Bork Shalas

Bork Shalas
Biographical Information
Race	Kajain'sa' Nikto
Homeworld	Kintan
Languages	Huttese and Basic
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Height	6'1"
Weight	200 lbs.
Hair Color	None
Eye Color	Yellow
Political Information
Affiliation	Zann Consortium
Title	Defiler, Morgukai Warrior
Prior Affiliation	Unknown

"You took my freedom, shamed me. Now I will kill you."

— Bork, to an Unknown Hutt Lord

Bork Shalas is a Force Sensitive Kajain'sa'Nikto warrior from Kintan. He is known for being the finder of the Living Sphere, a powerful Force-artifact.

Biography

Bork guarding a palace.

Bork is the son of a prominent Morgukai warrior, and was taken from his home-world of Kintan at a young age to be forced into slavery by a nearby Hutt Crime Lord. After being taken by the Lord, word came in that his family and rest of his village had been slaughtered because of a rebellion that started in wake of his kidnapping. He became the slave guard of a Hutt Lord on Tatooine, who soon noticed his exceptional fighting skills and trained him further as an assassin. Bork soon became infamous and well known for being a death enforcer of the Hutt crime lords. However, he could never forget how his family was slaughtered by the cartel. Soon afterwards, he rejected his status as a slave and began to seek revenge on his former masters. Fueled with hatred towards his masters, Bork rebelled against them and in a rampage killed the Hutt Lord who claimed to be his master.

Corona-class Frigate, 'M'dweshuu'

After the assassination of the Crime Lord, a bounty was placed on Bork's head as consequence of his actions against the Hutt. Bork had to escape and leave the planet using the local Starport, and it was not an easy escape considering bounty hunters and assassins were guarding the entrance of the Starport. To avoid them, Bork had to disguise using a robe he took from a bounty hunter he defeated some days after rebelling against the Hutts. Bork traveled to Malastare where he met with local merchants and managed to acquire basic equipment. Armed only with his modified BD-1 Cutter, he trained to improve his fighting skills, facing enormous creatures and bandit squads all by himself. After selling some creature trophies and rare equipment looted from defeated bandits, he left Malastare and embarked on a quest of power, his only wish to become stronger.

Crime and illegal business

Bork Shalas has raised a considerable fortune through crime and illegal business like thievery, mercenarism and relic trafficking. Bork leads a band of grave looters that often steal and smuggle ancient relics that are sold through the black market. His credits laundering is believed to be done through the Hanka-oba Night Club which he administrates and is owned by Blackskull Trading.

The Force

Hunting on Kinyen.

After finding out he was attuned to the Force, Bork embarked on a quest to find out more about this mysterious energy. He struggled to grow more connected with the Force but soon after training hard he was able to use it as a means to become stronger. During this time period, Bork bought a Corona-class Frigate. He knew he needed a crew for his recently acquired Corona, ‘M’dweshuu’, and hired on a group of Gran mercenaries to aid him in his hunting operations. He set course to Kinyen for another hunting expedition with his newly hired mercenaries.

The ship wreck that Bork found the Living Sphere in.

After recruiting the Gran mercenaries, his drop-ship suffered from mechanical issues and they had to land on a clearing, deep in the jungles of Kinyen. To his surprise, it was the site of ancient ship wreckage. He and his crew set out to explore the wreckage for anything of value. Inside the ruins, it was Bork that found a mysterious green glowing sphere. He felt that the sphere had a connection to the Force and that he was not there by accident. The Force guided him to that place for a reason, he decided to take it with him. He dedicated a room within his Corona to the orb, and to other Force artifacts that he has found. Now with the Sphere in his possession, Bork found that connecting to the Force was easier than ever, and it strengthened his connection. He soon became one of the most powerful Force-users in the Outer Rim.

The Living Sphere

Bork and the Living Sphere.

The mysterious sphere he found in Kinyen had a strong connection to the Force, Bork was committed to finding more about the mysterious energy inside it. After meditating and using the Force to manipulate the sphere, he was able to extract some of its energy. This energy granted him with visions of the past and of future events. Bork had constant visions and nightmares of an ancient demon, Malmourral the Demon of War. The demon often appeared in his visions to tell him that he would play a key role in a great war that would plague the galaxy.

