History Characters / StarWarsHighRepublicEraGalacticRepublic

A reporter with [=GoNet=], Rhil was attached to the Jedi representatives during the Republic Fair on Valo and subsequently broadcast the Nihil's attack on the fair.

* RobotBuddy: Her cam droid T-9, who follows her constantly to record and broadcast.

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsStarlightGoTogether Starlight: Go Together]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsLightOfTheJedi Light of the Jedi]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicEyeOfTheStorm Eye of the Storm]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsChroniclesFromTheOcclusionZoneNoBigDeal No Big Deal]]''

* PutOnAPrisonBus: The end of ''Convergence'' sees him arrested and jailed on a Republic PrisonShip for his role in further fanning the flames of the Eiram-E'ronoh war. By ''Cataclysm'', he's been transferred to a [[TheAlcatraz high-security]] prison on Pipyyr before being transferred out. [[spoiler:At the end of that novel, he willingly accepts his continued incarceration in a prison on Coruscant.]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When she learns that the Nihil have [[TheDreaded a Nameless]] with them on Ballum, she wastes no time ordering Keeve and Santar taskforce [[RunOrDie to retreat]].

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* JerkassHasAPoint: While he might seem antagonistic towards the Jedi and not want them being used to combat the Nihil (which isn't actually true), it's poignant to know that the Jedi are supposed to be peacekeepers first and not an active military force (and this is one of the things that led to the Jedi Order's downfall). His point that they can't rely solely on the Jedi and may need a conventional military force is further reinforced when the Nihil start using [[MageHuntingMonster the Nameless]] against the Jedi, yet they have no effect on non-Force users.

->'''Appearances:''' ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheRisingStorm The Rising Storm]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheEyeOfDarkness The Eye of Darkness]]''

* BlatentLies: Tries to lie to Elzar and Avar, two of the most powerful Jedi alive, when they come to discuss what could have caused the Great Disaster and Marlowe immediately realizes from the data that Mari San Tekka's unique way of navigating hyperspace would explain what happened. The two Jedi easily pick up on his deception but don't press, determining that he wasn't being malicious and was simply protecting certain family secrets.

* BlatentLie: Tries to lie to Elzar and Avar, two of the most powerful Jedi alive, when they come to discuss what could have caused the Great Disaster and Marlowe immediately realizes from the data that Mari San Tekka's unique way of navigating hyperspace would explain what happened. The two Jedi easily pick up on his deception but don't press, determining that he wasn't being malicious and was simply protecting certain family secrets.

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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Hosnian Prime

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsOutOfTheShadows Out of the Shadows]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicTrailOfShadows Trail of Shadows]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsMissionToDisaster Mission to Disaster]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheFallenStar The Fallen Star]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheEyeOfDarkness The Eye of Darkness]]''

A powerful senator who represented Hosnian Prime and was a key member of Chancellor Soh's inner circle. She was also the mother of Avon Starros.
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* FantasticRacism: Despises droids and does not believe they should be allowed the capability to do anything beyond basic tasks. Droids that can fly ships or fight are particularly heinous to her as she views them as a threat to flesh-and-blood beings' place in the galaxy. Ghirra believes that only criminals would resort to using droids for such tasks, and it is Marchion replacing the crew of the ''Gaze Electric'' with droids that unnerves her the most about him.
* TheGhost: She goes unseen in ''[[Literature/StarWarsATestOfCourage A Test of Courage]]'' before finally appearing in ''Out of the Shadows''.
* IronicName: Her name originates from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghayrah ghayrah]], the concept of a "protective" jealousy over something. Being a good senator would certainly mean being protective of your world, but to the point of jealously may suggest [[AmbitionIsEvil some other]] [[{{Greed}} things]].
* TheMole: It is revealed in ''The Fallen Star'' that she is providing information to Marchion Ro to aid the Nihil and helps a sabotage crew board the ''Starlight Beacon'' to destroy it.
* PlayingBothSides: She was a key part of the process that led to Starlight Beacon being built but later helped the Nihil destroy it, all so that she could be in the good graces of both sides and benefit no matter who ended up winning the conflict between the Republic and the Nihil.
* SleazyPolitician: Syl Yarrow comes to this conclusion about her in ''Out of the Shadows'', as Ghirra's family is mentioned to have scooped up contracts to help the rebuilding on Valo and she gets involved in a petty feud between the Graf and San Tekka clans for her own benefit, even dragging the Jedi into it. The reveal that she is working for the Nihil makes her a CorruptPolitician, and its likely she was able to get those contracts on Valo due to knowing about the attack beforehand.

