Chiana, Nebari
In older childhood, Chiana and her brother Nerri fled the homeworld of their Nebari people for freedom from the totalitarian conformist society. A humanoid species, Nebari features include: gray skin which does not sunburn; immunity to radiation; blue blood; obsidian black eyes apparently without iris but having instead a very large unretracting pupil of sorts; and white hair for females and black hair for males. Technologically advanced, with weapons of superior power, they also have the ability and inclination to alter the minds ("mind cleanse") of "deviants," all those not conforming to their social order.

The Nebari Establishment secretly infect those leaving their home system with a contagion, which is then spread by carnal contact to other neighboring peoples. At some chosen time, the Nebari will activate this virus, rendering large amounts of the populations vulnerable to invasion. In their extremist zeal and deteriorating compassion, the Establishment believes that under their control, they can 'purge' other sectors of their 'violent behaviors.' Nerri was cured by an important official, and in turn, Nerri cured Chiana. Nerri, fearing for Chiana's freedom, insisted they separate.

To survive with Nerri, and later without, Chiana has had to scam, steal, prostitute and in short survive by any means in the hell holes of The Uncharted Territories. She has adopted a thrill seeking sense of adventure, edgy sense of humor and a self-preserving instinct to thrive in whatever life may bring and preserve her individuality and a sensitive good heart. Despite a life better suited for hardened survivors, and evidently having recieved little enough love or compassion from others, her heart can still overpower her "better judgment." For above all, she is her own individual and ultimately remains open hearted to herself and life. Her thrill-seeking sense of adventure and rich sensuality stem from genuine desires and a lust for life which had made her so ill-suited for the Nebari's repressive, sanctamonious and conformist society.

Chiana has latched onto Moya as her new home and forged tenuous relations to the other passengers. Chiana has since learned Nerri is leading an underground organization against the evil plans of the Nebari government, and desperately wants to join her beloved brother and his fight despite his forbidding her. Chiana and shipmate D'Argo became lovers for a time. He wanted to impose a life upon her and was not evidently a good listener nor overly concerned with her own will; eventually she betrayed him with another man, but after over a year passed, their relationship resumed. At times Chiana attempted to leave Moya, only to find she has a bounty for her capture due to her friendship with the unwitting fugitive human, John Crichton. However, she has a deep attatchment to John Crichton, and would likely not be interested in leaving much, were he not as completely distracted by other matters.

While on Moya, Chiana had begun to experience prescience, visions of future events; these visions, not evidently a known trait of the species, changed to a slow motion vision which left her temporarily blinded and in intense pain and changed again to consist of slow motion vision and temporary blindness. She has no knowledge of any of these abilities and is alarmed as the periods of blindness seem to be increasing in length. For now, she continues aboard Moya, one sorely tried Nebari.

Author's notes: Omissions in this bio are not solely for the sake of brevity. Due to the cancellation of FarScape before the planned 5th season could be made, this bio must remain inconclusive. This situation is exacerbated by Chiana's role in the plotting of the 3rd and 4th seasons. Despite promises from other characters aboard to assist Chiana in finding a cause and, possibly, cure for her mysterious and alarming abilities, the entire 4th season passed with the only action on the plotline being another repeat of a promise to assist her in the final episode. This was made by D'Argo, who was evidently reminded due to the resumption of his affair with Chiana, which occurs without revelation as to the motivations of either character. No characters invested any sort of interest in her rather inexplicable abilities that we saw. After the episode first making mention, there were no further developments as to Nebari or her brother. Other situations such as interactions with other characters, including Jool or Sikozu, or occasional parts in episodes subsequent to 'Losing Time' in the 3rd season do not relate to her character or her story in any sense meriting biographical mention. Therefore, these peripherally treated situations cannot be integrated into the bio as of the end of the 4th season. Hopefully the series will continue, and the story of this unique, wondrous and individualistic character will be substantially furthered.

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