Kay Vess

Kay Vess, also known by the alias Toren Valario Nupp, was a young human female criminal from the Worker's District in Canto Bight on the planet Cantonica, who was raised and trained by her mother Riko Vess, becoming a professional thief and eventually a scoundrel and outlaw in her own right. After one too many jobs gone wrong, Vess ended up taking a job to rob the mansion of the crime lord Sliro Ruback of the Zerek Besh syndicate, but ended up captured by Zerek Besh after the rest of the crew revealed themselves to be members of the Rebel Alliance. Vess managed to escape and stole the EML-850 light freighter Trailblazer. After having the ship repaired, she was hired by the crime lord Jaylen Vrax to put together a crew pulling off a Heist once again on Sliro's mansion, with the BX-series droid commando ND-5 as her partner. She would eventually gather the crew in the Outer Rim, working towards a life free from Zerek Besh's death mark, and earning reputation in crime syndicates across the galaxy.

At a young age, Kay's mother raised her on the streets of Canto Bight, teaching her the skillset to become a slicer and thief. She pulled off many heists with her mother, where during one of them she met and rescued the merqaal Nix, whom she kept as a partner. Ultimately, she was abandoned by her mother one day at the age of twelve.

Vess, hoping to land a score that can buy her way out of Cantonica, accepted a job to steal from the Sliro's mansion. However, she was ultimately left behind by the crew that turned out to be part of Rebel Alliance. She was able to escape by stealing the Trailblazer, but crash landed on the moon Toshara, where she found herself engaged in a turf war between the Crimson Dawn and the Pyke Syndicate. After repairing the Trailblazer, she was recruited by the outlaw Jaylen Vrax and his BX-series droid commando ND-5 to pull off a new heist against Sliro's mansion, and traveled to the planets Akiva, Tatooine, and Kijimi in order to recruit a crew, all while evading a death mark put out on her by Zerek Besh.

While recruiting, Kay found her Partner ND-5 impaired from suffering heavy damage, making her work with the rebels once again to get ND-5 repaired. She would then get reunited with her mother, whom she still is resentful with for abandoning her, but ultimately chose to work with to steal the passcodes for the heist. While finding the code on the station, Kay observed the Sith Lord Darth Vader and discovered Sliro's ISB identity. With the codes received, the crew was able to complete the heist and receive the valuables from Sliro's mansion. However, it was revealed that Vrax's true goal was to secure a codex containing a list of information valuable to the Galactic Empire and the coordinates of Akivan rebels to take over Zerek Besh, causing him to betray Kay. After being saved by Gedeek and Ank, Kay decided that she needs to save ND-5 for what he did for the crew and Kay. After finding Sliro and Jaylen on the bridge, she discovered Vrax's relationship with Sliro as brothers who hated each other, with Vrax killing Sliro in the end. Later, Kay was able to remove the restraining bolt on ND-5 by using a trap, allowing it to kill Vrax. The crew later helped the rebel Asara Deyn fend of the Revelator for the Rebels on Akiva. With her death mark removed, Kay is freed, able to go anywhere in the galaxy with her partner Nix and ND-5.

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