Carise Sindian

Carise Sindian, once occasionally fashioned as Lady Carise Sindian, was a human female politician who represented the wealthy planet of Arkanis in the Galactic Senate of the New Republic. Sidian belonged to the Centrists, whose members favoured a stronger New Republic and a more powerful New Republic Defense Force. During her time in office, she offered the position of First Senator as a replacement to Chancellor, but was met with opposition from many different senators.

Sindian was also of royal bloodline, and became the supreme governor of the planet Birren after Leia Organa, a highly influential senior senator, refused the position, following the current governor, Lord Mellowyn's death. Sindian searched the Great Hall of Birren and discovered a recording stating that Organa was the daughter of Darth Vader himself. Sindian used this to ruin Organa's reputation, by informing a close friend of hers, Ransolm Casterfo, of Organa's parentage. Casterfo had a deep hatred for Vader, so he revealed Organa's parentage to the Senate, forcing Organa to end her candidacy for First Senator. In secret, Sindian was working with the First Order, a fascist military junta that opposed the New Republic, and saw Organa backing down as a victory.

Later, Senator Tai-Lin Garr of Gatalenta was nominated to be First Senator. Sindian, using her connections in the First Order, hired Arliz Hadrassian, the leader of a paramilitary group, the Amaxine warriors. Hadrassian was successful in killing Garr, and then killed herself. Knowing Senators Casterfo and Organa had grown close from an investigation they shared together and finding Casterfo difficult to influence, Sindian decided to frame Casterfo for supporting Hadrassian, ruining his political career and sending him into exile for treason. Upon discovering this, Senator Organa confronted Sindian. Organa worked with the Elder Houses to strip Sindian of her royal titles and governorship of Birren on grounds that Sindian had broken an oath when revealing Organa's true parents.

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