Fennec Shand

**Fennec Shand** was a human female bounty hunter, elite mercenary, and Master Assassin who worked for the top crime syndicates during the age of the Galactic Empire. Skilled and ruthless, Shand worked her way up the criminal underworld during the beginning of the Empire's reign, becoming renowned and gaining a reputation as a cunning and elite mercenary. After the fall of the Empire and the imprisonment of many of her employers, Shand went on the run. Though hunted down and left for dead, fate would intervene and she was rescued by Boba Fett.

Entering the bounty hunter scene shortly after the birth of the Galactic Empire, Fennec Shand quickly proved her merit, and began taking lucrative jobs. One of her earliest bounties was a direct commission for the young clone Omega, for whose bounty Shand clashed with veteran hunter Cad Bane. Though her commission ended without the capture of Omega, Shand went on to become a high-profile assassin for the leading criminal syndicates of the galactic underworld, including the Hutt Clan and the Second Union. After the destruction of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War, many of Shand's top employers were imprisoned by the New Republic and she was left without vital lines of work. Shand found herself a fugitive from justice and escaped to the Outer Rim world Tatooine.

Now being tracked by bounty hunters herself, Shand hid out in the deserts of Tatooine and avoided capture for some time before two hunters, the Mandalorian Din Djarin and the rookie Toro Calican, located her and led an assault to take her down. Though she managed to stall them, the two gained the upper hand and took the once-great assassin captive. Shand tried to negotiate her release with Calican but, after she managed to convince him to turn on Djarin, the rookie shot Shand and left her to die. She was discovered by the renowned bounty hunter Boba Fett, who then saved her life. Indebted to Fett, Shand began work as his partner in crime.

Shand and Fett traveled to the planet Tython to recover Fett's armor from Djarin, who had acquired it on Tatooine. In return for the armor, Shand and Fett agreed to aid Djarin in his quest to rescue his foundling, Grogu, from an Imperial remnant led by the rogue Moff Gideon. After helping him take control of Gideon's light cruiser and rescuing Grogu from the Moff, Shand and Fett parted ways with Djarin and returned to Tatooine, where they claimed Jabba the Hutt's former palace for themselves.

## History

### Working for the Second Union

   In 5 ABY, the Galactic Empire was defeated by the forces of the New Republic at the Battle of Jakku, after which point the Empire surrendered and the New Republic became the dominant power in the galaxy. That year, Shand was in the employment of the Second Union, being stationed on Coruscant at their base on Level 1313 as an enforcer. However, Shand ultimately betrayed the Union, as she thought the recent events were "changing times" and decided that her loyalties belonged elsewhere. She then blasted her way out of the base, killing many Second Union troops in the process. She reached a platform outside, where several STAPs and 74-Z Speeder Bikes were parked. Shand stole a STAP and fled, while two SU soldiers on 74-Z speeder bikes and two BX-series droid commandos on STAPs pursued. It resulted in an intense air chase among the airspeeders and buildings. One of the commando droids on a STAP fired at Shand's stolen STAP, but the assassin returned fire, blasting the commando droid and causing his STAP to lose control and crash into a nearby building. The remaining pursuers returned fire, and Shand easily dodged them. She flew her STAP toward the remaining droid commando, using her STAP's cannons to blast the droid's vehicle, sending both the commando and his STAP crashing into a nearby EasyRide passenger airspeeder, resulting in a fiery explosion that destroyed both vehicles. Shand then used her blaster to shoot down one of the SU soldiers on speeder bikes, sending him crashing onto the streets below. The other soldier was more resistant, firing his bike's laser cannons, and Shand pulled up next to him and started a small fist fight. The soldier used a blaster pistol to blast Shand's STAP during the fight, damaging it and also causing it to leak fuel. Finally, Fennec blasted the speeder bike's weak point, sending it crashing into a wall and killing the soldier in the process. Shand's STAP was too damaged to keep flying due to the fuel leak, so it exploded, forcing Shand to jump out and land in the streets. She then proceeded to venture deeper into the undercity's parts.