Bork receiving a vision from the Living Sphere.

Bork quickly became even more attuned with the Force and used the energy of the Living Sphere to boost his skills. Bork and his crew visited Kinyen and the ship wreckage again to find out more about the sphere. After analyzing the records and data files of the main computer, Bork's crew found out that the mysterious object was called “The Living Sphere” and it was an object created by an ancient cult known as the Frangawl Clan. The sphere was an artifact that stored the living essence of many sentient that were sacrificed by the ancient cult. The souls inside are responsible for the visions that Bork was having.

The Living Sphere

When visiting the capital city on Kinyen, he came across a corpse of a Trandoshan who had been murdered at the local cantina and left in a ditch nearby. He noticed that the sphere started glowing again, and decided to get the sphere closer to the corpse. The dead Trandoshan suddenly came back to life but little was left of his former self. He was a lost soul, undead, a slave that would follow orders without hesitation. Bork was then convinced that the Living Sphere was indeed a recipient of the living essence of many unfortunate victims of the Frangawl Clan. Bork understood that the energy within the sphere was limited and that it decreased on every use. He knew that eventually he would have to feed it again, he would have to steal the living essence of other beings in order to charge it.

The Crimson Horde

Crimson Horde In Malastare

In recent years, Bork has been enlisting mercenaries from the homeworld of Kinyen, and also Malastare, in order to gather numbers for his army, The Crimson Horde. The horde is primarily comprised of Dugs and Gran. The Living Sphere was responsible for the vision of said army. The Demon of War reached out to Bork in the visions and has told him of the great war that lies in the future. Malmourral told Bork of the huge role that he will play in the coming war.

The Dotkhauue Tiam Clan

Shadow Scroll

Bork eventually realized that his visions had little to do with the The Living Sphere; he knew that there was something else behind. Bork knew that he would find the answers he needed in his own past, after all, he was the son of Mob'dait'vork Zinn a Morgukai Warrior and hero of Kintan, it was not long before Bork would establish contact with a prominent Morgukai warrior who guided him and provided crucial information about the Morgukai ways. Bork then went on a quest to find out more about this mysterious cult and like his father; become a great Morgukai warrior.

On Y 20 after access to his home world was denied by the Eidola pirates, who currently hold control over Kintan, Bork decided to take the risk of traveling to Kintan through the local Starport once there he returned to the town where his family lived before it was attacked by pirates, an old man who rapidly acknowledged that Bork was the lost son of Mob'dait'vork Zinn due to their physical resemblance provided him with a mysterious scroll, what he called shadow scrolls which contained information about the ways of the Morgukai, Bork studied the scrolls and adopted the Morgukai ways and now understands that it was M'dweshuu an ancient god of the Nikto who was responsible for his visions, Bork embraced M'dweshuu will and decided to bring glory to the Morgukai, with the help of Local resistance members he managed to establish contact with a group of refugees, and with the help of a really skilled smuggler; 600 Niktos were rescued from Kintan despite the Eidolan blockade

Bork started training the refuges into becoming Morgukai warriors and soon after he met his apprentice, Bork and his apprentice would soon fund the Morgukai Conclave a Kajain'sa sect that worships M'dweshuu and seeks to restore the glory of the Morgukai order. The Dotkhauue Tiam Clan is part of The Crimson Horde

The Zann Consortium

Soon after escaping his home planet Bork joined the Zann Consortium

Defilers at Hosnian

Bork has participated in several Zann Consortium ground operations, most notably on Vectinia and Hosnian where he was accountable for 293 executions of Imperial ground forces.

Bork has also been an active part in the constant fighting that takes place in Loedorvia between the Galactic Empire and Zann Consortium forces; he has a record of 347 kills on the battlefield. After the acquisition of the Verpine-class Heavy Cruiser Dotkhauue Tiam which functions as his new flagship, the capabilities of Bork's Crimson horde have increased greatly, He considers his horde as a militia that will be used to support the Zann Consortium in future conflicts.

