Dannen Lifehold

"I'll have it there - you have my word"

- Dannen Lifehold

Dannen Lifehold was an Alderaan-based smuggler and captain of the Lifeline. As an adult he was tall with green eyes. Having learned from bitter experience that dyes simply did not help, Dannen wore his hair in its natural color: electric blue.

Originally born on a world somewhere in the Mid-Rim, Dannen was orphanaged at an early age and spent most of his childhood on the street. At the age of forteen, stowed away on a freighter owned by a Captain Twolz, who discovered the Dannen and agreed to let the stowaway work for him. Twolz taught Dannen everything about hyperspace, cargo and logistics, as well as how to shoot a blaster. Twolz also taught Dannen about the fall of the Old Republic and the Rebellion against the Empire. During his years with Twolz, Dannen also befriended the regular gunner Krell.

While Dannen and Krell were running an errand for Twolz to Niian, the Empire caught up with Twolz, who along with most of his personnel, was executed on the spot by stormtroopers. Dannen and Krell returned to find the remains of Twolz' operation. After having traversed the space lanes for some time, Dannen and Krell eventually set up a repair shop on Alderaan, where Dannen stayed for five years till he decided once again to travel the stars. He continued to feel a strong connection with Alderaan which he would return to, whenever he needed some peace of mind.

The criminal loanshark Linka granted Dannen a loan to buy a space ship, provided that Dannen would work for him as a smuggler, whenever Linkaas needed it. Dannen smuggle over the next handful of years and would use the money he earned to pay off his loan to Linkaas. He also hired a mechanic called Feq, who became his best friend. Unfortunately, Feq was killed by a stormtrooper durin an imperial customs inspection of the Lifeline. Dannen decided to keep their smuggling business running, but had a hard time without Feq's mechanics skills and is friendship.

With only one payment left to Linkaas, Dannen accepted a smuggling job for Linkaas himself that was supposed to be a simple blue milk run, involving a pick-up of some goods on Dohu, which would cast off enough profit for Dannen to pay the last installment and have the Lifeline repaired. In reality Linkaas had decided to kill Dannen an appropriate his ship in order to sell it, and had dispatched his two hencmen Chokk and Bakk to Dohu. Chokk and Bakk almost did manage to kill Dannen in Docking Bay 71 of the Dohu city Skagra. Fortunately for Dannen, he was rescued by a group of Silika who had earlier challenged him to a drinking contest and lost. The Silika chased off Chokk and Bakk, who did, however, manage to steal Dannen's cargo. He was in for another surprise when he found that a Tinnell, who called herself Purr had snuck aboard The Lifeline, while he was doing business in Skagra, and repaired it. Surprised with her flair for mechanics, Dannen hired her as a mechanic and the quickly developed a close friendship.