Name: Queen Dima
Pronouns: she/her
Era: High Republic
Appears in: The Fallen Star
Queen Dima ruled the planet Eiram and was married to Queen Thandeka. Dima was the queen regnant, the one who had inherited the throne, and made decisions with consultation with both her advisors and Thandeka. With her wife's urging, Queen Dima refused to shoot down the plummeting space station Starlight Beacon, instead trusting the Jedi to handle the situation.
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Queen Dima was the queen regnant of the planet Eiram, which meant she officially held all the power. She was married to Queen Thandeka, who held the title of queen consort. Dima had thick grey hair styled in elaborate braids, and was probably in her sixties or seventies during phase 1 of the High Republic. Dima was first mentioned in Into the Dark by Claudia Gray, but her first appearance was in The Fallen Star.
Dima was a steady but decisive queen. Twenty-five years before Into the Dark, Queen Thandeka was captured and taken hostage. While the planet Eiram did not want to associate with the Republic or the Jedi at the time, Dima decided to ask them for help to save her beloved wife. Under her reign, Eiram re-opened diplomatic relations with its sister planet, E’ronoh, and officially became part of the Repubilc. Dima always considered her advisors opinions, but she valued her wife’s input most of all.
Dima had called for aid from Starlight Beacon after a massive cyclone that left the planet in crisis. Starlight was attacked by the Nihil while providing supplies and assistance to Eiram, and was on course to crash into one of the planet’s largest cities, Barazza. Queen Dima had to decide whether to preemptively shoot down Starlight Beacon and kill those aboard, or to trust the Jedi and risk her own citizens’ lives. In the end, with Queen Thandeka’s opinion in mind, Dima decided against shooting the station down, refusing to allow the Nihil’s attack to turn the people of Eiram into murderers.
