Vatuma grew up on Shili in a very traditional family, and it seemed like she bristled against the pack mentality of Togruta custom from the moment she learned to take her first steps as a child. Each and every time she wanted to strike out on her own, her parents would remind her that she had to put her family, her village, her race, or even her whole planet before her own needs and desires. She didn’t agree with their hunting practices and refused to eat meat. The last straw was when her parents tried to push her into a traditional marriage. This prompted her to finally follow through on what she had been daring herself to do for years: run away from it all.

She now runs a very successful “shipping” business. She calls it that because it’s the closest descriptor, but she really could do any job with any crew. She doesn’t set out to engage in illicit activity, but since laws are just society’s way of trying to run her life, she’s open to bending and breaking the law if the deal seems good. She’s never had the same crew twice. She prefers to hand pick her teams depending on the job. However, her Togrutan instincts make her extremely gifted at assembling and leading a team.

Her desire for independence and personal choice drives most of her ambition. She wants her business to thrive, but, more importantly, she loves being her own boss.

She’s phenomenal at forming bonds with others in the moment, but her fear of being trapped makes it so that she never forms real, lasting relationships. (At least so far, anyway…) She’ll flash a winning smile while trying to keep someone at arm’s length. She never wants to talk about her personal life and instead brags about past adventures post-cutting ties with Shili.

Deep, deep down, though, she feels guilt over abandoning her family and her people. So if someone or something from her early life were to appear, she would feel a strong pull to go home and reconcile.

Likewise, she might go to an extreme to protect or help someone on her crew, despite not knowing them very well or not wanting them to get close. (She’s projecting her guilt over her estranged family when she does this.)