Cloud-Riders

The Cloud-Riders were a violent swoop gang that terrorized small farming communities on the Outer Rim world of Aduba-3 during the Galactic Civil War. Led by a former pro swoop jockey named Serji-X Arrogantus, the Cloud-Riders swept down from their camp in the planet's mountains in swoops and makeshift skyspeeders, burning crops and carrying off women for their own amusement and profit. Their favorite target was a defenseless village named Onacra, with whom they worked out a deal in 3 BBY: in exchange for a yearly tithe of 9,000 credits, the Cloud-Riders would not routinely lay waste to the town.

Three years later, the people of Onacra grew tired of the arrangement, and hired Rebel hero Han Solo to form a posse to protect the town. Eager to get back to burning and pillaging, Arrogantus marshaled his men and met Solo's group in open combat for the fate of the town. Although the Cloud-Riders outnumbered the so-called "Star-Hoppers," the tide was turned on an unforeseen event: the appearance of the Behemoth from the World Below, a massive Sithspawn monster summoned by a local mystic to protect the town. Arrogantus refused to retreat, only for he and most of his men to be killed by the seemingly invincible beast. The Cloud-Riders did not survive the loss of their leader, soon splintering apart as the few remaining members squabbled over what was left at their camp.

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