Vark Tarpalin's group

The Nihil Cloud Vark Tarpalin led a group of several Nihil—Strikes—during the High Republic Era, developing a reputation among his colleagues as a ruthless marauder. Following the Nihil marauders' occupation of the Outer Rim planet Valo in 230 BBY, Tarpalin was instead assigned to manage Valo as its Acting Regional Commander. Several Nihil began to regard Tarpalin as a useless bureaucrat for taking the relatively peaceful assignment, blunting his pride.

Hoping to salvage his reputation as a fierce commander, Tarpalin organized a celebratory Dark Fair on Valo in 229 BBY to commemorate the year anniversary of the Starlight Beacon space station's destruction, though the event was sabotaged before it could commence. Not long afterward, when the Nihil recruit Driggit Parse questioned the validity of one of Tarpalin's decisions, he sharply expressed that he did not care about her opinion and his past as a Nihil Cloud leading a group of Strikes before coming to Valo.

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