Among street urchins, Gar Renden was not unique. Abandoned by his parents and raised by the streets, his youth was spent as insignificant and unimportant as any street kid. The back-alleys of Eriadu City were harsh and cold, uninviting to even the most adept of criminals. It was there Gar learned to survive on his own with a plethora of burgeoning skills no mere child should have.

It was upon pure chance that his life didn't end the fateful day he stole from the wrong vendor. He was caught and cornered in an alley by an extraplanetary merchant and his thugs for stealing something most would view as garbage. The former Jedi Knight Thrate that happened upon the thugs at the right moment must have been fate or destiny. Gar was saved, while the thugs were swiftly dispatched and left to the carrions of Eriadu to feast upon.

The Knight Thrate had foreseen the event and intervened before Gar's true fate had come to fruition. Thrate sensed in Gar something special, something truly abhorrent in the eyes of the Empire: the force. That day onward for a few years, Gar was Thrate's pseudo-padawan. Though Thrate was never excommunicated from the Jedi Order before its demise, he was always viewed as grey; his views did not align with that of the Order in terms of the force. He believed in exploiting the dark side of the force when in need, not letting it exploit the individual. He made sure to instill in Gar a sense of balance, and to never fall too heavily to either side. True neutrality while retaining one's sense of identity and emotional sensitivity was the tenet Gar was trained under, while being taught that it was the tenet of the ancient Order itself.

Gar spent the next few years training and learning from Knight Thrate, until at the age of 16, when the Inquisitor Vero landed on Eriadu in search of them. The day Thrate and Vero met, the difference in skill was clear, as Thrate was chopped down in front of a helpless Gar. Captured, Gar would spend the next few months in the holding cell of Vero's ship; victim to the sinister and sadistic Inquisitor day after day. Eventually, Vero was forced to give Gar up and Gar was placed in a prison frigate along with many other force users.

Strength - Mercy
Weakness - Recklessness

Morality - 47