Highwinder

"I'll ride anything!"

- Thaif Highwinder

Thaif Highwinder is something of a ne'er-do-well - a half-breed from 'other armpit' of the galaxy who makes his living as a swoop racer, part-time smuggler, and all-time gambler.

He is brash, charming, more than curious and loves nothing more than high speeds and equally high stakes. If he is not actively looking for trouble, it's because trouble has already found him (and wants its money back).

From Rags...
If Tatooine is the 'armpit' of the galaxy, Lok is the - well, you'll figure it out. Thaif Highwinder's story begins on Lok, a dreary, dusty spec of a world in the Outer Rim - the home of miscreants, wanderers, crimelords and scavengers... and Thaif Highwinder.

He was the product of a human and Devaronian union, and although that fact remained fairly clear to anyone who met him, the question as to which one was the human, and which the Devaronian - as well as what they were to each other, and did for a living - went unanswered.

That is, the story kept changing.

How Highwinder got himself into racing (swoop bikes mainly, but just about any ground vehicle or speeder - and some animals) is also a good question. Of the stories available, the most likely is that he involved himself with a swoop gang, and somehow transitioned from that to get offworld.

That may or may not be true.

Regardless, he made it offworld, and onto greener pastures (or any pastures - considering the lack thereof, on Lok).

To...Races
Nothing really went quite the way Highwinder had planned. True, he began to make a name for himself around the swoop-racing circuits in the galaxy (and other races), but thanks to an unfortunate scandal (several, in fact) he found himself losing more credits than he could make.

Naturally, he did what any self-respecting sports-enthusiast and competitive thrill-seeker would do: he borrowed the credits from various people, gambled it away, and borrowed some more. That, at least, was the rumor. He lost his ship in payment for some old debts, and racked up a list of creditors, and favors he owed.

That brings him to the Present.