Goru Rainstealer

"It's Goru something, not sure of the name. He went into hiding a long time ago. He used to be some kind of hotshot weapons designer before those problems started. Apparently, both sides of this war wanted a piece of him. Anyway, I think he's the only one in the galaxy who can build the Zicx bug-bomb&hellip; What's the Zicx&hellip; uh, I probably shouldn't have said anything. Just forget it okay. Trust me, it's more trouble than you want to deal with."

- A conversation about Goru Rainstealer that was overheard in a Narmle cantina

Goru Rainstealer was a male weapons designer who designed the Zicx-bug bomb, a illegal grenade-like weapon made using Zicx bugs and sarlacc bile. Due to his poor treatment of his clients and illegal weaponry, Rainstealer earned the enmity of the Galactic Empire, the Alliance to Restore the Republic, the Hutt Cartel, the Black Sun, and a Whiphid crime lord named Valarian. Due to the fact that these factions either wanted his work or wanted him dead, Rainstealer attempted to hide in the city of Narmle on Rori, a moon of the planet Naboo. However, at one point, Rainstealer was approached by a spacer who wanted him to produce a special weapon. Eventually Rainstealer consented and sent the spacer to procure the ingrediants, which he used to produce several Zicx-bug bombs in order to keep that individual from speaking openly about him.

Biography
"Oh no! They sent you to kill me didn't they?! I knew that those bloodthirsty thugs would catch up to me some day."

- Goru Rainstealer to a spacer

A male individual, Goru Rainstealer was a skilled weapons designer who created weapons such as the Zicx-bug bomb, which was a grenade-like weapon made from live Zicx bugs suspended in sarlacc bile. At some point during his life, Rainstealer's poor treatment of his clients angered both the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the Galactic Empire, the two major factions in the Galactic Civil War. His creation, the Zick-bug bomb, was made illegal by the Empire and was viewed as a repulsive weapon by the Alliance. However, various criminal factions such as the Hutt Cartel and the Black Sun wanted to obtain the weapon from Rainstealer. All together, Rainstealer's treatment of his clients resulted in both the Empire and Alliance wanting him killed, while the Hutts, Black Sun, and a Whiphid crime lord named Valarian also wanted him dead. At some point after the Battle of Yavin during the Galactic Civil War, Goru Rainstealer was living in Narmle, a city on Rori, a moon of the planet Naboo. There Rainstealer lived in fear that someone who he had angered or who wanted his work would come and kill him. Goru Rainstealer's status as a disgraced weapons designer was known by an individual who was overheard by a spacer while talking about Rainstealer and the Zicx-bug bomb in a cantina in Narmle.

While Rainstealer was living in Narmle, a spacer approached him with a request for a special weapon. Although Rainstealer was at first afraid the spacer was an assassin sent to kill him, the individual soon extinguished these fears. Rainstealer agreed to provide the individual a Zicx-bug bomb, under the condition that the spacer would keep quiet about Rainstealer's whereabouts. Although Rainstealer still had the casings for the weapons, he needed the spacer to bring him some Zicx bugs and sarlacc bile for the weapon's active ingredients, which were only found on the planet Tatooine. In order to gain access to these items, he gave the spacer his calling card, and sent the individual to a friend, a xenobiologist named Jowir Ar'Lensa. The spacer embarked on a trip to Tatooine to locate Ar'Lensa, who was working for Jabba the Hutt in the remote town of Wayfar. After helping Ar'Lensa retrieve spice from individuals working for Valarian, the opportunistic xenobiologist upheld his side of the bargain and provided the spacer with a jar of Zicx bugs. To further assist the spacer, Ar'Lensa directed the individual to a woman named Palu, in order to obtain a protective suit against the sarlacc's digestive juices. After rescuing Palu's sister, Feinu, from individuals working for Valarian, the spacer was provided with a suit of protective coveralls that would allow the spacer to safely approach the sarlacc. While wearing the suit for protection, the spacer traveled to the Great Pit of Carkoon, and extracted bile from the omnivorous creature. After acquiring all the necessary ingredients, the spacer finally returned to Rainstealer in Narmle. Now that he had the needed components, Rainstealer upheld his side of the deal and built five bug bombs for the spacer. After building the bombs, he made it clear that he would not agree to make anything else, and due to his fear of assassins, Rainstealer reminded the spacer to keep his location secret.

Personality and traits
"It's ready, now! Here you go&hellip; Remember&mdash;you don't know me. You've never heard of me&hellip; and you definitely did not get this special weapon from me."

- Goru Rainstealer giving a spacer a Zicx-bug bomb

Goru Rainstealer was a skilled weapons designer and was believed by some to be the only individual capable of constructing the illegal Zicx-bug bomb. During what he termed his youth, Rainstealer treated his clients in an unethical manner that angered various powerful organizations to the point where they wanted to kill him. The organizations that wanted him to be killed included the Galactic Empire, the Alliance to Restore the Republic, as well the Hutt Cartel and Black Sun criminal empire. However, while his weapons were viewed as unethical by the Empire and Alliance, they attracted the interest and envy of both the Black Sun, and the Hutts. The animosity from these organizations caused Rainstealer to live in fear of being attacked and killed by individuals working for them. He had a friend named Jowir Ar’lensa, who was willing to help the individual that Rainstealer sent to him. He had a large amount of knowledge about Zicx-bugs and had a high opinion of the bomb he made from them. His creation, the Zicx-bug bomb was viewed as an infamous weapon that was more trouble than anyone wanted to deal with.

When he offered to build Zicx-bug bombs for the spacer, Rainstealer cautioned the individual to never mention him to anyone else due to his fear of the organizations he had angered. Upon the completion of the bug bombs, Rainstealer told the spacer that he could not make anymore of the weapon, out of fear that he would be discovered.

Behind the scenes
Goru Rainstealer was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online-role playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011. Rainstealer was located in the city of Narmle on Rori, where he would give players a quest to obtain ingredients for the Zicx-bug bomb. This required that the player go to Tatooine in order to work for Jowir Ar'Lensa in Wayfar. After obtaining Valarian spice for Ar'Lensa, the player would be awarded with a jar of Zicx bugs. The player would then have to embark on a quest to rescue Palu's sister, Feinu. Completion of this quest would yield a protective coverall, allowing players to approach the Great Pit of Carkoon unharmed. After extracting the bile, the player would then need to return to Rainstealer in order to receive five Zicx-bug bombs. Goru Rainstealer was also mentioned in the 10 Hot Spots Travel Guide, an article on the game's website written by Michael Farone that featured an anonymous quote about Rainstealer and the bug bomb quest. In the 10 Hot Spots Travel Guide article, Rainstealer appeared as a male Bith,, while another known screenshot depicts him as a Human male. The most likely explanation for this was that Rainstealer's appearance was randomized during each server reset. Therefore, it is impossible to determine Rainstealer's canonical species, which could have included a number of humanoid species. However, Rainstealer was identified as a male in the quest dialogue. Although the player could choose not to do Rainstealer's quest, this article assumes 100% game completion.