Dolanara was a female Betrisian from the Lisqual province on Betrisius III. She was a respected member of the Ministry of Reformation, which was responsible for the rehabilitation of the Lisqual criminal population, called reformants. Due to her position, she was aware of the numerous violations of reformant rights by her government over the decades, including forcing them into military service (as soldiers known as Morhenza), and arbitrarily extending their sentences in order to keep them as laborers.