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Popara Anjiliac Diresto

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this Hutt was known for his keen mind and business acumen, as well as for the gentler rod he used to keep his minions under control. Popara was recognized by his large body, which was mottled with patches of gray skin, and his wide eyes, which seemed to take in everything around him. Popara preferred to use other beings to do his dirty work, taking whatever action was necessary to protect himself against injury. The base for Popara's operations was located in Anjiliac Towers, on the moon of Nar Shaddaa. The primary enterprise of Popara's organization was smuggling, and he made it a point never to deal in slaves - although he owned several himself. During the early years of the New Order, Popara was well into his ninth century of life when he learned that his youngest child, Mika, had been stranded on Endregaad when a plague broke out on the planet. Fearing for Mika's life, Popara called in a debt from a group of freelance agents, hiring them to rescue Mika. Unknown to Popara, Mika was the creator and source of the tempest spice. All Popara knew was that the tempest was taking away huge profits from the sales of other forms of spice, and wanted to find out where it came from. Popara was also unaware that his elder offspring, Zonnos, was angry about Popara's concern for Mika, and wanted his sibling eliminated. He called in the freelance agents again, requesting their help in eliminating tempest and finding the being who was behind the attempt on Mika's life. Shortly after hiring the agents, Popara died from food poisoning in a messy event, as his body swelled to twice its normal size before exploding into hundreds of pieces. The poison was actually a deadly concoction created by Mika himself.