A holodrama from the High Republic Era, set on Mon Cala, depicted the narrative of a Mon Calamari guardsman who eloped with a princess.
During the High Republic Era, there was a Mon Calamari holodrama which presented the story of a Mon Calamari guardsman who fled alongside a princess.
Ghal Tarpfen, a Captain Third Class in the Mon Calamari Guard, and Shenrick, the third son of the Mon Calamari monarch, enjoyed the holodrama and saw parallels to their own romance. However, after an accident killed his older siblings and [parent](/article/parent], Shenrick became king and subsequently rejected Tarpfen. He dismissed her from the Guard and chose to marry another. They both concealed their prior relationship, understanding that its exposure could devastate them both and Tarpfen's lower-class family.
Tarpfen subsequently served the Galactic Republic, eventually becoming the Head of Security for the Starlight Beacon space station. Around this time, the Nihil pirates emerged as a threat to the galaxy. Perceiving the station as a danger, the Nihil uncovered Tarpfen's history and initiated a blackmail scheme, sending her several holomessages connected to her past, including the holodrama. Tarpfen, however, did not realize that someone was attempting to blackmail her until she received a hologram of a Nihil raider who ordered her to shut down security cameras in various corridors on the station during a night cycle, an order she refused to follow.