Sheel Mafeen was a Togruta poetess, a female individual, who made her home on the planet of Coruscant during the initial period of the Galactic Empire.
During 18 BBY, she participated in the Whiplash resistance as a combatant and held a position on the Whiplash Council. She maintained a close friendship with Pol Haus, a Prefect within the Coruscant Security Force and fellow member of Whiplash, their relationship characterized by playful flirtation. Following an unsuccessful attack orchestrated by Whiplash on Emperor Palpatine's villa that resulted in the deaths of the majority of the Whiplash Council and its operatives, Mafeen and Haus became among the few surviving members of the Whiplash Council.