Rey Beniko

Rey Beniko was a female human Dark Jedi who was active during the First Order-Republic War. Her contributions to the war caused severe and catastrophic damage to the First Order that they never recovered from. She, along with her wife, effectively put an end to the last remnants of the Galactic Empire, the old Jedi Order, and the Order of the Sith Lords.

=Biography=

Early Life
Rey was born to junk dealers, who resented the burden of raising a daughter and sold her to Niima the Hutt when she was five years old. She was taken to Jakku to work as a scavenger. She spent years toiling in the hot sand to earn ration packs to survive while she waited for her family to return for her.

At some point, the Force bonded Rey's spirit to that of a Jedi named Ben Solo. As a result of this connection, Rey felt a sense of impending doom shortly before Darth Mayrik was killed.

Discovery
Rey's Force Sensitive talents and affinity with the Force was discovered by a Sith Lord named Darth Amorosa. As the First Order-Republic War was starting, the First Order attacked Jakku looking for a droid she'd found wandering through the sand. She escaped the planet with Amorosa and a Stormtrooper named Finn, and fled to Takodana. While on Takodana, she developed a close friendship to Amorosa, who kept her status as the Dark Lady of the Sith secret from her out of a fear that Rey would be reviled by her.

During the assault on Takodana, Rey witnessed Amorosa using her lightsaber against the First Order and was mortified by the revalation. She was later captured and taken to Starkiller Base, where Kylo Ren attempted to pry information about BB-8 and Amorosa from her mind. Though Rey didn't relent and eventually reverse-engineered the technique to turn Kylo Ren's powers back onto himself, she was nonetheless traumatized by the experience. She eventually escaped by throttling and killing the guard, only to encounter Amorosa on her way out. Initially hostile, she eventually agreed to trust her until they escaped.

During the escape, Rey and Finn encountered Kylo Ren in the wilderness of Ilum while Amorosa was delaying the base from firing. In the ensuing fight, Finn was incapacitated. Rey wielded Amorosa's lightsaber against Kylo Ren and overpowered him with the Dark Side of the Force. In her Dark Side-induced rage, she briefly considered leaving Amorosa to die. She quickly dispelled the notion and retrieved her. During the flight back, she demanded an explanation from her. Amorosa explained who she was, why she lied, and that she loved Rey dearly. Rey decided to tentatively forgive her, but told her she would have to earn back her trust.

Ahch To
Rey encountered Luke Skywalker on Ahch To and, with Amorosa's assistance, convinced him to train her as a Jedi. Rey didn't take to the training very well, especially as Luke started teaching her about the dangers of the Dark Side. The Dark Side felt cold to her on Ahch To, where before when she embraced it to defeat Kylo Ren it felt warm and comforting. She asked Amorosa about the dissonance, who explained that the Force was like an ocean with terrors lurking in it's darkest depths. That the danger of the Dark Side was diving too deep and allowing oneself to be consumed by it. She encouraged Rey not to accept it's allure and draw from it only what she needed.

Rey took this lesson to heart, and eventually started seeking Amorosa out for more lessons. Eventually Skywalker stopped trying to convince her against becoming a Jedi and started training her properly. The Jedi and Sith both trained her, with Amorosa covering lightsaber combat and physical conditioning.

During her training, Rey felt torn between her attraction to Amorosa and her desire to keep the Sith at a distance until she'd earned her trust. She caught herself staring at the woman, and at times actively seeking out her comfort and wisdom. Rey and Amorosa soon patched up their friendship, and a few months later began a romantic relationship after Amorosa exerted a great deal of effort to block the Force Bond with Kylo Ren. Amorosa's care and considering for how Rey felt about her mind being probled was what ultimately won back her trust.

Rey would later learn that it had been Luke Skywalker who had murdered Darth Mayrik, and confronted him about it. She lectured him about his insistence on goading his family toward redemption, yet murdering a woman in front of her daughter just because they were Sith, despite not being hostile.

=Personality= At first, Rey was a volatile Jedi, with an explosive temper and a tendency to jump right to violence when threatened. This attitude is discouraged by General Leia, but treated as understandable by Amorosa. Rey is extremely strong in the Force owing to the feedback loop created with her bond with Kylo Ren. The bond's existence has caused her to become cynical about the Force, and treat it like a tentative ally.

Rey has an unmatched talent for technology, able to learn about and disassemble machines extremely quickly and rewire them. She showed this talent when she constructed Amorosa's cybernetic leg from scratch.

After completing her training and Amorosa awaking from her coma, Rey relaxed considerably and coasted through the war by working on technological projects. She took a very hands off approach to war planning and deferred to her wife in regards to the First Order, preferring to plan what they would do after the war and work on her personal technological projects.

=Trivia=
 * Rey's married name, "Beniko", is an anagram of "Kenobi." It was a popular theory in the film that Rey was a descended of Obi-Wan Kenobi. This silly connection was the reason Orchard and Turkleson settled on making Amorosa a descendant of Lana Beniko.