Jariah Syn

"Always go for the sure thing!"

- Jariah Syn

Jariah Syn was a Human bounty hunter active at the time of the Fel Insurgency. He was co-pilot of the starship Mynock, the crew of which also included his friends Deliah Blue and Cade Skywalker.

Biography
Jariah Syn's father was an associate of the Feeorin pirate Rav. At some point Syn's father was killed by one of the Rasi Tuum family of Cathar Jedi, resulting in Syn's hatred of all Jedi. In 130 ABY, Syn and Rav found Cade Skywalker floating in the rubble over Ossus, and Syn insisted on saving Skywalker's life, much to Rav's annoyance. After many years as Rav's apprentice, Syn eventually became a freelancer and joined the crew of Skywalker's ship, the Mynock.

In 137 ABY, Syn, along with Skywalker and Deliah Blue, were contracted by Rav to locate gambler Naxy Screeger. After locating him on the planet Lok, the group also came across a Jedi named Hosk Trey'lis. Savoring the opportunity to capture the Jedi and make more money, Syn attempted to kill the Jedi to make capture easier, but was stopped by Skywalker. After Blue's attempt to capture Trey'lis failed, Syn threw a thud bug at the Jedi's back, and the group left Lok with both Screeger and Trey'lis in tow.

On their arrival on Socorro, their Jedi captive put up a struggle, but Skywalker was able to subdue him long enough for them to turn their two captives over to Rav. When Rav paid Cade and his crew in deathsticks, Syn was furious, but had little choice but to obey his captain. After a short argument with Rav about Skywalker's debt, Syn admitted that he felt Skywalker had lost his edge as a hunter.



As Syn was powering up the Mynock to leave the planet, Princess Marasiah Fel and her companion Astraal Vao fled onto the ship, demanding passage to Vendaxa.

After realizing that the crew had a potentially huge bounty, Syn wanted to turn their two passengers in to the Imperials right away, but was convinced by Skywalker to take the two to their destination in order to collect the bounties on both the Princess and her father, deposed Emperor Roan Fel.

After arriving on Vendaxa, Syn was furious when Marasiah refused to pay the Mynock crew for transport, but when the transport with which she and Astraal were to leave the planet was destroyed by Darth Talon, Syn snidely told her that the fee for transport just doubled. Syn then joined Blue and took part in the battle against the Sith Lord by shooting at her with a blaster. After Talon ripped the blasters from their hands using The Force, Skywalker Force-hurled an old shipwreck at her, delaying the Sith long enough for her to call for reinforcements.

While repairing the Mynock, which had been damaged in the battle, Syn contemplated turning Skywalker in for a bounty after he discovered his longtime friend was a Jedi, and even went so far as to threaten to shoot him. When the Sith came back in greater numbers, Syn prepared the Mynock for flight, and when Blue stated that she was not leaving without Skywalker, Syn said that if Skywalker was one of them, he'd already be on board. Blue replied that if Skywalker was left behind, she would jettison him into space. Later Syn attempted to shoot Darth Nihl from behind but had his blaster Force-pulled away, leaving Skywalker to finish the fight.

After everyone had boarded the Mynock and arrived safely on Bastion, Skywalker stated to Wolf Sazen that he had abandoned Syn and Blue to their fates because he could no longer trust Syn.

Syn and Blue were later double-crossed by Rav, who upon finding out Cade that was a Jedi, alerted an official of Darth Krayt's faction of the Galactic Empire. Once it was clear neither of the bounty hunters would willingly surrender any information regarding Skywalker, the official unveiled a torture droid. Later, Syn and Blue were infected with Vong spores by Darth Maladi in order to tempt Cade to use his powers to heal them before they died. Jariah attempted to convince Cade to let him die and save Blue instead, however Cade gave into his feelings and healed them both. After the incident, Syn and Blue were allowed to leave safely in exchange for Cade's service to the Sith.

After watching a message from Cade telling them to leave him behind, Syn was all too eager to do that. But Blue told him she was not leaving Coruscant until Cade was out of the Sith's hands. They were than approached by Cade's mother, Morrigan Corde, who helped them formulate a plan to rescue Cade.



Rescuing Skywalker
"And Syn, I want them to go 'Boom'" "'Boom' is always good!"

