Born in an Imperial work colony in 2BBY, Jalaara never grew close to her family. From a young age, she would often wander off for hours at a time more interested in the underground lava vent cave system of their home than her own safety. As she grew, scavenging for parts to construct useful tools went from a secret hobby to how she paid for her passage on a merchant ship smuggling refugees off of planets held by the last remnants of the Empire. Her awareness of the Force was not so sudden, but more of a gradual realization that objects she hunted for in the sprawl and rubble seemed to "call out" to her in a way that they did not do to others, and that some heightened sense guided her.

Dissatisfied with her parents' contentment in a simple life free from Imperial Rule, Jalaara's instincts led her away in was likely a mutually beneficial pilgrimage. She sometimes wonders what has become of them, and others in the Order have remarked that her disinterest in her family is noticeably more "cold" than for those who have chosen the ascetic lifestyle of the Jedi.

Jalaara spent her teens doing odd jobs on merchant ships across the galaxy as it rebuilt from Civil War when she was noticed by a mysterious elderly woman who noticed her Force "aura". She spoke to Jalaara in an unknown language, but the seeming jibberish turned out to almost be like having her fortune told, and the words gave Jalaara visions that she followed to a freighter on-world that was picking up supplies for an NJO temple. Sensing her uncertainty, the leader of that temple, a Lannik scholar named Forham Wex, welcomed her into his training.

Knowledge - There is always something new to learn, and contentment is a waste of opportunity.

Strength: Curiosity - Jalaara is always eager to learn. Every corner of the galaxy is full of new truths that we can use to expand our understanding and further our mastery of the Force.

Weakness: Dogmatic - Jalaara takes a dim view of those who focus on vague mysticism and "woo-woo." To her, anything about the Force not yet understood simply means that it has not YET become understood, and sees those who retreat into "the Force works in mysterious ways" as either lazy or ignorant.

5'6", long white hair, white/silver eyes. Thin blue decorative tattoos visible on arms and face in curving, runic arcs and swirls.