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsLightOfTheJedi Light of the Jedi]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicEyeOfTheStorm Eye of the Storm]]''

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->'''Voiced by:''' Emma Berman
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsYoungJediAdventures Young Jedi Adventures]]''
A young human space ship pilot who is close friends with the Jedi younglings Kai Brightstar, Nubs and Lys Solay. Along wiht her droid RJ-83, she freqently assists the three young Jedi's.

* AcePilot: Despite her young age, she's already a skilled pilot.
* TheTeamNormal: Of the five main characters in the series, she's the only one who isn't a Jedi in training or a droid, but just a regular human.
* {{Tomboy}}: Everything from her attitute to the way she dresses is very un-girl like.

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsLightOfTheJedi Light of the Jedi]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheRisingStorm The Rising Storm]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicTrailOfShadows Trail of Shadows]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheFallenStar The Fallen Star]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicEyeOfTheStorm Eye of the Storm]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShadowsOfStarlight Shadows of Starlight]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsOutOfTheShadows Out of the Shadows]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicTrailOfShadows Trail of Shadows]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsMissionToDisaster Mission to Disaster]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheFallenStar The Fallen Star]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsLightOfTheJedi Light of the Jedi]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheRisingStorm The Rising Storm]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicTrailOfShadows Trail of Shadows]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheFallenStar The Fallen Star]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicEyeOfTheStorm Eye of the Storm]]''

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* FantasticRacism: Despises droids and does not believe they should be allowed the capability to do anything beyond basic tasks. Droids that can fly ships or fight are particularly heinous to her as she views them as a threat to flesh-and-blood beings' place in the galaxy. Ghirra believes that only criminals would resort to using droids for such tasks, [[spoiler:and it is Marchion replacing the crew of the ''Gaze Electric'' with droids that unnerves her the most about him]].

* TheMole: It is revealed in ''The Fallen Star'' that she is [[spoiler:providing information to Marchion Ro to aid the Nihil and helps a sabotage crew board the ''Starlight Beacon'' to destroy it]].
* PlayingBothSides: [[spoiler:She was a key part of the process that led to Starlight Beacon being built but later helped the Nihil destroy it, all so that she could be in the good graces of both sides and benefit no matter who ended up winning the conflict between the Republic and the Nihil]].
* SleazyPolitician: Syl Yarrow comes to this conclusion about her in ''Out of the Shadows'', as Ghirra's family is mentioned to have scooped up contracts to help the rebuilding on Varo and she gets involved in a petty feud between the Graf and San Tekka clans for her own benefit, even dragging the Jedi into it. [[spoiler:The reveal that she is working for the Nihil makes her a CorruptPolitician, and its likely she was able to get those contracts on Varo due to knowing about the attack beforehand]].