### Left for dead

By the year 9 ABY, the New Republic had arrested and imprisoned many of Shand's former employers, leaving the assassin on the run with a ten thousand credit bounty on her head. She ended up on the planet Tatooine, hiding out beyond the Dune Sea.

While in the desert, Shand used her skills as a markswoman to hide and take a sniping position, hidden in a rock formation. This allowed her to shoot and kill a human bounty hunter who had been tracking her on a dewback before he was even aware of her presence. His corpse, still being dragged through the sand by his mount, was then discovered by two more bounty hunters on her trail, the Mandalorian Din Djarin and the rookie Toro Calican. Calican hid behind a dune while Din Djarin approached the corpse to confirm whether or not it was Shand's doing. Shand, who was positioned on a ridge some distance away, sighted the two bounty hunters and opened fire. She managed to hit Din Djarin twice in the back as he retreated toward the dune, but he survived, due to his beskar armor, which caused Shand's sniper bolts to simply glance off.

As Shand had the high ground, she waited for the bounty hunters to make the first move instead of trying to escape. Guessing her plan, Djarin and Calican waited till nightfall to make their approach. Once darkness had fallen, the two bounty hunters drove directly at Shand's location on a pair of Zephyr-J speeder bikes. As the assassin prepared to fire, Djarin fired off a flash charge, temporarily blinding her and forcing her to remove her helmet. She then missed her first shot, and after Calican fired off another charge, she missed again.

However, when Calican misfired his next flash charge, Shand was able to shoot out Djarin's bike from beneath him. The bounty hunter survived and fired off another flash charge to cover the last portion of Calican's approach, after which Shand shot Djarin in the chest and knocked him to the ground. As she prepared to kill Din Djarin, Calican announced himself behind her, allowing her to strike his weapon with a thrown blade and slow him long enough to attack. The rookie attempted to shoot her multiple times as she battled him unarmed, but she proved too evasive for Calican to hit. Shand quickly disarmed and defeated the rookie hunter. As Shand began to crush Calican's neck, Djarin arrived and forced her to surrender at blasterpoint.

Din Djarin forced Shand to put on a pair of stuncuffs and the two hunters marched her down to their sole remaining speeder bike, which Shand mockingly pointed out would not carry all three of them. Djarin suggested that Calican go find the dewback they had seen earlier, but after the rookie refused to trust Din Djarin alone with both the bike and the bounty, the more experienced hunter set off to find it himself, leaving Shand and Calican alone together.

As the pair waited Tatooine's twin suns rose and Shand began attempting to convince Calican to work with her rather than the Mandalorian. At first she claimed to have a rendezvous in Mos Espa and offered to pay him double her bounty if he took her there instead of turning her in. When he claimed money did not interest him, she instead suggested he capture Din Djarin, as she had heard he had betrayed the Guild and now possessed a high-value asset, a child. She pointed out to Calican that claiming the bounty on a traitor would provide a far greater reputation boost than turning in her bounty and offered to help him subdue the other bounty hunter. She also gave him a bit of advice as to how to thrive in their line of work.

Calican appeared convinced and holstered his weapon, so Shand approached with her arms outstretched, expecting him to unlock the stuncuffs. Instead, the rookie hunter shot her in the stomach. As she collapsed to the ground, he pointed out that he knew she would have simply killed him once he removed the cuffs, and with Din Djarin's bounty to claim, he no longer needed her. He then thanked her for her advice and the tip she'd given him before mounting his speeder bike. With his business with Shand concluded, Calican left her to die in the desert. Shortly after this, Claican was killed by Djarin.

#### Found by Boba Fett

Unbeknownst to Djarin, however, Shand had actually survived their encounter. Alone and unconscious in the desert, her body was retrieved by a man who had been left to die on Tatooine just as Shand had: Boba Fett, who rode there on a Bantha after seeing Djarin's flash charge. After he found Shand, Boba took her to Mos Eisley to see a Mod Artist at a mod-parlor who saved Shand's life in a manner that finished replacing the interior of her lower abdomen, where she had received her wound, with cybernetics.

