Dengar

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**Dengar** was a Corellian bounty hunter who had been operating since the Clone Wars, during which time he would become one of the most efficient hunters in the galaxy. His work would bring him into an alliance with other bounty hunters such as Boba Fett and Bossk on several jobs. He would remain active as a cruel and effective gun-for-hire well into the Galactic Civil War, albeit being a bounty hunter who is careless and messy. While some hunters prided themselves on finesse and style, he preferred firepower and destruction. Despite his scruffy-looking and battered exterior, he thought highly of himself, enough to make blunt passes at shapely females that caught his eye. Following the Battle of Hoth, Dengar was one of several bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to capture Han Solo, but he would ultimately lose Vader's bounty to Boba Fett.

## Biography

### Clone Wars Career

**Dengar** was born on Corellia, by the first stages of the Clones Wars he had established himself as a bounty hunter, keeping a respectable track record with a career that was considered to be at its prime during the galaxy-wide conflict. He was part of an crew alongside such hunters as Boba Fett, Latts Razzi, C-21 Highsinger, Bossk, and Asajj Ventress who was forced into the group after killing one of their own. The hunters were hired to protect cargo valuable to the ruler of Quarzite. Dengar and the others set off in the *Hound's Tooth* to Quarzite, where they were transported to the train's subterranean loading dock via a space elevator from an orbital skyhook.

Dengar, along with Ventress, were assigned to guard the rear of the train. After unsuccessfully flirting with Ventress, a team of skilled Kage Warriors boarded the train in an attempt to retrieve the cargo. Dengar managed to fight off many of the attackers due to his skilled hand-to-hand combat techniques, and even managed to kill two using sticky explosives. Dengar was eventually overwhelmed by the attackers and was thrown from the train, landing safely on the subterranean surface. Dengar and his allies, who were likewise thrown from the train, returned to the skyhook to await Ventress, who had betrayed the mission objective by swapping the cargo with Boba Fett, who was bound and gagged. Before departing, Ventress hands over the rest of the team's share of unmarked credits.

Dengar was employed soon by the Hutts alongside Latts, Embo, and Sugi as protection on Nal Hutta. They were present when Darth Maul, Savage Opress, and Death Watch leader, Pre Vizsla came to ally with the Hutts. When the plan went sour, the four hunters attacked, though they were pushed by the Mandalorian's flamethrower. The trio soon received reinforcements and attacked. When the battle was clearly lost, Dengar and Latts saved the beaten Embo and Sugi by covering their escape with smoke grenades. The group of bounty hunters fled the Death Watch and their Sith allies.

### Age of the Empire

Though weathered and grizzled by years of bounty hunting, Dengar was still active around the time of the assaulton Cymoon 1. He was present in Jabba's court when Darth Vader, on a mission to negotiate with the Hutt, arrived at the crime lord's palace. Jabba ordered Dengar out the of room so that "negotiations" could commence. Dengar then went to a bar on Nar Shaddaa where he learned from a Gungan that Chewbacca was there. Dengar then shocked Chewbacca as he and C-3PO were about to storm Grakkus the Hutt's palace. He then demanded that 3PO contact Han Solo. When 3PO tried to help Chewbacca, Dengar then shocked him. Dengar then fought with Chewbacca, subduing him. When he demanded Solo's location, he was then stunned by Solo. Despite being outgunned by Solo's ship, Dengar threatened to destroy them all with his thermal detonator. However, he was then tossed away by Chewbacca. Dengar survived his encounter with Chewbacca.

He was then secretly hired by Darth Vader along with Black Krrsantan, Zuckuss, Beebox, IG-90, and C-21 Highsinger to find and return Doctor Aphra. Dengar was one of the bounty hunters, alongside Boba Fett, Bossk, IG-88, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss, summoned to the Imperial flagship of Darth Vader, who resorted to using hunters to track down the *Millennium Falcon*, the ship of Captain Han Solo, who slipped away from Vader during the evacuation of Hoth. Dengar lost out on the bounty to Fett, who delivered the now carbonite-encased Solo to the Hutt crime lord Jabba on Tatooine.[12] Dengar, Bossk, and Fett were later present at Jabba the Hutt's palace when chaos broke loose after the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker arrived to free Solo. Though Fett apparently lost his life after taking a tumble into the maw of the Sarlacc beast during a battle with Luke and Han, Dengar seemingly did not participate in the skirmish.