* GoodAllAlong: The Jedi are suspicious of him due to his desire for a larger military and stated opposition to the Republic's use of the Jedi to combat the Nihil and other threats. His mysterious meeting with a scientist during the Valo fair raises further suspicions, [[spoiler:but in the end he turns out to be sincere in his desire to protect the Republic and actually likes the Jedi, simply believing that it is both unfair and unrealistic to entrust the entire defense of the Republic to them and the Defense Coalition]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: While he might seem antagonistic towards the Jedi and not want them being used to combat the Nihil [[spoiler:(which isn't actually true)]], it's poignant to know that the Jedi are supposed to be peacekeepers first and not an active military force (and this is one of the things that led to the Jedi Order's downfall). [[spoiler:His point that they can't rely solely on the Jedi and may need a conventional military force is further reinforced when the Nihil start using [[BrownNoteBeing the Nameless]] against the Jedi, yet they have no effect on non-Force users.]]
* OhCrap: Upon learning that Mantessa Chekkat's energy draining device is powered by recainium, Tia is horrified and demands she turn it off due to the radiation the banned substance puts out. [[spoiler:He is further dismayed to learn she believed he would be interested in using it against the Jedi, when he in fact considers it a terrible threat to them that should be buried]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While their prisoner and Doctor Mkampa's assistant, she tries to sabotage an in-development Nihil superweapon by giving it the cracked kyber crystal from Imri's old lightsaber. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Avon, the crystal still works well enough that Nihil are still able to devastate Dalna.]]

* MugglesDoItBetter: The fact that she is ''not'' a Force user becomes especially helpful to Emerick when they are up against [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination the Nameless]], who are notably BrownNoteBeings to Force users, and ''only'' to Force users. This not only helps Emerick see his way through the hallucinations and survive the encounter, it allows him to gain some coherent intel on the creatures]].

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsConvergence Convergence]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsCataclysm Cataclysm]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsTalesOfLightAndLife Tales of Light and Life]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsConvergence Convergence]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsCataclysm Cataclysm]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsATestOfCourage A Test of Courage]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsMissionToDisaster Mission to Disaster]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsSanaStarros Sana Starros]]''[[note]]Flashback[[/note]]

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsConvergence Convergence]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsCataclysm Cataclysm]]''

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Aside from her strained relationship with [[WellDoneSonGuy Axel]], she was very well-respected as a Chancellor thanks to her co-Chancellorship with Orlen Mollo allowing each other to cover the other's blind spots. [[spoiler:After the Battle of Dalna, in which Kyong deliberately relinquished her Chancellorship so the Path of the Open Hand couldn't make her into their political puppet, many in the Republic ''beg'' for her to reinstate herself just because they feel lost without her.]]

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Aside from some malcontents like the Nihil, Lina Soh is beloved by more or less the entire Republic.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:A non-lethal variant of the trope, in which Kyong relinquishes her position as Supreme Chancellor to not only reduce her value as a hostage to the Path of the Open Hand (and making Axel useless as their puppet), but also potentially mend her strained relationship with Axel.]]

** To the Mother of the Path of the Open Hand. Both of them serve as maternal figures to Axel in some way. Kyong is Axel's mother by blood, but has become emotionally distant from him as a result of of her putting her career as Chancellor first. Meanwhile, the Mother is a cult leader who presents herself as a nurturing figure seems to treat Axel with more respect than Kyong does. [[spoiler:By the end of ''Cataclysm'', they also differ in regards to their true nature. When Kyong learns that Axel has been roped into the Path as a result of their strained relationship, she decides to come to Dalna at his request, but also steps down as Chancellor to mend their relationship. When the Mother hears of this, she drop all pretense of caring for Axel since he's lost his political value.]]

* BigGood: He serves as this in Phase II of ''The High Republic'', leading the Republic in an tumultuous era of pioneering, sharing the role with Kyong Greylark. [[spoiler:After Greylark relinquishes her Chancellorship to deliberately lower her value as a hostage to the Path of the Open Hand, he becomes the sole Chancellor.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Greylark. While Greylark operates from Coruscant, Mollo is more proactive in carrying out the Republic's policies, even working directly with the Jedi on the Galactic Frontier. This best shown when he's left behind to negotiate with the royals of Eiram and E'ronoh, where he's uncomfortable sitting around at a fancy meeting and thinks about he would rather be interacting with farmers or other working-class people and finding out what their needs are. [[spoiler:When Kyong announces that she's relinquishing Chancellorship, Orlen admits to how the two of them complemented each other's weaknesses and he feels lost without her.]]