Genja Ziro

Genja Ziro, a Kage male, grew up in a family of warriors. His people had been at odds with the Belugans, the other species that occupy Genja's homeworld Quarzite. After a group of Belugans terrorized and killed some of their people, Genja's family was assigned to take them out. The mission failed and Genja's family was left dead. He placed the blame of his failure and loss in the hands of a Force-sensitive boy named Alistar Cloudstalker.

## Biography

### Early life

Genja was born on the planet Quarzite to a Kage couple eleven years after the Battle of Yavin. His parents came from a line of Kage Warriors and was thus taught how to fight from a young age, including how to use different weapons, fighting styles, and strategies. He excelled at stealth and close combat.

### Costly mission

In 28 ABY, Genja and his family, which included his fifteen-year-old sister, was given a mission by the current Kage Warrior leader to find and assassinate a group of twelve Belugans who had been terrorizing one of their villages and ended up destroying an elderly home, killing a few in the process.

The Belugans were found and tried to escape, but when they knew they couldn't they fought back. A small battle ensued and the Belugans were chased off-world. The Ziros started a space battle with them and attached a tracker to their ship. The Belugans knew they couldn't win and went into hyperspace, unknowingly being followed by the Ziros.

The Kage family eventually found themselves on Fest. They tracked down the ship to a small forest and found it with no sign of their targets. They went to the nearest village and found the Belugans holding multiple villagers hostage, aiming their blasters at them. They threatened to kill the locals if the Kage didn't leave them alone. Before the Ziros could respond, a young boy with an ignited lightsaber in his hand jumped from one of the roofs and sliced one of the Belugan's hand off. The others started shooting at him as an adult Togruta male appeared with a lightsaber in his hand, defending the boy. The Ziros took this opportunity to attack too.

As the battle ensued, First Order ships appeared overhead and a special ops crew of soldiers descended. They started shooting at the two with the lightsabers as they tried to run away. With the surprise chaos added to the battle, the Belugans shot down Genja's younger sister. In the crossfire of the First Order soldiers and the Belugans, Genja and his parents were forced to run for their ship.

On their way they ran into the boy and the Togruta. The First Order chased them down and started to aim for all five of them, suspecting the Kage were working with them. The Kage knew they wouldn't make it in time to the ship before getting shot down so they turned and fought back, using every weapon they had. The Togruta turned around too and helped the Kage while the boy hid.

More soldiers appeared to back the current ones yet their numbers still dwindled, but so did the Ziros' strength. Seeing an opportunity for their son to get back to the ship, Genja's parents told him to make a break for it. They told him not to turn back. Just before reaching his ship, he saw the boy's face spread with fear. He turned back quickly to see the Togruta man dead on the ground just ahead of his parents' corpses. The boy, with tears in his eyes, reached through the Force for the Togruta's lightsaber and then ran.

Genja got in his ship and lifted it into the air. He was no longer a target once the soldiers realized the young boy was running elsewhere. Genja targeted the boy's face with his scanner and saved the image to the ship's memory banks. He turned into the soldiers' comms and found out the boy was being hunted down by someone important within the First Order. Genja swore if he ever found the boy again he would kill him if the First Order didn't first, blaming him for the failure of his mission and the death of his family.

Burdened with the loss of his family and the haunting guilt of having failed an important misison, Genja decided to take the ship as his own and start a career in bounty hunting, never to return home. He took on mission after mission, traveling the galaxy. His skills earned him a good name despite being so young.

## Personality and traits

As a child, Genja was taught to stay calm and collected in any situation and realized disciplinee in one's self was important for any warrior. On the other hand, Genja had problems with anger and frustration, but as he grew he learned to keep those emotions under control. He also learned patience was the key to success.

After the failed mission in 28 ABY on Fest, Genja felt anger and guilt that the Belugans were left unpunished and his family was killed in the process. He held all the weight of his despair on Alistar Cloudstalker, a young Force-sensitive who was there the day Genja's family died.

He harnessed his anger and hatred to better wield his strength as he grew as a bounty hunter.

## Abilities

### Weaponry

Genja was skilled in short range weapons such as swords, knives, shivs, and staffs. He was quick and smooth in his style of fighting with them.

### Combat

Genja was light on his feet and agile. He could quickly jump into battle and jump right back out in the nick of time. He was smart and always waited for the right opportunity to strike instead of being rash.

He was also strong, able to snap a grown man's arm in two with little to no effot by the time he was a young teen. His acrobatic skills were just as good too, being able to do flips and jumps that would make a Terrelian Jango Jumper worry.

Genja was also pro at stealth. His ability to find hiding spots and keep his breathing to a minimum has allowed him to blend into the ambience around him. His discipline also allows no body twitching, giving Genja the ability to keep completely still.

## Equipment

By the time he was a bounty hunter, all of Genj'a melee weapons were made of phrik. It was believed that his family already owned these weapons before he was born in case anyone with a lightsaber were to attack their village. Genja utilized these weapons to better prepare himself for a fight with someone who wielded a lightsaber. His phrik weapons included two shivs, a sword, and two hair pins that he used as a last resort. He also carried a DC-17 hand blaster.

Genja piloted a customized a modified YT-2400 light freighter named the *Gray Demon* (a name also given to Genja after he became a feared bounty hunter).