Rowd

Rowd was a human member of the Maya Pei Brigade when it was ambushed in 4 BBY. He was among a group of sixteen survivors who made it to the moon Yavin 4, where one member of the group left them stranded while claiming that he was taking their ship to search for survivors. The fifteen remaining survivors encountered and killed the Axis network pilot Porko after he shot at them. When Porko's comrade Cassian Andor arrived on Yavin 4 in a stolen TIE Avenger, Rowd and the other survivors took him captive but realized only he could fly the starfighter.

The group argued about what to do with Andor and the TIE, leading to the brigade member Crab shooting the group's pilot, Rika. Rowd shot Crab in return, and the brigade split into two factions, with Rowd joining a group led by the brigade member Bardi that hid in the TIE Avenger while the group led by his rival Gerdis took Andor with them and hid in a wrecked ship nearby. After both groups sent out scouts to try and find Rika and Crab's remains, Rowd cut open a Yavin 4 melon to try and find a food source for his stranded faction. Bardi's group then began slowly turning the TIE Avenger to face the hiding place of Gerdis's group so they could use its weapons on them.

That night, Gerdis called out a challenge to Bardi and the two factions met between the two ships for a game of Five Hands to decide their differences. Bardi chose Rowd as his second, and Gerdis chose the brigade member Bayso, with the four of them playing several rounds of the game. They stopped at the sound of rumbling, and a Yavinian doodar emerged from the nearby trees and snatched Gerdis and Bardi. Rowd was knocked to the ground but joined the others in firing in the doodar's direction, turning their fire to the TIE Avenger when the brigade member Flek warned them that Andor had escaped. Their fire did little to the TIE, and Andor was able to take off in the starfighter, leaving Rowd and the others stranded once again.

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