Character: iola (oc)
The greek name Iola, spelled with an i at the beginning, means violet-colored dawn. A name she took when she came aboard the deep space freighter "Eleanora" after she was banished from her homeworld for a crime she never committed.
An accomplished engineer on her homeworld K'hytaria Prime she was at the wrong place at the wrong time and arrested and charged with conspiracy against the government and accused of planning a revolution against the ruling body. The trial against her and the others a pure farce, more for show than to actually proof that she was guilty, she was forced to fight in gladiatoral battles against the others arrested with her and wild animals for the entertainment of the masses.
Coming out victorious but marked with both physical and mental scars, not only from the fights against others and being forced to kill them but also from having other fighters force themselves onto her leaving her several scars to remind her of that night, she was banished, never to return to her home. She hired on the first ship that took her, a Deep Space Freighter that was looking for an engineer, and while she didn't know much about space ships she learned quickly and earned her place amongst the crew.