Blitzer Harrsk

Harrsk (? - 12 ABY) was an Imperial officer turned warlord.

At the Battle of Endor, Harrsk commanded a Imperial Star Destroyer that suffered heavy damage. Covered in severe burns from the subsequent fires, Harrsk retreated into the Core with the rest of the remaining fleet. Harrsk, wishing to bear a reminder of his hatred for the Rebel Alliance, refused bacta treatment, allowing his skin to severely scare and requiring the installation of an optical sensor to replace a damaged eye.

Hidden in the Core, Harrsk mustered several Imperial survivors to his side, including the forces of the assassinated Grand Admiral Martio Batch, and escewed his rank of Captain for the self-created title of "Supreme Warlord". As the New Republic formed and grew in prestige, Harrsk began to strike against its border worlds with lightning raids. While Harrsk strived to reestablish Palpatine's galactic New Order, his desire for personal power lead him to internecine war with other self-proclaimed warlords.

In 12 ABY, Harrsk began massing his forces in the Atrivis Sector. From his base on Spuma, Harrsk began building Imperial-class Star Destroyers to strengthen his fleet, and succeeded in building twelve new Star Destroyer, including Firestorm, Whirlwind, and Shockwave, the latter serving as Harrk's flagship. Shortly thereafter, Admiral Daala, having been defeated and forced into hiding, approached Harrsk to form a coalition against the burgeoning New Republic. Harrsk, full of superbia, refused Daala's offered, and demanded that she lead his new fleet against "High Admiral" Teradoc, a competing warlord. Before Daala could assist Harrsk, Teradoc launched a surprise attack, destroying Shockwave, killing Daala's aide-de-camp Kratas, and hamstringing Harrsk's plans.

Harrsk was lured at the abandoned space station of Tsoss Beacon for a summit of Imperial warlords. There Harrsk, along with his enemies Teradoc and "Superior General" Delvardus, was trapped and poisoned by Daala and then Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon. The death of the squabling warlords cleared the war for Daala to unite many remaining Imperial forces, as Grand Admiral Thrawn had done three years earlier and strike at the New Republic.

Appearances

 * Darksaber