Fett later took her into the Dune Sea. There, she awoke painfully near Fett's campfire. Shand was given a black melon by Fett, despite her disgust of it. Shand saw what Fett did to her. When Fett revealed to know who Shand was, she believed that he wanted to collect the bounty on her. Shand offered him double her bounty, but Fett did not want money. When Fett revealed who he was, Shand told him that he was dead, as she believed that he was nothing more than a half-digested morsel in the bowels of the sarlacc. He corrected her, telling her that he, after his third escape from the sarlacc, was left for dead in the Dune Sea like she was, and that he was captured by a tribe of Tuskens who took him in as one of their own. He also told her about how the Kintan Striders had killed the Tusken tribe, much to Shand's disbelief.

#### Reclaiming *Slave I*

After this, Boba would take Shand on his bantha to retrieve his *Slave I* from Jabba's Palace garage as the ship had been stolen and moved there from Docking Bay 94, the hangar where the ship had been originally parked when Fett returned to Tatooine. Shand asked why he could not ask Fortuna for his ship back. Fett, knowing he was less persuasive without his armor, believed he would not like Fortuna's answer. Shand agreed to help Fett to repay her debt to him.

Shand sent one of her drones into the palace to find out how many guards Fortuna had. After Fett freed his bantha, he told Shand about his plan to reclaim his armor, kill Fortuna and claim Jabba's Empire for himself. When the drone returned, Shand and Fett snuck into the palace through the kitchen. After dealing with several of the droids, she and Fett were able to make their way to the hangar and found *Slave I*. After taking care of a pair of Gamorreans, Shand watched Fett's back as he boarded *Slave I* and started it up. Shand held the guards while Fett attempted to open the hangar doors. After dealing with guards, Shand was able to open the doors with her rifle. As they left the palace, Shand said would stay with Fett while he took care of several personal scores.

Later, the pair used the ship to destroy the Kintan Striders. Shand watched Fett as he took out the Nikto bikers one by one. Immediately following this, the two used *Slave I* to travel to the Great Pit of Carkoon, as Fett believed that his missing armor was still inside the Sarlacc's stomach. After the creature tried to eat *Slave I*, Shand dropped a Seismic charge into its maw, killing it once and for all. As a result of this, Fett had finally enacted his revenge on the beast as he had been eaten by it three times in his life (though it had been Shand who released the seismic charge, it came from Fett's own ship, so this counted as Fett himself exacting his revenge on the Sarlacc). However, Fett was then proven wrong about his armor when he examined the innards of the sarlacc's corpse and found only junk. Shand cleaned Fett of the Sarlacc's digestive juices and told him he need to be in a bacta tank. In the evening, Fett captured a scurrier for the two to share for dinner. The two hunters sat around a fire. When Shand questioned his ambition to form his own house, Fett asked how many times she had been hired to do a job that was avoidable. He said that if only the crime syndicates took the time to think, they could save many lives. Shand responded that their kind would then be out of work. Fett replied that he was tired of "their kind" dying because of the idiocy of others. He said that they were smarter than them and that it was time they took their shot.

Fett said that if he was going to start a house, he needed both brains and muscles, which Shand had. Shand said it was tempting but replied that she was an independent contractor. She did jobs for him but valued her freedom. Fett claimed he could offer her something that no client had ever offered: loyalty. He offered to give her a cut of the success and pledge his life to protect hers. Shand replied that living with the Tuskens had made him soft. Fett disagreed and said that living with them had made him strong. He reasoned that one could only get so far without a tribe. Shand agreed to join Fett to share in his success and to have him protect herself. The next morning, they landed the *Slave I* back in Docking Bay 94.

Sometime later, Fett took Shand to the Spaceport Hotel in Mos Eisley to the room where Lyn Me was staying in.

### Staying with Boba Fett and Lyn Me

After this, Shand and Fett remained with Lyn in the Spaceport Hotel. Lyn Me told Shand that she loved Boba Fett and went way back with him. Shand, curious, asked her why she was so infatuated with the bounty hunter. Lyn proceeded to tell her about how Fett had saved her from slavery on Ryloth, and from then on she worshiped Boba Fett as a heroic figure, and followed his exploits in the HoloNet news broadcasts. Later, Shand, Me and Fett played a game of cards at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina while having drinks.

