Darhirc Nylfn

Darhirc Nylfn was a Slicer in the pirate group of Samuel Tomas Gillespee, who went under the codename of supergeeky1. A Slicer during the Galactic Civil War, Nylfn continued to work on after the War. During the Thrawn Crisis, Nylfn was one of the first members of Gillespee's Smuggler group that Gillespee called upon after fleeing Ukio. With misgivings about Gillespee joining Talon Karrde's Smugglers' Alliance, Nylfn left Gillespee's group shortly before the end of the Thrawn Crisis.

Early life
Born upon the Agriworld of Ukio, to a lone mother, Nylfn grew up without the influence of a father to steer him down paths considered legal by Ukio and, indeed, by the galaxy in general. Nylfn's mother's need to spend time raising her son meant that money was lacking in the Nylfn household, forcing the young Darhirc into work on a farm for one of the various corporations that held monopolies over the planet. From the age of four, Darhirc worked the long hours of what was considered hard work, for relatively little pay. Although the food corporations didn't have the same degree of greed that the Hutt Cartel, for instance, did, they still ran their farming industry as a business first and foremost, and so the concerns of Darhirc and his family didn't hold much relevance to the corporation owners. This lifestyle was not to the liking of the young Darhirc, who didn't particularly wish to work such long hours when other children of his age had little more to do than play. Although Darhirc recognized that work was unavoidable, as his mother needed the additional money, the lack of pay he was receiving in comparison with the amount of work he went through led Darhirc to consider alternate styles of life and, without a figure to guide him down a moral path, Darhirc turned to illegal activities.

As with most of the Outer Rim worlds heavily populated, trade in death sticks was common, although illegal. The Ukian Overliege complied with the rules of the New Republic that made death sticks, and the sale of death sticks, illegal. The various death stick dealers needed some way of being able to supply customers with death sticks without having a chance of taking the blame themselves, and without putting themselves directly at risks. Therefore, the dealers used young children, who were less likely to be suspected of being involved and so less likely of being searched, to trade such items as death sticks and, to a smaller degree, spice. At six years of age, Darhirc got himself involved with the drug syndicates on the planet, acting as a courier and trades-person between the corporations and the customers. Although the risk of being caught and punished was far higher, the hours were less, the work was less hard and the pay was far higher, and so Darhirc considered it a necessary risk. Although exposed to use of intoxicants from a very young age, Nylfn was always careful never to experiment with the substances himself, as he realized the effect they'd have on him, even from a young age.

Although Nylfn's mother began to suspect the career for which Darhirc had chosen for himself, she didn't attempt to stop him in his choices, although she realized what the cost would be if he was caught, due to the need for money the Nylfn family had. Darhirc's mother, however, was careful to ensure that Darhirc was fully educated as to the effects of the intoxicants, and knew not to take them himself. Despite her perceived lack of care and interest in her son, Darhirc's mother considered herself to love and care for him very much, contrary to the belief of some. The drug syndicates, however, needed ways to ship their goods and profits off-world, and for that they needed to slice into terminals in various starports, to switch around various shifts for the workers and to make sure that the risks for them would be as little as possible. Iy'Ho, the Ho'Din leader of the drugs business on Ukio, noted Darhirc's interest in computers and slicing, and his natural ability to pick up technical information quickly, and began to teach him, in between jobs, various slicing methods and the ability to slice into terminals and various other computer type objects. Attracted by the lure of more money, and by a sense of seeking out 'thrills' by engaging in illegal activities, Darhirc set about his new training with what was described as obvious relish.

Off world
As Darhirc's slicing ability began to progress under the teaching of Iy'Ho, Darhirc's salary went up and so he began to be able to pay for his mother and self, encouraging him to continue with the profession. By the age of ten, Darhirc was being used occasionally in a real slicing situation, so as to gain experience for himself whilst also completing a job at the behest and wishes of Iy'Ho. Darhirc's fascination with technology, specifically in computers and how they work, meant that he was considered to be well suited to being a slicer, and began to be used more and more by Iy'Ho. However, Darhirc began to feel, by the age of fourteen, that his abilities were far higher than his salary reflected. In addition, his mother had recently fallen ill, and Nylfn didn't have the money with which to pay for her treatment, especially if his mother wasn't working and so earning money in that time either. After asking Iy'Ho for a pay rise and being turned down on his request, Nylfn handed in a resignation, thinking to slice himself a ship and get himself and his mother off-world. However, Iy'Ho threatened to go to the authorities and turn Nylfn in should he leave the organization. Being young, Nylfn didn't consider the fact that Iy'Ho would have had to turn himself in in order to do so, and that Darhirc could have done exactly the same to Iy'Ho. Instead, Darhirc thought only of his mother and consented to stay.

