most stubbornly contested battles against the Galactic Alliance on Derra IV. By the end of her deployment, Amne and Euna were engaged and expecting their first daughter together. The expectant mothers applied for transfers to non-combative roles in the Army, Amne to Signals and Euna to Logistics. They married in a private ceremony near the turn of the year, four months before the birth of their daughter Hélène in Corellia.

Powers and abilities

Amne's natural talents lie with Control,​ accessing her inner Force to better utilize the powers of her own body.​ She also shows talent in Sense, sensing the Force that binds and connects all things. As an apprentice, she sometimes received vague impressions of the Force, feeling uneasy due to an unseen situation or sense the presence of powerful emanations of the dark side. ​With those to whom she is close, she can sense when they are injured or in distress. With training, she learned to extend her senses through the Force to gain an awareness of her surroundings. She is by far the weakest in Alter, or changing the distribution and nature of the Force in her environment.

Service Record

Awards

Ranks

Event Date
Assigned to the Imperial Army Year 11 Day 309
Promoted to Master Sergeant Year 11 Day 309
Promoted to Command Sergeant Year 12 Day 330
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant Year 13 Day 314
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant Year 14 Day 25
Promoted to Captain Year 14 Day 87
Promoted to Major Year 14 Day 170
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Year 14 Day 275
Promoted to Colonel Year 14 Day 337
Promoted to High Colonel Year 15 Day 99
Army Signals Officer
Preceded By:
Draco Creed
Amne Zailyn
Y14D307 - Y15D260
Succeeded By:
Navarro de Molay
2nd Legion Signals Officer
Preceded By:
Mikal Blak
Amne Zailyn
Y15D143 - Y15D260
Succeeded By:
Nikai Tonnak
5th Brigade Commanding Officer
Preceded By:
Deryk Ysenm
Amne Zailyn
Y13D336 - Y15D143
Succeeded By:
Bailley Zion
5th Brigade Executive Officer
Preceded By:
Tec Vaan
Amne Zailyn
Y13D259 - Y13D336
Succeeded By:
Wyatt Gabriel


Notes

  1. Biannually the extended family of the rulers of the Tapani houses were invited to Coruscant to join the Imperial Court for a year, while the High Lord or Lady stayed in the sector. The rolling rotation ensured each cluster of the allied houses had at least one major family living in the Imperial City at any given time. Though the families were essentially held hostage, the constant presence allowed the Tapani nobles to greatly increase their standing in the Core community.
  2. 2nd Legion Address, February 2013
  3. Imperial Monthly Meeting, May 2013
  4. Change of Command Ceremony, April 2014