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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

(Star Wars d6) #34 - The Book of Duk'k: The Bounty Hunter

The Background of Duk'k: The Bounty Hunter

Duk'k was born in a large village called Duk’b’rg on Sipsk to a family that had a strong religious heritage and studied both The Force and Vianism. In fact, his family was both well respected and deeply religious and Duk’k himself trained with the expectation to become one of the Brothers of Beatific Countenance. It was said that Duk’k’s great grandfather had even been a Jedi.

Duk’k’s family life was fairly happy, if very pious, and his parents S’kruj and B’zly were loving, and while his little sister G’oss, could be annoying they loved one another as well.

As part of this training, Duk’k was taught to serve the well-being of others, and to anticipate their needs, he was trained to read the body language of others, along with the religious doctrines of both Vianism and The Force. Throughout the years more than a few of the Sipsk'ud from his region went on to train for Jedi studies and thus either joined the Agricorps (if they didn’t make the cut) or even became Jedi Knights themselves, including Duk’k’s great grandfather.

However their religious beliefs did not come at the expense of being willing to defend themselves, the citizens of Duk’b’rg were well armed and ready to defend themselves from danger, and Duk’k was no exception and was trained in the use of weapons alongside his religious studies proving to have a knack for blasters.

As the Empire rose to power and began their efforts to purge any record or belief of the Force, however, Sipsk became a target and even with their preparations Duk’b’rg fell to Imperial Power along with the rest of the planet. Duk’k was 15 and his best friend, L’pad, was killed in the fighting.

Duk’k’s parents fled Sipsk as refugees ending up in Nar Shadaa and wound up poor and struggling to get by. S’kruj and B’zly both were forced to turn to crime, employed by one of the local gang lords, to get by. Even with their illicit income, however, life was a struggle to make ends meet. Duk’k himself took up work to help the family, though he sought primarily legal endeavors, in spite of the inferior pay.

Duk’k’s faith has been shattered due to the hardships they faced, which led to further tension between him and his family, who retained their faith. After a few years on Nar Shaddaa Duk’k decided to stake out on his own, and eventually fell into Bounty Hunting, a profession he was surprisingly decent at. 


Duk’k has spent the subsequent years making his way around the galaxy hunting this bounty or that for whomever would pay creds. He tried to send home creds when he could, hoping to get his family out of the slums they are relegated to on Nar Shadaa, but expenses are high and creds can be hard to come by.

Duk’k no longer holds the religious faith he once did, and shields himself with cynicism, but there is still a part of him that believes in fate and the higher powers of the Force and those taught by Vianism and he will sometimes find himself uttering a prayer to Via when surprised or under duress, even though such beliefs are forbidden by the current powers that be.

Duk’k has no love for the Empire, but creds are creds so he will bite his tongue and work for them when he has to. If given the choice, however, he will work for someone else.

Duk’k is hard-bitten and a bit surly, but the teachings of his upbringing run deep and he sometimes finds himself helping others when he doesn’t have to, even to his own detriment. He often ends up kicking himself for doing so, however, as there’s rarely much profit in it and usually it’s more of a headache than it’s worth.

He’s recently found himself in the Vendexa system, near Explorer Corps designated planet 576-908 on the trail of a bounty, however while there he saw a young woman who looked to be in a bit of trouble and his religious teachings got the better of him so he stepped in to help her, landing himself in a bit of hot water…


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