Tyrnia Masak Tyrnia Masak was a Human gladiator . Biography . Early Life . A female Human Force - sensitive , Tyrnia Masak grew up in the slums of Nar Shaddaa , the moon of the planet Nal Hutta . With her mother working as a servant for a minor crime boss , Tyrnia used her strength and large size to her advantage and fought in the streets in order to provide additional money for her family . However , her mother still fell into a large debt to a Quarren crime lord named Durrsk , who noticed Tyrnia Masak ' s fighting prowess and took her as payment for her mother ' s debt . Believing that Masak could become an excellent fighter , Durrsk gave her to his fighting master for combat training so that she could fight in illegal gladiatorial matches . A Force Adept , the fighting master noticed Masak ' s Force potential and trained her in both unarmed combat and in using the Force . Gladiatorial Career . Seeing potential in the " muscular , ferocious Human girl , " Durrsk placed Tyrnia under the tutelage of an unknown fighting master . The trainer , a Force Adept , trained Tyrnia in a variety of combat and Force techniques . This training paid off in the arenas and gladiator pits , where Tyrnia used her physical strength , stubbornness , and " seeming indestructibility " to wear down and defeat all comers . And unlike some unwilling gladiators , Tyrnia actually enjoyed her life as a fighting slave , relishing in the frenzy of combat and the cheers of crowds . However , Tyrnia ' s successful career in arena soon ended . After Durrsk murdered Tyrnia ' s now - aged mother in a fit of rage , Tyrnia vowed revenge , eventually killing the Quarren and a Hutt bystander as the two watched the conclusion of one of her fights . With a bounty placed on her head by the Hutt ' s and Durrsk ' s relatives , Tyrnia was forced to flee . On the Run . With few marketable skills , Tyrnia was soon forced to return to the arena , taking part in matches in various bouts on backwater planets across the galaxy . Her need to avoid bounty hunters has lead her to keep a low profile , but even these efforts have not been enough to keep another group off her track . Tyrnia ' s latent Force abilities have lead several " unsavory " Dark Side users to pursue her , most hoping to sway the fighter to the Dark Side and / or recruit her as a follower . Personality and traits . Growing up in the slums of Nar Shaddaa , Tyrnia Masak was an aggressive child and frequently fought to make money for her family . Soon after Durrsk took her from her family to be a pit fighter , Masak began to enjoy and be excited by causing bloodshed and hearing the sound of the crowd when she fought in a match . A stubborn fighter , she came to the point where she enjoyed both taking blows and giving them in order to demonstrate her toughness . After Durrsk killed her mother , Masak was enraged and took the quickest opportunity to revenge when she killed both the crime lord and a Hutt that was nearby . Because of her lack of skills besides fighting , she found it difficult to stay out of sight and was well known to individuals who followed gladiatorial combat . Her tendency to assert her strength also caused her problems and drew more attention . With her Force - sensitivity and violent nature , Masak was a person of interest for many Force - users who wanted to turn her further to the dark side of the Force . Secretly , Masak strongly disliked the person she had become . Due to her Force potential as well as her bitterness and anger , Masak was approached by an individual who used the dark side of the Force . While she did not turn fully to the dark side , after learning from the individual , she was much more inclined to use the dark side . She had blue eyes , brown hair , and fair skin . Standing over 1 . 6 meters tall , Masak was a muscular and durable individual with large hands , but she was not particularly quick or intelligent . At the time of her picture that was used by the Imperial Security Bureau , her hair ' s length was about halfway down her neck , her face was bruised , and she had a bandage over her nose . She viewed herself as physically unattractive and did her best to offset that by possessing greater strength and durability than everyone else around her . Powers and abilities . During her youth , Tyrnia Masak used her size and strength to her advantage to make money from fights for her family . Upon the beginning of her training with Durrsk ' s fighting master , she learned of her Force - sensitivity and began to improve both her unarmed fighting skills and her Force abilities . After a short time , Masak had improved her skills greatly and increased her chances of victory as a pit fighter . However , her fighting style still relied heavily on her durability , which allowed her to outlast her opponents and overwhelm them when they were exhausted . She was also able to jump a considerable amount , as she did when she leapt out of the fighting pit to kill Durrsk . By the time that occurred , she had barely scratched the surface of her force potential . While her strongest skill was her unarmed fighting , she was also marginally skilled with the blaster pistols and blaster rifles . Masak lacked any significant skills besides her fighting abilities . She was able to use the force to allow her to endure more damage as well as to cause greater harm to her opponents . She was also skilled in tapping the dark side of the Force to go into a rage . Equipment . After killing Durrsk and escaping , Tyrnia Masak possessed a pair of combat gloves and a blaster pistol . Behind the scenes . Tyrnia Masak was first featured in " " , an article written by Eric Cagle for Wizards of the Coast ' s Saga Edition of the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " . The article , which was posted on Wizards . com on June 11 , 2008 , was the third entry in the " Bounty Postings " series , which provided gamemasters with bounties for use in adventures with bounty hunter player characters . In the article , she received an image , which was created by Talon Dunning . While the article showed an Imperial Security Bureau picture of Masak , it did not specify the era when the events featured in the article occurred . However , she must have lived at some point when the Imperial Security Bureau was active , which places her mature life during the Rise of the Empire era or later . The article also provided three example situations where the players could encounter Masak without having the heroes be bounty hunters . They could encounter her at an illegal fighting match , being a bodyguard for a Rodian crime lord and being chased by bounty hunters , or she could be under the influence of a dark side force - user . This article has presented the events mentioned in these adventure seeds as if they occurred in the order listed after the events described in the article ' s history section . However , the seeds could occur in any order and may not necessarily happen at all .