### Later Career

#### Fight on Corellia

Some time after the Battle of Endor, Dengar got into a fight with the young bounty hunter Mercurial Swift, in a holoplex rooftop on Coronet City, Corellia. Dengar offered guidance, trying to convince him to join a bounty hunter alliance, but Mercurial refused, claiming he was old and ineffective. Dengar managed to have the advantage, aiming a pistol at his opponent, but was easily distracted and taken down when the hunter pretended to see Boba Fett standing behind him. Mercurial let him live, claiming to have no reason to kill him without a bounty to his head. The two hunters went on their separate paths, but not before Dengar gave him one last warning, saying times would be different for their kind with the New Republic in power, with the new government potentially forcing bounties on other bounty hunters. Dengar's prediction began to come true when the New Republic began denying services to bounty hunters due to the paranoia following the terrorist attacks that took place on Liberation Day.

#### Working with Swift

In the days leading up to the Battle of Jakku, Dengar along with his fellow bounty hunters Embo and the Rodian Jeeta accepted work as Mercurial Swift's crew. Swift wanted to collect the Black Sun crime boss Gyuti's bounty on the Zabrak Jas Emari, the niece of the hunter Sugi. In the past, Dengar had once worked with Sugi, who had always hated Dengar. Dengar in turn was unpopular among many of his fellow bounty hunters including Swift. After learning that the Hutt crime lady Niima had taken Jas captive, Dengar and his fellow bounty hunters traveled to Niima's temple of the Inner Rim world of Jakku to take Jas into custody.However, Jas escaped from her captors and wounded Swift. She then managed to convince Embo, who was a friend of her aunt Sugi, to allow her to escape in Swift's Corellian shuttle. Dengar rushed back to the ship to apprehend her but was unable to stop Jas from escaping. After Jas returned with her friend Norra Wexley and the battle droid Mister Bones to Niima's temple, Dengar and his fellow hunters cornered Niima and Jas. Niima had earlier agreed to provide Jas and Norra with Imperial uniforms, an Imperial shuttle, and clearance codes to enter the Main Imperial base on Jakku out of gratitude for ferrying her back to her temple.

Niima initially refused to hand over Jas and grabbed Swift by the neck. However, Dengar pointed his blaster at Niima's throat and forced the Hutt to give up Jas. While the hunters were preoccupied, Norra and Bones escaped on the Imperial shuttle. After taking Jas captive, Dengar and his fellow hunters returned to Swift's shuttle. Swift wanted to depart for Nar Shaddaa to hand Jas to Gyuti but was forced to delay his departure due to the Battle of Jakku. While Jeeta landed the ship in a canyon, Jas tormented Swift. Dengar then demanded that Swift tell them his plan. When an enraged Swift struck Jas, Dengar mocked Swift, who had sustained a facial scar from Jas' horns. Despite Swift's objections, Dengar indicated that he was willing to listen to Jas' counter-offer. Dengar and Embo reacted positively to Jas' offer that the New Republic would reward them for helping to capture the Imperial Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, the alleged mastermind behind the Liberation Day attacks. When Dengar opined that working for the New Republic was not exactly "cozy-making", Jas promised to secure them full pardons if they worked with her. Jas also promised to share the money with Dengar and Embo.

#### Siding with Jas Emari

Swift tried to reassert his authority but Dengar countered that he and Embo did not like him. Dengar clubbed Swift in the head with his blaster. Swift managed to grab Jas by the neck and take her hostage. However, the Zabrak headbutted Swift and then punched him in the middle before throwing him out of the shuttle's door. Disliking Swift and accepting Jas' offer, Dengar complimented her. Embo also expressed agreement. Jeeta, who was piloting the ship, also agreed to to work for Jas. Jas and her new crew then flew to the Jakku Observatory where they evacuated Norra. The Battle of Jakku ultimately ended the Galactic Civil War as a New Republic victory. Following the signing of the Galactic Concordance, Jas managed to secure Dengar, Embo, and Jeeta full pardons and some money from the New Republic. While it was not a huge sum, the money was enough to stop them from killing her and to convince Dengar and his fellow hunters to continue working as Jas' crew. Dengar was particularly pleased by this turn of events and remarked that they needed to watch each others' backs because times were changing.

## Equipment

### Armor

**Customized Armor:** Dengar's worn and faded body armor was a conglomeration of various armor components which served as an ever-present reminder of his past. The chest plate and undersuit were from a clone cold assault trooper, while the shoulder bells, gauntlets, midsection, codpiece, kneepads, and thighs were standard trooper armor, with Dengar wearing two kneepads instead of the usual one. His facial wrappings, used in his younger days as a fashionable turban, later helped to cover and hide his scar tissue. During an assassination, he would often cover his mouth and nose, hiding his identity and adding to his intimidating demeanor.

### Weapons

**Blaster Rifles:** Dengar carried with him an impressive array of weaponry, with his weapon of choice being the Valken-38 blaster rifle, a sniper rifle that he used to kill or wound his prey from a long distance. He also possessed one DL-21 blaster pistol, and in the event of close quarters combat a vibroblade. He was proficient, and in some cases overly enthusiastic, about using concussion grenades and other explosives to finish a job.