Marisa Serek

Marisa Serek, also known as Archer, was the daughter of Irene and Maffew Serek and an ally of the Imperial Knights-in-exile. She performed a number of heists as a professional thief in her early career, stealing for a variety of employers. She worked most notably for Gorabba the Hutt. After being fed up with Gorabba, Marisa exposed Gorabba's illicit activities, leading to a manhunt that resulted in her capture. She was injected with a drug that forced her to do as she was commanded, when given a code word, as Gorabba's revenge. She was able to receive help from the Jedi, though Marisa continued her criminal behavior. Her activities on Quesh attracted the attention of the Imperial Knights, whom helped her escape. After learning that she was manipulated by a product of Sith alchemy, Marisa pledged herself to assist the Imperial Knights, becoming a significant figure within their resistance movement.

Early years
Marisa grew up with her mother and was financially supported 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. As a child, Marisa faced bullying due to her white hair, being part-Echani, and was given the derogatory nickname Grannie. The nickname pushed Marisa to dye her hair black. However, the nickname stuck with her peers, which further drove Marisa into finding acceptance. She was pushed into taking part in dares around her hometown with a street gang to be respected. The dares that the gang took part in escalated into small-time theft.

Alongside her newfound 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 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 restraints
Infuriated, Marisa left the thieves' guild after the heist. She used her credits to travel to Nar Shaddaa in search for long-term employment as a free agent, 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 primitive 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 the other Hutt cartels, giving her a reason to leave Nal Hutta and Gorabba's palace. She initially fled to Tatooine 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 bounty hunter named Rath while on the city. Rath was able to subdue her and take her back to Nal Hutta, but Marisa was able to kill the bounty hunter and escape with the help of former Imperial Knight Zsaekriel Dtoahfre'Vuun.

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, ordering mercenaries to kill the two. They were rescued by Cloud City security forces who intended to arrest Marisa for killing Rath, whom opened fire on the armed mercenaries.

However, despite her efforts, Marisa was captured by a bounty hunter and injected with the IX serum. 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 IX serum was used to ensure Gorabba's revenge. Marisa's inability to stop the effects of the serum caused her to begin smoking death sticks, hoping that she would eventually die. 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 cure her. Sator agreed to take her into Jedi custody and arranged a meeting with a member of the Jedi council.

The Prime Envoy, Gracelyn Maier, agreed to meet with Marisa on Tython. Although Marisa was not able to directly communicate the nature of the IX serum, Gracelyn used the Force to purge Marisa's body in a lengthy meditation. The healing trance not only broke the effects of the IX serum, but it also fixed Marisa's death stick addiction. However, the healing trance could not alleviate the desire to smoke a substance, to which Marisa substituted death sticks with cigarra.

Uncovering the past
After leaving the temple on Tython, Marisa wanted to discover who invented the IX serum to get revenge. She infiltrated Gorabba's information database on Nal Hutta to find clues. Among the information she uncovered, Marisa learned that it was invented by a Sith Empire that existed over ten thousand years ago. Although revenge was no longer possible, she continued her search. The ingredient dimalium-6 led Marisa to Quesh, where she learned that a Sith named Lord Luchus oversaw Imperial mining operations. Luchus was also believed to had used some of the Quell chemicals mined on the planet in his own experiments. His holocron was in the possession of Borga the Hutt by the town Attis.

Marisa stole the holocron, causing an uproar from Borga. Although Marisa was not concerned with the increased security, she laid low on-planet while she waited for the next public transport to leave Quesh. She was, however, stopped by two mercenaries who searched and questioned her. Marisa was only able to escape the mercenaries with the timely intervention of Aemon Vale and Gareth Voltaris of the Imperial Knights, who were on-planet in search for Luchus' holocron upon hearing about Borga's outburst.

The three stopped at a local diner, where the Imperial Knights interrogated her about the purpose of stealing the holocron. Marisa was initially hesitant about giving away any information, though she was willing to give away the holocron after she was finished with it.

On Aemon's ship, the three of them learned that the holocron belonged to the dark lord Luchus from the Cold War era. The group soon realized that the holocron's gatekeeper was actually the ghost of the Sith lord himself and subdued Luchus' spirit. However, Marisa was upset by the experience, since she learned that Luchus was her ancestor and he was responsible for the creation of the Castellan restraints. She decided to assist the Imperial Knights in full capacity, despite not having the Force sensitivity to be trained as a Knight.

