Mysha Zhao

"We know many trades, yet there is one that we excel at beyond all other species. We are warriors, of the highest caliber, who live and die on the battlefield. Death and destruction is our major export. Lives will always be lost, but they are lost doing what we are trained to do, what we are designed to do. Trying to avoid our purpose is pointless, for as a species, we are disposed to combat, and this cannot be altered. What can be altered, however, is our conduct and our prey. We are not animals, and it is time we proved it."

- Mysha to the Ash'rak Clans; post Battle of Mozia

Mysha Zhao was a Ash'rak Shadow Marshal. Fabricated and trained to serve Darth Azazel as his second in command, Zhao operated as both a bodyguard and personal assassin. Even though Azazel was fully capable of defending himself, he was never a devotee of the physically necessitating domains of the. With the beginning of the Great Purging in all probability also entailing incredible peril for himself, the Sith Lord decided that a bodyguard extensively educated in the arts that he himself was not as proficient in would be a wise idea.

However, Zhao was less than completely loyal to his Sith Master, as countless apprentices had been before. Although he initially was extremely consecrated to Azazel, believing him to be overly ruthless at times, but respecting his abilities and fully believing in his vision of a utopia galaxy. He would demonstrate this respect on countless occasions, performing tasks that others would refuse or question, while steadily gaining Azazel's entire confidence. By the time he began the Great Purging, it was almost impossible to encounter the Sith Lord without Zhao less than a few footsteps behind.

After Azazel began to develop sociopathic tendencies just before the ending days of the Purging, however, his devotion to his master's vision became increasingly strained. As he watched Azazel began to torment his opponents in battle and steadily issue questionable decisions, Zhao would come to the conclusion that both Azazel and his vision were flawed, and so commenced theorization upon how to most effectively eliminate his master. These sessions of meditation and contemplation would eventually culminate with Zhao and his fellow Shadow Marshals assisting the New Republic at the Battle of Anakaa, where they disabled the Edict of Retribution's point-defense systems to allow the NRDF assault teams to board Azazel's flagship. As the battle seemed to end with Azazel victorious, Zhao impaled his master on his own blade; thus, he essentially single-handedly brought the Purging to an end and allowed talks of a peace treaty to begin.