Sharr Eck

"Shruk"

**Sharr Eck**, nicknamed and commonly referred to as "**Shruk**", was a human male ex-Jedi pupil who was adopted by the Taggart family family after the Cold War. At an early age he was abandoned on Jakku and was saved by Watberg, who raised him for several years, training him as an apprentice droid mechanic at Watberg's shop. During his time growing up Shruk became friends with Wonc Kcey and Zedron, who were around the same age. As Shruk grew older, he began to fall out with Zedron due to their competitiveness over podracing. Shruk was taken by a group of special operatives in the middle of the Jawajuice crisis and taken by Din Resto to the Jedi Order to be trained as a pupil. Shruk took no part in either of the following wars because of his age and following the Valley incident, was adopted by the Taggart family. By 35 ABY, Shruk went searching for Wonc and participated in secret missions along with Bison which ended up foiling the plans of the Resistance.

## Biography

### Leaving Jakku

When Shruk was 11 he met DF-42, who were stranded on Jakku due to their ship being damaged. Shruk offered to help them repair their ship if they sponsored him to enter into the local Podrace. Unwillingly they agreed to this, however to their surprise Shruk won the race. This caused a major fight between Zedron and Shruk, and DF-42 were forced to step in to break it up. Shruk helped DF-42 repair their ship and they offered to take him away to a better life, as they believed Watberg was exploiting him. Initially Shruk declined, however when he returned to Watberg's shop he found that Wonc was missing, and Watberg told him Wonc had been kidnapped, but claimed he didn't know where the kidnappers had gone, leaving no trail for anyone to follow. Shruk realized that without Wonc he wouldn't be happy on Jakku and so said goodbye to Watberg before going back to DF-42 to accept their offer. However, on their trip back to Zakuul, Din Resto took Shruk away on his ship to the Jedi Order on Dantooine.

Shruk was trained as a Jedi, and proved to be a quick learner, though he preferred combat practice to theory. As the Jedi numbers grew thinner, Shruk was taught several lessons by many Masters including Pite Tverlo. Due to his youth, Shruk took no part in the war between the Jedi Republic and the Imperial Alliance. When the war ended, Shruk was adopted by former members of DF-42 Stan Taggart and Gen D'alf. For the next few years they raised Shruk, training him in combat.

### Searching for Wonc

When Shruk turned 16, Stan gifted Shruk a small ship and a suit of armor. Shruk immediately left to begin his search for Wonc Kcey. He began on Jakku, tracking down his former teacher Watberg. After intense questioning Watberg confessed that he had regular contact with Wonc's kidnappers. Shruk was able to track them back to their base, taking them out, however he was unable to bring himself to kill Samantha Lynn and instead just knocked her unconscious and took her captive. When she woke, she claimed to have no memory and Shruk naively trusted her. Shruk proceeded to follow various leads in his search for Wonc, eventually finding out that the group who had supposedly kidnapped Wonc were called the Resistance and were planning a secret operation codenamed Neo-Jedi. While investigating their base on Ord Mantell, Shruk met Bison, and they teamed up to storm through the base. However they were captured and their weapons confiscated. They managed to break free however and continued fighting through the base until they encountered a proto Neo-Jedi, who defeated them in combat, capturing Bison. Shruk was able to rescue Bison with the help of Maria. Shruk and Bison continued fighting the Resistance and captured Gorbose on Mygeeto. However as Shruk began to get closer to his objective he became more reckless and aggressive. Bison attempted to rein Shruk in resulting in a falling out between them. Eventually their leads lead them to Trandosha, where they met Samantha again. She betrayed Shruk by leading him into a trap and wounding Bison. Maria arrived to save Bison's life and rescued Shruk, and they fought through the Resistance base until they confronted the leader Chief Odean and Wonc. Wonc told Shruk that he hadn't been kidnapped and was helping the Resistance willingly. Odean offered Shruk a truce which Shruk accepted as he no longer had reason to continue fighting. However when he arrived back at his ship he found Gorbose still tied up and decided to get revenge against Samantha for betraying him. On his quest Shruk ended up attacking more Resistance operations until on Utapau he discovered the truth - the Resistance were brainwashing children into joining their ranks, and Wonc had been a victim of this. Shruk also discovered that Gorbose had been part of the group in charge of this, and in his anger he attacked Gorbose and killed him. Shruk attempted to flee from the base however he was severely injured and captured. Fortunately the base was attacked by forces from the Galactic Order and Shruk was rescued by Bison. Bison took Shruk back home to Dantooine, where he was forbidden to leave again.
About a month later however, an assassin droid sent by the Resistance attacked them and severely injured Stan. Shruk decided to continue fighting them, but this time to protect others rather than for vengeance. On Blantooine Shruk was captured again however in the prison cells he met Noname and together they broke out. On Tatooine Shruk fought against a cybernetics-enhanced Neo-Jedi and was able to defeat her using a lightning gauntlet he had stolen from the Resistance's Neo-Force tech, however it exploded and mutilated his hand. Noname took Shruk to a nearby medic who turned out to be Bison, who replaced Shruk's hand with a cybernetic. With Noname and Bison Shruk tracked down and assaulted the Resistance's capital ship, confronting Wonc and Odean once again. Odean gave Wonc a kill command and distracted Shruk and co. by fighting them using the Artifact of Fear while Wonc left. However eventually they were able to kill Odean, and they each tried to pick up the mask but were unable to. Shruk suffered worse than Bison or Noname, however his desperation to use the Force again made him persevere through it, eventually passing out from the pain. While Shruk was unconscious a mysterious Sith Lord took the mask from them before leaving. When Shruk regained consciousness he suddenly remembered Wonc and desperately headed to Jakku, where they arrived to find Wonc attacking Watberg over a claim that Watberg had sold him to the Resistance. Bison and Noname tried to stop the fight however stun shots were uneffective and Wonc ended up injuring them both. Wonc prepared to kill Bison so Shruk was forced to shoot Wonc with a lethal round, as there was no other way to stop him. Shruk returned to his home on Dantooine in grief and broken in spirit.

### Mysteries of the Sith

2 years later when Shruk was 18, he decided to investigate the mystery Sith who had taken the Fear Artifact. He met Darth Thorn and joined him in his quest for the Artifacts, however they split paths after Shruk mistakenly believed Thorn had killed Jillian Kenta. Shruk attempted to take the Artifact of Life on Tatooine, however Samantha and Thorn arrived while he searched, and they fought over it. After seeing Toren Akora hold the Artifact and go mad Shruk realized that even if he had won he wouldn't have been able to use the Artifact and so demanded to serve Thorn in exchange for being taught how to use the Artifacts, and Thorn agreed. However their arrangement was short-lived as Shruk was captured by the Resistance while they were searching for the Artifact on Mandalore.