Griff Reinux

Griff Reinux was a Human bigender Jedi Padawan, who served under the Rattataki Jedi Master Tsubok Jorel. He later left the Jedi Order, instead choosing to join the crew of the Marauder as a smuggler and freedom fighter.

Early Life
Born on Mandalore to a poor, rural family, Griff’s mother died in childbirth and left his father and aunt to care for him. When he was a year old, a Jedi Master came to collect him and take him to the Temple for training. His father chose to give him up, believing that he would have a better life away from the home into which he was born, but losing his child proved too much for him to manage, and he committed suicide soon after.

Griff was, of course, unaware of this at the time. He chose his name as soon as he was able to speak, though when he was older, he decided to take his birth name as a middle name, to maintain his connection to his homeworld and birth family. He was popular among the younglings, due to his cheerful nature and his sense of humour, and quickly came to think of his clanmates as family. As he grew, Griff showed an incredible talent for Force healing, and he frequently healed the other younglings’ cuts and bruises. At the age of ten, Griff was taken on as an apprentice by Jedi Master Tsubok Jorel, upon a suggestion from the Jedi Council. Master Jorel hoped to quell Griff's need to form attachments, and teach him to follow the Jedi Code more closely. Griff proved more stubborn than he anticipated, however, and the Padawan's friendly nature proved impossible to change.

The Clone Wars
When the Clone Wars began, Master Jorel took up the position of general and was assigned the 365th Battalion. Griff, now twenty, was quick to befriend the troopers, even naming two of them: CT-901 became Bigby, and CT-1348 became Argon. Meanwhile, his relationship with his master became more and more strained. Master Jorel mostly treated his troopers like they were mindless soldiers, sent to do the Republic's work and without their own autonomy. It was Griff who took it upon himself to get to know the clones under their command. One particular clone, the as-yet-unnamed CT-1204, became Griff's best friend.

Griff was quick to hear about the work of the Marauder Crew. While his master and other superiors treated them as a nuisance at best, and traitors to the Republic and democracy at worst, Griff secretly admired them for their bravery in helping clone troopers escape the army. He began spreading stories of them to his own troopers, treating them almost as an urban legend. Then, one day, during a particularly dangerous battle on Felucia, the Marauder Crew themselves showed up to aid them in battle. Griff was rescued from a group of droidekas by the ex-trooper Piper, and instantly became infatuated with her. After that battle, Griff continued to pass on stories of the Marauder Crew, as well as his own experiences with them, with CT-1204 backing up his claims.

Griff and his master continued to grow apart, and Griff would often disobey direct orders and risk his life for his troopers. Disaster struck on the planet Stic, when CT-1204 set an explosion to destroy a large troupe of Separatist droids. The clone's entire left side was covered with burns and scratches, and his left arm was mutilated below the elbow. Believing he would surely die, CT-1204 told the others to leave him before Separatist reinforcements could arrive.

Battle on Stic
Miraculously, CT-1204 survived his injuries, and was taken as a prisoner of war by the Separatists. Master Jorel forbade Griff and his troopers from rescuing him, and order that they wasted little time in disobeying. Griff organised an assault on a small Separatist stronghold, unaware that it was in fact the Separatists' base of operations on Stic, and therefore guarded by huge numbers of droids. While the GAR's forces were outnumbered, Griff's strategic prowess enabled them to avoid sustaining heavy losses.

Once again, the Marauder Crew came to the battalion's aid. Their mechanic, Scuttle, even enlisted the help of the native Xi'Dec population, who had so far been supporting the Separatists. Griff continued to command the ground forces, but also took an opportunity to aid in the extraction of Rul Secura and three clone troopers from a higher level of the stronghold, where Secura had been engaged in a duel with Count Dooku.

Personality and Traits
Griff was an upbeat and fun-loving youngster, and an avid practical joker. His silliness belied a more serious side, however; he showed great respect for all living beings, and put great stock in personal freedom and safety. He did his best to get all his clone troopers through battle, believing each of their lives to be equal to his, and every death hit him hard.

Despite his sense of humour, he would not tolerate "dark" humour, as he believed there were some things that just shouldn't be joked about. This often put him at odds with some of the troopers, since many made jokes to cope with their situation.

Trivia

 * Griff was originally going to be Corellian, but was changed to be Mandalorian.