Name: Soontir Fel

Title: Baron (since 3 ABY)

Sex: male

Race: human

Hair color: black

Eye color: dark brown (note: judging from the comics, they could be either brown or green, but the "New Essential Guide to Characters" states that they are in fact dark brown)

Height: 1.83 m (6'0'') (given in the NEGtC)

Homeplanet: Corellia

Soontir Fel
picture taken from "The Making of Baron Fel"

Hometown: AGR agro-combine (note: probably close to Coronet City, because when Fel calls CorSec, it is Hal Horn who investigates; and Fel later lives near Coronet City, and I assume he -- family-oriented as he is -- would choose a place close to his hometown)

Birthyear: 29 BBY

Birthplace: Corellia

Family: father, mother, one sister, and two brothers (note: I assume he has two brothers and a sister from the pictures in "The Making of Baron Fel"), all live at and work for the AGR (Allied Grain and Roughage) agro-combine on Corellia; Soontir is the eldest child (mentioned in the NEGtC)

Relationships: married with Syal Antilles (aka Wynssa Starflare) since 1 ABY

Children: (note: this section becomes more complicated with each new book *sigh*)

  • Chak (Davin), born between 2 and 6 ABY, KIA between 22 and 25.5 ABY (see note below)
  • Jagged, born 7 ABY
  • Cherith, born after 7 ABY, KIA before 25.5 ABY (note: as Cherith was killed in action, I suppose that happened shortly before "Ruin", but most likely not before 22 ABY (at that time she would have been no older than 14))
  • son/daughter, possibly named Cem, born after 7 ABY (most likely) and before 15 ABY(see note below)
  • Wynnsa, born around 15 ABY (note: in "Refugee" (28 ABY) Wyn is described as a blond human girl who looks to be in her early teens; as her mother was born 30 BBY, Wynnsa can't have been born much later than 15 ABY though, I guess)

(note: as stated above, figuring out the Fel family currently becomes more difficult instead of easier with each new book, especially with the publication of "Survivor's Quest" by Timothy Zahn in which Chak Fel plays a major role (who should be named Davin and already be dead at that time, but well, he is a good character). A collection of the facts I know of:

  • "Ruin" (ca. 25.5 ABY):
    Jag is said to be two years older than Jaina Solo, who was born 9 ABY (confirmed in "Dark Journey" (27 ABY) in which it is explicitly stated that Jag is twenty-year-old)
    Jag says that his mother gave birth to five children
    Jag mentions that his older brother (he says "my older brother" which to me means that he has only one older brother) and a younger sister (again, "a younger sister" means to me that he has at least two) died in combat
  • "Dark Journey" (ca. 27 ABY):
    Jag is said to be twenty-year-old
    Soontir Fel mentions his son Davin and daughter Cherith
    Davin was about Jag's age (20) when he died, Cherith was even younger
  • "Refugee" (28 ABY)
    Fel's daughter Wyn makes an appearance and is described as a blond human girl who looks to be in her early teens
    Wyn mentions someone named Cem who is always taking out the family yacht; she might be talking about her sister/brother, but that's not clear
  • "Survivor's Quest" (ca. 22 ABY)
    Soontir Fel's son Chak makes an appearance; he is a commander and usually in charge of a fleetarm of clawcrafts (in SQ he commands a group of Stormtroopers, though)
    Chak is dexribed to be young-looking, no older than his midtwenties
  • "Red Sky, Blue Flame" (ca. 21 ABY)
    Jag is said to be 14 at that time (which would place the story at 21 ABY, but as it is supposed to take place shortly after the events of "Vision of the Future", that is a bit late)
    Jag is said to be Fel's only living son, which means that his older brother is already dead at that time and that his three other siblings are all girls
    Jag's brother is named Davin
  • X-wing comics ("In the Empire's Service" to "Mandatory Retirement") (ca. 4.5 ABY)
    no children of Soontir Fel and Wynnsa Starflare are mentioned

As "Survivor's Quest" is a novel and "Red Sky, Blue Flame" is only a short story, I will go with the novel whenever inconsistencies appear (even though I really like RSBF). Especially since RSBF isn't even entirely consistent with "Dark Journey", either.
So we can probably forget the "only living son" remark in RSBF, which means that Fel's oldest son died at some time between "Survivor's Quest" and "Ruin" (which is more consistent with the remark in "Dark Journey" that he was about 20 when he died anyway), and possibly even that Fel has a third son (which would be plausible considering that Jag always talks about his older brother in "Ruin", suggesting that he also has a younger brother).
Even when the short story is discarded, there remains one continuity error: in "Dark Journey" Fel's oldest son in named Davin, in "Survivor's Quest" he is called Chak. One explanation would be that Fel has indeed two sons older than Jag (Chak can't be younger than Jag who is 15 at the time of SQ), but that doesn't fit to Jag talking about "my older brother" in "Ruin". Additionally, as Jag was born 7 ABY and Fel apparently had no child at the time of his defection and later disappearance (bt. 4.5 and 5.5 ABY) it is unlikely that he has two children born before 7 ABY (or rather 6 ABY). Fel and Syal marry 1 ABY; their first child could theoretically have been born around 2 ABY (Syal doesn't look pregnant at their wedding), but I suppose that they would have had trouble to keep a child born before approximately 3 or 4 ABY secret, given that Syal was a celebrity (at a later time she might have been able to hide at their holding on Corellia). My guess is that Syal was already pregnant when Fel was captured by Rogue Squadron (ca. 4.5 ABY). In that case their first child would have been born about 5 ABY (and keep in mind that Fel and Syal are parted between 4.5 and 5.2 ABY).
In "Survivor's Quest" Mara guesses Chak Fel to be in his early to midtwenties. If he was born 5 ABY he would have been 18 at that time, though. If he was born 2 ABY (the earliest possible time) he would have been 21. In "Dark Journey" it is mentioned that Chak/Davin was about 20 when he died, which fits to his estimated birthyear (bt. 2 and 6 ABY) as well as to the date of his death (bt. 22 and 25.5 ABY).)




