"Rrah" Lowurra

Lowurra
Biographical Information
Race	Diathim
Homeworld	Kashyyyk
Mother	Gratobuck
Father	Shorbecca
Spouse	None
Siblings	None
Children	None
Born	Year -1 Day 149
Physical Description
Gender	Androgynous
Height	2.8 Meters
Coloring	Varies
Eye Color	Varies
Political Information
Affiliation	New Republic
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel O-5
Positions	Army
Prior Affiliation	Rwookrrorro Commonwealth
Awards	NR Basic Training Ribbon NR Army Command Ribbon NR One Year Service Ribbon NR Expert Marksman Badge NR Combat Action Ribbon NR Joint Operation Ribbon GA Operation Peacekeeper Ribbon NR Group Commander's Citation NR Outstanding Excellence Award NR Meritorious Unit Medal

Lowurra was born a young Rwook male from the tree-city of Rwookrrorro, on Kashyyyk. On Katunda, Helona 32 of Year 12 CGT, Lowurra graduated from the New Republic Military Academy and entered service to the Rebel Army. During an emergency deployment to planet Derra IV, Lowurra was exposed to the Metamorphosis Virus. Despite his illness he continued to remain dutifully at his post, even while his biology was painfully transforming.

Description

Nearly three meters tall, Lowurra's appearance varies depending upon the beholder. Typically, Lowurra appears as an exotic winged member of the observer's race, bathed in golden light.

Early Years

Lowurra was born Datunda, Nelona 4, 1 BCGT to parents Shorbecca of Raachwoorr, and Gratobuck of Braashaak. His father Shorbecca served the local militia as a warrior and was renowned in Raachwoorr as the greatest Rykk master in the city. His mother Gratobuck was a maker of tree-drums as well as a performer and music instructor. The two met at Starport Kashyyyk, where Gratobuck was performing for militia officers at a convention. They made a home for themselves in Rwookrrorro and it was here that Lowurra was born.

Early in Lowurra's youth it became clear that he was destined to become a warrior, like his father. He quickly outgrew the other cubs and became unusually strong for his age. While it was expected that Lowurra would demonstrate natural talent for melee, like his father the Rykk champion, his mentors were quite surprised that he seemed to take to the Bowcaster with a much higher degree of proficiency.

Lowurra was still a cub when the Empire scourged the tree-cities and hundreds of innocents were slain during nights of horror and brutality which became known as the Black Forest Massacre. He was taken into hiding in the Shadowlands with his mother, much too young to wear the Baldric and carry arms, while his father fought with the Kashyyyk Resistance. Only after Operation Forging Freedom had liberated the planet was it safe for Lowurra and his mother to return to the tree cities to be counted in the Republic census.

When asked for his full name by a Galactic Administrator who was on his first day at the job on Kashyyyk, Lowurra answered with his single traditional Wookiee name. However, because of Administrative policies the archivist insisted that Lowurra also provide a "given" name to complete his files. While most Wookiees simply adopted a more Basic-sounding formal name, or split their traditional name into two parts, Lowurra was quite stubborn. In Lowurra's neighborhood there was an expression "G.I." meaning general issue, a reference to the common items available for sale in local shops. When asked what "kind" of Lowurra he was, Lowurra answered "G.I." While the Administrator was quite keen with Shyriiwook, he did not understand the local expression and simply recorded what he heard, "Rrah".

Lowurra completed his Hrrtayyk ceremony on Datunda, Nelona 24, 12 CGT and ascended to adulthood according to Wookiee tradition. The ceremony was witnessed by Chieftain Elijah Shoryyhn and Elder Jorvan Drey, and involved the rescue of stranded Rwook and droids from Imperial space. Lowurra, an occasional smoker of Wildwood Flowers, was entrusted with the Pipe of Arriaddik during the consummation of his Hrrtayyk. It had been won by his great-grandfather in a duel and handed down for two generations, Shorbecca now passed it to his son.

As Imperial power descended over the galaxy, Lowurra took to the stars and entered service to the Army of the New Republic to serve as a rebel assault trooper. Like many of Lowurra's generation, he had remembered the terror of the Imperial slayings from his youth, and had been raised to show gratitude to the New Republic and to bring Wookiee vengeance to the Empire for it's brutality on Kashyyyk.

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