Lokras

Lokras is a byzahren male who the squad encounter when the Eirae takes them to his refugee camp.

Role in Story
He is the leader of a refugee camp on a sparsely populated planet on the edge of the Anautori Sector (maybe).

The squad, now including Kesta, arrive at this camp after their time at Estevahl's home. He shows particular interest in the squad and what they did, and is unwilling to discuss his past. He gets word about people who need help, prisoners of war from Fort Raimar. He tries to convince the squad to help him free them as there are too few fit to fight in the camp and those that are are needed as guards. They don't trust his motives, but when he reveals his past they decide its worth at least checking out. He was once part of a rebel gang, trying to strike bring down the Tordronites by harnessing rift energy to take out crucial stations and bases. On one mission, his gang was attacked by rift monsters, and he stepped into the opening the monsters were using. He took the opportunity to step into the rift to directly access its energy. Trying to channel it into the experimental device he had developed, he instead was struck with blast of energy. When he reemerged from the portal, all his team were dead, and the last monster standing leapt at him. He finally brought it down, by cutting its throat with its own tooth that had been torn out in the battle. Lokras escaped with his life, but was badly scarred. He later realised the blast of rift energy had somehow granted him unnaturally slow (or non-existent?) aging. With his long life, he never truly came to terms with the guilt of abandoning his friends to death, and the refugee camp and everything else he does are his attempts to redeem himself.

Maybe he tries to convince Estevahl to stay with him, and form a new Byzahren tribe? Him having romantic interest in Estevahl would certainly be believable, but would also be boring and predictable. If he does E would be like "lol m8 my gf is literally right here, bye"