Calo Nord

Calo Nord was a bounty hunter in the time of the Old Republic, 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War.

Biography
At a young age, Calo was sold into slavery by his parents, but on his 16th birthday killed his owners and then his parents. He soon became a bounty hunter and worked for Davik Kang's Exchange.

When Darth Malak bombed Taris, Calo, who was in Davik's hangar trying to stop Revan from stealing Davik's freighter, the Ebon Hawk, was buried under the rubble and nearly killed, but survived and took a contract from the Sith to hunt down Bastila Shan and Revan. He was killed by Revan during Revan's search for the Star Maps.

Besides the Exchange and the Sith, Calo had also been hired by the Republic for unknown operations in the Core.

Traits
Calo Nord appeared as an unsuspecting short man in simple clothes, with his hair and eyes hidden. However, under these clothes he wore a custom body armor based on Mandalorian design; he even assassinated the armor's creator to ensure its uniqueness.

When someone disturbed Calo, he used to count annoying phrases and only fire at the speaker after the third phrase, giving them a chance to rethink their behavior and escape his anger.

Behind the scenes
Depending on the order in which Revan (the KotOR player) visits the planets, Calo Nord may appear either on Tatooine or Kashyyyk. On Tatooine, he is accompanied by Rodian and Aqualish thugs, and on Kashyyyk, he is accompanied by Wookiees loyal to Chuundar.

The first time the player meets Calo is in the Lower City cantina. Since the player is supposed to be too weak to defeat him at this moment, he is invulnerable, but the player can escape inevitable death by quickly leaving and re-entering the cantina.

His unique armor is not that unique in the sequel, KotOR II, where it is called "Verpine Zal Alloy Mesh", looks exactly the same and, even without any upgrades, has characteristics equal to the fully upgraded Calo Nord's armor from KotOR I.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic