Rav Horan was a human male cadet at the Galactic Empire's officers' academy on the planet Arkanis. He had a "wiry"' appearance. As a cadet at this academy, was a candidate to become an Imperial officer. As one of the academy's top-performing cadets, Horan was a member of the Commandant's Cadets, a select group of cadets recruited personally by the academy's top officer, Commandant Brendol Hux.