Iria Olurai

Iria Olurai was a Twi’lek bounty hunter during the reign of the Octil Empire. He was born on the planet Ryloth where his family was killed by gangsters. He vowed to kill those who ruined his life. He became a rogue to the galaxy and took jobs as a mercenary and bounty hunter. He eventually came across the crimelord Kaleem Besadii Diori, who took him in. He joined the pirate crew of a small vessel called the Pirate’s Eye and found himself under the command of its captain, Torma Kylen. Throughout the years of service to Kaleem and Torma, Iria never forgot his true meaning in life. He got to fulfill his vows in the underlevels of Coruscant where he caught sight of the gangsters who killed his family and shot all of them to death.

After fulfilling his purpose in life, Iria Olurai still stayed with Torma's crew and soon started searching for rogue Jedi for the magnificent rewards. They ended up being just one crew out of the thousands who searched for the Jedi Padawans named Eldin Lanew and Kirth Tomon. Unlike others, they actually found and captured the fugitive Jedi. Kirth however, got Iria and the others to join the Jedi, but were son captured by other servants of Kaleem the Hutt. They broke free on Ta’meina but most of Torma’s crew was killed. Iria was the only of the crewmembers of the Pirate’s Eye to stay with the Jedi as they headed to Cerea, where they spent the next few weeks. They were soon found by the Sith of Octil and Kirth Tomon was injured. They had to go to the Jedi Order to save him since only they would by merciful enough to help at all. Eldin, Kirth and a Sith-turned-rogue named Sarien Gaeril were captured and imprisoned by the Jedi and Iria, along with another mercenary named Maira Jeret, were allowed to go. They soon returned however to rescue the Jedi and rogue Sith from prison and they headed to Felucia to start an alliance with the Free Sith, who were the only ones who could be trusted at that point. They formed and alliance, and for reasons that he didn’t completely understand, assaulted the Octil Empire’s homeworld, Dagobah. In the battle, Maira Jeret and Eldin Lanew were killed but the Octil Empire fell.

After Eldin’s funeral on Ossus, Iria went back to small-time jobs around the galaxy for a while. He eventually grew tired of the bounty hunter and pirate business and decided to settle down on Naboo and started a family, whom he spent the last of his life with.

Early Life
Iria was born in 327 ABY on the plant Ryloth. In that time period, Ryloth was infested with crime in the small, desolate villages that remained. He grew up as one of the richest Twi’leks in the small village, Eram’nan. Within the village, a particular gang of criminals called the Lyleks. Every so often, the gang would throw rocks at the Olurai estate or even open fire with blasters just to scare Iria’s family. Their tricks w ere taken one step too far in 342 ABY when a group of 6 Lyleks mugged Iria and his family. One of the members threatened the father with a blaster and said that if he didn’t get money then the whole family would die. The father tried to give him money but no amount would satisfy the gang. He whispered to Iria, telling him to get help but the gunman overheard and shot at the young Twi’lek. Iria Olurai’s father attacked the gunman as a response to him threatening his son. In the struggle, blasts were fired and the father went down. As Iria saw his own father get shot to death, he just stood in shock. Then, when his father was dead and his corpse was burnt, the gunman and a few other Lyleks opened fire on the rest of the family. Iria fought back but was beaten to the ground. They started to beat him with the butts of their guns but Iria was saved by a Sith of Octil member. The Sith killed the Lylek member who shot his mother but the rest got away. Iria was left there, the Sith not letting him come due to his lack of force sensitivity, no orphanages to go to because of lack of funding and no extended family that he could contact.

He finally got off the planet Ryloth in 346 ABY by stowing away aboard a supply ship taking off from the Ryloth imperial base. The ship was originally bound for the planet Utapau but it collided in orbit with a small space station. In the chaos that followed, Iria evacuated in an escape pod and snuck aboard an imperial shipyard. Once on the shipyard, he found a vacant vessel and stole it, reaching hyperspace and starting his journey into the western galaxy before being noticed.