Ponlar was an outspoken Human from Iziz on Onderon who supported General Vaklu's opposition to Queen Talia. He was met by Meetra Surik while protesting in Iziz's Merchant Quarter where he later instigated a riot. Ponlar tried to persuade Surik to help him and his crowd in an attack on some loyalist soldiers when a guard threatened to have him arrested. However, Surik refused because she believed that Talia was the rightful ruler of Onderon. Ponlar's speeches eventually began to call for a riot, but Surik eventually persuaded him to stop his propaganda. Assumption ends here.