Name: Marg Krim
Species: Pyke
Gender: Male
Eye color: Purple
Skin color: Green
Move: 11
DEXTERITY: 3D
Blaster: 5D+1
Brawling Parry: 4D
Dodge: 5D+2
Melee Combat: 5D+1
Melee Parry: 5D
PERCEPTION: 3D
Bargain: 5D+2
Command: 7D+2
Con: 5D
Gambling: 4D
Hide: 5D+2
Persuasion: 6D
Search: 6D+1
KNOWLEDGE: 3D+2
Alien Species: 6D
Bureaucracy: 7D
Cultures: 6D+1
Intimidation: 7D
Languages: 6D+2
Planetary Systems: 6D+1
Streetwise: 6D
Value: 6D
STRENGTH: 3D
Brawling: 5D
MECHANICAL: 2D+2
Communications: 5D
Repulsorlift Operation: 4D+2
TECHNICAL: 2D
Computer Programming/Repair: 4D+1
Security: 5D
Special Abilities:
Unsettling Appearance: With small childlike faces upon normal sized heads, Pykes appearance is unsettling to most other species in the galaxy, this gains them an additional +1D in all social skill rolls.
Story Factors:
Untrustworthy: Whether from their appearance, or knowledge of the Pyke Syndicate, Pykes are not trusted by the Galactic community, and will be viewed as potential conmen and criminals throughout the galaxy.
Force Sensitive: No
Force Points: 1
Dark Side Points: 15
Character Points: 26
Equipment:
Vast Personal Riches
Metallic Mask (+1D to Bargain), Expensive Clothing, Blaster Pistol (4D), Comlink
Description: Marg Krim, formally addressed as the Illustrious Imperator, was a male Pyke who served as a powerful member of the Pyke Syndicate during the Clone Wars. He was the husband of Tezzka Krim and the father of Laalee and Vram.
Following the death of Lom Pyke, the leader of the Pyke Syndicate, Marg Krim served as a powerful member of the Pyke Syndicate. The Pyke Syndicate specialized in the distribution of all types of illegal spice and experienced considerable internal rivalry and back-stabbing. His majordomo was named Fife.
Krim arranged a deal via Kinash Lock, majordomo of King Yaruba of Kessel, to hire Rafa Martez of Coruscant to transport spice to Oba Diah. However, when the pilot she had originally hired backed out, Rafa was forced to turn to her younger sister Trace and her untested ship, the Silver Angel. Trace's new friend, former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano, insisted on coming along to keep the sisters out of trouble, although Rafa mistrusted her motives. After picking up the spice from Kessel, when Trace learned that they were going to Oba Diah and Tano told her that the Pykes were vicious gangsters, the girl panicked and ejected their cargo into hyperspace. In desperation, since the girls now owed the Pykes 30,000 credits, Tano came up with a plan to swindle Krim. Arriving at the Pyke Palace, Rafa, Trace and Tano were met by Krim, Fife and a squad of guards. Krim intended to inspect their cargo personally, but Tano covertly mind tricked him into giving them their payment so they could leave. However, Fife grew suspicious of Krim's odd behaviour and blasted open the crates himself as the girls were leaving. Finding them empty, he ordered several Pyke patrol ships to catch the Silver Angel in a tractor beam before it could escape.
When Black Sun leader Ziton Moj proposed a merger between the two criminal organizations, Krim refused, leading Moj to orchestrate the capture of Krim's family to compel Krim to change his mind. Krim was unable to rely on his own henchmen since many of them disagreed with his decision not to join Black Sun.
In desperation, Krim turned to two independent bounty hunters, the Dathomirian Nightsister Asajj Ventress and her partner, the undercover Jedi Master Quinlan Vos. Krim's contacts met Ventress on Coruscant's Level 1313 and invited her to Krim's palace on Oba Diah. Upon arriving there, Krim's majordomo Fife led the "bounty seekers" to Krim's throne. There, the Pyke crime lord outlined his predicament and pleaded with the two bounty hunters to rescue his wife Tezzka and their children Laalee and Vram. When Vos asked him why he was not sending his own men to rescue his family, Krim replied that he could not trust his own men and stressed that saving his family would restore his prestige.
Ventress and Vos traveled to the volcanic planet of Mustafar where the managed to rescue Krim's family from the Black Sun fortress. After assaulting the Black Sun leader Ziton Moj and his Falleen henchmen, the bounty hunters returned with the hostages to Oba Diah where they reunited Krim with his family. As a reward, Krim paid Ventress and Vos twice the original amount he had offered them. Krim's elation however was short-lived because the Black Sun returned with a sizeable fleet of starfighters and Interceptor-class frigates to settle scores with Krim.
Personality and traits
As a Pyke, Marg Krim was a tall humanoid with long, spindly limbs that ended in three digits. He had a large elongated head with a tapered skull and a smallish face. As the leader of the Pyke Syndicate, Krim wanted to protect his crime syndicate's interests from other competitors like Black Sun. Despite his position, however, he was weak-minded enough to be vulnerable to mind tricks. Due to the complex internal rivalries and external challenges facing the Pyke Syndicate, Marg did not want to look weak. He greatly loved his wife Tezzka and their two children Laalee and Vram and was greatly distraught by their kidnapping. Krim distrusted his own henchmen because many of them wanted to merge the Pyke Syndicate with Black Sun. As Illustrious Imperator, he wore a metallic mask that looked like rays of the sun or the plumes of a bird. He used it to hide his emotions when dealing with outsiders like Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos.
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