Born in the city of Kachirho, Wrrlryyhn
was, as most other wookiees were, raised in the nursery ring. Even at
such a young age, she stood out among the other young females as she
engaged in the rough-and-tumble play of the male children.
Afterwards, she would return home to her mother and father. Besides
the regular chores that wookiee children were expected to perform,
her mother, Isshanta, taught her of the healing arts while her
father, Shortobuck, showed her how to play the yykrn, a wookiee
string instrument that made use of the silk fibers of the syren
plant. Young Wrrlryyhn developed a passion for the arts, specifically
music and stories, alongside a keen interest in medicine.
Within wookiee society, young males
went through rites of passage to prove they had become adults. The
most common of these practices was the gathering fibers from the
carnivorous syren plant. Her older brother Chewkazza completed this
ritual and, brat that he was, lorded the accomplishment over his
sister. Despite her parents warnings and eventual pleas, Wrrlryyhn
decided that she was just as capable as Chewkazza and so, armed with
her father's bowcaster, descended into the lower levels of the
forests to find one of the syrens.
Instead, the adolescent wookiee
stumbled across a savage katarn. Before she could slay it with the
bowcaster, the beast knocked the weapon from her hands and she was
forced to rely upon her natural strength to wrestle the creature to
the ground. Wrrlryyhn was thankful for the many lessons on the
biology of the native fauna, the knowledge giving her the edge she
needed to strike the animal's weak points and subdue it. Wrrlryyhn
decided that she preferred defending herself with her hands rather
than a large and unwieldly blaster. When she returned home, it was
not only with the fibers of the syren plant, but also with the hide
of a vicious katarn, more than enough to put her boasting brother to
shame.
When she was old enough, Wrrlryyhn
began proper training in the healing arts, learning not only of
standard medical procedures practiced throughout the galaxy, but also
of the more native treatments involving various plants, herbs, and
the leaves and sap of the wroshyr tree. While her musical studies
faltered, she proved to be a quick study when it came to the practice
of medicine. Her teachers were rather surprised by the speed with
which she grasped the often complicated subjects. Some of this was
due in part to the fact that her mother had taught her quite a bit
already, as well as her rather keen and intelligent mind.
After finishing her Kashyyyian medical
training, Wrrlryyhn served for several years as a healer in the city
of Rwookrrorro before deciding to move on. While the work was
rewarding and sometimes even taxing, her desire to learn had not been
sated. She decided to leave Kashyyyk to continue her studies
elsewhere, visiting some of the most prestigious medical schools in
the galaxy where she would spend decades, first learning and then
teaching. During that time, Wrrlryyhn developed an interest in
various styles of unarmed combat, dabbling in her spare time and
creating a mixture of techniques combined with medical knowledge in a
potent style that was all her own.
When Wrrlryyhn eventually returned to
her arboreal homeworld, she brought with her all number of
interesting stories about her journeys, as well as a few medical
advances that were quickly disseminated amongst the various schools
of healing. She even taught what she had learned of hand to hand
combat to those willing and capable of learning. She was on the verge
of achieving the status of Elder in Kachirho before the Republic's
war with the Separatists made its way to Kashyyyk. With her unusual
training and aptitudes, it was no surprise that Wrrlryyhn served as a
combat medic during the droid army's invasion, on the front lines
repelling the enemy even as she tended to wounded wookiees and clone
troopers alike.
Like so many of her people, she was
caught off-guard by the sudden betrayal of the clone soldiers. Before
she knew it, Kashyyyk was under attack by the very people whom she
had fought alongside. The wookiees fought a long and desperate battle
but they simply weren't prepared for the overwhelming forces of the
newly christened Galactic Empire. Wrrlryyhn had fled back to Kachirho
to gather her family and had managed to gain passage onboard a ship
that was attempting escape. Unlike the other transports that were
fleeing the Empire, one of the wookiees aboard this one had been a
member of the Claatuvac Guild, carrying knowledge of secret
hyperspace routes which were used to help them escape Imperial
forces. Even still, Wrrlryyhn was agonized by the sight of so many
transports captured or destroyed by the Emperor's fleet.
They eventually managed to find safe
haven on the Outer Rim planet of Voss. While still under the Empire's
control, it was beneath its notice. However, Wrrlryyhn was not
content to simply hide for the rest of her life. Rather than remain
on Voss, she left to continue her work as a healer. It wasn't easy,
moving from ship to ship as she was forced to avoid Imperial
detection. However, fortunately, the wookiee had a chance encounter
with the Herglic by the name of Sid Ybom. The Tapani Knight was in
need of someone with medical training to serve on his freighter and,
in return, he would 'purchase' her as an indentured servant, allowing
her freedom to roam without being targeted by Imperials or bounty
hunters.
Since then, Wrrlryyhn has been doing a
satisfactory job as one of Honest Sid's medical officers, though she
finds the work of treating minor bumps, bruises, and occasional
illnesses less than fulfilling. As a result, she's taken up playing the yykrn again. With most of her time spent aboard
traveling freighters, she rarely has opportunity to visit her family, but
she makes the effort when she can. Still, more than anything, the doctor wishes that her
job offered her a bit more excitement.
