Tesh Vohore

"&hellip;As of this very moment, you and your men are in the crosshairs of at least twelve highly trained snipers&hellip;"

- Tesh Vohore

Tesh Vohore, or Tesh Blound Vohore, was a male Arkanaian born in 86 BBY, to Eradgl Blound and Arbraba Blound, but was adopted by Ode Vohore shortly after birth. Tesh was the husband of Hetur-an Ondice, and father to Alura Vohore and Zan Vohore. He was a skilled strategist and cunning warrior. He was a successful pirate in the Outer Rim Regions and used his abilities to gain his large wealth. He formed the Liberators Pirate Organization to free the planet of Shadda-Bi-Boran from its captor, Garganat the Hutt, in 44 BBY. He joined up with the bounty hunter Ryluk Shouja during the Clone Wars to search for his missing wife, who had been kidnapped at the end of The Pirate Wars by his friend Chin Chaldak. Together they met up with Tesh’s son, who too had gone missing, and tracked down Hetur-an to an un-chartered planet in Unknown Region called Hjim. There he found out she had been taken as a slave of the dictator on that planet. Tesh set out to kill the dictator and take back his wife, but in the end sparked the war that would change that region and finally bring peace back to the system, after one race declared dominance and attacked the other two habitable planets in the system. Tesh retired from being a pirate at the age of 86 after peace had been restored. He died twenty years later.

Early Life
Tesh, which means "mercy", was born on Arkania to two poverty-stricken adults, Eradgl Blound and Arbraba Blound in 86 BBY. They were discovered by a young doctor by the name of Ode Vohore as he was searching through the poor sector of Novania for those who were sick with a fatal virus. He offered the two jobs and shelter from their previous environs hoping that they wouldn't catch the virus. It was too late, though, and Tesh was born in the Vohore mansion, to Ode. His parents died hours later. Ode took Tesh in as his own son and raised him with his own family name, Vohore. Tesh was a rebel, though, always going against his father's will, and eventually became a common thief. He would steal food and money from the small town market in Novania, until he was caught by the authorities. He was sent back to his home after spending two nights in the juvenile hall. Ode was furious at him and sent Tesh off to the military school on Coruscant. There, Tesh learned the art of combat and swordsmanship from a fellow sword master. He also learned battle plans and strategies, learning the idea of the upper hand. He, then, adopted the concept of "Attack only to win". He learned how to fly a ship and fire a blaster, though he rarely used one. He found the idea of defeating an opponent at deaths grasp more thrilling then defeating someone from the safety of distance. When he graduated from the academy at the age of 24, in 62 BBY, he receive twin, black vibroblades with "Peace and Justice" inscribed on both hilts, and returned to Arkania to his father. When he returned he found out his father was fatally sick with the virus that killed his real parents. He inquired as to why his father didn't seek medical attention only to find out, what money went into providing Tesh with a good education was the money he used to pay for the treatment to counteract the virus. Tesh found out then that Ode had had the virus since Tesh was born, only then he had the money to treat it then. Tesh was also informed of his biological parents as he sifted through some of Ode's financial papers. Tesh grew ill at the thought that his father wasn't really his father and started back into stealing. It was at that same time, Tesh met his soon-to-be wife, Hetur-an Ondice.

Dating Hetur-an
"It wasn't her looks that captivated me, though she was nice to look at. It was the fact she heard me, listened to me, and understood me that did the trick."

- Tesh Vohore to Ryluk Shouja about Hetur-an.

Tesh was a sly person, and used it to capture the heart of his love, the daughter of a noble in Novania, Hetur-an Ondice. When Tesh first saw her, he knew he had to get to know her, he just didn't know the approach, especially since the first time he saw her he was robbing their mansion. So he did what he did best and stole her heart. First he intrigued her with his thrilling storied of his life in the Academy, never making it sound like he was boasting, presenting himself as humble and meek. He then captured the awe of her little brother with his swordsmanship. With those two attributes down, all he had to do was win her trust. But that wasn't going to be easy. Just at the same time, a successful scientist, named Zious Bek entered her life and intrigued her with his newest project, a swoop speeder with special acceleration modifications and a sleeker, more aerodynamic design. Tesh then realized that he had a competition. Zious was able to captivate her with his speeder, constantly taking her out on rides. It was soon after that Tesh learned that Hetur-an's parents and Zious' parents were arranging a marriage between the two, and figured he needed more then just her trust. He then started on a campaign to ruin Zious' image and promote his own, proving himself the better man. In the dead of night, Tesh sneaked into Zious' place and placed a tracking device on his speeder. Tesh then tracked Zious to a small shack on the outskirts of the city and discovered the dirt he needed. Zious was part of science team that experimented with the local Yaka. Tesh knew Hetur-an's parents were against this and later devised a plan to reveal this information to them, but was unsuccessful. Zious had learned that Tesh had followed him to the lab and threatened to reveal to Hetur-an's parents that he was a common thief. Tesh, realizing his defeat, challenged Zious to a two-stage duel. The first stage was a sword duel and the second was a swoop race, giving both the advantage. In the duel, Tesh made three faulty errors that cost him the duel. One, he was clumsy, two he let his guard down constantly, and three he attacked first foolishly. With Zious winning the first stage of the duel, Tesh knew it was near impossible for him to win the swoop race. The race was between just the two of them, and the first to reach the finish line won. With Zious' acceleration modifications and sleek design, he was assured a win against Tesh's beat-up old swoop. In the end, Zious won. When Tesh finally reached the finish line, Zious was there to reprimand him. Zious, knowing they were by themselves, mocked Tesh and told him of how he planned on using the Ondice family fortune to fund his little experiments. Just after Tesh agreed never to see Hetur-an again and leave Zious and her alone, he informed Zious of the open comlink on his swoop that was linked straight to the Ondice residence. Zious refused to believe, so Tesh proved to him it was true. He asked that Hetur-an's father answer the comlink and he did. Zious, fearing for his reputation, started rebuking everything he said. Tesh turned to Zious and told him to stay away from Hetur-an and her family and to leave him and her alone. Zious complied to Tesh's request and left. Zious never found out that the comlink was actually to Tesh's residence where a recording of her father's voice was playing. Tesh returned to Hetur-an and informed her of Zious' sudden departure. Tesh eventually gained both her trust and her parents trust and Tesh and Hetur-an were married at the end of 65 BBY. Tesh knew better then to try and help Hetur-an out with the wedding, so he backed off. He still managed to hear some scolding from her on why he wasn't helping out, but he figured her better yelling at for not helping then for helping. The wedding went out without a hitch, even after some of Tesh's biological cousins came to visit unexpectedly.

