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Biography
Valius Ying was a notorious Rutian Twi'lek pirate and gangster who was active in the Outer Rim in the era of the Mandalorian Wars. By 3,964 BBY, he had become captain of the starship Oroko, with several crew serving under him, and became acquainted with local Snivvian hood Marn Hierogryph. At some point, Ying hired the Ithorian bounty hunters known as the Moomo Brothers for a job, only to fire them because of their incompetence. During his time as a pirate, Ying was captured by Republic captain Saul Karath on the ship Reciprocity, although he had resumed his operations by 3,964 BBY. That year, Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick was accused of the murder of four of his fellow classmates on the planet Taris. Carrick went on the run with the help of Hierogryph, and a large bounty was placed on their heads. Not normally bounty hunters, Ying and the crew of the Oroko joined in on the hunt for Carrick and Hierogryph, eventually finding them in the Taris asteroid belt. The two fugitives were aboard the junk hauler Last Resort, which the Oroko captured with its tractor beam. Along with Carrick and Hierogryph, Ying and the Oroko also brought aboard Jarael and Gorman "Camper" Vandrayk, the Arkanian Offshoot owners of the Last Resort. Soon afterward, Ying made a deal with Hierogryph&mdash;in exchange for the codes to Hierogryph's Taris storehouses, Ying Ying would tell the authorities that the Last Resort was destroyed in the asteroid belt, and that he found Carrick alone in an escape pod. Then, Ying would allow Hierogryph, Jarael and Camper to go free.

When Ying and the Oroko returned to Taris with their "guests" in tow, Ying took a shuttle down to Taris' Upper City with Carrick, who was restrained in handcuffs, intending to bring the runaway Padawan to the five Jedi Masters stationed at the local Jedi Tower. Ying and Carrick were greeted by a massive crowd and heavy press coverage&mdash;reports on the event were broadcasted as far away as Dantooine. Ying paraded Carrick through the throng of spectators to the Tower, where he and his prisoner were scanned for weapons and recording devices before being allowed to meet with the Masters. Ying told the Masters his false story of having found Carrick in a lifepod, but the Miraluka Jedi Q'Anilia immediately saw through the lie. To Ying's surprise, Lucien Draay, Carrick's Master, admitted that Carrick did not actually kill his classmates, but that he was what the Masters wanted all the same. Furious, Carrick and Draay argued, revealing intimate and secret details of the fateful night, and Ying learned that the five Masters had actually killed the Padawans and framed Carrick after he narrowly escaped death at their hands. Disturbed by these revelations, Ying attempted to take his leave and return to his shuttle&mdash;however, Draay would not allow it, and quickly slew the Twi'lek gangster with his lightsaber.

Personality and traits
A large, imposing blue-skinned Rutian Twi'lek with lekku covered in rings, Ying was regarded by his acquaintance Marn Hierogryph as a dimwit. Although not usually a bounty hunter, he joined the hunt for Carrick and Hierogryph when it became profitable, but was willing to negotiate with his captives once he found them in the Taris asteroid belt. Ying was also willing to lie, even to a group of Jedi Masters, to uphold his end of a bargain. As a bounty hunter, Ying did not particularly care whether Carrick had actually committed the crime he was accused of, doing the job for the money. However, he was extremely surprised and disturbed when he learned the truth behind the Padawan massacre, and sought to extricate from the situation as quickly as possible&mdash;however, Lucien Draay refused to permit this and killed the Twi'lek.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 5: Commencement, Part 5
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 6: Commencement, Part 6
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 11: Reunion, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic&mdash;War 4