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The Nihil Cloud Vark Tarpalin led a group of several Nihil—Strikes—during the High Republic Era, developing a reputation among his colleagues as a ruthless marauder. Following the Nihil marauders' occupation of the Outer Rim planet Valo^[1] in 230 BBY,^[2] Tarpalin was instead assigned to manage Valo as its Acting Regional Commander. Several Nihil began to regard Tarpalin as a useless bureaucrat for taking the relatively peaceful assignment, blunting his pride.^[1]

Hoping to salvage his reputation as a fierce commander, Tarpalin organized a celebratory Dark Fair on Valo^[1] in 229 BBY^[2] to commemorate the year anniversary of the Starlight Beacon space station's destruction, though the event was sabotaged before it could commence. Not long afterward, when the Nihil recruit Driggit Parse questioned the validity of one of Tarpalin's decisions, he sharply expressed that he did not care about her opinion and his past as a Nihil Cloud leading a group of Strikes before coming to Valo.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The group was mentioned in Escape from Valo, a 2024 junior novel written by Daniel José Older and Alyssa Wong as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's^[1] Phase III.^[3]

Appearances[]

• The High Republic: Escape from Valo (First mentioned)
• The High Republic: Escape from Valo audiobook (Mentioned only)

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