Astariax Drago (title)

Astariax Drago was a hereditary name passed down through a family of and part-Nagai assassins, mercenaries, and bounty hunters.

The first in the line was actually named Astariax Drago at birth. He was a full Nagai and served as a retainer to Arba the Hutt in addition to working as a freelance mercenary and bounty hunter. He was a close friend of the Sith Lord Tak Sakaros and a comrade (and later lover) of the smuggler Nicora Otsana. During the, Drago and Cora had a son whom they named Caliban.

The original Drago was killed during the, and Caliban became a ward of Tak Sakaros, who trained him in combat. At some point Caliban journeyed to his father's ancestral home of, returning to the primary galaxy years later even more skilled in arms and with a female Nagai companion and their son.

Though Caliban intended to make a living as a mercenary, Tak warned him he would be marked for death for being his father's son, and that Caliban was not then as talented as Astariax had been. They decided on the ruse that Caliban would use his father's name, claiming to be the Astariax Drago the had known. Tak played along with the illusion, and beings who knew of the close friendship between Drago and Sakaros were persuaded that Caliban truly was his father, even those who had heard of the original Drago's death or doubted the credibility of the story. The ruse worked, and the aura of fear that accompanied the name both got Caliban business and warded off less serious challengers while the Nagai continued to hone his skills.

An "Astariax Drago" was present on in 26 ABY, serving as a bodyguard to Arba the Hutt, during the  assault on the. It was unclear whether this Drago was Caliban or another of his family using the name.

Behind the scenes
Fermata13 is responsible for the concept of "Astariax Drago" as an inherited name. Sakaros realized that RP had placed Drago in the pre- era while this article had him still alive some five decades later. Given that this would have put Drago anywhere from his very late seventies to his early nineties, Sakaros found the idea strained credulity. Fermata13 suggested "Astariax Drago" be an inherited title, mirroring the "James Bond is a code name" theory as well as the from . Rather than retcon Drago out of the Nar Shaddaa Rescue, Sakaros decided to go with the idea instead, and thus were Caliban Drago and an entire line of code-named Nagai mercenaries born.