His mother was a Sentientologist who lived among the primitives and, without access to any real medical care in the jungles of Aruydomus, she died giving birth to Puretoe in 173 BBY. The young boy proved himself early among his adopted people but he wanted to see the galaxy, not to mention his own species. So when a youth of the clan named Slythinker Brogg chose to travel to the planet's single spaceport and find employment aboard a starship, Puretoe went with him. Making their way offworld, they became spacers and eventually wound up in the Outer Rim Territories. The pirate Bolta Yorsos accepted them aboard his bulk cruiser the Nosa Republica and Puretoe quickly rose to become the pirate captain's first officer. In 139 BBY, he died in the destruction of the Nosa Republica caused by the Je