Ry-Max Antek

"I'm just a smuggler. With a lightaber. And Force powers."

- Ry-Max Antek

Ry-Max Antek was a male human smuggler. He was force sensitive, and was trained by the former Jedi Master Zaan Karis, who was killed by Jedi Master Kalus Rentaj and his Padawan, Nalo Wun. After Karis' death, Antek left Tatooine and became a smuggler.

Early Life
Darth Venisis never knew his parents as a child. They were not able to care for him, so they placed him in an orphanage on Tatooine before he was one year old. There he was found by the renegade Jedi Zaan Karis. Karis sensed him in the force and adopted him. He began to train Venisis (then known as Antek) in both the light and the dark sides of the force. Karis had been expelled from the Jedi order because he had studied the dark side. However, Karis was not evil, for he did not use the dark side for his own power.

After being trained by Karis for sixteen years, Antek had his first encounter with other Jedi. Master Kalus Rentaj arrived on Tatooine and discovered Karis. Because Karis practiced the dark side, Rentaj viewed him as a danger to both himself and the people of Tatooine. Though Karis tried to convince him otherwise, Rentaj attacked. Karis and Antek gained an advantage in the duel, and may have been victorious were it not for Rentaj's Padawan, Nalo Wun. Wun suddenly appeared and attacked Karis from behind. When Karis turned to defend  himself against Wun, Rentaj fatally stabbed him through the back. In a fit of rage, Antek attacked both Jedi. He fought so hard that Rentaj, fearing that Wun might be injured if the fight continued, fled back to his starship. As the Jedi fled, Antek cried out to them: "Remember me, Jedi! Remember me, because I will be the last thing you see!"

- Ry-Max Antek to Kalus Rentaj and Nalo Wun

Smuggler
After Karis' death, Antek was left completely alone, except for some of the locals he had befriended. He decided to go offplanet with his Rodian friend Scandro Fal. Of course, this required stealing a ship. That wasn't difficult, however, as Fal had experience in these things. With their new ship, the Vengeful Crusade, they set out for Coruscant, hoping to find work there.

When they landed on Corellia for supplies, they were arrested for stealing the Crusade. This was not because they had stolen it on Tatooine, because it was not part of the Republic, but because it had been stolen from a prievious owner on Corellia. When they were placed in prison, Antek used the force to persuade the guard to let him and Fal outside of their cell, and to remove their handcuffs. Antek also persuaded him to gice them his blasters and enter the cell himself. after this, they locked him in the cell and went to recover their belongings. Antek blasted any resistance they met with Force lightning, ensuring that they would not shoot back, but not killing them either. He and Fal were able to recover their belongings and the Crusade, and escape.

Now wanted men, Antek and Fal turned to smuggling spice. Fal, who was ten years older than Antek, had learned how to smuggle from his uncle, and he helped Antek learn. The two were somewhat successful, making enough money to keep their ship in good condition. They worked mostly alone, but occasionally assisted some of their smuggler friends. One of these friends, Lar Veilin, betrayed them and stole a shipment of spice from the Crusade. They chased him down to Ryloth, and attacked his vessel.

Ryloth
When Antek and Fal found Veilin on Ryloth, they opened fire on his vessel in an attempt to force him to land. Veilin tryed to, but he lost control of his ship and crashed. When he and Fal landed, Antek felt through the force that someone was still alive in the burning vessel. When he entered it, he found a female Lethan Twi'lek named Zara Scralya. Veilin had been planning to sell her into slavery, and had locked her into the storage hold after she attacked him in an effort to free herself and the other slaves. Antek found her unconscious, but he was able to get her out of the ship. TO BE CONTINUED!