Marn Hierogryph

"I'm not an accessory! I am a mastermind!"

- Marn Hierogryph to Zayne Carrick

Marn "Gryph" Hierogryph was a Snivvian black-marketeer on Taris as of 3,964 BBY. He ran a profitable business in the Upper City, and was known to operate under the alias "Baron Hieromarn." His success was due in part to the fact that he was able to provide services cheaper than either the Black Vulkars or Hidden Beks. Gryph occasionally got into trouble with Zayne Carrick.

His traits included resistance to mind-affecting Force powers (it is known that Zayne failed to use a mind trick on him and Q'anilia was unable to sense his mind). He also insisted on calling Jedi Padawans "interns" and "Junior Jedi" and had a habit to confuse the first letter in names (in particular, saying "Wayne" instead of "Zayne" and "Bith" instead of "Sith").

Biography
After Carrick was finally able to capture Gryph, he returned with him to the Temple. While inside, Zayne found his Masters had slain his fellow padawans, and was just barely alive to escape with his life. He returned to Gryph and the speeder, only to find out he had been framed for the murders, with Gryph named as his accomplice.

Gryph had numerous contacts in the Lower City of Taris, including the aging mechanic Camper. Camper and Gryph had worked together to smuggle the fugitive Zovius Mendu to Corellia a few months before Gryph was captured by Zayne. Gryph decided to call on Camper for help in his plan to get off Taris.

After telling Zayne he would take him to the Undercity (and inadvertantly misleading Master Q'anilia), Gryph first called on the help of two Wookiee garbage collectors. Then, he convinced some Black Vulkars under Benno who had captured him and Zayne to let them go. Then Gryph revealed his true plan to Zayne: they would ask for help from Camper and his associate Jarael. However, upon arriving at Camper and Jarael's homebase at Junk Junction, Jarael was suspicious of the fugitive duo and attacked Zayne. Initially both Jarael and Camper refused to help Zayne and Gryph (Jarael because of Zayne's indirect role in convincing Lhosan Industries to leave Taris, and Camper because of Gryph's failure to pay him for the Mendu transaction). However, when a force led by Constable Sowrs and Jedi Master Lucien Draay arrived on the scene, Jarael and Camper allowed Zayne and Gryph to escape with them on their ship Last Resort. The group planned to retrace Zayne's steps, returning to every world where he was trained.

It was the bounty hunter Valius Ying that captured the crew of the Last Resort inside the Ororoo's tractor beam. Gryph explained Zayne that Ying would let go the crew of the Last Resort but not Zayne. The bounty of Zayne was too high to let him go.

Gryph was saddened by this but he didn't have a choice, or did he. At Taris when Lucien Draay and the Covenant were going to kill Zayne, Jarael and the crew of the Last Resort made an amazing rescue in the citadel. After they were out from the grasp of the Covenant, Gryph told Zayne that they were going to make a great team together. Only with one condition, so Gryph wouldn't call Zayne "Intern", so he promise, so called Zayne..."Henchman".

Gryph was present on mining colony of Vanquo when the Mandalorians and attacked took his companion, Jarael, captive.

Behind the scenes
John Jackson Miller originally intended Gryph to be an Ortolan. However, Brian Ching convinced him to change, due to the fact that Ortolans have no facial expressions.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Flashpoint