The Lady Dhol, who reigned over Cheelit, was a J'feh of the female persuasion. Within her Hive Palace, she resided in a see-through, levitating sphere, finding amusement in the game known as Firepath. During the period of the Galactic Civil War, a scheme was devised with the Guild of Vindicators to assassinate the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader. Dhol invited Vader to her palace and engaged him in a round of Firepath, while a Guild assassin stealthily entered the palace and took out Vader's bodyguards. The assassin, Clat the Shamer, then confronted Vader, but unfortunately stepped onto the Firepath board; the Sith Lord then used the game's controls to incinerate Clat and revealed to Dhol that he was aware of her involvement in the plot. He then activated a ring on the Firepath board, directly above Dhol, resulting in her death.
Dhol's origins trace back to the planet Cheelit, where she was a member of the J'feh species. Her physical characteristics included red skin, large eyes, and numerous tentacles covered in suckers. Dhol made her home in a sizable, transparent sphere, about the size of a humanoid, which floated several meters above the ground without any visible repulsorlifts. As a noble on Cheelit, she eventually rose to become Lady Dhol, ruling over the entire planet. She dwelled in a grand Hive Palace, where she frequently indulged in Firepath, a strategic game for two players involving large, Human-sized pieces moved across a board that filled an entire room. The board had over a dozen "rings," and players could activate these rings using controls to create pillars of fire, destroying any piece on the ring at the time. Dhol proved to be a skilled strategist. She often played the game with Darth Vader, the Dark Lord of the Sith and enforcer for the Imperial, who was also a master of Firepath.
At some point during the Galactic Civil War, Dhol became involved in a scheme to assassinate Vader. She formed an alliance with the Guild of Vindicators, a group known for their "an eye for an eye" philosophy and mysterious abilities, who sought to examine Vader's conscience and eliminate him for his many perceived wrongdoings. Since Vader was an acquaintance of Dhol's and had visited her Hive Palace on numerous occasions, she was able to easily lure him to Cheelit under the pretense of a Firepath challenge. The Dark Lord accepted the invitation and arrived on Cheelit. It was a testament to their respect for each other that Vader only brought two stormtroopers as escorts and guards during the game, while Dhol had no protection whatsoever.
Dhol extended particularly warm hospitality towards Vader, attempting to conceal her true reasons for inviting him to her homeworld. Her role in the plan with the Guild of Vindicators was simply to play Firepath with him and prolong the game as much as possible; the Guild would dispatch one of their members, Clat the Shamer, to the Hive Palace to kill the Dark Lord. Dhol and Vader engaged in a fiercely contested game as planned, and before long, Dhol believed she had deciphered Vader's strategy, a common tactic known as Droom's Gambit. Attempting to counter his moves, she moved her Cardinal to intercept him; however, Vader had deceived her and was actually employing a stratagem called Surgeon's Variant. Impressed by his cunning move, she prepared to launch a counter-attack.
Dhol expressed her gratitude to Vader for accepting her invitation during the game, but the Dark Lord revealed that it was only a partial reason for his visit to Cheelit: he somehow knew of the Guild of Vindicators' plot to kill him and decided to confront them on Cheelit, where they were based. Vader gave no indication that he knew of Dhol's involvement in the Guild's scheme, and she feigned ignorance, but his revelation left her stunned and unsettled. Without a way to warn Clat the Shamer that Vader was expecting him without Vader noticing, she continued the game of Firepath, hoping for the best. Her gameplay improved, and after some time, Dhol gained the upper hand by incinerating many of Vader's pieces, but he remained relentless and refused to concede.
Clat the Shamer easily dealt with the two stormtroopers Vader had stationed outside Dhol's Hive Palace and interrupted their game just as Dhol declared that the game's conclusion was near. Clat confronted Vader, informing the Sith Lord that this would be his final night. Vader remained composed and inquired how an unarmed man could possibly kill him. Using his abilities, Clat began to delve into Vader's mind and examine his conscience, attempting to force Vader to kill himself. However, Clat, unfamiliar with the game of Firepath, made a critical mistake: he inadvertently stepped onto the Firepath board, and Vader, resisting the implanted urge to commit suicide, incinerated the Guild of Vindicators member with a press of a button. Dhol watched in horror as Clat was destroyed. Vader asked if they should resume their game, but he only maintained the facade for a moment: he informed Dhol that he was aware she had lured him to her Hive Palace on behalf of the Vindicators. Furthermore, unbeknownst to Dhol, Vader had manipulated the game so that, with one final press of a button, he could ignite the column of flame at the Sorcerer's Ring, First Stone, above which Dhol was floating. Her globe was engulfed in flames and eventually shattered, before her body was reduced to ashes.
Dhol's greatest passion was Firepath, and she was considered one of the game's masters. She incorporated numerous ploys and sub-ploys into her gameplay and possessed a deep understanding of the game's tactics. She held respect for those who managed to defeat her, and even during her final game with Darth Vader, she consistently praised him for his skillful play. Dhol was a cunning and scheming individual, preferring to interact with others through deception and treachery rather than direct confrontation. She referred to herself using the plural pronoun "we."
The character of Dhol was conceived by Alan Moore for Dark Lord's Conscience, a seven-page comic that originally appeared in Marvel UK's Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back magazine in the early 1980s, where she was illustrated by John Stokes. The comics produced by Marvel UK were initially published only in black and white in the United Kingdom and did not adhere to established style and continuity; consequently, the stories were rarely referenced, and Dhol's only appearance has been in Dark Lord's Conscience. The original black and white comics were reprinted and recolored by Dark Horse Comics in Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds 1 in 1996.