#### Exploring across the desert sands

The three later got a pack of Dasani drinks somewhere in Mos Eisley, to stay healthy and hydrated on Tatooine as it was very hot. They ventured across the town, going to the Crystal Moon restaurant to eat, also getting Coca-Cola drinks besides food. They utilized the drinks besides eating the food. After this, they went to the Dune Sea, walking across the sand, all the way up to Jabba's Palace, which was now under the control of Bib Fortuna. Then, Lyn Me remarked that that was where she had danced at five years ago and met up again with Boba. She also said she heard rumors about Fortuna's takeover of the palace in the years following the Galactic Civil War's end. Fett said he would deal with it sometime later with Shand. Shand agreed that they would do it sometime, as she had agreed to work with Fett closely. Later, towards the evening, during their exploration across the desert stands, they came across the remains of a Tusken village. After they examined the remains, Fett deduced that the occupants had been slaughtered by someone with a lightsaber. After some critical thinking, he realized that this was the same camp that Darth Vader had destroyed whilst on the planet negotiating a deal for the Galactic Empire with Jabba nine years earlier, as Fett had been within its vicinity. As such, Fett made note of this to Shand and Me.

Continuing with their journey across the sands, they came across another destroyed Tusken camp. Shand listened as Lyn told Fett that she had heard urban legends of a "ghost" that roamed the camp. The trio figured out that the "ghost" was actually Anakin Skywalker, who had killed the entire population of the camp in a fit of rage many years earlier for causing his mother's death. They didn't know Skywalker and Vader were the same person, so as a result the three didn't know that both of the Tusken villages that they came across were destroyed by the same dark figure. However, Fett did make the conclusion that these two were connected in a rather unnatural way.

They later went back to Mos Eisley, arriving in an X-34 landspeeder while playing music. The three went to investigate the Desilijic Complex, which had been Jabba the Hutt's townhouse, discovering a considerable amount of valuable artifacts. They ran into several Nikto and Gamorrean guards who were sent by Bib Fortuna, with Shand and Fett making short work of them.

#### Interrogating the Jawas

Sometime afterward, Fett and Shand interrogated a group of Jawas for the whereabouts of his armor. The Jawas told them that there was a man named Cobb Vanth who was wearing Mandalorian armor to protect Mos Pelgo. Immediately after, Fett indeed knew that it was his armor that Vanth was wearing. Fett said he would make preparations to go investigate, while Me and Shand would remain behind in Mos Eisley. Fett traveled to Mos Pelgo's vicinity to monitor what was happening there.

#### Departure

Sometime later, while keeping an eye on Mos Pelgo and spying on Cobb Vanth, Boba contacted Shand and told her that a Mandalorian bounty hunter (Din Djarin) was speeding towards Mos Pelgo. Shand said that she knew who it was, and after that, Fett continued to keep an eye on Djarin in Mos Pelgo, and the events happening. During this time, Shand and Me went to Chalmun's Cantina. Sometime after Shand and Lyn returned to the Spaceport Hotel, Fett appeared to Shand via hologram and confirmed that Din Djarin had Fett's armor, and that Djarin got it after claiming it from Vanth by helping to kill a krayt dragon. Fett then instructed Shand to prepare to go to *Slave I* at Docking Bay 94, and she complied.

### Tython ambush

Shand aided Fett in tracking down Djarin to Tython where she set her scope on Grogu until Fett and Djarin were able to come to a compromise. The trio were soon after ambushed by Moff Gideon's Imperial remnant, most of whom were quickly disposed of; however, the Child was captured by Moff Gideon's detachment of dark troopers. As thanks for returning his armor, Fett offered Djarin his and Shand's help to save Grogu from the clutches of the Empire. Shand accompanied the two to Nevarro aboard Fett's ship, *Slave I*.

### Rescuing Grogu

#### Morak infiltration

Shand went with New Republic marshal Carasynthia Dune, Djarin and Fett to the Karthon Chop Fields. There, they took former Imperial sharpshooter turned mercenary Migs Mayfeld into their custody. Djarin wanted to use Mayfeld to find Gideon's light cruiser using a terminal at Imperial refinery on Morak. Upon their arrival on Morak, Shand and Dune took sniper positions outside of the refinery while Djarin and Mayfeld snuck into the refinery. After Mayfeld killed Valin Hess, Shand and Dune took out several of the stormtroopers, gunners and shoretroopers as Djarin and Mayfeld escaped to *Slave I*. Being an excellent marksman herself, Shand was impressed with Mayfeld's shot that damaged the Refinery.

