Born and raised on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyk, Harkurgorr was once a young warrior with a adventurous heart. As much as he loved his home, he desired to experience the wider galaxy. And eventually, with his people's blessing, he left Kashyyk behind to ply his skills abroad. Harkurgorr was quick to make a name for himself astute and capable fighter, and he often found himself hired as a bodyguard for travelers. Harkurgorr favored this work, as it allowed him to experience a wide range of places and people, and the defense of others came naturally to him. He was content.

Then The Republic fell, and everything else that mattered fell with it.

Harkurgorr was present at the galactic capital of Corusant when it happened. He saw the aftermath of the Jedi Temple's destruction, and the growing unrest of the populace in the face of Palpatine's tyrannical rule. And with the loosening and repeal of slavery laws not long thereafter, he was likely one of the very first of the Wookiee to be chained, ambushed and sedated career slavers now perfectly comfortable operating in the light of day. His Ryyk blades taken from him, Harkurgorr found himself sold to a shipping company. He was forced to haul cargo to and from shipping bays by hand, day in and day out with scarce rest. Affixed with a shock collar and unable to be understood, he was reduced to a pack animal. And in such a state, even his warrior's dignity could only hold out for so long.

He was being transported on board a cargo vessel to an unloading bay when he finally acted. Harkurgorr ignored the pain of his restraints, and he opted for tooth and claw in the absence of blades. The Empire had made a beast of him, and so it was a beast that maimed everyone aboard that ship and sent it crashing into Corusant's iron depths. The last thing Harkurgorr saw was flames, and then darkness.

He woke up in a crude medical facility, cold and pained, attended by droids and
staring down the beady eyes of a pale-skinned Chevin. Harkurgorr had been saved, pulled from the burning wreck he'd left behind, but at a cost.

Ambition; Freedom: Even in his youth, Harkurgorr has never cared for restraints or restrictions.

Debt: In exchange for her efforts nursing him back to health from near death, Harkurgorr owes an exorbitant amount of credits to a Chevin Chemhoss. A small-time crime lord operating out of Corusant's lower levels. She also supplied the bulk of his funds and equipment for getting set up as a mercenary, further increasing his debt.

Harkurgorr is a tall Wookie, standing around 8-ft