Balmai Wyngarde, a Baroness hailing from House Melantha, held dominion over the Melantha Province within the Tapani sector.
As a woman of considerable age during the era of the Galactic Civil War, she considered the Tapani Sector to represent the galaxy's final stronghold of refined society, especially following the ascent of the Empire. Palpatine's New Order was not something that she had any affection for.