Insurrection on Aaloth

An insurrection took place on the Twi'lek colony planet Aaloth during the High Republic Era. Aaloth had been in a state of famine for several seasons, causing the hungry populace to lead demonstrations and riots against the ruling family. Keeper of Aaloth Yudiah Dee opposed developing Aaloth's economy around spice mining, but his daughter Lourna Dee believed it necessary to feed and control the hungry and discontented populace.

Lourna's boyfriend, Bala Waleen, a spicerunner in league with the Zygerrian Alliance, induced Lourna to support a coup d'état he would lead to depose her father, promising he would install Lourna in her father's place as Keeper and that the couple would rule Aaloth together. Waleen explained that rioters, in league with the Palace Guard, would storm the palace that night, and Lourna's family would be escorted to a safe room for a change in government where they would be unharmed. Believing Waleen, Lourna unlocked the doors to the safe room, but Waleen nonetheless ordered the guards to execute Lourna's family.

Captain of the Guard Kalla Secaria referred to Waleen as "Keeper," a role Waleen had promised to Lourna. Waleen and Secaria then demanded Lourna sign a document abdicating her right of succession as Keeper and installing Waleen in her place. Lourna refused, so Waleen drugged his girlfriend with glitterstim and sold her as a slave to the Zygerrian enslaver Lady Vardem Kroleyic.

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