Jrav Malex

Jrav Malex was the final don of the criminal Malex family that had endured as rivals of the Black Sun since it rose to prominence under Alexei Malex. He served as a Republic naval commander in the Clone Wars and was appointed governor of Etzo Thokos by the Galactic Empire after the war. When the New Republic took over Etzo Thokos, he fled into the Imperial controlled and settled on.

Biography
In 59 BBY Malex was born on his mother's homeworld of where he spent his childhood. He had several friends, but his best friend was a named Yilsput Lomfyy. When his father called him to Etzo Thokos to begin learning the family business in 45 BBY he was able to bring Lomfyy with him. While his friend trained to become a mechanic, Malex learned about finance, politics, and history. But he also learned about the business of extortion, how to fight, and how to use different weapons. By 42 BBY when he purchased his own ship, the Jrav Freehecker, he was an adapt pilot. He developed a notorious reputation both onworld and around the as a man to be feared. In 29 BBY Lomfyy was accidentally killed by a local man named Brek Mooncylle. Malex held him responsible for his friend's death but when Mooncylle fled to the Outer Rim Territories he did not pursue him.

Shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY, Malex joined the to help expand his family's influence in the. After the war began, his father arranged for him to be transferred to serve as a staff officer under. Malex made a show of being extremely dedicated to the navy, constantly serving for almost the entire war and only taking leave for his father's funeral in 20 BBY. Immediately following the in 19 BBY, his brother, Nestor Malex, ensured that he, Jrav, would replace the about to be ousted Proxtame Zyradu as governor of Etzo Thokos.

As governor he was fairly liberal but obedient to  and careful to quash any anti-Imperial sentiments on the planet. His brother was murdered by assassin Del'chyai Hysberth in 15 BBY and since his nephew, Ruri, was serving as an officer in the  and his neice, Catheri, was still a teenager, he took the responsibility of managing the dwindling criminal syndicate of the Malex family. In 10 BBY he called the Malex family together to discuss the fate of their crime syndicate. Catheri was a busy young executive in the and Ruri refused to take control of the syndicate while the children of Jrav Malex were untrained in leadership of the family and his other siblings were also unwilling to take control. It was decided to divide up the criminal syndicate among their top while the family concentrated on ensuring their place in the New Order.

Grand Moff Trachta was killed in an and Malex publicly distanced himself from his prior loyalty to the traitor. Fearing for his life he briefly tightened his reign on the planet and clamped down on several politically dissident groups. He admitted to an adviser that he was surprised when they discovered an actual Rebel cell but he quickly had it destroyed, nonetheless. As the Empire became increasingly distracted by the matters of the Galactic Civil War, he again loosened his grip over the planet.

Once the New Republic captured Coruscant in 7 ABY Malex knew they would eventually out Etzo Thokos in their sights. After weighing the strategic value of the world and its nearness to the many wealthy worlds of the Core, he estimated that if an invasion happened it would be in five years but he believed New Republic Intelligence could launch a clandestine operation to overthrow him at any time. He considered the second scenario more likely, since Etzo Thokos had been forced to give up most of her defense fleet to the various successive powers of. It would only take a small uprising to push him and the other Imperials off the planet.

When Thrawn began his campaign against the New Republic in 9 ABY, Etzo Thokos was suddenly considered a threat and a small taskforce was sent to attack. The defenses were quickly overrun and Malex fled the system with his wife and his top officers such as Captain Odi Barsolo. Attempting to escape to join Thrawn's forces, they were cut off and retreated to the Deep Core instead. Caught in the region's, they were rescued by an Imperial patrol and taken to , where they were absorbed into the Imperial forces present there. Malex was granted retirement there and he perished when the world was destroyed in 11 ABY.