Ecclessis Figg/Legends

Ecclessis Figg was a spacer, explorer, and eventually wealthy businessbeing. After marrying Yarith, a lower house Alderaanian noblewoman, Figg founded the Outer Javin Company responsible for the exploration of the remote Greater Javin, the charting of new hyperspace routes through the Twin Nebulae, establishment of the Anoat Sector, and the construction of Cloud City. The company Figg Excavations, which worked in the Greater Javin area, was named for him, as was the Ecclessis Figg Room.

The entrepreneur
Ecclessis Figg was born to commoner parents of the Corellian system. Artistic in nature, they raised Figg in an environment that encouraged creativity. Figg picked up the flair of his parents, causing him to be perceived by the upper classes of Corellia as impertinent, but he also developed a keen business sense that topped any in his family. At 18, Figg smuggled himself aboard a freighter to participate in adventures that would earn him money. Over the next few years, the young man made contacts all along the Corellian Trade Spine, impressing many with his charisma and daring. Figg dreamed of founding a surveying and trading company to open up systems along the Trade Spine. He took a position as steward on a luxury liner, and it was in this job that he saved the life of Yarith, a lesser noble of the Royal House of Alderaan. Figg courted Yarith for a brief period before they were married, and his new wife, understanding Figg's ambitions, opened her private fortune to him to start his new Outer Javin Company. Lord Figg had now also become part of the Alderaanian Royal Family.

Figg's initial goal was to scout the systems off the Trade Spine and discover what potential they had in the way of resources, commerce, and colonization. He and Yarith accompanied a number of his expeditions to these worlds, and eventually he began to invest in several small colonies to collect resources on worlds thought inaccessible. On worlds with dangers ranging from poisonous atmospheres to hostile native life, Figg built numerous operations that not only proved themselves to be safe, but turned a profit. Figg took up residence on the world of Gerrenthum. When missions into the area known as the Twin Nebulae opened up hyperspace shortcuts to the worlds of Lutrillia and Nothoiin, the economic boom it triggered made Figg immeasurably wealthy and turned the Twin Nebulae into an economic powerhouse. Not wanting to attract undue attention from the Galactic Republic and knowing that conflicts between native species would damage his trade, Figg made sure both the Lutrillians and Nothoiin reaped the rewards of the new routes. Figg established himself as a familiar sight on Coruscant as well, becoming a major benefactor of several powerful senators.

Personality and traits
Ecclessis Figg was raised by parents of an artistic bent to encourage his creativity, and the young man developed a business acumen and personal flair that those of the classes above him saw as impertinence. Figg would willingly risk dangers to help a friend, and this loyalty and his personal charisma impressed others and earned him numerous connections.

Figg was considered to be eccentric and a colorful character. An eager man, he took great risks that often paid off, from his early decision to smuggle himself off-planet to his investments in later life. Leaving successes in his wake, Figg styled himself the "Master Trader of the Outer Javin".

Appearances

 * Boba Fett: Crossfire
 * Lady Luck
 * Heir to the Empire
 * Dark Apprentice
 * Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City