Wey Clan

The Wey Clan, also known as the Wey Cartel or the Wey crime family, was a crime family led by the crime lord Hekaro Wey and was based on the desert planet of Cantonica. Established decades before the onset of the Clone Wars, the Wey Clan operated from the Cantonica Palace and began spreading its influence across the Outer Rim Territories by employing a network of smugglers to move illicit goods across the galaxy, forming a powerful criminal empire that lasted until the reign of the Galactic Empire. The Wey Clan came to control a bulk of the piracy, slavery, and trafficking in illegal goods that generated a high amount of wealth in the Outer Rim during the Republic Era. Therefore, it emerged as a significant threat to the Galactic Republic and the two factions became embroiled in a power struggle that lasted for decades. 
During the Canto Bight Summit, Wey and Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum signed a peace treaty to bring an end to the dispute, however, they were also attacked by the Brothers of the Night cult, causing an uproar in the Galactic Senate. With the Republic's Vice Chair Mas Amedda in the cultists' custody, Chancellor Valorum dispatched two Jedi, Keleran Verso and Galen Fontaine, to help the Wey Clan defeat the Brothers of the Night in the Cantonica Civil War. However, the incident at the summit caused the Senate to enact the Trade Embargo Act on the Wey Clan, leading them to be closed off from trade with the Republic and limited access to key hyperspace routes. 
Nonetheless, by the time of the Clone Wars, it became one of the most powerful crime families in the galaxy, largely due to the expansion of its hyperspace routes with the Republic's treaty and Wey's extended efforts. Therefore, the Wey Clan aligned itself with the Republic in its war effort against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The chaos of the war allowed the Wey Clan to expand its influence to the far reaches of the galaxy. However, much of Wey's territorial expansion became contained by large regions of Separatist space. 
==Description==
The Wey Clan was led by the crime lord Hekaro Wey and operated within his palace on Cantonica in the Outer Rim Territories. The day-to-day operations of the Wey Clan was handled by Wey's majordomo, Sate Forma, who was responsible for speaking on Wey's behalf and organizing his meetings. During the Republic Era, Wey's adoptive son and champion, Talan Bizago, served as the lieutenant of the Wey Clan. With the title, Bizago controlled territories and oversaw the transport of illicit goods in the name of the cartel.
==History==
===Republic Era===
====Red Raids====
During the final years of the Galactic Republic, the dark side cult known as the Brothers of the Night conducted a series of abductions on the civilians of Cantonica, known as the Red Raids, and brought them back to their temple for sacrificial rituals. The wife of Plazer, Hekaro Wey's informant, was captured by the cultists and taken back to their temple during the raids. After catching them take her, Plazer followed his wife back to the temple, and while there, he discovered that the temple was heavily guarded and that it produced the dark side, which he described as a "dark aura." He informed Wey about his findings, and therefore, Wey gathered his forces to push back the Brothers of the Night and force them into hiding, ending the Red Raids.
====Canto Bight Summit====
In the years following the Red Raids, the Wey Clan expanded its influence on Cantonica, and then over most of the Outer Rim, which led to a power struggle with the Republic that lasted for decades. In order to resolve the dispute, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum of the Republic called for a summit to be held on Cantonica without the overall support of the Galactic Senate. Valorum arrived at the Cantonica Palace in Canto Bight with Vice Chair Mas Amedda, as the representative of the Senate, and a contingent of Senate Guards. After going over terms with Valorum, Wey signed a treaty that allowed the Wey Clan to navigate through essential hyperspace routes in the Inner Rim and Mid Rim Territories, while the Wey Clan agreed to cede its operations outside of Cantonica. Although the treaty was seemingly in the Republic's favor, it also had the unintended effect of legitimizing the Wey Clan's operations. However, as the two finalized the treaty, the Brothers of the Night, led by High Priest Sallow Caine, reemerged in an attempt to assassinate Chancellor Valorum. Unbeknownst to them, the Brothers were in league with the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious, who promised them vengeance against Wey by initiating a civil war. Although Valorum escaped before they could kill him, the cultist General Boka captured Vice Chair Amedda and the Brothers retreated to their temple at the behest of Sidious.
====Cantonica Civil War====
Following the incident at the summit, Valorum contacted Wey to inquire about Amedda's whereabouts. Wey informed him that Amedda was taken alive to the Temple of the Night and requested the help of the Jedi Order to deal with the cultists who wielded the dark side. Therefore, Valorum secretly dispatched Jedi Knight Keleran Verso and his Padawan, Galen Fontaine, to rescue Amedda and help bring an end to the conflict on Cantonica. After the Jedi arrived on Cantonica, Wey sent them to seek out Plazer for the location of the Brothers of the Night's location. After locating the temple, they were captured by Caine, therefore, Wey sent his adoptive son and lieutenant, Talan Bizago, to rescue them all. Bizago helped them escape back to the Republic capital of Coruscant while the Brothers of the Night coordinated an attack on Canto Bight to draw out Wey. 
When the group failed to receive any support from the Senate on Coruscant, they returned to Cantonica and helped Wey in the evacuation of Canto Bight to the town Shattered Point. There, Wey gathered the local townspeople and his own forces to defeat the cultists and bring an end to the conflict. In the battle, the Wey Clan and the Canto Bight Police Department fought the cultists in the city, while Bizago and the Jedi infiltrated the Temple of the Night to arrest the cult leadership. Ultimately, Wey and his forces defeated General Boka and his forces in Canto Bight, and the temple collapsed while in self-destruct, which caused the death of Caine, bringing an end to the war.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Return of the Sith 
Category:Criminal organizations
Category:Outer Rim Territories organizations
Category:Wey Clan