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'''Vaxa Ral (formerly Vaxa Ukinix)''' is a [[Betazoid]] and the matriarch of the [[Ninth House of Betazed]], the Holder of the Noble Currency Chest of Rixx, and keeper of the Noble Lands of Betazed.

 

Until 2399, she was not the controlling matriarch of the Ninth House.  A successful petition lodged in the [[Reconciliation Forums of Betazed]] by her granddaughter [[Keehani Ukinix]] restored control of the House to Vaxa.

 

*'''Date of Birth:''' 231201.03

*'''Age:''' {{age|2312|01|03}}

Vaxa is the elder sister of [[Astrad Ukinix|Astradem Ukinix]], and the grandmother of [[Keehani Ukinix]].  She is the child of the former Matriarch of the Ninth House of Betazed [[Kirilow Ukinix]] and [[Alacem Ukinix]], who both died during the Dominion War in 2374.

During the Dominion invasion, Vaxa's parents and two younger sisters were killed.  While Vaxa should have officially become the matriarch of the Ninth house, the other houses took control of the house given that Vaxa was in exile, and that the Ninth House was in a "much weakened position" after the war.

Soon after, representatives of six other houses (Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth and Twelfth) asked Vaxa to abdicate her title. When she refused, they threatened to take her plot of land away from her.  Eventually after multiple protracted legal battles, Vaxa and the Houses settled on letting Vaxa retain her land and her title of Matriarch, provided she changed her and Keehani's family name and relinquish administrative control of the Ninth House.  Vaxa chose the name "Ral", the family name of her deceased de facto partner Itum.

==Disclosure and Restoration of Matriarchy==

In early 2396, Vaxa was diagnosed with rare and acute neural disorder, possibly a side effect of [[Empathic Synaesthesia]].  After her diagnosis, she told Keehani of her exiled matriarchy{{SimRef | SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/bsuxqrxHxm0/m/IQ40HiqvEAAJ | CHARACTERS=[[Keehani Ukinix]], [[Vaxa Ral]] | SIMTITLE=Circles of Delight | SHIP=[[Amity Outpost]] | STARDATE=239901.04}}.  Keehani, initially enraged, began taking steps so that Vaxa could retake control of the Ninth House. In 2397, this resulted in Keehani lodging a petition in the [[Reconciliation Forums of Betazed]] to return administrative control back to Vaxa{{SimRef | SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/wOtTM9DQop8/m/374wE2WMCgAJ | CHARACTERS=Esion Akoibo and Nivoxi Unaa | SIMTITLE=Gossip | STARDATE=239707.22}}.