Marisa Serek

Marisa Serek was the daughter of Irene and Maffew Serek who worked as a professional thief. She performed a number of heists, stealing for a variety of employers. She was formerly employed by the Hutts, though her withdrawal from the cartels led to a manhunt. However, Marisa was eventually captured by a bounty hunter and injected with a drug that forced her to do as she was commanded when given a code word.

Early years
Marisa grew up with her mother, supported financially by her father. However, she never saw her father as a father figure, due to the latter's lack of presence in Marisa's life. Outside of a regular life as a child, Marisa became friends with a street gang. She took part in dares around her hometown, which escalated into small-time theft. Having little else to do, Marisa found entertainment in the challenge of taking others' belongings. Although she originally returned the objects she took, Marisa was encouraged by her friends to keep the valuables she stole.

Alongside her friends, Marisa took part in a thieves' guild on Corulag. At first, Marisa worked with her friends to pull off small-time heists, using the money they made to make bigger and bolder hits. Her guild eventually attempted to steal credits from a major bank, which required hackers to operate on-site to bypass firewalls. After neutralizing the bank security and staff, one of Marisa's co-workers wanted to shoot one of the bank guards for initially resisting the robbers. Marisa opposed the suggestion, to the point that she forcefully disarmed the guild member and dragged him where he would not interact with the bank guard. As the guild made off with the credits, Marisa noticed that the bank guard from earlier was slumped in an unusual posture. Closer investigation revealed that the bank guard was shot.

Castellan mind control
Infuriated, Marisa left the thieves' guild after the heist. She traveled to Nar Shaddaa in search for employment as a lone operative, eventually meeting Gorabba the Hutt on Nal Hutta. Garobba consistently hired Marisa to steal items from other Hutts as well as acquired valuable items for the Hutt's personal collection. Because of the varying methods of providing security to Hutt mansions and fortresses, Marisa grew familiar with both technological and natural security systems, ranging from complex locks to animal guards. However, Marisa had no intention of being a permanent employee of Gorabba.

Marisa secretly exposed Gorabba's actions to other Hutt cartels, giving her a reason to leave Nal Hutta and Gorabba's palace. She initially fled to Tattooine for refuge. However, she later learned that bounty hunters were searching for her, since Gorabba suspected her involvement in his loss of status, causing Marisa to go into hiding. In order to throw off pursuers, she stowed herself away in a box of kassoti sent to Cloud City.

On Cloud City, Marisa found that Gorabba's bounty hunters were a step closer than she anticipated.

She ran into a former Imperial Knight named Zsaekriel Dtoahfre'Vuun on the planet. Zsaekriel helped Marisa evade the bounty hunters who tracked her down to Cloud City. Because Zsaekriel also had things to do on Cloud City, Marisa tagged along with him for a time. The two rescued a young boy from being sent into slavery. However, Zsaekriel's client sought to erase all traces of the boy's escape. They were only rescued

However, despite her efforts, Marisa was captured by a bounty hunter and injected with the Castellan mind control drug. After being programmed with the code word "dyslogistic," she was forced to travel home to Corulag. While under the influence of the drug, Marisa was forced to commit a multitude of homicides, causing the death of her mother.

Gorabba forced Marisa to commit crimes against her own family as penance for ruining his reputation. Since Marisa would be placed out of Gorabba's control after trial, the Castellan drug was used to ensure Gorabba's revenge. When Jedi Knight Pax Sator came to the planet in order to help local authorities apprehend her, Marisa plotted to use the Jedi Order to rid herself of her condition.

Personality and traits
Marisa relied heavily on herself, feeling no need to trust others. When she has to work with other people, Marisa goes the extra length to make it clear that she had no obligation to help her teammates' with their difficulties outside the need to complete the job.

Marisa's sense of justice was highly structured. She believed that everyone was good and evil, submitting themselves to one side or another in accordance to how he or she was raised and taught. Although she was a professional thief, Marisa did not see herself as evil since she refrained from killing others. However, Marisa acknowledged that she was not wholly good either.

Originating from her friendship with the Corulagian street gang, Marisa developed a peculiar dialect. It usually surfaced when Marisa spoke in a casual manner, though she was capable of refraining from its use.

Talents and abilities


As a professional thief, Marisa has detailed knowledge on virtually all of the viable security systems used and methods to bypass them. Her experienced allowed Marisa to quickly respond to different types of security and can quickly analyze the strengths and weaknesses of security guards. She showed some skill in self-defense, though Marisa greatly preferred to avoid confrontations whenever possible. Athleticism played a major role in Marisa's heists, since she had to position herself at the right place at the right time in order to succeed.

Marisa was a highly experienced hacker and computer technician, capable of using various devices to bypass cyber security. She had a strong understanding of droid communication, capable of holding a conversation with she never met.

Despite her qualifications, Marisa avoided combat whenever possible, preferring to use non-lethal tools to disorient her armed enemies. Marisa still traveled with a hidden holdout blaster for protection.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacies

Behind the scenes
Marisa's speech was inspired by Singaporean dialect.

Marisa was originally created as a potential NPC for a string of legacy quests on TheStarWarsRP.Com. However, she was developed into a full character.

Jaffar Serek was originally intended to be Marisa's father, though he had been changed to uncle due to age differences.