Xizor

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Prince **Xizor** was born as royalty of an wealthy Falleen family of the House Sizhran. Even though he was highly skilled as a businessman, his true method of power came from being the leader of a powerful criminal syndicate, Black Sun. Xizor was a ruthless competitor as well as a charismatic public figure in high society with Xizor's personal headquarters located at an capital of Coruscant. By the time of their conflict between the Galactic Empire and a Rebel Alliance, he had become one of the most influential beings in the galaxy due to wealth and an vast influence through the crime ventures. He held a place so highly placed in society that he was on par with the Emperor.

## Biography

### Early Life

Prince **Xizor** would be born an descendant in House Sizhran, a Falleen wealthy royal family. He'd become the head in Xizor Transport Systems and already be a trillionaire during the last years of Old Republic, Prince Xizor's extravagant tastes were evident from an early age due to his royal upbringing. He made his presence known on the planet of Coruscant by erecting a massive palace in the middle of the cityscape, east of what would become the Imperial Palace. By the time of the Clone Wars, he had already climbed high in the ranks of the Black Sun, serving under Ziton Moj who represented the Black Sun in Darth Maul's Shadow Collective.

As a member of the Shadow Collective, Xizor fought alongside Ziton Moj during the coup on Mandalore, as well as a battle on Ord Mantell against the Separatists, before Moj pulled Black Sun out of the Collective during the second battle of Dathomir. He competed for the favor of Underlord Ziton Moj, by completing missions for the crime syndicate and by standing with the Underlord, all so as to secure his position of Vigo. Xizor patiently waited out the galaxy-wide conflict, and after the Clone Wars ended and the Galactic Empire was formed, the Falleen trickster began to create a close relationship with Emperor Palpatine. During which time he became one of the strongest contenders to ascend to leadership of the Black Sun. Mere months after the Declaration of the New Order, Xizor successfully planned his ascension to the top, inheriting the mantle of leadership from Ziton Moj by means of manipulation and assassination, becoming one of the most important single political icons galactically.

### Rise of the Dark Prince

#### Fall of the Royal Falleen

After the rise of the Galactic Empire, Falleen became the home of a secret installation put into place by the Sith, a facility that housed a biological weapons laboratory developing Imperial projects under the direction of Sith-Lord Darth Vader. Years prior to the Galactic Civil War, a flesh-eating bacterial agent was accidentally released from the bioweapons lab, causing Vader to order the lab, and the surrounding city, to be razed to prevent an outbreak and and keep the Imperial projects secret. Xizor's father, was the ruler of the local region, and his parents, siblings, and uncles perished in the orbital bombardment. Xizor was off-planet at the time performing his duties for the Black Sun, and as such he was spared from the fall of his family and House Sizhran. After learning the truth upon his return to Falleen, Xizor planned vengeance upon Vader but didn't want knowledge of his personal vendetta made public so as to maintain his dealings with the Empire. In the years that followed, Xizor had built two concurrent empires with one being legitimate, and the other criminal.

#### Criminal Businessman

Xizor emerged as the leader of Black Sun and the proprietor of several major galactic corporations. To fund and facilitate his illegal empire, Xizor had his legal firms, such as Xizor Transport Systems, funnel funds, transfer contraband and launder millions of credits. Xizor was driven by his desire to restore his opulent lifestyle and to destroy Vader. To disguise his planned revenge, Xizor used his connections to remove all record of Vader's involvement in the death of his family. Everyone assumed their rivalry was jockeying for favor from Emperor Palpatine, who subtly encouraged the rivalry. Xizor took a great deal of interest in dealing with the Hutts; knowing that they were the masters of all illegal activities in the Outer Rim, he hoped to ally himself with them and expand Black Sun's power to even greater levels. The occasion for this was presented to him by the rivalry between two of the largest Hutt families, Besadii and Desilijic. Xizor offered his assistance to Durga the Hutt, offering to kill off Durga's rivals within the Kajidic, in exchange for his cut of the profits in Besadii's spice enterprise on the planet Ylesia.

Later on, he also provided Durga with security for Ylesia, by offering him the services of a private security company that normally worked with Black Sun, something which Durga agreed, and in exchange offered Xizor an even greater share of the Ylesian enterprise. During the following years, the fledgling rebellion mounted several more or less successful attacks on the planet, disrupting the spice production and reducing profits but generally causing little lasting damage. Yet all the while Durga was left with little to no resources, and subsequently became one of Xizor's Vigos, one of many subordinates in the Black Sun organization. Even after the "acquisition" of Besadii, Xizor also had dealings with Jabba the Hutt, head of Desilijic, dealings which ended with extending Black Sun's power far into the Outer Rim, while eliminating the threat of serious Hutt competition. In the galactic underworld, making Black Sun a power without equal. Xizor also worked with to bring about the fall of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, with the goal to create a supply of freelance bounty hunters such as Boba Fett that would be in service to the Empire.