Private Life
When Tesh wasn't behind the controls of his YT-1210 or in the command bridge of his Liberator's fleet, Tesh was no stranger to Casinos and parlors where games of Sabacc, or Dejarik, or even smashball games are played. He was often caught by Hetur-an gambling away their "estate" away. He was also a regular at the Happy Skies Casino on Corellia, which was where he placed the bounty on Chin for Ryluk to pick up and head to Najiba. He would also find himself hooked to the HoloNet news, as they announced the progress of a Skull Crackers of Karfeddion, his favorite team. He would always celebrate a win by taking his family out to eat at a nearby restaurant on Arkania. If they lost, some rich investors on their way to a nearby planet would also lose some valuables, but that was after he became a pirate. Tesh also spent time with his kids, training them in different areas of expertise, such as piloting or swordsmanship. He trained Zan how to pilot the Alura and Alura how to fight. Hetur-an wasn't too pleased with him teaching his daughter how to fight, but during Alura's first date she laid a hard punch on the guy that gave him a black eye for weeks, and Tesh boasted that he was responsible for that. Hetur-an still wasn't convinced. Apart from all that, Tesh was a very loyal partner to Hetur-an never thinking once of another woman. He stayed with her until the end, when they both died of old age in 70 ABY. Together they endured some of the craziest adventures and wildest rides, but they endured them together, not as two separate people. When Jate was killed, Tesh made sure he was given an honorable burial. He was an honorable pirate.

Children
Tesh and Hetur-an had two children originally. Alura was their oldest and was born almost a year after they were married. She grew up to be a nurse and aided her mother in the evacuation attempt on Shadda-Bi-Boran. Zan, was their second child and was born seven years after Alura. He grew up to be a successful pilot for his father's pirate organization the Liberators. Their last child was Jate Vohore, a male half-breed. He was born in 18 BBY, though he wasn't biologically Tesh's. Hetur-an had been captured and sold as a slave on an un-chartered planet in the Unknown Regions, where the local dictator married her and impregnated her. Jate was half Arkanian, half Xian, a force-sensitive race.

Cause and Effect
While Tesh was assigned on Shadda-Bi-Boran, in 44 BBY, he soon became the Captain of the Security Defense Service, the SDS, due to his experience at the Military Academy. Tesh quickly became acquainted with the Co-Captain, Rim-Perth-Grranode. Rim was a Rodian who majored in military tactics in the Academy on Coruscant. Tesh and He never met while they attended the school, though, because they were quartered in separate halls. Together, they organized and trained the recruits for the SDS and stationed them around the evacuation center. Garganat the Hutt, leader of the Orbital Defense Fleet, had different plans though and argued to the Republic that his men weren’t allowed to be stationed on the planet, and brought up Tesh’s past as a criminal and the recent rise in piracy.

This action gave Garganat leverage to work with, as the Republic issued a decree in the evacuation center that Garganat’s men must represent at least half of the armed defense forces in the station. But should Tesh choose to, he could station more. Shortly after Garganat’s men arrived in the evacuation center, troubles arose and the troubles weren’t there before. Tesh returned to the Republic representative on the planet and pleaded that Garganat’s men be removed from the station, but Tesh’s past still prevented him those privileges. He argued that his time at the Military Academy changed him, but the evidence to support him was weak, and he lost the case.

The harassment of workers on the planet continued, and Tesh decided to take desperate measures. He was the captain of the SDS and Garganat’s men were becoming a threat to the welfare of the workers. They had managed to get nowhere as Garganat’s men kept demanding certain schematics and designs. Tesh had had an end to this and organized a small strike team and, with Rim having no knowledge of the plan, attack a couple of Garganat’s men and killed them. He had worn his normal uniform and weaponry, leaving his personal weapons for Garganat. This attack came as a shock to Garganat, but he knew who had committed it.

Garganat went before the Republic representative with Tesh beside him and accused Tesh of killing his men. But there was no evidence to convict Tesh, so he went free. But as a precaution, Tesh was willing to step down from his position, at the request of the Republic representative, and handed the position over to Rim. Rim accepted the duty and started clamping down on Garganat’s men, using Tesh as a subsidiary enforcer, who was now an engineer, where he met Chin.

Whenever some disturbances were reported, Rim would send Tesh in to "settle the situation". Tesh would suit up in black armor and use his twin black vibroblades. But, instead of killing the men, Tesh was tie them up and leave lying on the ground on their stomach with their comlinks and weapons lying down the hall, or around the corner. But he would only attack at night, as the armor blended in with the dimly lit corridors. When Garganat found out about this, he grew furious. Tesh, then, started organizing some of the ships together to attack Garganat’s fleet.

Tesh knew that organizing a fleet would be hard, so he turned to his fellow engineer, Chin Chaldak to help him. Chin was just as furious with Garganat as Tesh was because Garganat’s men liked to harass a lot of the woman in the evacuation center, one of which was Chin’s crush, Ana’tera. Chin helped Tesh gather enough ships to conduct small raids to make it look like the pirate problem flooding the galaxy spread to Shadda-Bi-Boran and would have to get the Republic involved, calling themselves the Liberators. Tesh hoped that a Jedi would come and he could explain to the Jedi what was going on. But then rumors of war broke out and Tesh gave up hope that anyone would come. So he attacked more and harder, hoping to drive Garganat away, but Garganat only gained more and more ground in the center.

Eventually, Tesh staged an all out attack on the bulk of Garganat’s fleet over the southern quadrant of Shadda-Bi-Boran’s space. The attack was both successful and a failure. While Tesh’s ship, the Alura, docked Garganat’s secondary flagship, a photograph of the ship and ID tag was taken while it sat idle. The image was relayed back to Garganat where his Captain, Dale Ranyo, surveyed it. He reported back to Garganat that the image was definitely that of the Alura and that Tesh was piloting it. Once Garganat learned who it was, he started staging a plan to trap Tesh. Garganat placed a camera at the one of the stations, and ordered his men to reveal who the culprit was at all costs. When Tesh arrived to tie up the men, they fought back and managed to remove his helmet. A snapshot was taken and relayed up to Garganat’s flagship, a Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruiser, the Annihilator. Captain Ranyo confirmed that it was Tesh, and Garganat grew angry. He started scheming plans to rid Tesh from the evacuation center.

