Riekus

Riekus (Darth Shade - Shadow Lord)
"I was desperately terrified of being alone again, in that debilitating fear I found good company among Jedi and Sith spirits alike, the force has no sides after this world and it is in that realm I found the wholeness to return."

Childhood - Pirate
Riekus was raised on the Constellation, a merchant ship made pirate gunboat by a gang of outlaw. Riekus grew up believing that Davii Char and Lima Linew were his birth parents up until much later in his adult life. He was never referred to however as having either surname and once used the alias Charr-Linew to cover up his true identity.

Used as slave labor and a fighting hand Riekus grew up overnight and slayed many merchants by the time he was 8. He had also acquired a strong sense of force abilities as well which his pirate family exploited for their own desires. When Riekus was 8 the Constellation was docked on an unknown planet in dry grasslands and one black market village. While he remained with the ship and another pirate guard he was able to trick the pirate into allowing him to leave the ship and Riekus ran off into the safari landscape. Surviving in the wild Riekus grew strong in body and of the mind with the force. Being alone and without friends Rikeus developed a unique force ability to summon a shade of himself who he would play with and pretend was his friend. He had a vision of his pirate family returning capture him which he dismissed as a nightmare, in four years the constellation indeed returned and was able to subdue the boy.

Apparently a Jedi order caught wind of the force sensitive child pirate in the galaxy and hoped to train him in the ways of the force, the pirates captured Riekus and hold him for ransom. While in captivity Riekus escaped his cell and used the ships systems main tends hatch to hide within the ship. When the crew was asleep minus the few night watches Riekus snuck out of his hiding spot and sealed himself in the bridge. When the night watch sounded the alarm the whole crew mustered outside the bridge and began dismantling the door, Riekus threatened to vent the ship of they didn't stop but they persisted so he opened the ships main air locks excluding the bridge and emptied the crew into deep space.

At the young age of 12 Riekus found himself undeniable the captain of the constellation and master of his own destiny, his first thought was to return to the safari planet he had found so much peace at alone scavenging and living day to day off the land. Fatigue and exhaustion struck and Riekus allowed himself to sleep unafraid of what and who might wish to do him harm in the morning. That night while Riekus slept a transport ship docked to the Constellation and Jonas Terannus came aboard to rescue the boy, his suspicions increased when he found the few bodies who hadn't been sucked out into space when he vented the ship. Riekus awoke from a nightmare of the ship exploding while he slept and felt the increased temperature of the ships crew quarters sensors picking up movement. Riekus held his blaster close to his chest and swung around facing opposite the bridge access door ready for whoever entered. When the door did finally hiss open he swung himself about and fired on the Jedi who quickly avoided the blast and drew his light saber. Riekus had never seen a Jedi only heard stories from pirates about them and rarely anything complimentary. The Jedi held out his hand to cease the battle when Riekus rolled onto the floor firing more blasts, all being deflected, the Jedi tossed the blaster out of Riekus hands with the force to which Riekus resisted by pulling it back towards him with his own manipulation of the force. When the Jedi's superior strength overwhelmed Riekus he toppled backwards and scrambled under the control consol and turned off the ships lights. Riekus with his night vision retrieved the blaster and fired on the Jedi who while blind could still deflect the blasts, finally the Jedi called out for Riekus to stop, that he was here to save him and train him to be a Jedi. Riekus froze, dropped the blaster and turned the ships lights back on. The two debated whether or not the Jedi was telling the truth or not until finally Riekus agreed to go with Terannus as long as he could fly the constellation himself instead of riding in Terannus' ship.