Zascha was a Force-using female Cerean who lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Zascha's sister Anoura worked as an information broker for the Bothan Elwis Bontraar and after Anoura died during a routine assignment, Zascha vowed to have revenge against Bontraar. She kidnapped Elwis' daughter Jennalyn Bontraar and then sent a message to Elwis' residence on the planet Coruscant, stating that she would return Jennalyn in return for a ransom of 1,000 credsticks that were each worth 2,000 dataries. Elwis agreed to the proposal the exchange was scheduled to take place aboard Elwis' starship, the Masquerade, while the Galactic Costume Extravaganza was being held aboard the vessel. However, the Hutts stated that they they would attempt to rescue Jennalyn if Elwis decided to plac