Ria Deleru was a Nautolan

Nautolan Sentient Species

female who lived during the Great Galactic War

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. During the war, she immigrated to the capital world of the Republic, Coruscant

Coruscant Planet

, with her mate, Nik Deleru

Nik Deleru (Nautolan) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, but the two found life in the planet's Galactic City difficult. They were among the thousands of other alien refugees who occupied the Old Galactic Market sector in the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant

Sacking of Coruscant Event Great Galactic War (3681BBY - 3653BBY)

at the end of the war, and like many of their contemporaries, the two fell into severe poverty.
Shortly before the end of the Cold War

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, Ria became fed up with Nik's behavior, which she saw as obsessive and overly protective. When Nik failed to make a protection payment to the guild

Migrant Merchants' Guild Organization Planetary and Sector

, Ria saw it as an opportunity to escape her life and her husband. She fled their home and became an erotic dancer in Hanera's Dance Troupe, an entertainment business based out of the Migrant Merchants' Guild headquarters. Hanera herself mentioned that she never saw someone with as much potential as Ria. Nik believed her disappearance meant that the Guild had kidnapped her in retribution for his late payment, and so sought help from Officer Mal

Mal (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

of the Coruscant Security Force

Coruscant Security Force Organization Planetary and Sector

. Because Coruscant Security was overwhelmed with battling

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the Merchant's Guild on other fronts, its police officers were unable to help the Nautolan. Instead, Nik convinced a group of Republic operatives

Republic Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

to help him find his mate. The operatives succeeded

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in catching up with Deleru in the Guild's headquarters, but the dancer was unwilling to return to her mate. She instead asked that the operatives tell Nik that she had already been moved off-planet, in the hope that he would move on and leave her to her new life. After the operatives returned to Nik with the false information, Ria sent them an electronic message thanking them for complying and encouraging the being to return to see her.