Davin Bate


 * "He's your typical mercenary―knowledgeable in his field, wise with his work, skilled with a blaster, and places his profit first―though his morals are less flexible than most of his league and he generally keeps his priorities straight... usually for his own benefit, of course."
 * ―Obi-Wan Kenobi

Davin Bate was a male human who worked as a smuggler and mercenary in the final decades of the Galactic Republic, including during the Clone Wars. He began his life as a bounty hunter at the age of 15 alongside his father and continued that work for much of his adult life, often taking job from the Hutt Cartel and other shady benefactors. At the start of the Clone Wars, Bate, like many bounty hunters, saw an opportunity for profitable work by taking advantage of the war-torn galaxy. However, after several incidents with Republic authorities, Bate occasionally found himself working for the Jedi Order, smuggling supplies and information through Separatist-controlled sectors. Upon the Republic's reformation into the Galactic Empire, however, Bate stuck to job offers from wealthy business groups and organizations.

Biography
Davin Bate was born on Duunir in 52 BBY into a wealthy family of traders connected to the Kozinarg Trade Guilds. Bate lived a comfortable childhood until the death of his mother at age 13, at which time the family was without a primary trade overseer, and Bate's father was unwilling to fill her position. Though the family company's bureaucrats were able to maintain the business, within a year of Bate's mother's death, they refused to allow his father further access to their wealth. Disgusted by their business partners, Bate and his father took most of the family's personal wealth and fled the planet to start a new life on their own.

(To be expanded)

Personality and Traits

 * "You can hold onto any hokey beliefs you want to. You're free to think it helps you, but in my experience the only things that brings in profit is your own wits, experience and a good blaster."
 * ―Davin Bate

Davin Bate was taught by his father that the only way to survive in the galaxy was to hold onto what mattered most and to follow the heart and instinct over the head. He continued to uphold these beliefs after his father's death and worked as a successful smuggler and trader for much of his life. He usually kept his income in mind above all other things, but he would also sometimes work his missions out in such a way that did not severely put others at a disadvantage. Nor would he ever take a mission he saw as unjust by his standards, regardless of the pay.