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| - Portoris Bol was a thief. Aside from some limited contact with the Mecrosa Order, he did not associate with other Force-users. In 17 ABY he stole a cache of Sith artifacts and books from Dran Festow, a reclusive collector who lived on Umbara. He set out for Kothlis, unaware that he was a pawn in a much larger plan. 'Festow' did not exist as such; the cache was only partly genuine; his buyer didn't exist either; and he'd been manipulated into the theft in the first place. The whole setup was arranged by Velok and Ald Sorosel, who placed a bounty for the return of the cache in hopes that Darksiders would come out of the woodwork and chase Bol across the galaxy. In the meantime, they could evaluate those Darksiders, and eliminate the ones they chose. This setup, and the events to follow, woul
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| - Portoris Bol was a thief. Aside from some limited contact with the Mecrosa Order, he did not associate with other Force-users. In 17 ABY he stole a cache of Sith artifacts and books from Dran Festow, a reclusive collector who lived on Umbara. He set out for Kothlis, unaware that he was a pawn in a much larger plan. 'Festow' did not exist as such; the cache was only partly genuine; his buyer didn't exist either; and he'd been manipulated into the theft in the first place. The whole setup was arranged by Velok and Ald Sorosel, who placed a bounty for the return of the cache in hopes that Darksiders would come out of the woodwork and chase Bol across the galaxy. In the meantime, they could evaluate those Darksiders, and eliminate the ones they chose. This setup, and the events to follow, would become known as the Winnowing. Bol took the cache to Kothlis, hoping to meet his buyer. He was pursued by Ahkris and Kishkumen. After he gave the cache's location to Kishkumen, the Dark Lord killed him - or believed he did. Sorosel, impressed by Bol's usefulness, had placed a handful of Amphi-Hydrus illusionists in the water. Kishkumen, distracted by his running fight with Ahkris, was fooled. Portoris Bol was spirited away, only to find himself confronted with an offer he couldn't refuse. Bol is a poor fit with the Dark Council, but is not trusted enough to bring into the more idiosyncratic None Whatsoever. He is still an independent thief, but a combination of factors always brings him back when Lord Sarastro needs something stolen. For one thing, Sarastro pays well. For another, Kelen Adwar implanted a very mild compulsion in his mind, making him more willing to work for the people who saved his life. Obviously he does not know he was set up in the first place.
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