Nalz Nalz , also known as Spiky - boy , was a male Spiner bounty hunter and slave . Biography . Early life . A member of an uncommon species , Nalz was a two - meter sentient covered by brown or black fur , with a short snout and black eyes . He also had spikes in his back , that he could rise using his shoulders ' s muscles . Nalz was born in a freak show , where he spent many years . Nalz ' s mother had read him history tales about how their species was powerful until their sun went supernova . Only a few thousand Spiners survived , and this is why , his mother said , the Spiners were not ruling the galaxy at that point . Instead , they were being mocked by their strange appearance and taken holorecords . Nalz ' s mother died during one show , which led to an audience success . Nalz hated the Jedi , supposed protectors of the galaxy , because of their inaction at that point . An orphan , Nalz was provided with a computer access to research about his own background . Whenever he was reading something horrible , his physical reactions could be enjoyed by the audience . Meanwhile , he discovered that he was a good researcher and he learned a lot . He was even planning a escape from the show . Before he could perform it , Chevin slaver Phylus Mon bought Nalz ' s freedom . Phylus Mon insisted that he did not want Nalz as a slave , but he wanted to negotiate a future contract with him . Nevertheless , Phylus Mon inserted an explosive near Nalz ' s heart . The device would kill Nalz should Phylus Mon die for any reason . The bomb could be deactivated if hit by an ion weapon , but Phylus Mon did not allow any ion weapon in his ship , the " Animiasma " . This mechanism was a security measure that Phylus Mon used in every one of his slaves . At the same time , Phylus Mon paid his slaves and insisted in calling them employees - but at the same time , all of them knew they could not leave Phylus Mon ' s service or they would die . Nalz became a member of an elite strike force tracking and killing the " less desirables . " Armed with a master blaster rifle , Nalz proofed he was agile , cunning and a good leader ( although with some problem to accept orders ) . He was liked among those who worked with him ; the opponents never knew of him until it was too late . Sith Battlelord . In around 20 BBY , Phylus Mon asked him to work directly for him . Nalz understood he had no choice , but he would not have chosen otherwise . One month later , Nalz and some other minions of Phylus Mon were sent to the Cularin system . He spent the trip researching about a place he knew nothing about , and preparing a scheme to deal with the Jedi there . Nalz did not like the other minions , considering them either stupid or untrustworthy . They , in turn , considered Nalz a useless freak , with the Barabel bounty hunter Yerj nicknaming him " Spiky - boy " . Nalz and the other minions attacked the Almas Sith fortress in Cularin system . The fortress entrance was being protected by six Jedi , but Phylus Mon sent no less than thirteen minions , including his wampa bodyguard Ku - Kak . Phylus Mon ' s team killed four of the Jedi and defeated the other two . In the fortress , Phylus Mon performed a Sith ritual to transform Nalz and the others into Sith Battlelords : after a dangerous , life - threatening process , they were supposed to rise as powerful military commanders that could use Force powers to deal with insubordination of their troops . However , something went wrong with the ritual : Nalz and the other prospective Battlelords were stripped of their Force - essences , which would be stored in a large crystal . Phylus Mon left the fortress with the crystal , but without Kaarror and the other empty bodies . Those bodies would then be found by a search team sent by the Jedi in the Almas Academy . The bodies were sent to the Academy . There , the Jedi tried their best to recover the lost essences and restore them to their previous state . Behind the scenes . One player character in " A Mon Alone " can , at a certain point , enter this non - player character ' s body and use Nalz ' s statistics until his essence can be freed ( which means Nalz ' s essence re - enters Nalz ' s body and the PC ' s essence returns to the PC ' s unconscious body ) , or until Nalz ' s body is killed in action . The text explains that some of the final scenes are so dangerous that they could easily kill the player characters - leading to the players getting angry .