Although he'd agreed to stay, Darhirc now harbored a hate of Iy'Ho and his organization, and swore to himself that he'd leave, before his mother died. His mother, who'd contracted Drakñahr Syndrome, had deteriorated in condition, and so Nylfn began to fear she'd die soon. By the time Nylfn had turned fifteen, his mother was next to dead, with Nylfn having no ability to save her. When, some few months later, Darhirc's mother died, Darhirc was filled with rage at what he believed to be his mother's death at the fault of Iy'Ho, and so began to scheme in secret to bring about the downfall of Iy'Ho and his organization. With nothing to lose, Darhirc eventually went to the Ukian Overliege and, in return for amnesty and a ship off-planet, offered to turn in Iy'Ho and the rest of the syndicate to a junior member named Tol dosLla. In the subsequent raid upon the various buildings under the control of Iy'Ho and his syndicate, Iy'Ho was killed, to the satisfaction of Darhirc. However, the Ukian Overliege considered a rogue slicer to be too much of a potential hazard to grant total amnesty to, and so demanded a hefty fine from Darhirc, which they knew he couldn't pay. Darhirc's inability to pay meant he was taken to serve in one of the various Ukian prisons, despite the Ukian's earlier promises.

After three years in the prison, with no access to a computer terminal from which he could slice himself a route out, Darhirc was released back out into freedom, although without any sort of money or property to his name. Disgusted at his treatment at the hands of the Ukian Overliege, Darhirc began to seek a route off-planet more than ever, although his lack of money meant he couldn't buy himself a ship. In addition, Darhirc was under surveillance due to his slicing activities, and so he was unable to either make himself money through slicing or to slice himself a ship with which to leave off-planet. Although the Overliege as a whole had betrayed Darhirc, a number of the members weren't happy with the betrayal in full knowledge. The man Darhirc had offered information to originally, Tol dosLla, was one such man, and so he approached Darhirc. Originally skeptical, Darhirc's interest was piqued when dosLla offered to fund him for a ship off-world, without the knowledge of the Overliege, as he too didn't like the Overliege's treatment of Darhirc. Although skeptical after the Overliege's last betrayal, Darhirc realized that this would be his only option off-world, and so took dosLla up on the offer. Despite Darhirc's distrust, dosLla remained true to his world and funded Darhirc for a small ship with which he could get himself off-world.

Gillespee
However, Darhirc's ship didn't make it completely off-world, with his ship being followed and subsequently boarded relatively soon after leaving the planet. Darhirc expected it to be the Ukians once more, betraying their promises as they'd done before to him, yet it, instead, turned out to be a criminal organization under the command of Samuel Tomas Gillespee, interested in boarding his ship and robbing him of any valuables he might have on him. Darhirc, however, had nothing of value aboard the ship, and so was of little value to Gillespee and his group. Arguing his case of being an 'expert' slicer, Darhirc attempted to argue his way into becoming a member of Gillespee's group, in an attempt to make money from himself and escape into the main galaxy. Lacking a slicer in his organization, Gillespee agreed to allow the young Darhirc to show them his ability, and remain with them for the next month or so at least. The price, though, would be the ship Darhirc had escaped on, which meant that if Darhirc wasn't up to the standards Gillespee expected, he'd be stranded. Darhirc considered it to be a fair enough risk, believing that his own abilities would be able to ensure he became a member of the group. Accepting, Darhirc proceeded to become a member in training of Gillespee's group, a planned raid of ships from Bilbringi being the 'exam' Darhirc would have to pass.

Gillespee had purposefully chosen Bilbringi as what he deemed to be a sufficiently hard task for the young Darhirc, now around twenty years of age, to show his value in. Upon arrival in the shipyards of Bilbringi, Darhirc was directed to a computer terminal before Gillespee made sure he was nowhere near, so as to make sure he and his group would remain safe, whatever the outcome. Darhirc then proceeded to open up a gap of five minutes from which the ships could be stolen, Gillespee and his men making their way into the hangar to collect the ships and to pick up Darhirc on the way out.

Behind the Scenes
The article was based upon the American user Supergeeky1, in a similar way to Project Jedimca0 being based upon Jedimca0. The conception came about after a number of discussions between Supergeeky1 and Thomas Rattim, the author, in the Star Wars Fanon Wiki Internet Relay Chat channel # swfanon. Supergeeky1's knowledge of HTML and other coding methods regarding Computers led to the character, Darhirc Nylfn, being a Slicer. In addition, the name 'Darhirc Nylfn' is an anagram of Supergeeky1's real name, Richard Flynn.