Min Zilk

The Sceptres

Garm Bel Iblis' movement (formerly)

The Coalition - Sceptre Squad (formerly)

> "*I've been meaning to put a window there.*" ― Min "Jacen" Zilk, after Speturra took a bite out of his wall
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**Min Zilk**, known to most as Jacen, was a Force Sensitive Clawdite male, often wearing the disguise of an average human male, during the **Clone Wars, Imperial era,** and the **New Republic era**. Born on Eriadu, Zilk served as a Jedi Padawan during the Clone Wars, being Knighted right before Order 66. Having spent time in exile, Jacen eventually began acting against the Empire as a part of a small group operating from Raydonia known as the Sceptres. Eventually, around the time of the Battle of Hoth, Sceptre joined Garm Bel Iblis' movement, where they met Scalpel Squad before the Battle of Kashyyyk. Jacen did not partake in the battle, however, and instead opted to join the Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order on Ossus. 2 years after the Battle of Endor, Jacen helped rescue Scalpel Squad from the Empire, and became a founding member of the Coalition.

### **Exile on Raydonia**

After narrowly surviving Order 66, Zilk went into exile on the Outer Rim planet of Raydonia until 0 ABY, when he inadvertently encountered the Wookiee Speturra, the Gank mercenary Tzar, and the Trandoshan bounty hunter Vlissk. From there, he partially emerged from exile, as Speturra, now in charge of a Raydonia pirate gang known as the Sceptres, began leading some small anti-Imperial raids.

### **The Heist**

After a few weeks, Sceptre, including Jacen and the others, set their sights on Castle Serenno, having learned of a secret vault the Imperials had not cleaned out. After gathering the plans to Count Dooku's former castle, the team infiltrated the castle, and Jacen managed to deceive the biometric security systems by shapeshifting into Count Dooku. On the way out with their loot, however, Sceptre encountered Imperial special forces, commandos inspired by the Clone Commandos. While they successfully defeated the commandos, their helmet cameras outed Jacen as a Jedi and Tzar as a Force Sensitive, drawing the ire of the Inquisitorius.

### **Enter the Inquisitor**

With their loot in tow, Vlissk suggested Sceptre head to the shadowport of Borgo Prime to sell off the assorted jewelry and trade in the outdated credits they found. While there, they were ambushed by Imperial troops led by the Final Brother, one of the last Inquisitors and hand-trained by Vader. Their fight with the Inquisitor went poorly until a stranger intervened, engaging him with a lightsaber of their own. While they hadn't learned then, they would eventually learn that it was the Jedi General Rahm Kota. During this duel, the Inquisitor blinded Rahm Kota, who managed to barely escape.

### **Eriadu**

Seeking to learn more about his birth parents, Jacen convinced Sceptre to head to the planet of Eriadu, which was undergoing a local civil war caused by the death of Grand Moff Tarkin, Moff of the Seswenna sector Eriadu is in. An Imperial named Reyna Cindel attempted to usurp the title of Moff from the current Moff, Olin Rimen. Upon planetfall, Sceptre was inadvertently recruited by Moff Rimen, who sought an unorthodox weapon against the usurper. Seeing that Rimen seemed to be a somewhat honorable Imperial, Sceptre was willing to aid in capturing the usurper Moff, and they found that Jacen's parents were being coerced into serving as agents for her due to their changeling abilities. Sceptre partook in a full scale assault on the usurper Moff's compound, where they encountered the Inquisitor, who had been alerted to the Jedi's presence on the planet. After a vicious duel between the Inquisitor and Jacen and Tzar, the Gank killed the Inquisitor, and Sceptre left the planet with Jacen's parents. Before they left, however, Moff Rimen, in a show of gratitude, revealed to Sceptre leader Speturra where his family members were being held: Riflor.

### **Darth Vader**

After heading to Riflor, Sceptre met General Rahm Kota once more by coincidence, and together they helped free several slaves being auctioned off. Afterwards, Kota stayed behind to help them while Sceptre continued onward to find Speturra's parents and brother. Upon rescuing them from Imperial slave camps and returning to the ship, however, they found the Sith Lord Darth Vader awaiting them, and the Sith proceeded to fight them. The group quickly proved inferior to Vader, and Tzar sacrificed himself to hold off the Sith, and died. The rest of Sceptre returned to Raydonia with their liberated slaves, and opted to lie low for awhile.

### **Return to the Fold**

After a few years, agents of Senator Garm Bel Iblis found Sceptre on Raydonia, and convinced them to join his rebel movement in 3 ABY. During this time, they took several smaller jobs, aiding in the destabilization of the Empire, all while Jacen managed to keep his identity as a Jedi hidden from the Empire once more.

### **The New Jedi Order**

Shortly after the Battle of Endor, Jacen contacted the Jedi Luke Skywalker about joining the New Jedi Order, and left Sceptre to join Skywalker on Ossus. During this time, he met Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren, who were looking for the lost Jedi Ezra Bridger. After Endor, Skywalker and the Jedi were contacted by allies of Scalpel Squad, Nava Ra and Kho'ara, who told them of Scalpel's capture by Bridger and the Imperial Seventh Fleet. Over the next 2 years, Jacen aided Tano and Wren in attempting to rescue Scalpel and find Bridger, to no avail. Eventually, a strike team including Luke, Ahsoka, Sabine, Nava, Kho'ara, and Jacen assaulted a space station over Obroa-skai, where they freed Scalpel from their imprisonment in carbonite.

### **The Coalition**

At Jacen's behest, Scalpel, Sabine, Ahsoka, Nava, and Kho'ara, as well as Captain Rex and Commander Cody, went to Raydonia and recruited the rest of Sceptre, and the Coalition was formed with the intent to take down the Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn.

Jacen partook in the **Battle of Thyferra**, infiltrating Thrawn's *Chimaera*, which went disastrously.

Jacen accompanied Scalpel Squad to Cloud City to help them recruit General Rahm Kota, and fought alongside Kota and Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian in the **Bespin Disaster**. Scalpel and Jacen engaged the Emperor's Hand Are'nara in combat, nearly defeating her in an exhausting and nearly fatal encounter, before she escaped and ordered Bespin to be bombed by fusion bombs. Narrowly escaping, Jacen witnessed the destruction of Bespin.

Jacen also partook in the **Battle of Nirauan**, where he helped the other Jedi use the Force to restrain the *Chimaera* and prevent Thrawn from escaping, ultimately aiding in his capture and surrender.

### **Life After**

After the defeat of Grand Admiral Thrawn, Jacen returned to Ossus to help Luke Skywalker rebuild the Jedi Order, providing insight into the way the old Order operated.