Beginnings
"I will be liberated."

- Tesh Vohore

Tesh was unaware that Garganat had learned who he was and continued conducting his raids on the guards stationed in the center. He even took Rim on a few, including the last one. To him, it seemed like things were starting to settle down, until Captain Ranyo appeared in his house shortly after a raid. Tesh discovered that Garganat knew through talking with Ranyo. Ranyo warned Tesh not to mess with Garganat, but he took it as an idle threat and joked around with Ranyo. But Ranyo brought up a part of Tesh’s life he didn’t want Hetur-an to know, and Tesh rushed him out the door.

Tesh feared that Garganat would do something drastic and decided to prepare to eliminate Garganat should he need to. But Tesh was too late. Nojio Yerca a young Captain in Tesh’s fleet had taken Alura, Tesh's daughter and wife of Nojio, back to his ship where Ranyo interrupted them and kidnapped Alura. Tesh didn’t find this out until after he arrived on Garganat’s ship.

Garganat sat there waiting for Tesh to arrive, and when he did, Garganat prepared to distract him. Tesh walked up to Garganat and planned to threaten him to give up his position in the SDS, but Garganat knew what to do. He turned Tesh’s attention to a small holoscreen that was projecting an image of Alura in hand cuffs crying out for help and one of Garganat's men standing next to her. Tesh requested to know what Garganat wanted. He found out that Garganat only wanted him. He wanted Tesh to do his "dirty work" Tesh was forced to comply and signed himself over to Garganat’s will.

Garganat insisted that Tesh raid certain convoys on their way to the system, still under the name of the Liberators, still following their same code of suspicion. Tesh grew curious as to what Garganat was after, and started having Asoj-hu, Nojio’s brother and captain of the new flagship, to log everything that they found twice. One went to Garganat, along with eight-tenths of everything they stole and the other was for Tesh to survey. Garganat had no idea that Tesh was doing this.

Half-way through 44 BBY, After the raid at Arora, a planet just outside the Shadda-Bi-Boran system, on a convoy headed from Naboo, Tesh discovered a pattern in each log. There were specific items that were logged in Asoj-hu’s holopads, but not in the captain’s holopad. Tesh brought this up to Asoj-hu and asked him what he thought it might be, but he hadn’t a clue. Tesh continued to ponder this as he went about raiding more convoys.

When Tesh arrived back at the system, he was called in to see Garganat. He delivered the stolen goods and continued to Garganat’s quarters. There he discovered that Garganat wanted more out of him then just raiding ships. He wanted Tesh to steal Ana’tera and deport her, but without traveling to the planet, as he was banned when he signed his self over to Garganat. Tesh refused, but Garganat forced him. Tesh wondered why she was of any importance to him until Chin walked in on them. He had been conspiring with Garganat the whole time, but hated it all the same. Garganat had a leash on everyone of importance in that station.

Tesh’s next raid helped him complete Garganat’s wishes, though, and still keep his friendship with Chin pleasant. At the next raid, Tesh encountered a group of Bothans hired by the Republic to stop the raids that were going on in the region. But Tesh managed to figure out who they were, when they disappeared from his enhanced forward visual screen. He fitted his men with infrared visors, instead of sensors so they could pick up the boarding party when it came. When it came, Tesh proved he knew where they were and managed to explain his position.

The Bothan leader, Ryje Fibason accepted what he said as true as no one would make up a story and sad as his, though some had come close in Ryje’s lifetime. Tesh convinced the Bothans to travel to Shadda-Bi-Boran and take Ana’tera to a safe place while he and Ryje traveled to Nojio’s ship to take back Alura. They entered Garganat’s ship and took Nojio back, undetected, thanks to Bothan technology, and stormed Nojio’s ship and freed Alura.

Captain Ranyo was aboard Nojio’s CR90 Corellian Corvette and was tied to a chair as Nojio took back his ship. Tesh allowed Ranyo to go, but after he interrogated him and gained all the knowledge he needed to have a bargaining chip to persuade the Republic to intervene. The fact that Garganat was secretly aligned with the Stark Commerce Guild He placed Nojio and Asoj-hu in charge of the fleet while he went to the Republic and asked for assistance. But he was refused. He decided to take matters into his own hands. With the aid of the Bothan vessels and technology they massed a fleet of over sixty-four ships, a true fleet.

Tesh prepped everyone for battle and set everything in place. Tesh traveled back to Shadda-Bi-Boran and saw Hetur-an for the first time in a long time. They talked a little before Tesh had to return back to the fleet and free the planet form Garganat. But on his way back, he was attacked by some of the guards. He killed them and knew it wouldn’t take long to get to Garganat. He returned to the fleet immediately and sounded the attack.

Sixty-four extra ships flew into the space above Shadda-Bi-Boran, where Garganat’s fleet was almost awaiting their arrival, but they couldn’t see the ships. Tesh’s fleet came in from behind and surprised Garganat’s fleet. Tesh had already boarded his YT-1210, the Alura, and flown towards Garganat’s ship. Tesh arrived at Garganat’s quarters shortly before the ships attacked. Ranyo tried to force Tesh away and back to his ship, but Tesh refused. Ranyo threatened to kill Tesh if he didn’t comply. Tesh pulled out his pistol and shot Ranyo, killing him. He then took down the two or three extra guards stationed in the room. He walked up to Garganat and stated his final words.

Garganat mocked Tesh in return. Tesh did nothing about it, though he was suited for battle. He turned around and walked out of the room. As he passed the door, he pulled out a thermal detonator, activated it, and tossed it behind him as he shot the door close. He whispered "to bad" as he threw the detonator into the room. Garganat gasped as the grenade flew through the air and the door closed behind it. Tesh turned around just as the blast went off, but because he shot the blast doors too, the explosion was contained in Garganat’s room.

Tesh made his way to the bridge and informed everyone of the current situation. He ordered them to stop what they were ordered to do and inform all other ships under Garganat’s former command to stand down too. He then ordered them all to follow what he said and threatened them to suffer the same fate as Garganat and Ranyo if they didn’t. With that, the senior officers ordered the technicians to relay the message to the rest of the fleet. The ship and rest of the fleet was his, Garganat was dead, and Shadda-Bi-Boran was free. But at that time, something else happened that changed the outcome of the conflict to something Tesh didn’t expect.