#### Capturing Moff Gideon

After Djarin recruited two Mandalorians, Lady Bo-Katan Kryze and Koska Reeves, Fennec accompanied the group aboard Dr. Pershing's Imperial shuttle. Along with Dune, Kryze, and Reeves, she made her way through Gideon's cruiser, killing numerous stormtroopers along the way, to the bridge, where they commandeered the vessel. She then stood ready to assist her compatriots against a platoon of dark troopers which were about to gain entry to the bridge, before they were all destroyed by the Jedi Luke Skywalker, who left with Grogu, intending to train him in the ways of the Force.

### Return to Tatooine

Following Grogu's rescue, Shand and Fett's pledge to Djarin was fulfilled, and they returned to Tatooine. They went to Jabba's Palace, and, after taking out several of Bib Fortuna's guards and freeing one of his slaves, she stood by as Fett killed Fortuna. As Fett sat on Fortuna's throne, Shand stood behind him and took a bottle of spotchka to celebrate.

Shortly after the takeover, Lyn Me, who was still on Tatooine after all this time, entered the palace and went to the throne room, encountering Fett and Shand on the throne. The Twi'lek dancer was greatly honored to see her hero idol on the throne and sat on the dais. Lyn asked Fett if she could dance for him later, and the bounty hunter told her she was free to. Shand told Lyn that right now she reminded her of the Twi'lek slave she had freed earlier during the attack on the palace, indirectly referring to the slave as "someone." After that, Lyn went to stand by the left side of Boba’s throne. Now, Boba was sitting on the throne of Jabba’s Palace, with Shand and Me at his sides.

Later, a Jawa came to the palace and gave the trio VIP tickets to Skywalker World as well as an advertisement for the amusement park. They later enjoyed their time at Skywalker World that evening. Shand, Fett and Me each got cotton candy. Shand and Fett played a shooting game. Finally, among several other activities, Me enjoyed a boat ride with Fett.

After they got back to the palace, Shand and Fett watched Lyn Me dance for them. Shand even drank her bottle of spotchka to the dancing, meaning that she was enjoying watching Lyn dance. The dancer was honored to perform for Shand and Boba, and even more honored when they both told her that they enjoyed her performance. As Me sat back onto the dais, Shand complemented her on the dance. Later, Fett proposed a toast to the takeover of the palace. After Shand and Me got up with their spotchka bottles in hand and stood next to him, the three gave a toast to celebrate.

### Geonosis

A day after taking over the palace, Boba and Shand traveled to Geonosis aboard *Slave I* to visit Jango Fett's grave. After landing, the pair ventured to the restaurant known as Geonosian Grub, meeting with Indiana Jones, who had been an old friend of Boba's. At the restaurant, Fett and Jones reunited, talking about what they had been up to for the last period of time. Fett talked about him and Shand repaying a debt for Djarin, referring to him as “another bounty hunter.” Shand then added that she helped Boba take over Jabba’s Palace. Jones was impressed by these events, calling Jabba's Palace a place of wretched villainy, complimenting the pair. Then, the trio settled in for some food and drinks. Some minutes into the stay, death troopers standing outside the restaurant opened fire on the location, killing the Geonosian owner and the battle droid workers. Fett, Shand and Jones survived by taking cover from the blasts. Then, after witnessing more Imperial troopers arrive and surround Geonosian Grub, Jones tried to contact his partner K-7R3, who was repairing their ship, the *Bravo Adventurer*, which had been damaged on a mission and was coincidentally parked next to *Slave I*; with the droid saying that the repairs were almost ready. At the same time, two Scout troopers on speeder bikes were racing toward where the ship was parked, having intercepted Jones' transmission.

