Griff Vao

Griff Vao was a male Twi'lek, the elder brother of Mission Vao. Griff was always getting loans for his schemes of easy enrichment. They failed, of course, and he was never able to repay his debts. His debts soon became enormous, so he and his sister had to leave their home planet. Years later, his sister remembered their trip to Taris &mdash; hiding inside a packing crate on a freighter, barely having enough supplies.

On Taris, their life was only harder. Griff and Mission had to survive in the hostile Lower City, overrun by swoop gangs. Griff also often visited the Lower City cantina to play Pazaak. There he met Lena, a Twi'lek dancer, and fell in love with her. Lena, however, was used to dating Tarisian nobles, and Griff was not nearly wealthy enough to provide her with the expensive things she wanted. Eventually, Griff had to leave Taris, escaping his debts once again. This time, he left with Lena, leaving his twelve-year-old sister behind &mdash; although he promised her he would return as soon as they earned enough credits to live like royalty. Since then, Mission always thought it was Lena who made her brother forget about her. Later, after meeting Lena, she realized that Griff was not entirely innocent either.

Griff had left for Tatooine where he became a Czerka employee, but his colleagues thought that his unloyalty brought only trouble with him. Eventually he was captured by a Sand People tribe.

Some time later, when Mission helped Revan on his quest for the Star Forge, she came across her brother on Tatooine. After she and Revan rescued him from a tribe of Sand People and lent him some money for a dubious scheme involving synthesizing Tarisian ale, Griff left Anchorhead. His whereabouts afterwards are unknown, though by 40 ABY, Tarisian ale had made a reasurgence. Whether this is due to Griff is unknown.

Behind the scenes
Griff (as well as the whole secondary quest) appears only if the player visits a spaceport with Mission where they are informed about him. If you don't talk to Lena by talking to Mission Vao, the player won't come across Griff.

The quest to help Griff is an optional quest in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The player may elect to help Griff or leave him to his own fate. Another option is to kill Griff in the Sand People Enclave if Mission is not present.

Griff Vao was voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic