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| - Ket Maliss (26 BBY) is not typical of most Trandoshans. Without a doubt, he is everything that a Trandoshan should be...and yet, he is something completely different. There are few creatures in the galaxy with any claim to understanding him, but they would all agree that he is unique among his species. To begin, he exhibits every quality that any other Trandoshan exhibits. He's aggressive, quick to anger, quick to react, keeps a tally of his kills for the Scorekeeper, and loves a good challenge. The feel of flesh and the smell of blood intoxicates him, and yet it is here that he also starts to seperate himself from his brethren. Ket realized growing up that surviving in a galaxy as intolerant and merciless as the one he lived in would require more than claws and teeth...more than muscles and blaster paks...more than a Trandoshan's standard view of things. It would require intelligence and a systematic approach to things, and it is with this in mind that he tackled every challenge, faced every obstacle...and he became something greater than he had ever dared dream, something far more dangerous. Trandoshans have a few general characteristics...they have amazing regenerative abilities, they have hardened scales that can shrug off most physical contact...and they have a bloodlust, which when completely unfettered, can turn them into remarkable killing machines. This bloodlust comes at the cost of clarity, for the rage takes over everything else until the violence, the savage brutality of the killing blows become everything to the Trandoshan. Ket learned fairly quickly that this would lead to a quick death, and he turned his skills and intelligence to controlling his natural bloodlust, and it was this act that seperated him from his brothers and set him on the road to his destiny.
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