### Tides of Power Shifting

#### Shadows of the Empire

Years after the Battle of Yavin, Xizor still managed to mask his anger and put on a polite exterior towards the Empire, assisting in the construction of the second Death Star by supplying hundreds of ships for the project. Though Vader distrusted Xizor, and for good reason (because of his grudge against the Sith), Vader was forced to put on the same polite mask so as to escape the Emperor's wrath due to the fact the Emperor had a "genuine" friendly relationship with the criminal. In truth the Falleen planned to destroy Vader, the man who had sentenced his entire family to death, by executing a masterstroke of vengeance. Learning of Vader's quest for Luke Skywalker, Xizor attempted to frustrate it and simultaneously lower Vader in the Emperor's esteem by having the young Skywalker killed. Xizor arranged for several bounty hunters to be contacted through intermediaries, and posted a bounty on Luke Skywalker's life. He also had a hand in convincing Palpatine to allow the Rebel Alliance to get a hold of the plans for the second Death Star. He could profit from this if he could deliver the rebels to Palpatine and earn esteem with him if the Empire won, or if the Alliance did win the war Xizor could make a case for Black Sun's contribution to their victory.

#### Aftermath of Imperial Defeat

After the Battle of Endor, the Empire sustained perhaps its most disastrous defeat yet resulting in the deaths of both Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, though Xizor was pleased that Vader had finally become one with the Force he felt robbed of the chance to destroy Vader himself, but nevertheless the battles continue to wage on. At the time of the New Republic's founding, Black Sun had maintained its superior status as one of the major crime syndicates operating in the Outer Rim and throughout the galaxy. For the first few months of the aftermath of Endor, Xizor was still stationed on the Imperial planet of Coruscant, despite the fact that the planet had been engulfed into a civil war. Areas with vital government buildings such as the Verity District and the nearby Federal District were heavily fortified with checkpoints and barricades manned by Imperial troopers and the area skylanes were diverted with ISB craft flying patrol. While the Federal District was relatively secure the other sectors and fortifications fell prey to continual attacks with the rebel soldiers and Coruscanti fighting a guerrilla war against the Imperials. As the fighting intesnified, Imperial forces steadily lost ground as they had no continual support from outside Imperial forces, and eventually the fighting reached the Federal District.

Eventually, rebels operating on Coruscant infiltrated Xizor's massive Coruscant palace, and during a fierce standoff with a group of freedom fighters, a thermal detonator was thrown down a garbage chute, set on a five-minute delay. Despite his desire to stay on Coruscant because of his appreciation of high living and business ventures on the planet, Xizor chose to abandon his palace to its fate and escape with his life. As the palace began to slowly crumble to the ground Xizor got onto his escape ship located on the roof and made his get away while his palace collapsed to the ground under the thermal detonator's blast. Xizor wasn't finished with the war yet, for Black Sun had established an alliance with the upstart Red Key Raiders and conspired to prolong the war so as to continue their free reign over the criminal underworld. They bribed and blackmailed five New Republic Senators into opposing Chancellor Mon Mothma's resolution to send New Republic military forces to the Inner Rim world of Jakku, where the Galactic Empire had retreated to. Their plot was foiled by a team led by Sinjir Rath Velus and Han Solo, who managed to convince the Senators to change their votes in return for pardons and political favors.

#### Continued Influence

During the months he spent on Coruscant, many assumed Xizor had died in the course of the civil war, but in truth he was not only alive but using his connections in the underworld as instruments to wield power and influence. In the aftermath of the Battle of Jakku, Black Sun along with the Rey Key Raiders managed to secure their criminal dominance throughout the galaxy. For the next several decades Xizor would continue working within Black Sun, working to maintain his position within the organization and to keep the crime group as one of the most feared and powerful of the criminal syndicates. In the aftermath of the Galactic Civil War, Princess Leia Organa dedicated herself to bringing down the oppression of not only the Imperial Remnants but of criminal syndicates, which would bring her into conflict with Prince Xizor. Upon first meeting the Princess face-to-face, Xizor became intrigued by the young politician and found her to be extremely beautiful and became enamored of her. Though this backfired dramatically when Leia not only refused his attempts to seduce her but when she kicked him in the groin and punched him in the face.

Although Senator Organa always insisted that he was corrupt and tried to form a case to bring down Xizor's operations, in the eyes of the New Republic these accusations could not hold up in a court of law. Instead of rebuilding his palace on Coruscant, Xizor chose to establish his new palace on the capital planets of the New Republic leading up to Hosnian Prime. By the time Leia left the Senate to become the leading General of the Resistance, Xizor's obsession with her had faded for a time. He focused his efforts into Black Sun expanding its territories throughout the galaxy, and during his expansions, Xizor came into contact with the Imperial Remnants that had formed into the First Order, who had been competing for uncharted territory to establish factories and bases of operation. The leader of the First Order, Snoke, arranged a meeting between himself and Xizor to discuss ways in which the two organizations could cooperate with one another. Recalling how Xizor was once a high level adviser to the Dark Lord Darth Sidious, Snoke offered Xizor the same position within the First Order. An offer which Xizor agreed to, and not only did he become an adviser to Snoke, but Xizor provided aid to the First Order in terms of supplies, personnel, and ships.