"There's more to life than profit. If people understood that, the galaxy would be a better place."
- Beryl Thorne

Beryl Thorne was a human female who lived during and after the Cold War

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.

She was a freight hauler who specialized in getting cargo to places other spacers considered hazardous to their health. She was known for running weapons past Imperial

Reconstitued Sith Empire Organization Galaxy-Wide Organizations

blockades and medical supplies into quarantine zones.

Several years before the end of the Cold War, Beryl and her partner Risha Drayen

Risha Drayen (Human) Character Supporting Characters

made an unsuccessful attempt to rob

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an Imperial treasury station. Risha escaped, but Beryl was captured by the Imperials and sold to the Hutt

Hutt Sentient Species

. She eventually escaped but hated Risha ever since.

During the Republic

Galactic Republic Organization Galaxy-Wide Organizations

's initiative to resettle

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the planet Taris

Taris Planet

she took charge

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of the biggest supply depot at the Republic Reclamation Zone near the Olaris Spaceport.
Although she was always accompanied by her terminally malfunctioning droid assistant Argo (AR-G0)

Argo (AR-G0) (PO12 Protocol Droid) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, Beryl never kept a first mate on her crew for more than a few months which earned her a reputation for being unlucky to work for.
While she had a supply

Supplier Miscellaneous Roles

contract with the Resettlement Authority

Taris Resettlement Authority Organization Planetary and Sector

, she was under suspicion from Agent

Agent Miscellaneous Ranks

Soganti

Soganti (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

of the Customs

Republic Customs Office Organization Galactic Republic (GGW, CW and GW)

, who frequently raided her warehouse in hopes of finding contraband.

Her contract with the Authority was just one of the reasons she came to Taris. She planned to find ancient relics and smuggle them from the planet to give to the descendants of the inhabitants of Taris who died during the destruction of the planet

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300 years ago - for a small finder's fee. She made a deal with Ovold

Ovold (Zabrak) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, a core-drilling engineer

Engineer Miscellaneous Roles

, who secretly began digging up the relics and sending them to Beryl.

Her partner, a Devaronian

Devaronian Sentient Species

named Tyrodall

Tyrodall (Devaronian) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, who helped Beryl smuggle artifacts off Taris disguised as core samples, thought he would make a fortune selling the relics on the Imperial Market. When he realized this wasn't going to happen, he faked his death during one of his smuggling runs and went into business with the Death's Claw

Death's Claw Organization Planetary and Sector

pirates

Pirate Organization Communities

, leading Beryl to believe he was killed by the rakghouls

Rakghoul Creature Non-sentient

.

After the "demise" of Tyrodall, she experienced an acute shortage of resources. When Risha Drayen contacted her, she was surprised because what happened between them. Risha asked Beryl to help find some ancient vault among the ruins, which required very specific sensory equipment. Luckily for Beryl, she had a plan how to gain access to the sensors and she reluctantly agreed, with the condition of not dealing with Risha personally, asking in return for Risha's help in completing her contract with the Authority. Risha agreed to the terms and sent her companions, Voidhound

Voidhound Character Major Characters

and Corso Riggs

Corso Riggs (Human) Character Supporting Characters

, to help Beryl.

Voidhound and Riggs were successful and helped Beryl complete her contract by making the two remaining deliveries, revealing

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Tyrodall's treachery and killing him in self-defense. When the duo returned to her and inquired about her smuggling business, revealing to her that Tyrodall had faked his death, she confessed, explaining her reasons. Voidhound decided not to turn her in to Customs, and Beryl, using the sensors she had already gained access to, discovered the location of the Vault in a dangerous area known as Zone Zero. Moments later, she received notice that her contract with the Authority had been completed. She paid the duo for their help and they parted ways.

Shortly after, Voidhound and Riggs visited

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Beryl again and warned her that Republic Customs were going to arrest her. Voidhound told Beryl that they had bought her some time by focusing Soganti's attention on the deceased Tyrodall. Beryl thanked them and sent AR-G0 packing, after which they both left Taris without further delay.