Afterwards, General Veers landed on his TIE Advanced x1, and stepped to the front of the troopers. After announcing who he was, and that he had great respect for Boba for having quite a history with Darth Vader, Veers stated that he was here to take revenge on Boba for what had happened on Scarif with the *Black-Saber* datatape. On that mission, Fett defeated Veers’ forces and fled with the data tape. Afterwards, Veers gave Jones, Shand and Fett until sundown to step out and surrender, or his troops would demolish the restaurant and kill them. When K-7R3 incapacitated the scout troopers after they were fooled about him as he was an Imperial security droid, he arrived on one of the speeder bikes and made a daring attack on the stormtroopers surrounding the area. Fett asked Shand to cover for him as he stepped out with Jones to combat the Imperial troopers. During the skirmish outside, Veers revealed that he had reactivated battle droids from a nearby old Geonosian droid factory, and the droids arrived. This escalated the intensity of the battle, and after blowing open the restaurant entrance, Four B2 super battle droids entered in an attempt to flush out Shand. Ultimately she was able to gun down the droids with her rifle. Moments later, K-7R3, Jones and Fett were forced to retreat back inside Geonosian Grub.

The four started planning their escape, and Jones brought up a network of catacombs underneath the restaurant, and when they found a hidden trapdoor on the floor, which led to the underground catacombs, they were proven correct. Afterwards, Veers ordered a Shadow trooper to finish them off. Shand offered to cover, as Fett, Jones and K-7R3 fled down underground. By doing this, Shand had returned the favor for Fett, as he saved her life on Tatooine; now on Geonosis she was preparing to save his. Right as Shand prepared her guard, a flash grenade tossed by the shadow trooper landed in the restaurant, temporarily stunning Shand. At the same time, the shadow trooper activated his cloaking device, rendering himself invisible from view as he entered Geonosian Grub. Stunned, Shand tried to adjust herself by hiding behind a collapsed table, hearing blaster shots fired from the shadow trooper. After recovering, Shand prepared her rifle for signs of the trooper, hearing only noises as the trooper had turned himself invisible again. Suddenly the shadow trooper disengaged his cloaking device and attacked Shand. After a brief scuffle, Shand was able to grab her rifle and shoot the trooper, killing him. She then fled through the secret trapdoor on the floor that led to the catacombs below, following her companions.

Shand, Jones, K-7R3 and Fett tried to find their way through the dark catacombs, searching for the exit. They then encountered a squad of B1 battle droids sent to stop them, defeating them with ease. As they found the exit and got closer to it, Fett saw a group of stormtroopers waiting for them. Again, the four were able to eliminate the troopers.

The group was then attacked by General Veers who was flying a TIE Advanced x1. Shand tried shooting at the fighter to no avail. Fett defeated it by using a jetpack to get onto the fighter and planting bombs on it, causing it to crash to the ground. After the incidents, Shand and Fett parted ways with Jones, heading back to *Slave I* and flying it to visit Jango's grave. Unknown to Shand or her allies, however, Veers had survived the crash.

After they arrived at Jango’s grave, Boba explained that this was his father’s resting place. Then, he and Shand paid their respects for the late Mandalorian bounty hunter. Afterwards, Boba and Shand departed Geonosis, heading back to Jabba’s Palace on Tatooine. When they arrived, Shand and Fett entered the throne room after parking the *Slave I*, discovering that Lyn Me, who had stayed at the palace, had thrown a disco party with several guests. While the courtiers watched nervously, Fett found a drumstick on the throne which he bit. He shared the drumstick with Shand, who finished it. Everyone laughed with joy and relief.

### Scary Starship

With Halloween approaching, Shand, Fett and Din Djarin (who had traveled to Tatooine) went to the *Slave I*. Shand watched as Fett and Djarin competed with each other over decorating the ship, with the pair using different designs. Later, while Fett and Djarin were distracted with their competition, Shand used this advantage to fly away on *Slave I*. While away, she fastened several stormtrooper helmets to the ship's hull and exhaust. When Shand returned, Fett and Djarin were spooked by the stormtrooper helmets on the exhaust vents.

