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| - It was Bellinega who made formal first contact with former Marine captain and Jedi Knight Laera Reyolé and her companion, the Bothan former Republic Intelligence officer Silas Dan'kre upon their arrival. In the months that followed, she taught Reyolé of the Sa'ari people while Reyolé in turn enlightened the Eldarch to the goings-on of the wider galaxy. When the Sa'ari Civil War erupted in the wake of Reyolé's propositioning of a more unified world government, Bellinega helped to ensure that the two "Starborne Ones" escaped into the Great Western Forest where they established a home. When Luke and Ben Skywalker arrived on T'lessia some six months later, they found and met Reyolé and Dan'kre, who informed the two Jedi of the situation. In the days that followed Reyolé, with the help of the Skywalkers and the lighters Iper T'Royc and Fua T'Ooro, uncovered the duplicity of T'Yelc. Thinking that the Youngarch would try to make a move on the Eldarch in order to take her place, they hastened to the Order's monastery in Tal'adin City in order to protect Bellinega. She would not retreat, however; instead, the party took the advice of HK-47 and took refuge at the house of a relation of T'Royc located within the city. After a false report of Bellinega's kidnapping was broadcast planetwide, the Eldarch agreed to be part of a plan that would prove her safety and exonerate Reyolé and Dan'kre. After walking the distance to the Foruma Lawyteret, Bellinega addressed the delegates personally; however, the proceedings were interrupted by the arrival of T'Yelc, who invoked the Challenge of Blackness. The resulting duel, which was observed by billions of Sa'ari on their personal viewscreens, saw the death of Pelenora. The dying Bellinega, however, passed on the mantles of Eldarch and Youngarch to Iper and Fua in turn. As a last parting gift before becoming one with "the Blue", she infused Dan'kre with her remaining essence, effectively making him Force-sensitive.
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