Shay Bloodnight

The birth of the Bloodnight family

Shay Celeste Bloodnight (also known as Mara or Azlyn), was the oldest daughter of the Nightsister leader Esperansa Bloodnight and of her husband, Adam Bloodnight. Born in 48 BBY, ten minutes before her twin sister Shannah, in the SpiderClan on Dathomir, she was strong in the Force and different than the others. As Talzin's grand-daughter, she was taught at a young age by her mother how to use magic in self-defense and to influence the environment around her. When Shay was 6 years old, her mother brought her to the forest, where they found a newborn rancor, that became Shay's future mount. The young Nightsister built a powerful friendship with the small animal, that she named Thunderstorm. At the age of 8, her mother gave birth to two other daughters, that she named Holly and Arica. Holly was a curious little baby, while Arica was a bit more rough on the edges, and always seeking problem. A year later, Esperansa gave birth to a boy, that she named Vengeancee, after the defeat of the SpiderClan against the Sparwari Waitayr Clan. When Shay turned 12, her mother gave finally birth to Myah Bloodnight, the family's future hunter and duelist.

Early years as a Jedi and first romance

Two years later, a jedi named Yarsnar Bayshir landed on Dathomir and found Shay, that he brought back to the jedi temple to train her in the ways of a jedi. There, she learned and mastered the ways of the light side of the Force, and went on different missions with her master. At the age of 15, Shay accompagnied her master on a mission to Corellia, and met a clone named CW-894-7, or also known as Thunder Goldfire. During the entire mission on Corellia, Thunder and Shay would often meet in secret and share moments together, creating her first romance. Two years later, they got married in secret, and Shay became a jedi knight. Thunder and Shay soon left for her homeplanet Dathomir as their honeymoon. But Thunder was actually just manipulating Shay to destroy the Nightsisters, and secretly had a republic cruiser following their ship all the way. When Shay rejoigned her clan, the attack began and Thunder guided the clones against the Sparwari Waitayr Clan. Esperansa had whole families evacuate the clan and seek shelter amongst the Singing Mountain Clan, while she and the Nightsisters hunters and fighters stayed to face the ennemy. When the clones had almost killed everyone, except Shay's family, Esperansa ordered to Shay to take her sisters and her brother with her and to run far away from the clan. Taking advantage of the disturbing moment, Thunder grabbed the little Myah and started running away with her, but Shay throwed him an arrow straight into the heart, and took her baby sister back in her arms. Taking the other Bloodnight children by the hands, she ran away, giving a last look to her mother and father, fighting, and then dying as the last fighters of the clan.

Surviving and creating the first clan

After two months of surviving in the forest, the little family finally arrived to the Singing Mountain Clan, where they joined the families that survived the clone disaster, also announcing them that their leader was dead. As the oldest daughter of the dead leader, Shay became the new leader of the survivors of the SpiderClan. Her bond with her sisters was powerful; they could call each others by the mind, do a force meld during a hunting party, or even read each other's intentions. Since Vengeancee was the only male of their family, he was a bit overly protective towards his sisters, and vice-versa. Shannah, Holly, Arica and Myah, now respectively 17, 9, 9 and 5 years old, helped their older sister rule the clan as much as they could. As the years passed, the sisters and the brother grew more powerful and strong, and at the age of 25, Shay decided to create her own clan, with the help of the Bloodnights and the survivors of the SpiderClan, creating the Deadly Cross Blade clan.

The visit of the Dark Side

When Asajj Ventress crashed on the planet of Dathomir, she was found unconscious by Myah and Holly, and brought back to the clan. Shannah, who had chose to become the family's healer, stayed at the sith acolyte side and took care of her as much as she could. When Ventress woke up, she first of all looked for her sabers, but found them in Shay's hands. Realising that those Nightsisters had saved her life and took care of her, she relaxed a bit and decided not to try to kill them. During her recover, she taught the sisters about the power of the Dark Side, and promised to come back and teach them more when the Clone Wars was over. Leaving in her newly rebuilt ship, she left the DCB clan to return to her master.

Leaving Dathomir

The Bloodnight family got on a ship, and went to live on the Galactic Capital, Coruscant, leaving Krystayl as the leader's representant amongst the DCB clan.