### Serving the new Daimyo

Shand stood by Fett as he collected tribute from Garfalaquox of the Aqualish family and Dokk Strassi of the Trandoshan family. However, when Mos Espa's Mayor Mok Shaiz's Twi'lek majordomo arrived, he asked tribute from Fett instead of giving it. Shand thought about killing the majordomo, but Fett denied the idea knowing that the twi'lek works for the mayor. She allowed the majordomo to leave unmolested and he promised that another delegation from the Mayor would arrive. Fett told Shand to keep an eye on the majordomo. When Fett allowed the two surviving Gamorean guards to conitinue as his guards, Shand questioned it and said it was a bad idea.

Shand accompanied Fett and the Gamoreans to the Mos Espa. There, they went to the Sanctuary to meet with Garsa Fwip. When Fett insisted on getting their helmets cleaned, Shand hesitated. Shand was introduced to Fwip by Fett who assured her that her business would thrive under his tenure as Fortuna's replacement. When she and Fett got their helmets back, they were filled with credits. Shand said Fett's was shinier than hers.

##### Dealing with the Twins

As Shand and Fett left the Sanctuary, they were ambushed and surrounded by several assassins. With assistance from the Gamoreans, they were able to take out several of the assassins. Shand pursued two of them, but was ordered by Fett to bring in alive. She was able to catch one and pushed the other off a roof to his death.

She brought in the assassin before Fett at their palace. The assassin, a member of the Order of the Night Wind, refused to answer their questions. Shand, knowing the prisoner would not talk, convince Fett to "feed" him to the rancor. When the assassin saw the gate opening, he told that he was sent by the mayor. However, Shand revealed that there was no rancor anymore and suggested they visit the mayor.

Shand, Fett and the Gamoreans brought the assassin to Shaiz's office. There, the assassin was killed by the Mayor's guards and Shand held her rifle up at them. After the mayor gave Fett his tribute, she went with Fett to the Sanctuary. There, they discovered that Jabba's cousins, The Twins had come to stake their claim on their late cousin's Empire. Shand watched Black Krrsantan as Fett told the Twins that Jabba's empire was his and to return to Nal Hutta. After The twins and Krrsantan left, she reminded Fett that they would need permission to kill the Twins.

At the palace, Shand and Fett listened to 8D8 explaining the status of Mos Espa during and after Jabba's demise. When they began to discuss the Mayor, Shand believed Shaiz had support from someone. However, Fett told her to wait and spoke with Lortha Peel about a street gang stealing water from him. Later, they looked into the matter on a walk through Mos Espa. After Fett offered the gang the chance to work with him, Shand paid Peel 500 credits of 1300 credit the gang stole from him. Shand brought them back to the palace.

During the night, Krrsantan attempted to kill Fett. However, Shand, the Mods and Gamorreans were able to force Krrsantan into the main hall. There, Shand dropped into the Rancor pit. Krrsantan attempted to climb out, but Shand tossed a knife at his hand. She then took one of the Gamorreans to the bacta tank to heal. At breakfast, Shand told Fett that Krrsantan's capture would send a message to the Twins and any other usurpers. Shand and Fett then met with the twins at the front gate to discuss their situation. After the twins gave fett a rancor calf, Fetf had Shand and the Gamorreans release Krrsantan. Shand believed it was a bad idea.

Shand, Fett and the street gang then went to Shaiz's office to speak with the mayor. However, only his majordomo was there and tried escape them. Shand then sent the mods after the majordomo. After the mods captured the majordomo, they informed Shand and Fett that a large number of Pykes were arriving at the starport. Shand believed they were preparing for war with Fett. Shand questioned the majrodomo about the mayor as Fett slept in his bacta tank. She told Fett that there was no sign of the mayor but Mods were watching for him in Mos Espa. She allowed Fett to show his face instead of resting.

##### Hiring muscle

Following Fett's hiring of Black Krrsantan, he and Shand hosted a dinner with the heads of Mos Espa's crime families. Shand reminded them that they were once captains under Jabba before his sail barge debacle and how they each tried to take Jabba's place before Fortuna. She told them that Fett could make the wealthy once more if they listen to him. When the families agreed to be neutral in Fett's fight against the Pyke Syndicate, Shand toasted the agreement.

