Unidentified Nihil Cloud leader (Temerancé)

An individual served as a Cloud leader for the Nihil in a Cloud during the High Republic Era. In 229 BBY, the Cloud the leader ran partook in the abduction of multiple Force-sensitive children on the planet Temerancé, which led the inhabitants to request the Tholothian monster hunter Ty Yorrick rescue them. Traveling to the Osler community on the same planet, Yorrick witnessed the leader and his Cloud advance towards the residents of the community, with the leader snatching an Azumel child. As the child fought back, Yorrick came to rescue the kid and conversed with the leader before eliminating him. Yorrick continued to fight the Cloud and eventually saved the children from the pirates.
==Biography==
During the High Republic Era, an individual commanded a Cloud within the Nihil marauder organization. In 229 BBY, the leader's Cloud kidnapped multiple Force-sensitive children in a settlement on the planet Temerancé, which was located in the Occlusion Zone, a Nihil-occupied area of space. In need of assistance, the townsfolk requested help from the Tholothian monster hunter Ty Yorrick to retrieve their youths,The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 1 which was accepted by Yorrick. Traveling to the Osler community nearby on a speeder bike, Yorrick stopped and observed in her binoculars the destruction of the Cloud, including the leader shouting at the citizens as he advanced towards an Azumel child. As he grabbed the crying infant in his arms, a noticeable Yorrick imagined the Azumel as her Jedi Master Cibaba, who was also the same species.
Meanwhile, the child crunched their mouth down on the leader's arm who roared out in pain and held the child higher, only for the youngster to point at a determined Yorrick approaching with her lightsaber wielded and dubbing the woman a Jedi. Stunned at the arrival of Yorrick, the Tholothian mentioned to the leader to run. Believing she was speaking to the child, the leader notified Yorrick that the Azumel would not be leaving. Yorrick smirked at the leader's response before plunging her lightsaber into his chest, which killed him on impact, and corrected the leader by informing that she was communicating to him and not the child. Later in the rescue, a member of the Cloud asked if he could hear them when they spotted Yorrick on the starship which held the children captive. Additionally, the droid pilot of the ship subsequently asked where the leader was once they encountered Yorrick in the cockpit. The monster hunter continued to fight the Cloud and rescued all the children, delivering them in the starship to the settlement not long after.
==Personality and traits==
The leader led his Cloud into battle, shouting a war cry as intimidation towards the community and moral for his troops. The leader was menacing and easily frightened an Azumel kid to the point of sobbing in his grasp. However, when the child bit the leader in the arm, he wailed in pain and angrily snatched them. The leader used an expletive at the sight of Ty Yorrick and assumed everything she said was meant for the Azumel. Despite his terrorizing personality, the leader was effortlessly killed by her lightsaber. He had red hair and light skin.
==Equipment==
The leader wore various armor on his body, with his chest possessing a large Eye of the Nihil insignia painted on it. He wore brown pants and brown boots, along with brown gloves that had metal armor on its fingers. He had two spiked pauldrons on both shoulders and a bandolier across his chest. The leader wore a brown holster and employed a blaster. He also donned an unusual mask, with sensors that changed in the colors of pink and red.
==Behind the scenes==
The Cloud leader appeared in the second issue of the 2024 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire, which was written by Cavan Scott, illustrated by Rachael Stott, and published by Dark Horse Comics as part of Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase III on May 29, 2024.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 2 
==Notes and references==
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Category:Unidentified Nihil