Raje Cirazon

(River Kans Pirates)

## About:

**Raje Cirazon,** pronounced *(Ra-hey Seer-uh-zon)*, was a famed Pilot and Smuggler that lived during the lead up to the Great Dynasty War. Originally working for the River Kans Pirates of Caaryyn, he earned the name *"Star Ghost"* for his ability to evade Artharis Republic Security Fleets; obtaining a reputation within the criminal underworld of the High Interior. After finally leaving the River Kans Pirates however, Cirazon was able to make a living smuggling goods across the Crimson Domain and the Western Edge.

## Biography:

### Early Life

Born in ARC 3,108 on the war-torn High Interior world of Caaryyn as an orphan, Raje Cirazon was raised in his hometown of Selvathia at the Selvathia Home and Academy for Young Boys. He grew up excelling in every star-piloting class at the school, setting records on every Space-Simulation at the academy. Unfortunately however, even though he was a star student in all things star-pilot, he lacked in mostly every other subject. This made it very difficult to shine amongst the other kids at the orphanage, leaving him to never get adopted. He eventually aged out of the Orphanage's programs in ARC 3,126 and was cast out onto the streets, which led him to the capital of Caaryyn City. There, he met an associate of the River Kans Pirates named Codi Icia, who would help him get in touch with the violent gang so he could finally put his star-piloting abilities to good use.

### Becoming the "Star Ghost"

After meeting with Ortho Podria, the leader of the gang of pirates, Raje was told to accomplish a task in order to be recruited. His first mission and test was to assist Codi, another pirate named Kanu, and a group of other River Kans Pirates in infiltrating a Plantation in the Harvestlands owned by Senator Rikard Allsmor, and stealing his Valcadium-Class Royal Star Yacht. They needed Raje because they knew as soon as they boarded and hijacked Allsmor's star yacht, that every Assembly Rifleman in the Caaryyn Royal Military would be on their tail. So they needed a pilot that could get them out of a hectic chase.

The plan went smoothly in the beginning, with Kanu and his group escorting Raje through the fields of the plantation. But, the plan went awry as soon as the group made it to Allsmor's hangar. They opened the hangar doors to find Rikard Allsmor and a garrison of Assembly Riflemen standing in the runway behind Codi, who had sold them out for a large sum of Artharian Credits. As Senator Allsmor ordered his men to open fire on them, Kanu quickly rushed Raje onto the Valcadium-Class Star Yacht while the rest of the pirates gave them covering fire. Most of the other Pirates were shot dead in the hangar, but the ones who survived managed to make it onboard, allowing Raje to finally takeoff. A long chase above the Harvestlands ensued, with a squadron of Artharian Naval Pilots not falling too far behind the group of pirates. Raje was able to take the chase to the stars, where he lost the squadron by hiding amongst the clouds of Caaryyn's upper atmosphere. Kanu and the others were amazed by Raje's piloting skills, and spread his new nickname *"Star Ghost"* around the to the other River Kans Pirates like wildfire.

Although he was finally happy to be rewarded and revered for his abilities as a pilot, Raje also felt a sense of fearful realization once he made it back to Ortho Podria's flagship, the *Grimsanna*. He was ceremonially recruited by Ortho himself, but was also forced to watch as his friend Codi, who had been captured by Kanu, was executed in front of the entirety of the River Kans Pirates for his treachery from before.

### Love over Piracy

After many successful missions with the River Kans pirates, and building up a rivalry with his co-worker Kanu, Raje left his criminal life behind in ARC 3,120 and settled down with a woman named Eza Fotelle on Caaryyn's moon of Phyyr. With his wealth he amassed while working with the pirate gang, Raje and his wife built a farmstead in the Grasslands of Veluvia, and he declined any offer his former employer Ortho Podria made to have him work again.

As the years passed, however, there were many times where Ortho would come to Raje with an offer that he couldn't refuse, persuading him to commit more illegal and evil acts for Credits. When his wife Eza would confront him about not leaving his past life behind, Raje would explain that the few-and-far-between jobs were a "needed sacrifice" for their wellbeing, as their farm wasn't making them enough money to survive on Phyyr.

### "One Last Job"

Many years later in ARC 3,152, Raje and Eza would eventually divorce, with Eza keeping the house, and Raje having to purchase an apartment in Phyyr's capital city of Grey Harbor. Realizing Raje was in a weakened state, with no Credits or prospects in the future, his former employer Ortho sent Kanu to Raje's doorstep, informing him of a job so big, that it would be the last time Ortho would ever need Raje's piloting skills, and that he would finally leave him alone. Raje eventually accepted the offer, agreeing to meet with Ortho on his cruiser, the *Grimsanna.* He didn't leave offworld however, until seeing his now ex-wife Eza one last time. When asking her if she'd take him back if he truly left his life of crime behind, Eza claimed she would, but only if he was able to make up for all the evil he did working for Orthos. And because she knew that his "last job" was going to be just as evil as the other missions he did for the pirates, she told Eza that there were no chances left for Raje, and that he "either needed to find purity in his life", or "needed to move on".