Dawn of War
"It teaches you a lesson in how to become a successful pirate. Deception is the key. You deceive people; make them trust you, then slap them in the face. That’s what we’re doing here. We’re playing a tricky game. We need to deceive three people. Delga, Chin, and the Republic."

- Tesh Vohore to Nojio Yerca

The Pirate Wars was not to be confused with as a sub-conflict of the Stark Hyperspace War, though they were contemporaries. The Pirate Wars only had one connection with Stark, and that was through Garganat, who was now dead. The Pirate Wars was merely between two friends who hated each other. On one side, Tesh was defending his people and family and on the other was Chin, who hated Tesh for almost no reason.

The war started shortly after Tesh had seized control of Garganat’s fleet. Tesh had received word from one of the captains that one of Tesh’s main ships was being fired upon, but not from enemy fire. Tesh ordered the scene to be displayed on the large holoscreen overhead. When he saw the insignia on the side of the ship, he knew it was Chin’s.

Tesh ordered the fleet to attack any of Chin’s ships. They could tell the difference through the Liberators symbol on the side. Chin’s fleet symbol was a little different, to show individuality in battle. The battle above Shadda-Bi-Boran raged on for a couple more hours, before Tesh realized Chin was fleeing.

Tesh ordered the crew to lock onto Chin’s planned trajectory out of the system. When Chin’s fleet jumped to hyperspace, Tesh gathered his admirals and staged an attack on Chin. But before any of that happened, Tesh insisted that all personal, admirals to cadets, to return to their families and say a final word before leaving. Tesh abided by his own order and traveled down to the planet.

Down there, he met up with Hetur-an and explained what had happened. Soon after, Zan and Alura, with Ana’tera arrived. Tesh remembered how Chin and Ana’tera had a small relationship and decided that if Chin saw her, he would calm down. Tesh convinced Ana’tera to go along to try and settle things with Chin. But Tesh’s plan didn’t work out the way he had planned it.

They arrived at Omwat, where Chin’s fleet was stationed, and insisted that the leaders meet. Chin refused and attacked the first ship in the fleet. Unfortunately, that ship was carrying Ana’tera. Tesh was taken back by Chin’s stubbornness and ordered his fleet to circle around to the other side of the Omwat and go planetside. Chin acted the same and the two armies met on savannahs and destroyed most of the greenery.

Chin’s small excursion army stood no chance against Tesh’s army, led by Rim, and was forced to retreat. But waiting in orbit, was Tesh’s fleet. Tesh wanted to teach Chin a lesson of about stubbornness. He took control of the majority of Chin’s transports. Tesh ordered the tech’s to scan the transports before boarding, hoping to pin Chin down. But Chin never left the planet. Tesh ordered the fleet to remove its position and traveled back to Shadda-Bi-Boran.

When Tesh arrived on the planet, he relayed the terrible news to Alura and Hetur-an. Both vowed to make room in the Med Stat, the medical station on Shadda, for any injured Liberators soldier. Alura pestered Tesh to let her go along to be the head nurse on the ship during battles, but Tesh refused. He didn’t want to have to return home to Hetur-an and say his daughter was killed. She argued that she could be on the flagship so that if she went up in flames, Tesh would too, and therefore he wouldn’t have to tell Hetur-an. But Tesh insisted that it would be harder for her mother to hear that her daughter was killed with her husband, then just to hear about the husband, whose life it was to kill, swindle, and steal.

Tesh returned to the fleet and gathered the admirals for one more attack. They were going to strike Chin’s fleet hard. Leave nothing but him. Tesh sent out three scouts to look for Chin’s fleet. When all three returned with no news, Tesh sent out three more. When the last scout returned, he reported to Tesh that he had just caught a glance of the fleet as they were jumping to hyperspace towards the Vergesso Asteroids.

Onslaught
A couple months after the Battle of Omwat, in 43 BBY, the Battle of Vergesso Asteroids commenced. Tesh ordered half his fleet to travel to the other side of the asteroids while he slowly forced Chin's fleet into the field. This worked only because Tesh's half that attacked Chin, jumped in out of nowhere and surprised Chin.

Tesh’s fleet managed to push Chin's backwards towards the field, but Tesh noticed in the background, new ships entering beside the asteroid field. Tesh figured Chin had called in a last minute favour from some nearby pirates until he recognized the vessel’s class. They were all Hutt ships.

Chin had called in and notified Garganat’s family that he had been killed by Tesh and they willingly offered Chin a number of their ships. Tesh was shortly outnumbered and was forced to make an emergency exit, but the only way to go was through Chin’s fleet to the other side of the asteroid field. Since the Liberators ships were mainly small frigates and capital ships, it was easier to maneuver, but they still stood a sitting duck.

Tesh ordered the fleet to plow straight through Chin’s fleet and into the asteroid field. He ordered his wings to travel ahead of the fleet a short distance and remove any minor asteroids that would prove fatal. He then entered his small YT-1210, the Alura, and flew out into the asteroid field. He landed on one of the larger asteroids and used a small radionics comlink with the fleet and notified them when Chin’s fleet passed by.

When the fleet came into view, he radioed back that they were about two hundred kilometers behind the bulk of the fleet. He flew the Alura right towards Chin’s flagship to give the appearance that his fleet was hiding in the asteroid field. He managed to attract some of Chin’s fighters, too.

He flew around the field long enough to lose all the fighters and any radar contact with the fleet. He traveled back to his fleet, which by that time had gathered on the other side and waited until Chin’s fleet came in.

When Chin’s fleet exited the field, Tesh lined his fleet up on either side of the opening and waited until Chin’s first vessel entered open space. He ordered his fleet to disable and disarm Chin’s ships, hoping to capture Chin and end the war. But Tesh had counted on all the fleet to come through. When Tesh had seized about ten vessels, he noticed that his right flank was being ambushed. He called off the attack and pulled his ships out. He figured Chin had managed to amass more frigates then he had originally thought.

