<div align="center">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a3/Hutts.jpg)</div><br/>The Twin Hutts, Zhar and Ruhk, rose to unimagined heights of power in the years following the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Emperor.  Using an Acclamator-class Assault Ship, the "Jewel", as their base, they managed to seize control of an entire moon and spread their criminal empire throughout a hundred systems.<br/><br/>Kishor the Red was a mysterious figure who was rumoured to be connected a faction of the former Galactic Empire.  In 17 ABY, he put up a bounty of one million credits for the head of either of the Hutts, or two and a half million credits for both.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>The Cantina known as "Pirate's Rest" had seen the rise and fall of the Empire with little change in its clientelle.  It was a common joke among its patrons that if Nar Shaddaa was destroyed, the Pirate's Rest would survive, floating through space.  On this particular night it was filled well beyond capacity, a mixed bag of various criminals packed in nearly shoulder to shoulder.  There was always some sort of trouble going on, whether a pair of humans involved in a fight, or a Rodian discharging his blaster into the back of a Bothan.  But everyone knew, keep your conflict private, unless you want to fall for a very long distance with a sudden stop at the end.<br/><br/>The center of attention was the singer known as Liora, a Zeltron that could have made a fortune singing anywhere, but for reasons she didn't discuss never seemed to perform at any location but the Pirate's Rest.  She was backed by a band of Duros musicians, and protected from any rowdy patrons by a pair of bored looking Gamorrean guards armed with massive vibro-axes.<br/><br/>Every table in the Pirate's rest was filled except for a single one in the corner.  A Quarren sat at the table, nursing a mug of something blue that was glowing slightly.  Next to him was a figure shrouded in thick clothing.  The Quarren was Rellius, Kishor the Red's representative, who his companion was was a mystery.