Dhanishta is tall, slender and well toned. (Additional note: Since her nine month coma, Oct 81 to July 82, Dhanishta has lost a lot of muscle tissue. She is extremely thin and underweight. She is on an extended course of treatment to rectify this.) She has long dark hair which is usually left loose out of hours, on duty it is held back or up with clips, bands and the like, however she has never, and will never, sport the typical bun style favored by most Starfleet women. She has pale skin, and prefers to keep it that way; shying out of direct sunlight, this makes her Trill spots look more pronounced, which typically descend her body from her forehead, down her flanks to the heals of her feet. Her eyes are dark green, almost verging on black and they have been known to noticeably shift between the two shades. She has a Klingon symbol branded into her right shoulder; this symbol incorporates the emblem of the House of Qel of which she is considered a Daughter of. She has no other identifying marks of choice on her body.

Dhanishta holds emotional control in high regard and dose not openly display emotion or affection towards anyone accept her sister, Chandrakala, even her parents are kept at arms length. She has had one serious relationship prior to joining the USS Galaxy, within that relationship she allowed herself to display limited emotion, however she would only display such qualities during intimate moments and this ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ act was eventually the downfall of the relationship. At the time, this revelation from the man she believed she loved, the one whom she promised to marry, was not something she contemplated. The hurt and pain was stored away and not dealt with as it was emotional and Dhanishta was emotionless.

Dhanishta’s concept of Vulcan Logic, while stemmed from Vulcans is not as literal as one might first think. Dhanishta used the principles of logic to combat the situations she faced. For example: upon Qono’S, if her honor was challenged, she must fight, for that was the honorable thing to do and Klingons were honorable first and foremost – there for it was only logical to do as Klingons did, for that was the order of things. This concept was challenged somewhat when she Joined the Academy as there were no hard and fast rules regarding culture, as Starfleet contained students from a plethora of backgrounds. The system compensated for that lack of cultural background which Dhanishta usually immersed herself in, and this allowed her to explore cultures without necessarily adopting them as her own. This form of logical thinking has allowed Dhani to transition seamlessly through many different environments and situations.

Dhanishtas telepathic abilities developed prior to puberty, which is why she was taught by Master Sark to control them and also to give her moral and ethical grounding as her mother was unable to tutor her children in the ways of Betazoids for she was a mute. Dhanishta is, unusually, fully telepathic and also telekinetic. She has not advanced her abilities, nor does she use them. Her telepathic lobe is larger than that of a standard Betazoid, whether this is due to the fact she is a hybrid has never been investigated as she has never openly used her pisonic abilities during her time at the Academy nor during her earlier postings.

Dhanishtas bond with her twin, Chandrakala, is extremely strong. Both have been known to sense and even experience the others feelings, especially when one of them is in physical danger or has been injured. These occurrences have been known to take place in dreams or even whilst awake, as visions or just physical sensations and have occasionally manifested symptoms in the other. The pair have their own language, developed whilst they were children and occasionally when they are together this childhood-twin-language has been known to resurface, extremely confusing for anyone listening. Whilst together most of their communicating is done telepathically, or a strange combination of telepathy and verbal communication including phrases, or whole passages, in Vulcan, Trill and/or Klingon.

Dhanishta’s personality has changed dramatically since joining the USS Galaxy. With the development of the telepathic link with Ethan Suder, Dhanishta began to experience a range of emotions that she was just not prepared for. This sent her world spiraling out of control, one that she has not been able to reclaim since.

She began to use her pisonic gifts; the ones that she had let lie dormant within her for fear of reprisals. Sark had drilled into her the ‘Code of Sentience’ at such a young age, as if to deter her from ever using them. And it had worked; she had never really stretched her mind. She heard surface thoughts; she ‘heard’ feelings, understood them to a degree and compensated for them when dealing with others. Yet as the bond with Suder cemented she found herself drawn to using them. Little things at first; floating objects and such, and then onto larger things; using telekinetics in battle to inflict damage to her opponent/enemies.

After suffering insomnia for over a year, unknowingly telepathically boded to Suder, caught in a temporal paradox that generated a split personality, fighting Ethan Suder to the death – culminating with her in a nine month coma, dying countless times and being revived, much to her chagrin, enduring night terrors – which Dhani believes to be repressed memories of her past; Dhanishta has found it more and more difficult to integrate herself with those around her.

Her personally now is somewhat jumbled. Unable to repress emotion as she once had, she now feels them to their extremities. For one so used to being in control as Dhanishta always was, every day has become a battle of will to try and combat the next wave of emotion, a torment that is slowly tearing her apart.

Often appearing brusque, rude, arrogant and on occasion totally bipolar. Those close to her are continuously worried about her mental state. Yet Dhanishta feels that she can not go to any of them for help, for she is concealing a secret past that she believes they will condemn her for if they ever find out.

