Classified intelligence - history file

Born on the barren wasteland of Arkania, Gavin Lurid was raised by a nanny droid while his father spent long hours mining diamonds from the planet's crust. His father, Xanin Lurid was a prosperous diamond miner on the planet, located in the Colonies region. He provided for Gavin, while saving up credits for the boy's future. Xanin was eventually able to purchase a small diamond mine close to the family homestead, which turned out to be a successful gamble for the two of them. Melon sized diamonds were extracted from the private mine, providing father and son with credits to purchase extra mining and labor droids to assist in the workload.

When Gavin was old enough, he worked in the mine and assisted his father to gain experience in the mining industry. It was during this particular time that Xanin had revealed to his son the history of the Lurid family. Gavin's grandfather, Garn Lurid was a Jedi Knight during the Republic ten standard years before the onslaught of the Clone Wars. Dispatched to the banking world of Aargau by the Jedi Council, Garn investigated reports of the InterGalactic Banking Clan secretly financing the production of battledroids. Upon landing on the planet in search of evidence, Garn was ambushed in the spaceport by mercenaries employed by the InterGalactic Banking Clan. Although Garn was a prominent Jedi Knight and eliminated the mercenary threat, he was injured in combat and later evacuated for medical attention. His left arm had been severed at the elbow from a piece of shrapnel when a fuel cell exploded near him and he sustained extensive burns to his legs. A prosthetic limb, consisting of mechanical components would replace the arm he lost.

No longer able to continue with the investigation, Garn returned to his home planet of Arkania to recover and ultimately faded into obscurity. His injuries healed in time, enabling him to seek out a new life as a simple miner. Garn had abandoned the Jedi Code and fallen in love with Cheyla, the daughter of a diamond miner. The two of them were married and Cheyla gave birth to their only child, Xanin Lurid. When Xanin was of a certain age, Garn had taught his son the art of lightsaber combat along with other Jedi techniques.

Following the defeat of the Separatist movement and end of the Clone Wars, Emperor Palpatine was declared ruler and a new era of tyranny in the galaxy arose. Jedi that had survived the Clone Wars and protected the Republic were being hunted to near extinction by agents of the Emperor. Garn and Cheyla moved further into the wilderness of Arkania with their son, purchasing a homestead that was less than accommodating. Instead of learning more about the Force and becoming a Jedi, Xanin assisted in the construction of an addition to the family homestead. He also searched for a job in the mining industry, wanting to avoid galactic conflict and become a miner like his father. Xanin later met the woman he would marry, while in a local mining supply and maintenance shop on the planet. Romance blossomed and they were soon wed, but there was a shadow that loomed in the distance, threatening to destroy everything Xanin had managed to achieve.

After the rise of the Galactic Empire, Garn and Cheyla had passed away respectively and left the family homestead to their son. Xanin managed to remember the techniques he learned from his father and taught the same techniques to Gavin, after the fall of the Empire by the Rebel Alliance. Ultimately Xanin had given his father's lightsaber to Gavin, and he became increasingly interested in following the path of the Jedi. Though there was something that was troubling the young teenager. His mother had unexpectedly left the planet shortly after his birth, leaving him with no memory of her.

It wasn't until Gavin was nineteen standard years old, that his father divulged to him why his mother had left. Xanin was involved with another woman before Gavin was born, which resulted in the birth of a child. Although Xanin was terrified of losing his wife, he could not hide the truth from her. After the birth of Gavin, his mother was confronted by a mysterious woman who claimed that her child was the son of Xanin Lurid. Gavin's mother was distraught as evidence had proven the mysterious woman's accusation to be true. She left Gavin with his father, in search of a new life far away from Arkania. Gavin would never see his mother again and the disturbing truth had a profound effect on him.

The young man became rebellious towards his father and quit working in the private mine. He purchased a SoroSuub personal luxury yacht 3000 that was in serious need of repair, from a notorious scrap yard dealer in the Colonies region. Gavin then began to outfit the hull of the craft with light armor plating while tweaking the ship's shield generator and sublight engines, using credits from his father's account. Also installed was a forward firing concussion missile launcher located beneath the vessel's cockpit and a stern mounted, rear firing proton torpedo launcher.

With the modifications to his starship completed, Gavin left the homestead and Arkania behind, in search of adventure. He encountered a smuggling ring in the Outer Rim, and was introduced to the leader of the operation. Gavin was considered for the job and later hired as a pilot, to deliver illegal cargo shipments to dangerous planets throughout the Outer Rim territory. During this time he also accepted other minor jobs to earn extra credits. On a smuggling run to the notorious planet of Myrkr, Gavin was confronted by Xanatos Marr. Xanatos revealed that he was Gavin's nephew and challenged him to a duel, but was quickly defeated without the use of the Force. Gavin then fled the planet and decided to travel to Yavin 4, in an attempt to join the ranks of the Jedi at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy.

