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Zhaff Orikan Orikan is the only surviving offspring of Catherine and Ben Orikan, small business owners on the planet Corellia. While owning a small business provided his parents the freedom of being their own boss, the business climate at the time infringed on their success, with them bouncing between lower-middle class and poverty throughout Orikan’s youth. This trial by fire of living on a tight budget forced Orikan to not only help out in his parents shop, but also turned him to a life of petty crime. He quickly grew in the Corellian underworld, making a name for himself for small thefts and dubious, but ultimately placid, cons. Seeing a modicum of success, Orikan pounced and turned his solo operation into a small enterprise, bringing on several like-minded individuals to do the theft for him. While he employed their assistance in some of the more complicated cons, manipulating unsuspecting individuals became a signficant love of Orikan’s; a love that he wasn’t willing to give up. He continued his avid pursuit of the next con, before being caught and summarily charged by Corellian security forces. Seeing an end in sight, but also the opportunity for one last con, Orikan approached the local adjudicator and proposed the opportunity to give back by joining the Empire instead of jail time. The adjudicator agreed, and Orikan was off to the academy the next day. (more...)