Garrett G. Granth IV

The life story of Garrett G. Granth the IV is long, mostly boring, and filled with indescrepancies, half-truths, and whole lies. This edited version attempts to cut the boring parts, resolve some descrepancies, and make half truths whole. It does not address the issue of Mr. Granths' compulsive lying that may or may not have corrupted the accuracy of this entry.

His date and place of birth are unknown to all but his mother and father (their location and age are unknown - mainly for tax reasons) - and they failed to fill in young Garrett on his past. It is known that he was born approximately twenty-five years before the rise of the Empire and the fall of the jedi, but Garrett has made many claims as to his origins, and most are to be dismissed as outright lies or fabricated fallacy.

His father can only assumed to be Garrett G. Granth the III, but the number of people who know the real name of the younger Granth is so small that any attempt at nominclature neccessarily fails. His mother's name is unknown, and Garrett claims to have forgotten it - a conveinient excuse he uses frequently when asked about his past.

It is known, however, that Garrett the IV (it is unfortunately unknown what the "G" in Garrett G Granth stands for) spent the first and formative 15 years of his life on Nar Shadda, where his parents were black-market shopkeepers. He worked with local gangs and showed an almost supernatural affinity with computers and electronics.

These abilities would shape the rest of young Garretts' life, as he worked for local criminals; slicing records, forging electronic documents, and causing no end of havoc. His parents, distressed at the troublemaking of their son (and their inability to profit from it in their smuggling ventures) soon moved to Corellia in a widely investigated shady deal in which they assumed ownership of a massive grain farm.

It was there that Garrett would spend the next few years (his claims vary wildly from 3 years to 10) working on farm equipment and adding an array of mechanical skills to his budding knowledge of technology. However, at some point (as with most of Garrett's past, all pertinent records have been destroyed) the original owner of the grain farm returned, forcing Garrett and his parents to leave Corellia.

It was on Corellia that Garrett met the young jedi padawan, Morgana Okaya, who would later return to his life. Her relationship with him forced her to leave the Jedi Praxium on Corellia and flee to Coruscant. Garrett followed, unintentionally, and enrolled in the Republic College at Coruscant Center.

Former classmates have claimed Granth to be an exceptional student, and he quickly graduated and began advanced graduate studies in astrophysics and cosmology, much of which is classified or has been lost. However, before finishing his education as an astrophysicist, Garrett suffered the death of a loved one from an incurable disease, and quit his studies to go to medical school.

Again, no records survive, but it is assumed that Granth was also an exceptional student in medical school, as he claims he would have been graduated early. However, before he COULD graduate, the fall of the jedi temple and the Battles of Coruscant gave the budding empire cause to eliminate thousands of potential rivals - including leftist students such as Mr. Granth. The school was invaded and most of the students were killed by imperial stormtroopers. Granth somehow escaped. Some theorize that he was aided by then Jedi Knight Morgana Okaya, but no one knows for certain.