Phlar Vran
From TF Library
The Early Years
Phlar Vran was born to parents whom he barely remembers on the planet of Gravlex Med. Shortly after his birth, Phlar was sent off-world with his uncle, Drav M'Thrun, after a raid by pirates had destroyed most of his village and displaced those few who had survived. Drav M'Thrun made his living by buying and selling various goods throughout the galaxy. Drav was able to make an honest living and thus provide a comfortable life for Phlar on the planet of Derra IV, where M'Thrun & Associates set up their home office. For much of Phlar's childhood he was able to attend the best schools Derra IV had to offer and was tutored by some of the more prominent scholars within the system. Phlar developed an increasing interest in the different species of sentients, both their physiology and culture, throughout the galaxy. This interest was mainly due to the constant presence of his uncle's trade partners and business rivals visiting the estate in which they resided. Though Phlar's uncle, Drav, schooled him in the art of trade and backwater politics, Phlar saw both skills as a means of survival and not as his passions. The only activities which slightly rivaled his scholarly studies was his love for piloting the small transports his uncle owned and tinkering with the ship electronics. It wasn't long before ships took on the personae of the same alien sentients which he so loved to study and the inner workings of a shuttle could be compared to the physiological make up of a life-form. Recognizing his nephew's skills in the physical and cultural aspects of the galaxy's inhabitants, Drav made arrangements to send Phlar to the University of Sanbra in order to study under the Sentient Studies Department in understanding that Phlar would bring back what he learned to the family bussiness.
The University
Once Phlar had come of age passage was secured aboard the
