Merith Caid-Bridger
| Merith Caid-Bridger | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Race | Thyferran |
| Homeworld | Thyferra |
| Born | Year -8 Galactic Time |
| Languages | Galactic Basic |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Political Information | |
| Affiliation | The Restored Empire |
Contents
Bio
Early Life [Year -8 to Year 10]
Born in Year -8 before galactic time, the scrappy daughter of an Imperial navy fighter and a Bacta industrial supplier on Thyferra, Merith Caid-Bridger took the last names of both her father and mother.
Her father, Talbert Seyd Bridger was a successful strategist for the Imperial Navy, having grown up in the Inner Rim very close to Imperial influence. His naval duties required him to spend more and more time and distance away from his family, until he had developed a new family with one of his own subordinates and decided to pursue his military career over his wife and daughter back home. This was in Year 6, while Merith’s mother Zyra Bridger experienced a successful year running a Bacta supply company from Thyferra.
Merith would visit her father from time to time on Coruscant after their separation…but, eventually she stopped.
Their family moved on but not without consequence ; Merith became a little more guarded and a little hardened because of the betrayal; she was distrustful of the Empire, and developed a need for control and order, in order to better prepare for outcomes, despite the order that the Empire promised its citizens.
Year 10 to Year 20: Thyferran Police
She did desire to remain on her home planet and help, as most Thyferran children do. She found purpose in the Thyferran police academy at the age of eighteen, where she trained in many disciplines, from basic first aid to hand-to-hand combat, fencing with a sword, and leadership, particularly leading ground infantry.
Although she spent a year working for Thyferran planetary defense it was not the satisfying work she thought it would be, often regulated to air traffic disputes and escorting Bacta shipments to safeguard them from space pirates.
During a police raid of a nightclub suspected of smuggling bacta, she went undercover and met the Rodian singer Greetina Sacjowski, who went from nothing to running the operation and owning the club on Thyferra. The raid went wrong and shots were fired; following an instinct she stepped in and protected Greetina from her own team members, and suddenly Merith found herself on the run from the very force she had contributed to.
Unable to return to Thyferra due to a fallen rep, Merith joined forces with Greetina Sacjowski who brought her to the Outer Rim and showed her the ins and outs of the smuggler’s life. During that time she picked up an old Wookiee blade that had once belonged to a long line of Kashyyk warriors. It soon became her preferred weapon, which she nicknamed “Daido.”
Year 21 to Year 25: Bounty Hunting
As payment for doing a few low-key runs for her, Greetina gifted her with a YT-2000, which she named the Night Slumber. Although it was no beauty it proved valuable many times, such as when she slipped away from a pursuit of Imperial fighters outside Kuat.
Merith decided to get out of the smuggling business because she preferred to follow the law and do the right thing - most of the time. Greetina gave her an inside contact for bounty hunting work. She pursued bounty hunting for three years and bid farewell to Greetina, thanking her for setting her up.
Year 26-Present: The Restored Empire
However Year 25 turned out to be a very tumultuous year for the galaxy. The rising power of pirate and criminal groups and increased attacks on the space lanes was unavoidable. Tensions grew between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance as well, until it was almost impossible to sit on the sidelines. Wanting to help bring order back into the galaxy, in Year 26 Merith set the Night Slumber for a course and tendered an application for a rising group: the Restored Empire.
Physical Description
Race: Thyferran
Age: 30s
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Outfits: Gray jumpsuit, green cloak, purple headband, black pants, black boots, gray sweater, gray and black uniform
Personal Interests
Hunting outdoors
Animals & creatures
Weapons/ships
Planet descriptions
Any type of physical fitness
Investigaton/mysteries
Literature & music
tropes
The Aloner
Defrosting Ice Queen
Death Glare
Good is Not Soft
One-Woman Army
Rousseau Was Right
Devious Daggers
Compact Infiltrator
Stiff Upper Lip
Personality and Beliefs
Cautious, Reserved, Investigative, Intelligent, Curious, Observant, Firm, Standoffish, Stormy
Roleplays
[1] [How I Got Daido (and a black eye)]
