Eryl Besa
Eryl Besa is an existing character from Legends.[1]
Biography
Early life and education
Eryl Besa was found in the Outer Rim by the Tunroth Jedi Master Yuhlan Sarn, who took her on as a Jedi apprentice. Sarn spent little time at the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IV, so it can be assumed that neither did Besa.[2]
Mission to Rathalay
In 27 ABY, Master Sarn took Besa to Rathalay on a mission to help delegates of the Senate Select Committe for Refugees convince the local government to take on refugees displaced by the Yuuzhan Vong War. Besa's task during the mission was to identify Yuuzhan Vong spies among the refugees. When she failed to have much success, the Jedi Order sent the apprentices Anakin Solo and and Tahiri Veila to help her. However, before Solo and Veila arrived, the Yuuzhan Vong attacked the planet with a full invasion force. Besa and Master Sarn had to flee; when Yuuzhan Vong coralskippers destroyed their vehicle, they fled on a speeder bike and sought refuge at the estate of the retired smuggler Kaerobani.
Kaerobani was killed in a Yuuzhan Vong attack, during which Master Sarn sacrificed herself to allow the three apprentices to escape. The retired Grand Admiral Grant, who had been a guest at Kaerobani's estate, joined them in their escape from the planet aboard Kaerobani's shuttle. When they reached the New Republic fleet carrier Intrepid, which was in orbit above Rathalay taking on refugees, Besa advocated for Grant to be given effective command of the New Republic forces in the system, contra Anakin Solo's opinion, as the chain of command had been shattered by recent losses.
Besa survived the battle of Rathalay aboard Intrepid and eventually escaped to the Jedi refuge on Eclipse in the Deep Core. There, Anakin Solo announced his intention to ask Besa to join in a new Jedi starfighter squadron modeled on the Wild Knights.[2]