Discovering the Mastermind
He returned back to Shadda-Bi-Boran and studied the attack. He noticed that the Hutt ships were reserved in case of emergency. Tesh realized there that Chin had someone tactical behind him. Tesh disguised himself as a Corellian and bought a new temporary ship, the Honest Pirate, a complete contradiction of both Tesh and his title as a pirate. He joined Chin’s faction, hoping to discover the secret behind Chin’s success.

Tesh soon found out, however, that there was no one. Chin suddenly displayed intelligence in military tactics, something that shocked Tesh. But he was determined to find someone. He would ask around with some of the senior officers, but none of them knew. Finally, he used a voice distorter and confronted Chin with the question. Tesh, disguised, insisted that Chin tell him his secret so that Tesh could be as great an admiral as Chin. Tesh later described those words as the hardest he’d ever spoke and that his throat burned as they came out.

Chin replied with a quick one-liner. He said that those meant for greatness display it when most needed to. Tesh nearly threw up as Chin spat his own words back at him. The only thing Tesh could figure was that Chin had suddenly taken an interest in military, but that was until Garganat’s brother slithered through the door, barging in on their conversation. The giant slug, Noolid, presented Chin with a series of attacks that he could use on Tesh. Tesh managed to get a peek at the plans. It was then; Tesh knew who the brains were behind it all.

Tesh dismissed himself from their presence and retreated back to his ship, the Honest Pirate. He flew back to Shadda-Bi-Boran, where he sketched down what he could remember from the plans. Now that he knew a Hutt was the tactical mind, he was going to be able to predict their next move. While he was there, he heard one of the senior officers discuss their next stop: Svivren.

Tesh plotted out an attack plan and presented a copy to all the admirals. He stated that they were only to follow this if their original plan failed. Many of the admirals were confused and only one asked what the original plan was. Tesh affirmed the admirals and told them to do what the Liberators do best. They were going to raid Chin’s fleet.

The Battle of Svivren didn’t take long to conduct, especially the way the Liberators conducted it. They managed to sweep into the system undetected, attack the fleet, and leave before Noolid realized what happened. But Chin did.

Tesh had ordered his fleet to attack from both sides again, but this time they’d fly through the fleet, circle around, and fly through again, firing only ion beams unless fired upon. Tesh didn’t want any unnecessary losses. The Liberators managed to disable thirteen ships before Chin tried to make a run for it. Tesh ordered three vessels to chase him down, the Venture, the Forayer, and the Annihilator. Those were the three main capital ships in his fleet.

Tesh was aboard the Forayer when Chin’s fleeing CR90 Corellian Corvette was disabled. Tesh opened a connection between the two ships and started to talk with Chin. Tesh stated outright that the conflict was pointless. He offered Chin a chance to surrender, but he didn’t take it. Chin lashed out at Tesh, slandering him. Tesh asked him why he was so mad, but Chin couldn’t answer. Tesh realized at that time Chin wasn’t jealous, he was a captive. Tesh informed Chin that Ana’tera had been killed and closed the connection.

He returned to the fleet and called off the attack. He went back to Shadda-Bi-Boran and spent a long time with his family, cherishing every moment. Deep down inside, Tesh knew something was going to happen, he just didn’t know what. He spent a lot of time in his quarters down in the station pondering Chin’s reaction to his question. But he never could find an answer. He feared now, that Chin actually did hate him for what happened to Ana’tera. He braced for the worst.

Brutal Ending
The end of a the war came as a shock to Tesh. There were a couple months of peace that Tesh cherished deeply. When he looked back at that interlude, he gave thanks that he had the chance to utilize it. But that peace came to a sudden end.

Unexpectedly, Chin sent his entire fleet to Shadda-Bi-Boran and set up a blockade. Tesh and the Liberators had little time to react. Tesh, who was still on Shadda-Bi-Boran when Chin attacked, had to race to the Alura. He relayed the defense order from the ship as it was taking off. Zan asked if he could go along but Tesh refused. He kissed Hetur-an goodbye and closed the landing ramp.

He shot up to the fleet to aid them. He noticed that there were no Hutt vessels and ordered his main ships to hold off and wait for the enemy reinforcements. But they never came. Tesh ordered a full scan of the system to find out that the Hutts were stationed just outside the system.

Tesh decided to hold off on his main ships, knowing that if he used them the Hutts would surely come in. Tesh became stressed as he was hearing reports of damage coming from most of his ships, and forced himself to ignore the majority of them. If it wasn’t posing an immediate threat it wasn’t important. In doing so, he missed the report of an un-identified ship entering the atmosphere.

Tesh was holding the defense together by a thread. He was forced to retreat and regroup, entering further into the atmosphere. Eventually, the battle became an atmospheric battle. Tesh ordered and evacuation of the station, but just as soon as he picked up the comlink, Chin’s fleet depleted and scattered. Tesh knew that this wasn’t because of his defense and felt something was wrong.

He didn’t wait until the fleet was completely gone before he returned to the planet with Nojio and his brother, Asoj-hu. They arrived at the platform and Tesh raced to his quarters. He found just as he left it. He called out for Zan and Hetur-an, thinking that Alura was at Nojio’s quarters. But no one replied. He noticed a small note placed on his desk. It read:

"Remember me! I’m the one you betrayed, the one you left for dead, the one who will have vengeance. Just like you left me, alone, poor, and miserable, I leave you. You’ve just been robbed of the greatest thing in your life, by the greatest thief of your time. Enjoy your life, the way I do."

- Chin Chaldak

Tesh’s heart sank. Nojio rushed into his quarters shouting that Alura was gone. Tesh feared the worst. He crept towards his room, through the kitchen and living room. He opened the door, and lying on the bed was a beat up, bruised, broken body of his wife. Tesh couldn’t look at the corpse, but he couldn’t look away.

Nojio entered the room and turned away with disgust. Tesh strode towards the body and feared that it was real. He picked up Hetur-an’s head and placed it on her lap. But as he moved her around, he noticed something wrong. There was only one flaw with Hetur-an that Tesh always noticed. Her right ear was smaller then her left, and on the body in front of him, the ears were proportional.

Tesh was filled with relief but was still angered. Someone had stolen his wife and left a fake corpse to have him think that she was dead. He figured Zan and Alura had been taken with Hetur-an and walked out of the room. He was the only one that knew about the flaw and never told anyone. He wanted his revenge and he wanted it to be sweet.