After training at the Jedi Academy for several years Gavin obtained the rank of Jedi Knight, constructed his own lightsaber and decided to further test his abilities by taking on an apprentice. Zysha Rayne, an outsider much like himself became his first apprentice. At times Gavin harshly critiqued her methods of using the Force, but he guided her to become a model Jedi in the New Jedi Order. It was during this time that Gavin and his apprentice were dispatched to the desert planet of Tatooine, to investigate mysterious sightings of Ssi-Ruuk in the system. They left immediately in Gavin's starship, bound for the furthest reaches of the galaxy, in the Outer Rim territory.

Their destination was the backwater world of Tatooine, where they immediately encountered a fellow Jedi Knight by the name of Kjersti Renn. Gavin soon developed a relationship with Kjersti, which didn't hinder the training of Zysha. In fact, Zysha took advantage of learning from two accomplished Jedi Knights. The two settled into Kjersti's desert home near the outskirts of Mos Eisley and stayed there until their mission was completed.

Recent History

The accomplished Jedi Knight was reassigned by the Jedi Council upon returning to Yavin 4, traveling to the Outer Rim world of Vallera within Hutt controlled space. By this time, he was forced to leave his apprentice behind on the jungle moon, due to the danger involved with the undercover operation. Another Jedi Knight by the name of V’al Torlin accompanied him during his investigation of missing freighters throughout the crime infested region of space, specifically around the planet. Upon locating one of the missing cargo haulers, Gavin and V’al were intercepted by operatives from the terrorist organization known as the V-Initiative. They managed to fend off the majority of the Scourge Troopers employed by the group, but they were captured when an individual by the name of Thulek Var boarded the ship and rendered them unconscious using the stun setting on his blaster rifle.

Both of the Jedi were transferred into custody of the Imperial remnant… or so Gavin was led to believe. It was eventually uncovered by him that V’al Torlin had been in contact with Thulek Var and betrayed the Jedi Order in favor of working for the V-Initiative. Thulek revealed that he was also Gavin’s nephew, just as Xanatos had… and taunted him with the knowledge that his “family” would become devastated in the war to come. Gavin was placed in a secure Imperial prison facility on Bastion in order to face trial for “crimes” against the Empire.

During his captivity Gavin met another captive Jedi Knight by the name of Zayri Cresh. She had been transferred to a holding cell next to his, after being interrogated and tortured illegally for months by operatives of the remnant, including a particular ruthless droid known as 8V88. Gavin comforted her when it seemed as though she may succumb from her grievous injuries and ailments, but she managed to survive with his encouragement.

When Gavin was released from confinement, he went in search of the man directly responsible for his imprisonment. During his mission to locate the alleged leader of the V-Initiative, he encountered another individual on a storm shrouded world, far in the Outer Rim territories. The man referred to himself as Lucian Marr, Gavin’s remaining nephew—son of the half-brother he never met. The two of them duelled with lightsabers amidst the pouring rain, but it was unlike the fight with Xanatos years before. It was vicious and brutal, ending only when Gavin reluctantly stabbed his lightsaber through Lucian’s chest to prevent the twisted individual from killing him in turn, nearly piercing his heart and leaving him for death on the planet.

Instead of continuing his search for Thulek Var, Gavin took his ship, the Mynock Hunter into the Unknown Regions and went into self-imposed exile. He lived alone for more than two standard years, before he returned to known space and unexpectedly encountered a diminutive Aleena Jedi Master by the name of Thomar on one of the moons of Bogden. Gavin had originally sensed an unusual disturbance in the Force and traveled to known space in order to provide any assistance he could to the increasingly desperate Jedi Order.

In the wake of a new threat to the galaxy, the rise of the Ascension and its Sith Emperor, Gavin and Thomar ventured to Coruscant to begin reconnaissance of the former Jedi Temple. It had been years since he’d last seen Zayri Cresh, but during his investigation of a disturbing and alarming dark side aura, he reunited with her. Despite his unaggressive approach, she drew a blaster pistol on him at close range and fired a series of stun bolts into him. He was taken captive aboard a horrifying Sith starship and his connection to the Force was temporarily severed via the use of intravenous drugs. When he attempted to purge a sedative from his system, upon regaining his ability to use the Force, Zayri promptly broke through the mental barriers in place and was able to render him unconscious with an overwhelming surge of psychologically focused pain.

Having greatly underestimated Zayri’s abilities in the Force and her strength in the dark side, he was kept in an induced coma while the ship traveled to a massive wound in the Force—the graveyard of Malachor V. Upon reaching their destination, Zayri was ordered by her Master, Daegon the Tormentor to perform a highly disturbing ritual, sealing herself inside an ancient and power Sith sarcophagus with the unconscious Jedi. Unbeknownst to him, Daegon was the man he knew as Lucian. When he emerged from the sarcophagus, after experiencing infinite agony, he became a changed man. His mind was shattered while in his unconscious state, enabling Zayri to use her impressive skills in the Force to create a new reality for him.