I thought I'd repost my very first render. But I decided to rewite what I originally posted. It's just a couple words longer. Why look, it's Melee Orinnie, second child, and eldest daughter of Artur and Rula Orinnie. Of course her full name is Melee, pronounced mehlee, not maylay. My niece asked why I gave her a name that sounded like she's a fight waiting to happen. So I thought I would give the proper pronunciation. Where was I? Oh yeah! Her real name! Her real name is Melee Jolana Orinie. And she was named after her father's paternal grandmother. Now Melee, like her siblings was born on Alderaan. Peace loving Alderaan. Of course, being peace loving did not stop Wilhuff Tarkin from turning it into an asteroid field. But I digress. These four incredibly intelligent children were born on Alderaan. Being Corellian on their mother's side, and Ratattaki on their father's side, they didn't always fit in with the pacifists there. But their friends couldn't deny that a fun time was to be had when those girls were around. Melee, like Ano and Xin were talented gymnasts. But where Ano was a brilliant physicist, and Xin was an accomplished slicer, Melee was a musician. By the start of this story, she has mastered sixty nine instruments. She is also a talented composer. But she always considered herself a failure because she barely made passing grades in math and science, unlike hers brother and sisters. And this insecurity was strengthened by the fact she blamed herself for their mother's death. Their father was flying his family home from a music recital, where Melee performed for the Royal family itself. Not bad for a four year old, huh? As they were landing on the roof of their home, they were struck broadside by a speeder involved in an illegal race. Rula died that night from her injuries. Melee though, saw the speeder approaching, and froze, unable to shout out a warning. Their family was forced to leave Alderaan shortly threrafter, when their father sought revenge for the death of his wife. Which was undetstandable, for this was the second fatal accident involving this race club. But he saw to it that it was their last. This was when the Empire, which had him under surveilance, extended an invitation, of the involuntary kind, to teach at the Imperial Academy at Carida. Life on Carida for the girls was an adventure, strengthening them, not just mentally, due to it's higher academic standars for the children of it's residents, but physically, due to it's higher gravity. But life there also took a toll on them, especially Melee, because of the difficulty said gravity had on their brother, Zell. Unlike the girls, who were robust like their parents, Zell was frail, and had to wear an anyi-grav suit to move about. And this hurt Melee, who was much closer to her brother than Ano and Xin. It was when they arrived, that Melee aquiered her hobby of collecting hats. Admiral Drane Ulani, who oversaw fleet combat training, greeted the family at the space port. Drane, who was a musician himself took a liking to Melee when she stepped off the shuttle clutching her Eritrian flute. When Melee played a tune of her own composing for him, the Admiral rewarded her with the very officer's cap he wore. And of course, she burned that same cap some years later when she killed him, taking his new one. It was when Lord Vader paid a visit to Carida that the Orinnie children came to his attention, and thus, the Emperor's. He asked who the girl was wearing an Imperial Navy officer's cap. When he was told of their unusual intelligence and athleticism, he notified Admiral Mal Vinzer, who was heading a new Imperial project: the Super Soldier Project. For he not only felt their intelligence, but the strong Force sensitivity of the four children. During one of the Academy's off months, Artur Orinnie took his children back to Alderaan to visit his friends Hatiri and Soli Arillian. While there, Xin became very ill. But his duty at the Academy forced him to return with the others. Hatiri and Soli swore they would bring Xin home to him when she got out of the hospital. That was the last time he saw Xin, for Alderaan was destroyed soon after. When they returned to Carida, Zell found himself on the receiving end of an involuntary invitation to teach computer science. Now Melee began to spend more time alone with her music. And unbeknownst to his children, this was when their father began reaching out to some of his old comrades from the Clone War, seeking to defect to the Alliance. Melee began studying martial arts after the destruction of Alderaan under the tutelage of their lead instructor, Lt Banning. He was amazed with the ease with which she learned what he knew. So he hired her in an unofficial capacity, to help his students. He also began talking to her about the possibility of becoming a commando for the Empire. When he began teaching, Zell was also hired to help develope a new operating system for the Imperial military. At the end of his second year, he was asked to come to Coruscant for the final stages of the work. This gave Artur the chance to meet representatives from the Alliance. It was agreed that he would take the oportunity of the return trip to defect. But the Super Soldier Project had gotten to the point that they were ready to begin altering females. Two days after leaving Coruscant, their transport was attacked, the Stormtroopers had their orders, kill all except the two sisters. Zell had completed work on the new os, so he was no longer needed. And Intelligence had learned from a spy in the Alliance that Artur was defecting, so he would die as well. But the attack did not go as intended. After the ship had been boarded, Artur lead it's crew in fighting back. Even though they were outgunned, they still managed to kill more than a dozen of the armored attackers. And Melee, who was with Ano in the sickbay, waiting on a fellow passenger who was giving birth, killed three as well. Though they fought valiantly, they were still overwhelmed, and were taken. And for the next four months, Melee went from being an extraordinary girl who had a love of music, to being one of the most lethal. When the work was finished on the last girl, they were taken by ship to be bred. But an unknown helper unlocked their cells. Andin minutes, they'd taken control and killed the crew. It was then that Melee convinced them to fly to the Alliance navy base at Khatta. Shortly after their arrival, Melee vanished, and the Collector was born. The first to feel her wrath were three stormtroopers on Coruscant. Two she killed, the third she let live, though only she knows why. And he was the only man she allowed to live. Over the next two years hundreds would fall to the ghost the the Imperials called the Collector. In each ambush, all would die, and one would have a helmet or cap taken for her collection. But she would finally rejoin her sister Ano on the world Eritria, and there she would find a new family and retire the Collector.... Well, not quite. The Collector had one more hit to make. One that would make the Collector a legend around the galaxy.