Tesh waited a couple of months as no attacks were made, he assumed the conflict was over. He pleaded to the Republic to call off the evacuation on Shadda-Bi-Boran and the drew it to a close. The Republic transferred all the inhabitants to another planet and after a short time they all died off. Tesh was free to continue piracy and reorganized the Liberators unifying some of the lesser Outer Rim pirates. He signed a document with the Republic that he would help patrol the Outer Rim as the Trade Federation was growing into a problem for the Republic, which gave him a cover while he searched for Chin.

The Xian Conquest
"My wife is like that too. She only sleeps when the star is down..."

- Zhar to Tesh

Tesh, before he could find his wife, had heard news that his son was still alive and had to go looking for him. He ended up finding him on an Imperial prison convoy on its way to Coruscant. Tesh freed his son, Zan along with a friend Codie Fiiluc, a Jedi Knight running from the Empire, but angered the Commander who he took him from. In doing so, the Commander vowed to chase down Tesh and retrieve his prisoners, and started following him all around the Galaxy. Finally, Tesh could finish gathering his family. Ethe directed Tesh to Bakura, where he presented Tesh to a man who knew where the system he was looking for was. The man's name was J'sute, but he was a being Tesh had never seen before. The man redirected them to the Paryu system, where he said Tesh's wife would be. When they arrived there, they were greeted kindly by a man of the same species. He presented himself as Zhar, dictator of Hjim, the planet they were on. He invited them in and offered them shelter. Tesh described their situation to him and he seemed highly obliged to accommodate them during their search, but all turned sour when they visited the city. While scouring through the nearest city, they found out that not many residence attended the local markets. They soon found out why, when a large being, of a different species, approached them and informed them of the war that had been going on for years. He identified himself as Roff, the general of the Yimis who were fighting the Xians, the species of Zhar and J'sute, for the Hjimi, natives of the planet. After hearing about that, Tesh decided to get involved, though he didn't know which side, for long. Earlier that day he had seen a lady in the courtyard at Zhar's mansion, who appeared at a glance to be a female Arkanian. After pondering it a while, Tesh realized she was, and she also was his wife. Later, when he arrived back at the mansion, Zhar had ordered that he be expelled from his home. It was then that offset the balance, and Tesh declared war on Zhar, for no other reason then to get his wife back. Unfortunately, around this time, the Commander who had been searching for Tesh, CRC-3198, also known as Commander Reg, who had been under the command of T'inch before Tesh killed him, had arrived on the planet after finding J'sute and interrogating him. He formed an alliance with Zhar and together they set out to kill Tesh. Tesh, though, had learned of their alliance, and decided to take matters into his own hands. He decided to storm the mansion, knowing there was little chance of surviving. When he did, he and Ryluk were able to free Hetur-an, but at a cost. They all were captured and sentenced to be executed. Fortunately, Tesh was able to free Ryluk and sent him to free Hetur-an. Tesh didn't want to be freed because he wanted to face Zhar himself and he did. Shortly after Ryluk and Hetur-an were free, Zhar made a bet with Tesh. He said that he'd free Tesh if he won a fair fight in an Arena with him. Tesh, knowing his mastery with a sword, agreed. When the time came to fight him, Tesh suddenly became present with his opponents ability with a staff. In the end, Tesh ultimately won, but Zhar played dirty and released a few of his elite men on him. Tesh then had to fight off the Xians, while Zhar escaped. Thankfully for Tesh, Ryluk and Codie were in the stands. When Tesh was freed, he immediately set up a plan to take out Commander Reg's army so he could focus on Zhar. Tesh took his army to the Desert moon of Thile, a satellite of Hjim, and defeated Commander Reg's army, driving them back to their ships, where Chin was waiting to finish them off. But Tesh was betrayed once again, and Chin joined up with Reg, but killed him anyway. With that, Tesh returned to the planet and prepared for Zhar's assault on the Hjimi Sanctuary. Zhar's army stormed the Sanctuary where Tesh was waiting for him with his Liberator's army. Inside, in the large landing bay, the Liberator's attacked the Xian army, forcing Zhar to escape a different direction, further into the Sanctuary. Zhar ran into a room where Tesh stood waiting for him. There, the two battled it out. The reason Tesh fought him in the Sanctuary and not on Thile, where he found out that the Xians were force-sensitive, is because of a rare occurrence in the forest surrounding the Sanctuary. A cluster of ysalamiri had settled in the forest, cutting off all force in the Sanctuary. Tesh and Zhar fought as equals, but Zhar fell as a broken man. Tesh had managed to destroy all that Zhar had built up, and destroyed him as well. After Tesh stabbed Zhar through the chest with his vibro-knife, he retrieved his wedding ring from Zhar and threw him down a garbage chute. Tesh managed to free Hjim, but was still caught up in war in the region.

Second Xian Uprising
"Whatever happened to the key of deceptions"

