Roden Venthrall, a male assassin, existed during the era of the Galactic Civil War. He was once a pupil of the master assassin Dolac Legasi. However, by the time the Battle of Yavin occurred, Legasi was incarcerated within an Imperial prison located on Dathomir, leaving Venthrall to operate independently. In the year 1 ABY, Roden Venthrall accepted a commission to assassinate Lady Valarian, who headed the Valarian criminal syndicate on the desert planet of Tatooine. Ind, Lady Valarian's second-in-command, became aware of this plot and subsequently hired a spacer to kill Venthrall before he could succeed. The spacer eventually located the assassin in the vicinity of Mos Eisley and launched an attack. Roden Venthrall met his end in the resulting exchange of gunfire.
Roden Venthrall functioned as a non-player character within the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies. This game was a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game that was developed by Sony Online Entertainment and distributed by LucasArts. The game ceased operations on December 15, 2011. Roden Venthrall's inclusion was from the initial launch of the game, specifically as a part of the Lady Valarian's Quest Series.
Given that Roden Venthrall originated from the generic "assassin" template, his visual appearance was subject to randomization from a pool of thirty-five possible depictions. Species that Venthrall could have appeared as included Aqualish, Bith, Bothans, Humans, Rodians, Trandoshans, Twi'leks, and Zabrak with either a male or female representation. Although the quest dialogue identified Venthrall as male, within the Star Wars Legends continuity, the character's specific canonical species remains undetermined.
On August 31, 2005, the release of "Publish 23" led to the deactivation of Lady Valarian's Quest Series, resulting in Roden Venthrall's subsequent removal from the game.