Curriculum Vitae

29 BBY born on Corellia

11 BBY is forced to accept an assignment to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida

7 BBY graduates as lieutenant from the academy, he is the Salutarian (second-best) of his class (note: he was in the same class as Han Solo who graduated as Valedictorian according to the "SW Essential Chronology"; it is mentioned in the A.C. Crispin books that Han spent four years at Carida, so I suppose Fel did also); he is assigned to the Abrogator and joins the 37th Imperial fighter wing as a TIE pilot; during his first tour of duy he helped eliminate the Lortan fanatics who had survived the Resalian Purge

6 BBY promotion to captain; he volunteers for a second tour-of-duty as a TIE pilot

5 to ca. 3 BBY serves as an officer in the Imperial Fleet, where he commands the Dreadnaught Pride of the Senate (note: in Crispin's "The Hutt Gambit" Fel is the captain of a Dreadnaught; I guess that Crispin mistook the Air Force rank "captain" for the Navy rank; otherwise that would have been too much of a promotion); he fights under Admiral Greelanx in the Battle of Nar Shadaa

ca. 3 to 0.5 BBY works as a flight instructor at the Imperial Military Academy on Prefsbelt IV; among his students are Biggs Darklighter, Hobbie Klivian and Tycho Celchu; his class is the best that ever graduated from the academy; thereupon Tarkin offers him a job on the first Death Star

ca. 0.5 BBY Biggs and Hobbie lead a mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic and defect; Fel is blamed for his students' actions and transfered to the 181st

0 commands the 2/181st at the battle of Ord Biniir; they reconquer the planet which was lost before by a whole wing of Imperial fighters; at the same day the Rebel Alliance destroys the first Death Star, so Fel's victory is especially emphasized by the Empire and he is transfered to Coruscant with the order to establish a new 181st as an elite unit; promotion to major; he meets Wynssa Starflare on Coruscant

ca. 1 ABY the new 181st fighter group is established; he marries Wynssa and learns that Wedge Antilles is her brother

ca. 1 to 3 ABY though Colonel Derricote officially commands the 181st, Fel does most of the everyday work in leading and training the group

ca. 3 ABY Isard questions his loyalty; afraid that she might know his wife's secret, he tells Wynnsa to prepare to fly to a place unknown even to him in case something happens

ca. 3 ABY takes part in the assault at Derra IV in which a Rebel convey is destroyed; he meets Thrawn, who planned the mission; afterwards he is promoted to colonel, given command of the 181st, awarded the title of Baron and a holding on Corellia;

ca. 3 to 4.5 ABY leads the 181st, for example at Hoth and Endor

ca. 4.5 ABY is captured by Rebel forces at Brentaal; he promises to fight for the Alliance if they help him to find his wife who had fled Corellia after she had learned of his captivity

ca. 4.5 to 5.5 ABY member of Rogue Squadron; he is allowed to keep his rank as a colonel

ca. 5.2 ABY is reunited with Syal (note: according to the NEGtC he finds her seven months after his defection; it seems that Rogue Squadron helped him to find his wife, but that's not entirely clear (cp. 'Vision of the Future' HC p.88 and NEGtC); I'm also not sure if Syal stays with the New Republic or slips away again)

ca. 5.5 ABY is captured by Isard and brought to Thrawn's hidden base on Nirauan; convinced of the dangers lingering in the Unknown Regions he agrees to join Thrawn's secret forces; Thrawn arranges for his wife to join him (note: in the NEGtC it is stated that Isard captured Fel approx. one and a half years after Endor; it is further said that he was still with Rogue Squadron at that time)

bt. ca. 5.5 and 19 ABY fights for Thrawn and Admiral Parck in the Unknown Regions; promotion to general; his children are born (at least hte four youngest); he loses his right eye

19 ABY meets Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade on Nirauan; he tries in vain to take them prisoner to prevent them from telling the NR about Thrawn's secret base

22 ABY sends his son Chak to a Chiss mission exploring the remains of Outbound Flight Project

26 ABY loans a phalanx of his pilots, under the command of his son Jagged, to the New Republic to assist them in their war against the Yuuzhan Vong; other than that, he stays away from the NR and the Empire

27 ABY sends Jag on a scouting mission to understand the tactics of the YV; if he's successful, Fel is willing to join the war against the YV

bt. 27 and 28 ABY with his wife Syal and his daughter Wyn he moves to an estate on Csilla, the Chiss homeplanet (note: it is mentioned in 'Remnant' that Fel and his family live on Csilla; the book also indicates that Jagged Fel thinks of Csilla as his home and has at least spent some time there before he joined the military (i.e. before 19 ABY); I find that hard to believe, given the political differences between Thrawn's people/Empire of the Hand and the Chiss)

ca. 28.3 ABY helds the position of assistant syndic of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet (CEDF) (note: originally, Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo's Household Phalanx, to which Fel belongs, had parted from the CEDF to guard the Chiss territory in a more proactive manner than the Chiss would normally be comfortable with; as 'Remnant' states that Fel is assistant syndic of the CEDF, it seems that those differences have been settled (possibly in view of the Yuuzhan Vong threat); I still find it curious, though, that a human holds such a position in Chiss society)


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