- Ryluk Shouja

Eighteen years after the fall of Zhar, Tesh was faced with another problem, a new dictator called Rayth, who planned to take the Xians back to where they were. When Tesh got word that he had attacked Y-Nais, the homeworld of the Yimi, he sent out a task force to help them defend their planet. In the task force was Tesh's new son, Jate Vohore. Jate and his master, Jedi Knight Codie, confronted Rayth, but he escaped. In the mean time, Tesh had also set out his new hunter, Tyrus Kalbec, to search for Chin and bring him back, "thinking" he was captured by Reg. When Tyrus returned with Chin, the first time he got a chance, Chin turned on Tesh again. This was the last time Tesh allowed it. In response to the second back-stab, Tesh sent his son, Jate, and Codie in to kill Chin, but Chin was able to manipulate Jate's feelings and emotions, turning him on Codie. Now, Tesh was faced with fighting both the Xians and Chin, and now his own son, too. Tesh saw this as the end of the war, knowing that they were now nearly unstoppable. With a last minute spontaneous attack on X-Nais, the homeworld of the Xians, Tesh tried to bring back his son, but failed. Having to retreat to Hjim, Tesh set up a primitive defense, and hoped that it could withstand the on-coming Xian army. It did, but just barely. Tesh's mansion was destroyed, along with the capital, Pol'kevos. But Tesh and his men were able to hold off the invading army at the Sanctuary. It was at that time, Tesh heard that Chin was planning on bringing in some Imperial reinforcements to support the Xians in their conquest. It was then, Tesh knew he had to act quickly, or all would be lost. After hearing the news, Tesh launched a secret preemptive strike on the invading Imperial ships. The mission was successful, and they captured thirteen of the ships, but all the wrong ones. The ones that survived continued to X-Nais, where they were able to build an planetary shield around X-Nais. Here, Tesh was beginning to lose hope, but stayed composed until Ryluk reassured him of his place, and his place was as a pirate. At that, Tesh decided to switch tactics, doing what he did best. He activated his pirate fleet, leaving the entire military under the command of General Grranode, and started to raid convoys supplying troops on Hjim. Not long after that, the Xian troops had to retreat off the planet, and return home. During that time, Tesh ordered General Grranode to organize a commando strike team that would land on the planet and deactivate the shield generator, while General Grranode diverted the rest of the army so they could use an orbital bombardment. Making one last attempt to seize the planet, the Liberator's blockaded the planet just outside the shield, and started sending troops down to the planet. Tesh, Ryluk, J'sute, and Roff were going to enter the Capital and confront Chin, Jate, and Rayth. They stormed the palace where they were stationed but were ambushed by Rayth and some of his men. Roff was killed during the struggle, and Rayth escaped deeper into the palace, sealing off the main entrance to the palace. The three then circled around, where J'sute got caught up fighting some elite Xian warriors. Tesh and Ryluk continued through a side entrance where Ethe, who had remained with Chin, was waiting to fight Ryluk. Tesh sneaked off into a side hallway and made his way to the throne room, leaving Ryluk to take care of Ethe. Once in the throne room, Tesh confronted Rayth and killed him, just as Chin and Jate came out of hiding. Tesh and Jate face off, but Tesh is defeated quickly. Jate spares Tesh his life, knowing that Tesh couldn't kill his own son, tempts him with an offer. Jate offers Tesh to give up and give himself into the authorities and Jate might be able to reduce his death sentence to life in prison, but if not then Jate would have the privilege of killing him. Tesh tried to persuade Jate back but only to angered him more. Jate made his move to strike Tesh down, when J'sute comes in and saved Tesh's life. J'sute and Jate battle and J'sute emerged triumphant. With Jate and Rayth dead, Chin gained the ultimate power as ruler. He attempted to kill Tesh himself, but Tesh managed to evade his blows and use what little energy he had left to kill Chin. At that, J'sute, Zhar's son and only heir to the throne, gained the power over the army and called off the war. Tesh called off the orbital bombardment and the planet was saved. Peace was finally able to reign in the system, thanks to Tesh's efforts to find his wife. Tesh vowed to stick to what he knew best, piracy, making sure he'd be around for his kids.

The Allok Alliance
About six years after the Second Xian Uprising, Tesh continued to scour the Unknown Region and edges of the Outer Rim Territories with a new Fleet, leaving the Liberators to defend the Paryu System, called the Swindlers List. He admitted to it not being very original, but the fact that it was operated by Xians changed people’s views quickly. Tesh had managed to keep the Paryu system on a low profile for those six years, fearing that if word spread he'd have the rising New Republic on his heals. He would often venture out into the Outer Rim, opposite of the Unknown Region, to throw off any suspicion. One time he dared to go as far in as Tatooine, as it was close to hunting season for Krayt Dragons. One raid he endured, he stumbled across a stubborn hunter who had discovered a rare black Krayt Dragon Pearl. He tried to apprehend the hunter, but the hunter managed to escape with the pearl. Tesh, once again, decided to hunt him down for that pearl, knowing it's worth. He ended up tracking the human hunter back to the Unknown Region, just outside of the Muunilist system. He shortly discovered the hunter on the world of Thold, where the hunter had used the pearl to pay for his brother’s release. Tesh act on the hunter after seeing his intensions. But, in turn, Tesh met up with a young woman named Tyllehn who was trying to free her brother from imprisonment on that same planet. Tesh listened to her story and continued on his way, until he discovered who was behind the "prison" on Thold. An Imperial Admiral had set up the prison on Thold to mine it's caves for a special substance used to make Therudite, a gem even more valuable then a black Krayt Dragon Pearl. Tesh set his new fleet just outside the system to wait for the first shipment of Therudite crystals. When the envoy arrived, he raided it, only to find out that Tyllehn, her companion Ush Bendar, and brother Dysin had hidden away on it to escape Thold. Tesh had mercy on her and offered her a place to stay on the ship. During that time, Tyllehn told Tesh of everything that had been going on in that region, and about the mysterious disappearance of Republic colonies in that region. Tesh knew exactly who was behind it. Knowing his hatred towards the Empire, Tesh agreed to help Tyllehn and her group of rogue Yuthimari who were trying to shut down the prison. Tesh set up perimeters around the system, giving the order to raid any ship. He didn't want to take any chances of this Admiral escaping. It wasn't until the Admiral sent an attack force out to one of Tesh's positions, did Tesh finally declare war on him. Tesh, knowing he'd all the help he could get, called back home for J'sute to gather the Xian/Yimi army and send as many available troops to Thold. When the troops arrived, Tesh retaliated taking control of Thold. The Admiral was forced to flee to the nearby planet of Allok for refuge. While there, The Admiral, Admiral Xamis, made an alliance with the Allok for aid. Tesh reassembled his army and attempted to attack Allok, but was forced back. After his defeat at Allok, Tesh remembered the catastrophe back home that happened because he got too involved in native dealings; he pulled back to outside the system and called the majority of the Liberator's fleet home. But at the same time, the Admiral, who had heard of Tesh's reputation, called a strike team to follow the fleet. It wasn't for a couple of days until Tesh heard that his daughter had been taken captive and freed again, since Alura was now married to the Jedi Knight Codie Fiiluc. Tesh turned back to side with Tyllehn and helped her organize a small resistance. Using the fleet, with the addition of a hand full of Republic ships from different Colonies, they were able to defeat Admiral Xamis and contain him in the system. Tesh then allowed Tyllehn to use his fleet on one more attack on the planet, this time Tyllehn was in control. They swooped into the planet and conquered it quickly. Admiral Xamis attempted to flee, but was cut off by Ush, who had "died" during the first attack on the planet, and killed. Tesh said his farewells to the system and traveled back to Hjim. When he arrived on the planet, he asked where Codie and Alura were. Hetur-an told him that they were ok and elaborated on the story of how Codie, Tyrus, and J'sute went out looking for her. Tesh commented on how a team like that would nearly be unstoppable, and it was. After weeks of persuading, Hetur-an finally convinced Tesh to stop the pirating and retire, and he did.