- Morrigan Corde and Jariah Syn Refering to the Vong Bugs

Back on the Mynock, Corde presented a batch of three dozen Vong bugs, which both surprised and excited Jariah because of their rarity; Corde then asked Jariah to program the bugs to infiltrate the Sith Temple on Coruscant and detonate when needed. When Morrigan brought the bugs to him, Jariah started to became infatuated with Morrigan saying "I think I'm in love". Blue was shocked by this because of Corde's age and the fact that she was Cade's mother, whilst Morrigan merely told Jariah to save it until he grew up.

Having programmed the bugs, the team sent them into the Temple on Coruscant, and shortly after were successful in locating Cade. Jariah, Deliah, Morrigan, Kee, and Chak prepared to rescue Cade, and Jariah asked Morrigan what she would do if Cade refused to return with them. What she would do if Cade had truly turned to the Sith? Morrigan simply replied saying that she would disown and kill Cade if he committed to the Sith.

When Cade revealed himself to be merely pretending to be in the thrall of the dark side Jariah flew the Mynock towards the Sith Temple, beginning their rescue operation. After Corde left the Mynock using a jetpack, she blasted the window in Krayt's throne room where Krayt and Cade were dueling. Cade jumped out and was caught by Syn. With Cade on board, the crew of the Mynock entered hyperspace.

Travel to the hidden temple
Together they visited Rav and retrieved the Grinning Liar after they defeated some thugs hired by Rav. Chak and Kee headed their own way and Skywalker, Blue, and Syn visited an old friend, Bantha Rawk, who was in fact Nat Skywalker the older brother of Kol Skywalker. There they rested for a few days and met Azlyn Rae a former Jedi student and friend of Cade. After they found themselves in an Imperial raid and the Sith Empire announced they were searching for Skywalker and were willing to pay a bounty Bantha Rawk, Rae and Cade's party departed for a hidden Jedi temple.

Rae, who became an Imperial Knight after the Jedi were scattered, relayed the location of the temple to Princess Marasiah, Antares Draco, and Ganner Krieg. The Imperial Knights followed the Mynock into the temple using a cloaked ship. After a brief confrontation with Cade and Shado Vao the knights were invited to attend the council meeting together with Cade.

Blue, Rae, and Syn had to wait outside the council chamber and were accompanied by a few Jedi. Rae met her former master, Rasi Tuum whom she had believed to have been killed when protecting her. Syn recognized Tuum as the Jedi who had killed his father and was determined to kill him as he had planned it a long time. When he first recognized the killer of his father he seemed depressed and Zabrak Jedi Master Mai asked him if he felt ill but, enraged, he knocked her unconscious. Then he headed for the Mynock to acquire the necessary equipment to kill Tuum.

Personality and traits
A very pragmatic man and a weapons expert, he was known for using unconventional, and sometimes illegal weapons, such as Yuuzhan Vong thud bugs and razor bugs, having known known a Yuuzhan Vong crewmember on the Crimson Axe . He was not a merciful man, and had no problem bringing in a bounty dead (rather than alive), reasoning that a dead bounty was a "sure thing."

Syn also displayed a distaste for Jedi, believing that they could take control of people's minds and make them kill themselves. Once he realized that his good friend Cade Skywalker used to be one, he threatened him with a blaster. This dislike for Jedi seems to exist, because the Cathar Jedi Rasi Tuum killed his father.

Syn also spoke in Huttese often, usually when using derogatory terms such as "sleemo" or "koochu". He also used excessive amount of profanity.

Behind the scenes

 * In several panels of Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2, his eye color changes between green and brown.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2
 * Star Wars Legacy 3: Broken, Part 3
 * Star Wars Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4
 * Star Wars Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5
 * Star Wars Legacy 7: Broken, Part 6
 * Star Wars Legacy 9: Trust Issues, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 11: Ghosts, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 12: Ghosts, Part 2
 * Star Wars Legacy 14: Claws of the Dragon, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 15: Claws of the Dragon, Part 2
 * Star Wars Legacy 16: Claws of the Dragon, Part 3
 * Star Wars Legacy 17: Claws of the Dragon, Part 4
 * Star Wars Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5
 * Star Wars Legacy 19: Claws of the Dragon, Part 6
 * Star Wars Legacy 23: Loyalties, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 24: Loyalties, Part 2
 * Star Wars Legacy 25: The Hidden Temple, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 26: The Hidden Temple, Part 2
 * Star Wars Legacy 26: The Hidden Temple, Part 2

Notes and references
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