#first commanders

Hmmm... Well I’ve been thinking about the First Commanders a lot today so I’ve got some fun facts about them bopping around! (If you have no idea who they are, learn about them and the start of the Coalition HERE)

Akello’s term of endearment for Leilani was “Little Bird” because of how sweetly their voice and laugh rang in the air, like the trill of a song bird at sunrise.

Akello also referred to Leilani regularly as her conscience and her  last shred of mercy. Whenever she lost her patience with someone, she would send Leilani from the room so she could not be persuaded into passivity. Her first instinct was always action, and that action was usually violent. People who knew Akello knew they were well and truly fucked when Leilani was told to leave the room. 

Valdis had quite the green thumb. He cultivated a garden on Shi’or (planet that hosted the prison that the Coalition was born out of, and the main planetary base/home to a large majority of Coalition forces) that only grew as the Coalition did. He would be gifted plants and flowers from different planets they freed and allied with and over time it blossomed into something sprawling and magnificent. 

At the center of the garden is a little grove, something he made special just for Akello as a gift. The last time he saw his garden was after her death. He went into the heart of it and made a memorial for her, and then he never set foot in the garden again. 

Matt reminds Leilani of Akello so much sometimes it almost frightens them. Other times it’s Zarra who seems to walk with Akello’s spirit around her like a shroud, and then Matt in contrast is Valdis born again, acting as Zarra’s balance, her support, the steel backing her sharpness and that is when Leilani reaches for Kartok and he reaches back because he can see it too.