Quejo

"Quiet destruction, rendering you helpless"

―Selene, describing Quejo to an Apprentice.

Character History

Where it all began

Quejo Bandon was a decendant of Lord Malik's Apprentice, Darth Bandon. After his ancestor was slain at the hands of the Dark Lord Revan, the remaining family would go into hiding, fearing that Revan would be angered by his foiled assasination attempt. For centuries the Bandon name would be kept out of the record books, it was a name that seemed to of been cursed, as many of the elder members of the family were either murdered or imprisoned. The name would soon change to hide the identity of the Sith's family. The new name was Armidian, but it wouldnt last. The year was approximately 22 BBY when a young politician, Crytalia Armidian gave birth to a Son on the transport vessel Maverick IV. However soon after child birth she died in the arms of the young Quejo's father, Damias. He was a Mercenary after leaving the Galactic Empire and a traitor in the eyes of the Imperials. Though he was a battle hungry soldier he never saw himself as an evil man. He was compassionate and willing to show mercy to defeated enemies and his respect for military tactics gave him the prowess needed to gain more victories than losses.

For years the young Quejo would learn under his father's tutelage, forced to undergo rigerous body hardening excersizes and combat training for the majority of his teen life. Quejo on the other hand didnt mind waking up in the morning and hitting the sparring mats nor did he complain. There was something about beating his opponent with his bare hands that appealed to him, whether it was the blood staining his knuckles or the feeling after landing a critical strike to determine the winner. His lust for a fight didnt come without consequence though, for it wouldnt be long before he became a slave to the Empire. When Quejo was no more than eighteen years old he had learned from an unknown force that his father had been arrested by the Empire and convicted of insubordination. His sentence, execution at the hands of a firing squad. There was no way that Quejo was gonna let that happen without a fight so he gathered two of closest friends, Shenet Davossa and Dugan Draymo, they too attended Quejo's training classes and grew to care for Damias as if he were their father, it was easy for the young Armidian to convince them to join the fight.

Plotting and careful plans were made and the rescue attempt soon began. Their plan was to use Damias' personal freighter a YT-2400 called the Legacy to infiltrate the hangar of the Star Destroyer carrying Quejo's father. With clearance codes bought from the black market they easily convinced the Imperials that they were delivering a shipment of ammunition. Plan one had been successfully completed but plan two was where thing's went wrong. As they made their way to the brig, Shenet was discovered by a Security droid and shot in the shoulder as he attempted to flee the hall. It wasnt long before they were forced to make an escape on the Legacy. As they left the hangar, their hyperdrive was their only salvation as they barely escaped the Empire's Fist.

Later that afternoon, Quejo recieved a new message but it wasnt a pleasant one. Due to his failed rescue attempt, his father Damias had been executed. Quejo was crushed by the news and bought a bottle, resorting to the only thing that could bring him comfort. The death of his father wasnt his fault because he was already sentenced to die, but he had robbed his father of the last few days he had left.

A New Life...

After his father's death, Quejo soon became a gun runner for a Hutt named Sleedo Dedosa, stealing and delivering weapons to black markets and gangs that, due to their reputation, found it hard to get their hands on such thing's. Alcohol, credits, gambling and piracy was where he looked for closure.

For the most part of his life, he spent his time in and out of bars, getting to know people and the hard liqours known throughout the galaxy. Gambling for money at times got him into trouble, especially when he didnt have any money to gamble with. Fights would erupt on a daily basis on account of his lack of payment methods. Drunk and numb from the alcohol he consumed to block out the thought of his dead father, he battered his opponents and adopted a style called Bacch'nal. He had heard of the style from freighter pilots who would frequent the Cantinas and studied the main key factor in the art, whether he knew it or not.

For years Quejo had worked for Sleedo, doing his dirty work. In this time, Quejo grew to despise the "Slug" as he would say, and later began to plot his untimely demise. However he knew that if he killed Sleedo he would need to have some sort of back up plan. Sure he would gain business for himself but the loyalists who followed Sleedo would undoubtedly hunt him for the remainder of their meaningless lives. Quejo fell back on his backup plan and later formed the Black Hawk Syndicate.

The Black Hawk Crime Syndicate...

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Symbol of the Syndicate

The Black Hawks were more than an ordinary gang fighting other gangs for territory. This group of warriors fought to stay alive while earning credits in the long run. They would rob ships of their weapons and ammunition, recruit the pilots of the ship to fly back to the Black Hawk Headquarters on Hapes and then they would butcher any member unwilling to join their group, they werent evil mind you, the deaths were necessary for survival. Over time their gang grew to an army. They did jobs for people and groups all over the galaxy. Their services included Bounty Hunting, Assasination, Smuggling, Transport, Escorting Political Vessels and any other thing they could do to earn credits that was within their means. Hundreds of members joined this underground group and it was only a matter of time before the young Quejo decided to wipe Sleedo's pathetic loyalists from the face of the galaxy.