Darruk Vex
Character
Darruk Vex is a 31-year-old Zabrak from the Outer Rim world of Akiva. Gruff, rough, and perpetually short on patience, he's carved out a living in the criminal underbelly running a gambling den hidden at the back of a cantina. A loan shark by trade, Vex balances payouts and collections with intimidation, backed up by his natural Zabrak toughness.
He isn't yet a major player — his empire is little more than backroom sabacc tables, shady IOUs, and a handful of desperate debtors — but he's ambitious. Darruk wants to grow from small-time hustler into a name feared across Akiva's underworld. Quick with threats, slow to trust, and always looking for the next angle, he survives by keeping one foot in the shadows and the other pressed firmly on his rivals' throats.
Personality
Darruk Vex is as harsh as his name suggests, a gruff, rough-edged Zabrak with little patience for weakness. He thrives in the grey zone between charm and threat, knowing when to crack a joke over a sabacc table and when to break a debtor's hand to make a point. Though outwardly blunt and abrasive, he has a shrewd, calculating streak: every debt, every game, every favour is weighed against what it can buy him tomorrow.
He prizes loyalty but rarely trusts, preferring to keep allies at arm's length and enemies even closer. Streetwise and cynical, Darruk has little time for ideals: credits and survival are his currencies. Still, his ambition simmers beneath the surface; he dreams of clawing his way out of Akiva's backstreets and into the wider underworld, no matter who he has to cheat, cut, or crush to get there.
His temper is short, his sense of humour is dark, and his code of honour is practical at best. To those who owe him money, Darruk Vex is a nightmare. To those who earn his respect, he can be a steadfast, if brutal, ally.
Biography
Early Life
Darruk Vex was born in the industrial districts of Akiva's capital, a world known for its fractured politics and thriving criminal underbelly. Raised in poverty, he grew up in a family of petty hustlers and gamblers. From a young age, Darruk learned the languages of debt, risk, and intimidation, lessons taught not in schools, but in cantinas and back alleys.
Home life was no safer than the streets. His parents were abusive and exploitative, seeing their son as little more than another worker to pull credits into the household. As he grew into adulthood, Darruk's natural defiance clashed violently with their cruelty. At the age of seventeen, a final confrontation ended with Vex killing both his mother and father in a fit of rage, leaving their bodies to be swallowed by the city's underworld silence.
Rise into Crime
After severing his family ties in blood, Darruk carved out his own path in Akiva's criminal world. He started small, fixing dice games, running messages, and collecting debts for local enforcers. Over time, he earned a reputation for blunt efficiency and a willingness to do what others wouldn't.
By his late twenties, Vex had staked his claim on a gambling den hidden at the back of a cantina, where sabacc games, spice deals, and hushed negotiations ran under his eye. With a mix of intimidation and shrewd calculation, he began operating as a loan shark, doling out credits to the desperate and making brutal examples of those who couldn't pay.
Fratricide
Family remained a source of conflict even after the deaths of his parents. Darruk's younger brother grew into a rival, resenting Vex's control over their family's remnants and his growing sway in the underworld. When the brother attempted to undercut Darruk's operations, the feud ended in blood.
Vex killed him in cold calculation rather than rage, a warning to any who might challenge his hold. Refusing to let the body vanish into the streets as with his parents, he instead kept it. Whether preserved through crude chemicals, encased in ice, or hidden in some macabre shrine, the corpse of his brother remains in Darruk's possession, a grotesque reminder of betrayal and a symbol of his willingness to do whatever is necessary to protect his claim.
Current Status
Now thirty-one, Darruk Vex is a small but growing presence in Akiva's underworld. Though far from the power of syndicates like the Hutts or Pykes, he is ambitious. Every debt collected, every backroom deal struck, is a step toward something larger. For now, he's a street hustler with blood on his hands and bigger dreams than his credit pouch can hold.
He isn't yet a major player — his empire is little more than backroom sabacc tables, shady IOUs, and a handful of desperate debtors — but he's ambitious. Darruk wants to grow from small-time hustler into a name feared across Akiva's underworld. Quick with threats, slow to trust, and always looking for the next angle, he survives by keeping one foot in the shadows and the other pressed firmly on his rivals' throats.
Personality
Darruk Vex is as harsh as his name suggests, a gruff, rough-edged Zabrak with little patience for weakness. He thrives in the grey zone between charm and threat, knowing when to crack a joke over a sabacc table and when to break a debtor's hand to make a point. Though outwardly blunt and abrasive, he has a shrewd, calculating streak: every debt, every game, every favour is weighed against what it can buy him tomorrow.
He prizes loyalty but rarely trusts, preferring to keep allies at arm's length and enemies even closer. Streetwise and cynical, Darruk has little time for ideals: credits and survival are his currencies. Still, his ambition simmers beneath the surface; he dreams of clawing his way out of Akiva's backstreets and into the wider underworld, no matter who he has to cheat, cut, or crush to get there.
His temper is short, his sense of humour is dark, and his code of honour is practical at best. To those who owe him money, Darruk Vex is a nightmare. To those who earn his respect, he can be a steadfast, if brutal, ally.
Biography
Early Life
Darruk Vex was born in the industrial districts of Akiva's capital, a world known for its fractured politics and thriving criminal underbelly. Raised in poverty, he grew up in a family of petty hustlers and gamblers. From a young age, Darruk learned the languages of debt, risk, and intimidation, lessons taught not in schools, but in cantinas and back alleys.
Home life was no safer than the streets. His parents were abusive and exploitative, seeing their son as little more than another worker to pull credits into the household. As he grew into adulthood, Darruk's natural defiance clashed violently with their cruelty. At the age of seventeen, a final confrontation ended with Vex killing both his mother and father in a fit of rage, leaving their bodies to be swallowed by the city's underworld silence.
Rise into Crime
After severing his family ties in blood, Darruk carved out his own path in Akiva's criminal world. He started small, fixing dice games, running messages, and collecting debts for local enforcers. Over time, he earned a reputation for blunt efficiency and a willingness to do what others wouldn't.
By his late twenties, Vex had staked his claim on a gambling den hidden at the back of a cantina, where sabacc games, spice deals, and hushed negotiations ran under his eye. With a mix of intimidation and shrewd calculation, he began operating as a loan shark, doling out credits to the desperate and making brutal examples of those who couldn't pay.
Fratricide
Family remained a source of conflict even after the deaths of his parents. Darruk's younger brother grew into a rival, resenting Vex's control over their family's remnants and his growing sway in the underworld. When the brother attempted to undercut Darruk's operations, the feud ended in blood.
Vex killed him in cold calculation rather than rage, a warning to any who might challenge his hold. Refusing to let the body vanish into the streets as with his parents, he instead kept it. Whether preserved through crude chemicals, encased in ice, or hidden in some macabre shrine, the corpse of his brother remains in Darruk's possession, a grotesque reminder of betrayal and a symbol of his willingness to do whatever is necessary to protect his claim.
Current Status
Now thirty-one, Darruk Vex is a small but growing presence in Akiva's underworld. Though far from the power of syndicates like the Hutts or Pykes, he is ambitious. Every debt collected, every backroom deal struck, is a step toward something larger. For now, he's a street hustler with blood on his hands and bigger dreams than his credit pouch can hold.