Dhanishta finds it difficult to talk to counselors, not just because she feels she has something to hide now, but also because she is still unsure how to express herself, still unsure how to handle emotions. She finds it extremely frustrating and this in turn sparks off anger and resentment within her which bubbles over and causes her to lash out at all the wrong people.

She has come to resent Doctors even more than counselors, most likely because they revived her the first time she died, an experience she recalls completely and reveres to this day. She strongly believes that she was not supposed to survive and that if she had died she would have escaped the enormity of everything that happened since; she would have been spared the pain and torment and the sheer suffering that ‘feeling’ has put her though. However there is a much deeper reason to her dislike and fear of Doctors, one that she is still unaware of its origins, yet is beginning to remember in small cat-food-sized meaty chunks.

Dhanishta is struggling, slowly drowning within herself. She is fiercely stubborn and becoming more and more terrified of herself as her recollection of how to use her pisonic abilities resurfaces.

Since her emotions have surfaced Dhanishta has come to realize, slowly, just how out of place she really is. Having no fixed abode and no definite structure to her upbringing (for she believes that she was raised predominately by Vulcans rather than her parents) she feels that she has no place to call ‘home’. She has adopted many traditions from both Vulcan and Qono’S – for these are the societies that she lived in the longest. She has never been to Betazed, and she has resentments towards the species, even though she is half Betazoid, she feels uneasy around them, fearing that they are always trying to read her mind and catch her out.

Dhanishtas relationship with her parents is strained at best. She gets along with her father, Tanson, much better than she does her mother, Kerenza. It is safe to say that there is no love loss between them. However this is far from the truth. The rejection from her mother has affected Dhanishta much more than she realizes. During her nine month coma, Dhanishta was aware of certain things that transpired around her. When her mother ordered the doctors to switch off the ventilators that kept Dhanishta alive she recalls clearly her mother talking to her, apologizing for all her mistakes and claiming how proud of Dhanishta she was, along with how much she really did love her. This revelation was a shock to Dhanishta and it was this that made her strive for one last breath, strive for the opportunity to at least try to make things right with her mother, to tell her mother that she did in fact love her too. However when Dhanishta came to, several hours later, Kerenza collapsed with shock and Dhanishta has never found the right moment to tell her mother how she really feels.

Dhanishta has a fondness for coffee; Raktajino, cappuccino, latté and good old regular - milk double sweet. She is particular to Klingon Blood Wine, Icoberry juice cocktail, the infamous Black Hole and Takarian Mead. Her favorite food is freshly made (not replicated, which is why she so seldom has it these days) Terran Chinese Chicken Chow Mein, Szechuan Chicken with Sweet and Sour Sauce and chips, served with Green Tea. She enjoys fresh Azna, again another dish that is much better fresh than replicated, however she has managed to program her own version of this dish, which she calls Annanza, into the replicator with much success.

She plays the cello – which is named Chang, after the man who gave it to her – when she plays the cello she would let her walls down, this was never originally by choice, yet by doing so she was able to feel the emotions of the audience. She would use those feelings within her performance; let their emotions guide the rhythm, tempo and the melodies of her fingertips. Her renditions and improvisations were acclaimed to be haunting by many. And this was the only time that Dhanishta would willingly allow herself to feel others in such a personal way, once she stopped playing the gates were closed – it was almost automatic. The first time it happened she was violently sick. Yet with persistence she managed to control that reaction somewhat and just play their emotions. Since joining the Galaxy however she has not played for anyone but herself, and is quite often sick afterwards.

Dhanishta also creates holo-programs; this is another hobby that has laid dormant for some time of late. Her programs ranged from recreational, which she made primarily for her sister, to training which she uses herself habitually.

Dhanishta is well trained in martial arts from Vulcan, Klingon and Terran. She is adept at using hand weapons and blades. She is proficient with a phaser yet has never explored the use of energy weapons, or her skills with them, to any great lengths.

Dhanishta is referred to by those that know her on a personal/friend, level as Dhani. For those that know her intimately, family and partners only, she permits to call her Nishta. Nishta is the abbreviation that her sister, Kala, has used since childhood and under no circumstances will she permit anyone but those extremely close to use that abbreviation.

Dhanishta can be pronounced two ways; Dan-nee-sh-ta or Duh-han-nee-sh-ta, only her mother, when partially vexed or being pompous uses the latter pronunciation. Dhani – is pronounced like the Terran name Danny, or female form Dannie. Eshe is pronounced Eh-she.

Dhanishta has a black cat named Salem-Sebastian, a spider called Jii (named after Ahdjiia D'Tinya-Bolivar who was killed on an away mission in 2381) and a dog called Peckerwood – who was originally owned by Lt. Com Brianna O’Shea, yet was abandoned when the woman was revealed to be a Hydran clone. Dhanishta was never able to reunite the pet with its former owner as O’Shea was too traumatized when Baile rescued her from a Hydran prison planet. Out of duty and loyalty to her former CO Dhanishta has taken care of the mutt ever since, hoping that one day she will be able to reunite Pecker with Anna herself.