Keeri Thorod

Keeri Thorod was a male bounty hunter active during the leadup to the. Though Thorod was proficient at his trade, his fellow hunter Astariax Drago considered him needlessly flamboyant, and the two verbally clashed repeatedly before a final duel in 23 BBY.

The most dangerous game
Thorod was born on, the scion of wealth. He acquired a taste for the finer things in life and used his inherited wealth to travel the galaxy. As a natural carnivore, he enjoyed hunting and took up big game hunting as a specialty, touring the galaxy from one end to the other. He had sufficient resources to afford top-quality weapons and hire on hunting parties when necessary.

Thorod's wealth, though extensive, was not inexhaustible, and he eventually began considering ways to make his various ventures pay for themselves. He took to bounty hunting both to employ his talents to his advantage and to test his skills against the ultimate prey—sentients. He took his sportsman's mentality to bounty hunting, and would often indulge targets in ways other bounty hunters found bizarre or even unsafe, such as giving marks a head start. As his skill grew, Thorod trained with the and became a vocal supporter and member of the. Thorod insisted on only taking legal bounties, though he often wound up hunting down dangerous criminals as a result.

The sportsman and the murderer
Keeri Thorod crossed paths with Astariax several times during the decades before the. Thorod remained as good-natured to Drago as he was to anyone; while the Nagai respected Thorod's marksmanship, he thought little of Thorod personally. They met on in 25 BBY, when Drago and Nicora Otsana were recovering from an unintentional trip through the. The moment was tense, but Thorod was not hunting either Drago or Cora and let them go.

Two years later, however, Thorod took a bounty on Cora and arranged an elaborate trap as a buy from Arba the Hutt, which Cora delivered. Drago was present as Cora's escort, giving Thorod the chance to collect his bounty as well. He pinned them for a while with blasterfire before both got inside his range. Thorod and Drago met in a corridor while Cora seized control of the bridge; a barrel roll briefly threw off the artificial gravity and allowed Drago to destroy Thorod's high-power rifle. They faced off for a moment before quickdrawing; Thorod shot Drago through his left trapezius, but Drago shot Thorod in the lung. Advancing on the wounded, helpless Pau'an, Drago killed him with a final shot through the forehead.

Skills and abilities
Other bounty hunters considered Keeri Thorod a supremely skilled marksman, equally talented with both short-range blaster pistols and long-range rifles. He was patient in tracking his quarry, willing to follow beasts or sentients for days on end. He was physically fit, but preferred not to indulge in melee combat unless absolutely necessary.

Thorod was fluent in and  and at least conversational in.

Appearance and personality
Like all Pau'ans, Keeri Thorod was gaunt and noticeably taller than most humanoids at 2.08 meters. When relaxing he preferred the long, high-collared robes favored by many Pau'ans, but he wore garb more conducive to quick movement when hunting, though it was usually still expensive and finely made. He wore a gunbelt on the job and usually had a blaster secreted on his person at all times.

Many other beings were struck by Thorod's cheerful, bombastic manner. In contrast to many of the more demure Pau'ans of his homeworld, he had a loud voice and a gregarious manner. His accent, which several of his colleagues were sure was feigned, was closest to a mix of the normal Pau'an accent and a High Coruscanti accent. He had a tendency to employ unusual or antiquated idioms.

In hunting, Thorod considered himself first and foremost a sportsman, and would not indulge in behavior he considered unsporting. He lived by the, and was unstinting in aiding fellow hunters who asked it of him, though many who found his infatuation with sport compromising rarely sought his help. He maintained an air of jovial professional camaraderie even with hunters who did not follow his code of ethics, such as Astariax Drago and.