Zaiden Stormcloud (born Zaiden Kovok) was born in the year 15 BBY on the planet Iridonia, the son of a brief relationship between Dec Stormcloud, a human merchant, and Xara, a Zabrakian native. Despite his mixed lineage, Zaiden grew up believing he was fully Zabrakian and remained unaware of his father's identity--a secret his mother kept from him during his childhood.
Zaiden never knew his father growing up and was raised solely by his mother in the Kovok Tribe of Northern Iridonia.

Considered a prodigy among his tribe, Zaiden showed promise among his peers at an early age, completing his warrior training in one year by the age of 11. Shortly after his 11th birthday, and having shown early signs of maturity, the Kovok Tribe held the Res Selenoren ("The Challenges") for 6 other Zabrakian youths between the ages of 13-15, and--with Zaiden's mother's approval--the 11-year-old Zaiden. Although the Res Selenoren was private, the Kovok Tribe's records indicate that of the 7 youths who partook in The Challenges, only 3 youths returned home--Zaiden being one of them. Upon completing his Res Selenoren, Zaiden was honored at the Rising Ceremony at the end of the year, along with all of the other Zabrakian youths who had passed their rites of adulthood over the course of the year. As part of his final act of clan acceptance, Zaiden participated in the Rising Ceremony hunts, amazing his tribe as he managed to kill an adult Reek single-handedly. During the Rising Ceremony festivities, Zaiden was marked with his black facial tattoos and given a ceremonial Zhaboka that had belonged to this grandfather, a respected warrior.

* Motivation #1: Ambition (Specific Ambition: Glory) - SECRET

* Motivation #2: Ambition (Specific Ambition: Power) - SECRET

* Emotional Strength: Pride

* Emotional Weakness: Arrogance

* Gender: Male

* Age: 23

* Height: 6'3

* Build: Athletic

* Hair: Black

* Eyes: Purple

* Notable Features: Black facial tattoos; cranial horns