After the families left, Shand asked Fett how much reserve treasure they have. Fett said they had pleyt and Shand told him it could buy them muscle to assist them. She made her way to Mos Eisley. There, Shand found Djarin at Peli Motto's Hangar 3-5. Djarin agreed to help Shand and Fett for free after delivering a gift to Grogu. Shand later found Jones and K-7R3 at Docking Bay 87, enlisting them as well; though the duo would not play an active role in the upcoming events.

##### War against the Pyke Syndicate

Shand played a crucial role in the war against the Pyke Syndicate. She initially stayed with Fett and Djarin in the ruins of the Sanctuary, which had been bombed by Pyke operatives, assisting Fett in planning their gotra's actions. She later left the makeshift command center after Fett discovered the location of the Pyke leadership and tasked her with travelling to Mos Eisley to eliminate them. On the way there, she intervened in a shootout between the Mods and a group of Aqualish gangsters and rescued her allies from certain death at the hands of the Aqualish family. After arriving in Mos Eisley, she surreptitiously approached the Survey Office, gunned down the guards outside the door, and slaughtered the perpetrators of the war, including Mayor Shaiz, in quick succession.

After the battle, Shand and Fett took a walk through the streets of Mos Espa, watching the town being rebuilt. Shand suggested Fett to take a soak in his bacata tank, but Fett replied it was being used. As they passed through, their people cheered them on and paid their respects. A group of children ran up to them, and offered them meiloorun fruit as a gift, which Fett accepted and Shand refused. They caught up with Krrsantan, Drash and Skad, and the group joked around, celebrating their victory.

##### Conflict renewed; war against the Second Union

Not long after the victory against the Pykes, forces of the Second Union moved into Mos Espa in an attempt to succeed where the Pykes failed, establishing a presence there. Their forces originated from Station Bravo, which had once been Gardulla the Hutt's palace. Eventually, Shand and Fett got word of this information and prepared to launch an effort to take back Mos Espa once more.

Sometime after their victory against the Second Union, Shand and Fett launched a mission to Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu, where they looked for hidden members of both the Pyke Syndicate and Second Union and possible recruits for Fett's gotra.

## Personality and traits

A capable and confident individual, Shand advised the young hunter Toro Calican that the best way to work as a bounty hunter was to make deals in one's own best interest, ensuring their personal survival. Through her words, she believed that she had tricked the rookie gunslinger into freeing her by convincing him to turn on his partner. Calican, however, had assumed that she would betray him and shot her; Shand's overconfidence nearly cost the assassin her life.

After being rescued from death by Boba Fett, Shand claimed she had dedicated her services to him as repayment. In reality, however, she had quickly managed to repair her debt but decided to stay by Fett's side anyway. She agreed with his idea to start a crime family run by bounty hunters themselves and became his closest ally. The two became inseparable.

Later, Shand vowed to help Din Djarin locate his ward after he was kidnapped by Gideon's forces, proving Shand was not without honor and later showed compassion in freeing a Twi'lek slave from Bib Fortuna. During the Skirmish on Geonosis, Shand was willing to risk herself to defend her friends, as shown when she covered for Fett, Indiana Jones and K-7R3 as they fled down into the catacombs, and she fought off the incoming shadow trooper. During Boba Fett's tenure as crime lord of Mos Espa, Shand displayed fierce loyalty to Fett, fighting side-by-side with him against a group of Night Wind assassins and followed Fett's order to capture an assassin alive without question. She later helped capture the Wookiee Krrsantan after he attempted to assassinate Fett. She also had a deep appreciation for manners and gratitude, something she noted after Drash thanked Shand for saving her life. Shand had tan skin, brown eyes, and black hair braided with brown-and-red cording.

## Appearances

* Coruscant Nights II (First appearance)
* Beyond the Dune Sea II
* The Sand Will Provide
* The Mandalorian
* *Boba and Fennec*
* *Lyn Me: The Dancer*
* Gambit on Geonosis
* Scary Starship
* "The Gathering Storm"—*The Further Exploits of Indiana Jones*
* From the Desert Comes a Stranger
* Invaders on Their Land
* The Sun Sets and It Rises
* The Believer
* It's Not A Matter of Luck
* *From a Certain Point of View* (Mentioned only)