Tyrn Jiton

"&hellip;the face value of a given bounty is the least important factor in the selection process. The key to any successful hunt lies in the selection of the proper target."

- Tyrn Jiton

Tyrn Jiton was a male Devaronian who operated as a bounty hunter within the Borderland Regions of the galaxy during the first years of the New Republic in order to pay his gambling expenses. Jiton was also a kidnapper who sold his victims to either the Galactic Empire or crime lords. For this reason he ran afoul of New Republic Intelligence, who put out a warrant for his arrest as soon as they discovered his more nefarious activities.

Biography
Tyrn Jiton, a male Devaronian, was born on the planet Fenves in 20 BBY. Having expensive tastes as an adult, he became a bounty hunter in the time of the Galactic Empire so he could earn enough money to satisfy his penchants. As a hunter, he was known to be selective about the targets he tracked. At some point, the tip of his left horn was severed.

After the creation of the New Republic in 4 ABY, Jiton was active in the Borderland Regions, an area of the galaxy bordering both Imperial and Republic space. During this time, Jiton kidnapped agents of the New Republic and sold them to the Empire. He also kidnapped other individuals to sell them to either the Empire or crime lords, achieving remarkable success at this task. The New Republic did know that a bounty hunter was behind this, but they were unaware of the hunter's identity until they captured an Imperial Star Destroyer.

General Airen Cracken of New Republic Intelligence then wrote a detailed report on Jiton; issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of theft, kidnapping and murder; and offered a 12,000-credit bounty on Jiton. Following Cracken's information, Jiton piloted a Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft and was considered dangerous. C. 7 ABY, Jiton escaped from New Republic agents and was seen in the Gantonnerre system before disappearing from Cracken's sights.

Personality and traits
Jiton used his bounty hunting job as a means to support his lifestyle of high-stakes gambling and jamboree, commonly including illegal activities. When hunting, he preferred stealth and ambush over direct confrontation with the target, to the point that commonly the target was unaware of Jiton's presence. Whenever Jiton was asked to kill, he felt proud of doing so with only one shot.

During the years of the Empire, Jiton used both a blaster pistol and a blaster rifle, as well as grenades, a thermal detonator, a combat knife, and a neurostaff. He wore partial armor and carried with him syntherope and a comlink. His gear also included MCI-100 magnacuffs and a MCI-200 magnaharness, but he stopped using those two last items after the Battle of Endor.

Behind the scenes
Tyrn Jiton was first mentioned in Wanted by Cracken (1993), a role-playing sourcebook for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game detailing enemies of the New Republic. The book included an image of Jiton drawn by Rob Caswell. Jiton was later mentioned again in Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters (1994), which takes place in the times of the Rebel Alliance.

This new book provided a new portrait of Jiton, this time by David Plunkett, and updated role-playing game stats that specified Jiton as a non-Force-sensitive. His stats in both books made him a proficient brawler. His other skills included tracking, repairing technology, and piloting. He could be identified because he had lost the tip of his left horn. However, the changes from Wanted by Cracken to Galaxy Guide 10 suggested that Jiton learned to hide during the years, but strangely his ability to parry brawling attacks was reduced, something very uncommon following the rules of the role-playing game.