Tarivus

Full name: Anita Sani Tarivus

Species: Human

Eyes: Green

Hair: Black

Age: 37

Affiliation and status: Major, Republic Infantry (Retired)

Marital Status: Single

Anita Tarivus was born on the outermost edge of Republic space. Her parents died at age 13, forcing her to take care of her nine year old brother, Alek. They joined a smuggler crew to survive, cleaning the ship in exchange for room and board. When the smuggler ship was boarded in Imperial space, a trooper murdered Alek for not releasing his stuffed animal for inspection. Anne, returning from seclusion in the cargo hold and finding Alek's corpse, swore vengeance against the Empire and enlisted in the Republic Infantry to kill as many Imperials as she could.

Anne showed exemplary skills as a soldier as she reached officerhood, qualifying for Special Forces training, and being assigned to a squad after six months as a Sergeant. At age 35 she was a Captain, and in charge of the squad, the senior members having cycled out to desk jobs. Around this time, she began struggling with alcoholism.

Her first assignment was to capture a defector from Special Forces defector, who had been recorded as using child slave labor. Anne captured the target, but during his interrogation, beat him until he was near death. She was court-martialed, but her sentence was reduced because of her prior exemplary performance, and the fact that the prisoner made a full recovery. She was sentenced to a 8-month forced, unpaid leave, to get her alcoholism under control. During this time, she encountered and engaged in a barfight with Mersiar Devare, which ended in a draw.

After her leave, she returned to active duty, not allowing drinking to affect her duties. She struggled to keep her career afloat against the tide of her past deeds, eventually earning a promotion to Major, two years after the incident. She retired shortly after for unknown reasons, and was later encountered leading a team of mercenaries in several skirmishes against the Empire.