Rilo Tang

"Most of the people I hurt were people I didn't much care for. Some were brutes, others were cowards, and all of them were people I was happy to hobble on behalf of the Emperor. But that wasn't always the case. Take, for example, young Gunnery Officer Rilo Tang. Rilo: an eager officer. Eyes bright like polished credits. A beautiful man. Pretty like a sunrise. Sweet like a jifcake. And sneaky like a monkey-lizard."

- Sinjir Rath Velus describing his encounter with Rilo Tang to Norra Wexley

Rilo Tang was a young human male who served as a gunnery officer in the Imperial Military prior to the battle of Endor. He was a handsome young man who had a reputation as a kleptomaniac. On one occasion, he stole a particularly valuable ring from a Moff. As a result, he was severely punished by the Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus, who broke many of his bones and disfigured him. Following the incident, there were rumors that Tang ended up working trash compactors.

Biography
"No. Oh, no, no. You misread me. I wasn't the executioner. I was the confessor. The secret police... But to elicit that confession, I had to break many bones on this beautiful boy's body. I don't know if they killed him. I heard rumors he ended up working the trash compactors. What matters is that his face would never look the same. His beauty, his vigor? Gone. And that was my fault."

- Sinjir Rath Velus recounting his interrogation of Rilo Tang

Rilo Tang was a young human male who lived during the reign of the Galactic Empire. He was a kleptomaniac; it was rumored that his parents sent him to the Imperial academies to reform him into a "proper galactic citizen." Eventually, Tang became a gunnery officer and was stationed to a unit that included the Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus. During his time in the Imperial Military, Tang had a reputation for stealing the personal effects of other Imperial personnel including holopics, ID tags, and a private's pair of shoes. Rath Velus warned Tang many times against this behaviour, but the youth was unable to manage his kleptomania.

It was when Tang stole a ring from a Moff that contained encoded information that Rath Velus was tasked with soliciting a confession from the young officer. In the process, he broke many bones in Tang's body and disfigured his face. It was rumored that Tang survived the beating, albeit disfigured, and ended up working the trash compactors.

Personality and traits
"It was a compulsion of his, I suspect. Grabby hands picking up anything that wasn't nailed down. Mostly he stole the personal effects of others. Silly things. Holopics and ID tags and&mdash;by the stars, one time I remember he stole a private's pair of shoes. Why do that?"

- Sinjir Rath Velus discussing Rilo Tang's kleptomania

According to his interrogator Sinjir Rath Velus, Rilo Tang was an attractive young man who had eyes that shone as bright as polished credits. He was a troubled youth whose parents were said to have sent him to the Imperial Academy in the hopes of controlling his kleptomania; while Tang was an eager Imperial military officer, he was unable to manage it. Following a string of petty thefts, he stole a Moff's ring and, as punishment, he was brutally beaten by Rath Velus. The incident left him with numerous broken bones and a disfigured face.

Behind the scenes
Rilo Tang was first mentioned in Chuck Wendig's 2015 novel Aftermath.

Appearances

 * Aftermath
 * Aftermath audiobook