Boss of Twisted Sand
Vizjaw Tanakt
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- ALIASES: Vizjaw Tanakt
- AGE GROUP: 19
- FACTION: Twisted Sand (Leader)
- HOME WORLD: Tatooine
- SEX: Male
- GENDER: Male
- SPECIES: Jawa
- FORCE SENSITIVE: No.
- EYES: Yellow
- HAIR: Black Fur, short
- HEIGHT: 3'5 ft.
- WEIGHT: 75 lbs
- BUILD: Average shape and condition
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DISPOSITION: Tactical mind, Ambitious,
Energetic, and Cunning. - LIKES: Credits, Tinkering, and Power.
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DISLIKES: The Force, Those with a low
opinion of Jawas.
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- NPC RELATIONSHIPS
- N/A
- N/A
- PC Relationships
- N/A
- NPC RELATIONSHIPS
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- GOVERNMENTS
- Twisted Sand
- BUSINESSES
- Twisted Sand
- GOVERNMENTS
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- Inspiring Leader. Vizjaw is a very charismatic individual for a jawa, and has inspired many to turn to a life of crime. He has successfully lead his organization during several different criminal operations.
- Cunning Fighter. Though Vizjaw is not the strongest individual, nor the fastest, he is quite skilled in combat thanks to the element of surprise. He employs many concealed and unique weapons to gain the advantage in combat. He was trained by a mandalorian after all.
- Tinkerer. As any good jawa, Vizjaw is skilled in making electronic devices and hardware. He can create all sorts of different objects from scrap.
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- Punches Down. Vizjaw usually only takes on jobs and missions that he believes to be relatively easy. He plans meticulously to always have the advantage in any given situation, but quickly begins to panic if this advantage is somehow lost.
- Low Constitution. As a jawa, Vizjaw's body is somewhat smaller and weaker than most other organics. Physical damage tends to tire him out more quickly than other races.
- Napoleon Complex. Vizjaw is aware of the reputation Jawa's hold across the galaxy, and seeks to change the galaxy's perception of his people. This causes him to get quite angry toward anyone who points out his species.
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- BR-4 "Baleful Bantha" Blaster Rifle (Primary Weapon)
- Vizjaw's Beskar-Duster (Armor)
- Twisted Vambraces (Vambraces)
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Vizjaw Tanakt was born on the planet Tatooine to a pair of jawa scrap merchants, just about the only profession any jawa had on the planet. His parents would teach the young jawa all sorts of things about their work: How to pilot the sandcrawler, how to fix up old droids, and even how to determine the value of some starship parts. These would all be important things to know, if he were to take over the family business some day.
On one faithful day however, his parents would do business with a strangely dressed man. He wore armor like the small jawa had never seen before, shiny and well painted. Apparently, the man was having some issues getting his land speeder working and wanted a hand. Ariik's parents ended up cutting a deal with him, and decided to bring their son along for the experience. While the two older jawa's worked on the man's speeded, he would regale their young son with tales of his travels, and what he did for a living. He was a bounty hunter, a mandalorian... The stories drew in the small jawa, inspiring him to take up such a trade some day... Scrapping parts and stealing from travelers was hardly an honest living.
As the young boy grew older, he too would scavenge parts collecting several which resembled pieces of armor. Similar to that of the mandalorian's. He had even managed to pick up a decent quality blaster. By the time he was a teenager, the set of armor was complete, and just in time... One dark night, a clan of Tusken raiders attacked their sandcrawler! Vizjaw could hear the blaster fire and cries of pain from outside, and dawned his poorly constructed suit of armor. A large battle would ensue, with a couple of tuskens managing to gun him down with cycler rifles... The poor jawa would be down for the count...
Moments later however, he would awaken to the sound of true blaster fire. The mandalorian he had seen from so many years ago had returned! How did he know to come? Was it fate? Destiney? The small jawa watched on in awe, as the stranger easily outmatched the remainder of the tuskens, forcing them to flee into the night. Seeing the lone Jawa boy, the mandalorian would give him a hand, "I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner kid... What do ya say you come with me, and we get ya a real suit of armor?"
The young Jawa would oblige, and follow the mandalorian to the town of Mos Espa. The mandalorian was a bounty hunter of sorts for a crime boss in town. Though the man didn't own a jawa-sized suit of armor, he had much better materials for crafting a proper battle suit, and would show the young jawa what he knew. It would take several days, but before long, Vizjaw would be wearing a proper beskar'gam. The hunter would never reveal his true name to the boy, but would go on to train him in the ways of bounty hunting. They would serve a small-time hutt together for several years, until one faithful day...
The pair had been sent into the dune sea to hunt down a troublesome group of scavengers. A small colony of jawas had stolen starship parts from the Mos Espa spaceport, and the owners would be paying good credits for the return of the parts. The mandalorian had arrived with full intentions of killing every Jawa there, but Vizjaw wouldn't let the man. Despite all they had been through together, he could not allow his people to be disrespected in such a way. A short battle would break out between the two bounty hunters, with the small Jawa colony joining in to help their brother. The fight was a bloody one, but in the end, the mandalorian had been gunned down. It was a sad end, but just the beginning for Vizjaw.
He would turn to his people, and would express how he was tired of the disrespect. It was time that they become feared and respect throughout the galaxy. They would no longer be seen as vultures, but apex predators! It was with this group of jawas that Vizjaw claimed he would form their very own criminal empire. A gang which would be called 'Twisted Sand'
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