Belandi Feearr was a member of a Mirialan religious order on a Mirialan colony world in the Outer Rim, dwelling in a temple complex that dominated her home city and serving as a healer in the community. Belandi was a member of a movement within her order that called itself the Pacifists, preaching peace and mercy above all other virtues (as opposed to the Benedictors, the Revelers, and the Contemplators, among others, who each held their own interpetations of the Creed).
When the Empire claimed control of her home planet, Belandi joined the rest of the Pacifists in counseling non-interference with the political ebb and flow of the galaxy. The Benedictors objected, staging a protest of the new Imperial governor, and were exterminated by stormtroopers. It was the beginning of a long period of oppression and division among the followers of the Creed, some of whom continued to preach political non-involvement and others who objected to the Empire's policy. Thos who objected vanished one-by-one. Some were publicly arrested or killed. Others simply disappeared, with no explanation.
After almost two years of Imperial rule, Belandi was called upon to heal the chief of the local security forces: the govenor's enforcer, the one responsible for the death or disappearance of many of the Belandi's colleagues and friends. The woman was dying of an infected wound, a stubborn ailment easily mended by Belandi's arts but resistant to more traditional therapies. Belandi could have easily saved the woman's life. Instead, she let her die.
Wanted for murder on her home world and racked with guilt over her decision, Belandi was smuggled off the planet by Hethan Romund, an old friend of her order who had several times visited her temple's libraries. Belandi became arecluse, meditating on the past and vowing to never again give in to fear, hatred, or revenge.
Now, Romund herself is in trouble, and it is time for Belandi to leave her isolation and repay the favor....