Background
Kylo was the son of Morgan and Patricia Ren, farmers from the Sullust colony moon of Sulon. After learning about his mother's death at the claw of a malfunctioning BT-16 perimeter security droid, Ren enrolled at the Imperial Academy on Carida. Living out on the rim, he had few other opportunities to obtain an education. During a raid on a Rebel asteroid base, Ren began to suspect his Force potential, a trait passed to him by his father, when he experienced several premonitions that saved the lives of many of his strike team members. While on the mission, Ren also met Joss Karn, an agent working for the Rebellion. Ren and Karn were on opposite sides of the war, but they experienced a strange connection that led Ren to spare his life as well as the lives of many of the station's inhabitants. As a result of the success of his mission, Ren became a decorated Imperial stormtrooper officer, but his father, unbeknownst to him, was a supporter of the Rebel Alliance. Following this last mission, which was his Omega Exercise, Ren learned that his father had been killed in a suspected Rebel raid on his homeworld of Sulon. Ren, recalling the lives he spared on the asteroid base, became extremely hateful towards the Rebellion, believing them to be murderers. After all of this betrayal and turmoil, he decided to desert the Empire and find a new purpose in the outer rim.
Motivation
Out of the Game