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Kempo, Lex

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a good-looking young Corellian known as the "Mad Vornskr," Lex was a member of the Red Moons. Prior to his service under Andrephan Stormcaller, Kempo claimed to have been a member of an elite stormtrooper unit and several mercenary groups. In fact, Lex had been conscripted in the Imperial military after a drinking and bragging session in a Corellian bar left him too hungover to remember how he had gotten there. He proved himself tougher, faster, and better than his fellow soldiers, but this also earned him their hatred. Lex was assigned to the 676th Light Support Scouts to keep him out of the way, and took the first chance he could find to sneak away and join the world of freelance soldiers. He kept and wore a modified suit of scout trooper armor, which had been dulled and therma-painted to match the surroundings in which he worked. Kempo managed to escape from firefights that no being could have survived, and an acquaintence once told him he was as "mad as a vornskr." He liked the description, and kept the nickname "Mad Vornskr." Sometime later, he joined the Alliance as a pathfinder and scout, and worked closely with the Red Alpha unit. He was responsible for protecting Gunder Vren during the Alliance's attempt to recover the Shard of Alderaan program from Begas Tok. When Andrephan Stormcaller broke away from the New Republic, Kempo followed him to join the Red Moons. He was part of the assault team that attacked the Karazak Slavers Guild on Gabredor III. Kempo was responsible for driving a repulsorsled laden with explosives into the primary entrance to the slavers' compound, killing himself in the resulting infreno. However, Kempo "went out with a blaze of glory," having set up the explosions to burn a huge, crescent shape in the compound, marking the destruction as casued by the Red Moons.