Jason Phanto Execution

Jason Phanto's execution

After tracking Jason Phanto a Krath intelligence officer who tried to take over Death Watch at one point, Bork was able to identify that Phanto was working for The White Thranta Company , Bork planned a trap for Jason by making him think he would be moving his flag ship to a planet for hunting, however, Bork hid inside a docked ship and as soon as his target boarded he jumped on him and defeated him easily. After a brief time spent in Heavy Cruiser Dotkhauue Tiam's dungeon, Phanto was sacrificed as an offering to the god M'dweshuu.

"M'dweshuu please accept this offering of blood, may the infidels blood ease your wrath"

— Mussothot Kekmerr M'dweshuu cultist and main shaman

Jason's execution led to the dissolution of The Kingdom of Midrim

Kominiic of Zann

Bork Shalas quickly rose to Kominiic within Zann Consortium Ranks where he led successful operations against Zann enemies.

Terror from Above

Bork Shalas acted as the operation overseer of The Zann consortium, Dark Star Hellions and the Void Wolves blockade at the Petabys system where pilots were extorted to pay credits in exchange for safe passage, Pilots who refused to pay where destroyed. The Tresario Star Kingdom sent their elite Razor squadrons to overrun the blockade, after several battles the Kingdom was defeated. A week after the battles with the Tresario Star Kingdom, the Jedi Order, Blue Star Dominion, several independent pilots and the Sanctuary Prime joined forces to attack the blockade, once again the Zann Consortium emerged victorious from the battles that took place at the conflict zone. It was until the Rebel Alliance navy showed up in support of Jedi Order coalition that the blockade was released. Having fulfilled the objective, Bork ordered the release of the blockade.

Blockade Transmission

The operation resulted in the destruction of 218 enemy fighters and the loss of 160 Zann fighters (most losses were utility ships used as baits for ambushes).

The Sapin Syndicate

As part of his Kominiic duties, Bork Shalas established diplomatic relations with the Sapin Syndicate who offered their infrastructure services to the Zann Consortium, this evolved into Sapin joining the Shadow Dominion Alliances which is led by the Consortium. Bork noticed that the Sapin Syndicate was more interested in credits than a friendship with Zann, and it became obvious when Adrian Owens leader of the Syndicate informed him that they had established a formal alliance and a mutual defense pact with the Alliance of Mercenary Consortiums. This led to the expulsion of Sapin from the Shadow Dominion.

Alvarak Padium Execution

After realizing that Sapin continued mining asteroid fields around Zann’s main system after being expelled from the alliance, it was clear that the Zann Consortium had to send a message to the galaxy that they would not allow anyone to disrespect them in such way.

Chief Advisor of Zann Consortium, Kyota “Kentu” Navic approved an operation to attack the Sapin Consortium to send a clear message that the Zann dominion of the crime underworld must be respected. Bork planned and executed an operation with the support of several defilers that resulted in the capture and execution of two members of the Sapin Syndicate, one of them being their Second in Command.

The Cult of M'dweshuu

Bork Shalas founded the Cult of M'dweshuu along with Great Shaman Gryx Hatu with the purpose of spreading the Nikto Religion and opposing the occupation of Kintan by the Eidola Pirates. Each week the cult would sacrifice prisoners that were provided by Bork Shalas. Most of the prisoners were imperial builders arrested on Loedorvia II during the constant build wars fought between the Zann Consortium and the Galactic Empire on the planet surface. This guaranteed a constant influx of prisoners to sacrifice on the many ceremonies hosted by Great Shaman Gryx Hatu. Bork tasked Gryx with building relations with the Ediola Pirates with the sole purpose of gathering information and establishing refugee escape routes. However, Gryx tried to genuinely get close to the Eidiolan Pirats which made Bork question his loyalty. After an incident with a Mandalorian clan Gryx decided to ignore Bork and decided to act on its own and using the Zann Consortium´s name as a tool to extort and intimidate. Bork understood that Gryx had become a rival and a nuisance that had to be dealt with, but keeping in mind their friendship decided to spare his life. When confronted Gryx took his own life. Bork then rushed to recover his body and with the help of the Living Sphere and his knowledge of the force was able to reanimate the corpse of his old friend and now he continues to serve Bork Shalas and his Shadow army.