| abstract | - Slade's mother died giving birth to him and so he was raised by his father on and around Corellia. His father was a "jack of all trades" sort of man and a lot of what he did wasn't always on the good side of the law. Despite all this Slade made friends and managed to stay out of trouble. He was smart and sometimes very manipulative, always tried to have a backup plan should things go wrong. He wasn't that bad with the ladies too, typically always having some girl hanging off from an arm. Everything that was his father would rub off on Slade, who viewed his father as a kind of dark hero. Slade was taught everything his father knew, how to read the lines under the lies to find the truth, how to read a person and manipulate them. How to sense danger or to turn down a job without pissing off some crime lord. How to fight, where to go, how to do this and that. It all became second nature to Slade as it had been to his father. Some would simply call it "Street Wise", but Slade's father took it up a notch or two. Slade's father also instilled in him a sense of honor and justice by the blaster. Even if what they did was illegal it was always for the right reasons or they would go out of their way to make sure no one was hurt. Those that did manage to fool them or did them wrong... Well that's where the "justice by gun" came into play. One time when Slade was still young, he was kidnapped by a bunch of thugs that worked for a group of slavers. Slade only spent 2 days in their "care" but it was enough to ignite a burning hatred for slavery. When his father showed up with help to save him, Slade had already managed to escape from his cell and killed a good portion of the slavers and their goons. He demanded he should be the one to finish the thugs off, but his father wouldn't let him. He told him it would change him forever, and would make his mother cry. Slade didn't really understand it at the time but he let it go. His father on the other hand made those men suffer before shooting them. As the years passed father and son gained some reputation and power within the group they were in. His father was even given control over his own territory. His territory brought in a good share of credits to the group but the men under him often thought they could get more if they pushed harder on the people and businesses. Slade's father wouldn't allow it and harshly punished his men that went out of line. Slade himself was made right hand man to his father at age 18. Things went well for the next few months, but then there was a sudden and violent power change in the groups higher authority. Slade's father was viewed by the new boss as weak and had him killed while Slade was out doing his rounds. The hit-men would have gotten to him too if his then girlfriend Jennifer didn't tip him off. She later died for giving him that info, in his arms. This started a week of hell on Corellia where Slade and two of his most trusted enforcers systematically wiped out the group he once worked for. Both criminal and civilian, friends and family, were killed in what was to be called as the Cartel Uprising. Slade an his allies killed everyone and took everything, and when all was said and done... they left leaving one hell of a mess and mystery for Cor Sec to try and figure out.
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