The True Throne
Traveling to Kalee on Aemon's instructions, Marisa joined a secret meeting of the Imperial Knights. She spoke with the newly-appointed leader of the Imperial Knights, Merlin, about the specifics regarding working with the Imperial Knights and delivered Luchus' holocron to the Knights. Relieved by the destruction of the holocron and excited by the subsequent offer of a high-ranking within the Imperial Knights' resistance movement, the True Throne, Marisa formally joined the Imperial Knights under the alias Archer.

Even so, Marisa's relations with her new allies was not without problems. Her relationship with the Hapan duchess Siennaa of Arabanth, a high ranking member of the Knights, was unstable. Her loyalty to the Imperial Knights was questioned, especially among the Knights who were aware that Marisa knew that the True Throne was intended to be an organizational front of the Imperial Knights. Her dubious background, although not a deterrent to her acceptance as an ally of the Knights, was sourced as the reason for the reluctance.

She became a major figure in the resistance movement, involved in over a hundred True Throne operations against the Imperium. Among them, Archer ensured that the Corulagian police database was wiped of information specifically about her appearance, gathered during the manhunt against her, since removing the incident from the police files would have immediately attracted suspicion. The Imperium's inability to identify her led to a number of rumors about her origins, ranging from being related to a redeemed Sith lord to being a black operative of the former Galactic Alliance.

While on Alsakan, she ran into her uncle, Bernogne Wael. Against her better judgment, Marisa spent time catching up with events with Bernogne. Because she lingered with Bernogne, the Ubiqtorate was able to identify her and attempted to capture her on Metellos. Although Marisa managed to escape, Bernogne was arrested for questioning by Imperial Intelligence agents.

Personality and traits
When she was young, Marisa relied heavily on herself, believing she could not trust others. Her explanation was that she could not trust others to not make a mistake or act without permission. When she had to work with other people, Marisa went the extra lengths to make it clear that she had no obligation to help her teammates' with their difficulties outside the need to complete the job. When she was plagued by the Castellan restraints, Marisa felt incredibly lonely and turned to death sticks in order to take her mind off of her predicament. The experience changed Marisa's lone wolf habits, becoming more willing to work with others. Her experience with Castellan restraints also made her more critical and questioning of orders being given to her.

Marisa's early career caused her to be a strong and assertive person. She had to learn to be forceful in order to be respected in the underworld, especially as an employee of Gorabba the Hutt. Her strong personality was once compared to the late Knight Commander Iona Peller.

Her experience from the Castellan restraints made Marisa more protective of those who she cared about, even if she does not directly show it. Although she gave her uncle Bernogne the choice to either stay behind and be arrested or go with her, Marisa constantly hinted at what would happen if he stayed behind. She only gave up when she believed that she could not stay any longer without getting captured.

Originating from her friendship with the Corulagian street gang, Marisa developed a peculiar dialect. It usually surfaced in casual conversations or when Marisa got excited or nervous. However, her tendency to use the dialect diminished as she worked with the True Throne. Marisa was also fluent in Huttese.

At first, Marisa did not know much about the Force. However, she had a general idea of the different main sects of Force users: namely the Jedi, Sith, and Imperial Knights. Her time working with the Imperial Knights in their resistance against the Imperium greatly expanded Marisa's understanding about the Force and Force users.

Marisa's favorite drink was hot chocolate.

Talents and abilities
As a professional thief, Marisa had detailed knowledge on virtually all of the viable security systems used and methods to bypass them. Her experience allowed Marisa to quickly respond to different types of security and could quickly analyze the strengths and weaknesses of security guards. 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. This enabled Marisa to be efficient in the use of parkour.

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 and included underhanded weapons such as a retractable knife in her boot. She showed some skill in self-defense, though Marisa greatly preferred to avoid confrontations whenever possible.

After joining the Imperial Knights-in-exile, Marisa learned how to defend herself with Echani techniques. Although professed to not be a master of Echani, Marisa possessed enough understanding of the art to incorporate street fighting skills into her combative style and predict her opponent's movements through observation.

She was skilled in the use of a custom built COMAR bow, designed by Alda Industries to her specifications.

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. Jaffar was eventually replaced by Bernogne Wael in the uncle role.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacies