#deceitfully {hapes}

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{ Sometimes I like to pretend this character in Tempest is straight-up Gadell, who arrived in my head years ago thanks to JRM’s portrayal of Steerpike in Gormenghast. Look at that magic. }

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     Leia said, “The Hapes cluster was originally settled by pirates, a group called the Lorell Raiders. For hundreds of years they stalked the trade routes of the Old Republic, seizing ships, stealing cargo. And when they found a beautiful woman, some raider would take her as a prize to the hidden worlds of Hapes. In short, Han, the raiders were your kind of people.” Han began to protest, but Leia smiled warmly, teasing him.       Threkin Horm said in his high voice, “So the women of Hapes raised their children as best they could. The pirates would steal the boys, making them pirates in turn. They would leave for months at a time, then come back to rest.” Han looked up. Threkin Horm was studying Isolder’s bodyguards with as much interest as he usually showed food, and Han suddenly understood why so many of the Hapans were beautiful -- they had been bred for it over generations.      Prince Isolder said, “When the Jedi finally wiped out the Lorell Raiders, the pirate fleets never returned. The worlds of Hapes were forgotten for a time, and the women of Hapes took control of their own destiny and vowed that no man would ever rule them again. For thousands of years now, the queen mothers have kept that vow.”      “And they’ve done a fine job for their worlds,” Leia said.

                                                 -- Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia

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The Hapes Consortium & Hapan Royal Family crests