Biography
Her real name being Francesca she was the only child of the Roamer trader Denn Peroni and spent the early part of her life moving from Roamer outpost to Roamer outpost with her father. However, Cesca found a home in the central Roamer complex Rendezvous after her father managed to persuade the then Roamer Speaker Jhy Okiah to take Cesca on as her protégé.
From then on Cesca followed Jhy Okiah and learnt from her example in matters such as settling clan disputes and while under Okiah's tutelage she met Ross Tamblyn who proposed to her. Cesca accepted despite Ross's status as an outcast of the Tamblyn clan provided he make a profit on his Blue Sky Mine project. Unfortunately later Cesca met Ross's brother Jess whom she fell in love with although the breaking of her engagement to Ross was unthinkable, so the pair kept their distance from one another.
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