Retirement
"He was a planet freer, system unifier, regional peacekeeper, and a Galaxy hero."

- Tyrus Kalbec at Tesh's funeral

Retirement was hard for Tesh. He had lived his whole life for stealing, swindling, commandeering, and piracy only to have to give it up. He gave Hetur-an a rough time about it, always trying to sneak off in the Alura to join up with General Rim, who was now in control of the Fleet. But on more then one occasion, Hetur-an would clip the fuel line, making it impossible for him to "escape". Hetur-an forced him to go and see one of the Hjimi, who were rising to fame as great psychologist. His psychologist diagnosed him with "Pirate Addiction", almost mocking Tesh. Soon after, Tesh stopped going to see him and went to a different one. His new one made the same diagnose as the previous one, only without the satire. Tesh was then placed on a program to wane him off of pirating. The first few weeks of that program were rough for Tesh, but he eventually got through it. He returned to his joy for smashball, and not only set up a league in the Paryu system, but singly paid for each planet's stadium and teams. He also set up a Cantina called Sports Bar on Hjim that allowed anyone to see the games that week. He kept it running as manager for his day job and oversaw the league as his night job. It soon became his new addiction but at least Hetur-an didn't have to worry about him running off at mid-night to steal the other teams strategies. He witnessed thirty Championship games before he handed the job over to a Yimi named Ugloth. He died approximately sixty years later of that same disease that killed both his biological parents and foster parent, shortly after Hetur-an past away. On his tomb was encrypted, "Planet Freer, System Unifier, Regional Peacekeeper, Galaxy Hero."

Physical and Personal Traits
Tesh was an Arkanian of average height. He stood a good head taller then his wife, Hetur-an and eye level with most humans. He had a full head of long white hair, until Zhar cut it for their duel in the arena. After that, Tesh kept his hair short. He found it more manageable, which gave Hetur-an a laugh. Tesh displayed burley physique, yet he was lanky, which added to his size. Out of his sleeves came two stern arms with four digit hands attached to the ends. He accustomed himself to using his hands as if they hand five digits, as to give him the ability to attempt more feats. His white eyes deep inside his aging skull would pierce into his enemies allowing them to see their reflection just before they died. Tesh was quick on his feet giving him speed, agility, and wit. He often wore a loose white shirt, unless he was wearing his combat uniform, with clashing black pants. He preferred this to his combat uniform because it gave him freedom to move but when the time came for him to defend himself, he liked his combat uniform. Tesh carried around his twin black vibroblades, "Peace" and "Justice", at all times, giving him a sense of security and command. The two blades quickly became known among his enemies and the sight of them caused fear to trickle down their spines just before they were stabbed, sliced, or slashed.

Personal:
 * Tesh disliked anyone stubborn, though he was stubborn himself, and often found himself in pointless arguments with stubborn people because he didn't want to lose. His stubborness also got the best of him sometimes and many of his major mistakes were because he didn't want to admit he was wrong. But when it came down to it, Tesh was mostly willing to accept the consequences of his actions.
 * He was a heavy death stick smoker until he left to go to the Academy. There he was forced to go cold-turkey, which hurt him a lot. He didn't have real big respect for his father because of that decision but in the end he learned to accept his father's decision as the right one.
 * While Tesh was at the Academy, he learned the trade of gambling, learning to play Sabacc and Djarek. When he returned to Arkania, he held weekly sabacc games at his house. This is how he made most of his income as he didn't work until he married Hetur-an and was assigned to Shadda-Bi-Boran.
 * Tesh never really knew who his parents were, he only knew their names from some documents he found around the time Ode died. He went to the local government building and looked them up in the census records, but no such names appeared. He felt a little remorse for never being able to figure out who they were or what they were like.
 * His lack of knowledge about his parents, it affected the way he acted around and treated his children. He was a pirate, but he loved to spent time with them and never wanted to put them in harms way. Which is why, when Alura was captured, he was bent on finding her no matter what.

Armor and Equipment
Tesh was relatively lightly armored when it came to battle. He relied more on skill and agility over power and weaponry. He often stated that he was in the wrong era for his interests. He carried around in the Alura a light weight Arkanian battle armor, which he had stolen from the General on Arkania. While at Military Academy on Coruscant, he modified it to be more durable and stronger, but kept the same weight. He custom painted it a mid-night blue, to represent the deepness of space, and he carved onto the right shoulder the symbol of the Liberators so that all who saw him knew who he was. Underneath it, he wore a baggy white shirt and black pants, his usual wardrobe. He was also lightly armed, carrying only two vibroblades and a DT-12 heavy blaster pistol. He rarely used his DT-12. He just kept it there so he wouldn't be caught in a fight without it when he needed it most. Tesh only used it three times, one to kill Captain Ranyo, one to kill T'inch'talak, and the other to save himself from Zhar's force-lightning. The vibroblades, though, he used all the time and was his weapon of preference. He caught many soldiers by surprise from his expertise with a blade, even some of the Jedi Masters that would stop by the Academy to observe. Due to his skill, he received two twin black vibroblades called Peace and Justice. They were inscribed to him by the Chief Headmaster of the Academy. From then on, those were the only blades he would allow himself to wield. He later got them re-hilted on a tinted titanium-alloy handle, giving them the appearance of an all-black blade.

Behind the Scenes

 * Tesh Vohore is an anagram of Seth Hoover, the creator and author of the character
 * Tesh Vohore is a character in a trilogy and in a comic book series called The Pirate Wars.
 * Tesh Vohore was created for lack of interest in common Star Wars canon and fanon. The creator wanted a good bad-guy to admire that wasn't a Jedi or Sith.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Pirate Wars: Formations I: Beginnings
 * Star Wars: The Pirate Wars: Formations II: Hidden Secrets
 * Star Wars: The Pirate Wars: Formations III: The Dawn of War
 * Star Wars: Key of Deceptions 
 * Star Wars: Liberations
 * Star Wars: Newfound Heir
 * Star Wars: Therudite's Charm
 * Star Wars: The Pearl's Luster
 * Star Wars: Therumite's Demise
 * The Fanon Menace Part IV: A True Mope