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Suz Tanwa

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this female Rodian was generally considered the most popular female member of her species, outside of the entertainment industry, during the early years of the New Republic. She had never taken a mate, although she was good friends with the Rodian smuggler Chihdo, and was the eldest living member of her clan when she accepted a position as the Chair of Xenoarchaeology at a prestigious Coruscant university. Her resume up until that point was filled with her exploits as a treasure hunter, and her twenty-year career was capped with the discovery of riches beyond anyone's dreams in the Yavin System of the galaxy. The locations of five treasure troves had been passed down from generation to generation in her family for more than 4,000 years, encoded in a seemingly worthless amulet that had been created by Suvam Tan. She discovered the information shortly after the Battle of Yavin, and worried about trying to obtain it while the Empire was still trying to force the Alliance out of the system. The first trove, hidden in the atmosphere of Yavin itself, contained five huge corusca gems. The second artifact, an ancient holoprojector with what appeared to be a pyramidal holocron, was found in the possession of a group of Gerbs on Yavin 13. The third pod, embedded in a mountain on Yavin 8, contained a set of 4,000-year-old blaster weapons. The fourth pod was found on Yavin 4, and the crystal claimed it contained the battle armor of Exar Kun, the Dark Lord of the Sith who once controlled the moon. The last artifact - Suvam Tan's handmade lightsaber - was hidden on Yavin 22. Her personal memoirs were published several years after the Battle of Endor, and attracted an audience among the students at the Jedi praxeum on Yavin 4.