Grissom
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- "Gamorrean, I saw you save my daughter. I see nobility in your eyes."
- ―Lorn Kabul[src]
Grissom was a Gamorrean with a strong sense of honor and a noble character. The right side of his face was scarred. Grissom, who was taller than the average Gamorrean and had an unusually athletic build, was a fear-imposing sight, but was noted as being caring and noble.
He understood Jawaese, which he presumably learned while serving as one of Jabba's palace guards.
[edit] Biography
Grissom had seen most of his Gamorrean friends slaughtered in battle. He had cradled his dying wife and daughter, who had fallen victim to a fatal and unnamed disease. Having lost his family, Grissom pursued a mercenary career and was employed by Jabba Desilijic Tiure, but when Jabba was killed during Luke Skywalker's rescue of Han Solo, Grissom once more found himself all alone. Once more, his life seemed purposeless. For some time, he traveled the galaxy taking whatever job he could get, and eventually ended up a pitfighter on the planet Otunia.
One evening in the local cantina, a Gran, who was harassing a young Human female called Arista Kabul, caused Grissom to spill his drink. When the Gran subsequently provoked Grissom, Grissom's frustrations boiled over. Grissom knocked out the Gran, starting a bar fight. Grissom was arrested by and forced into working at Arista's influential father's quarry.
A week after that incident, Arista's uncle Seth Kabul who had made an alliance with the Galactic Empire, assassinated Arista's father planting a very powerful explosive device in the quarry, set to explode during Arista's father's inspection round. Grissom survived the explosion and saved Arista's life. Her father, mortally injured, asks Grissom to protect Arista and help her get off planet. Cradling an unconscious Arista in his arms, Grissom's recalled how helpless he felt when his daughter died in his arms years back.
Assisted by a Jawa called Tek, Grissom and Arista eventually manage to sabotage Seth's operation and got off the planet. In the unlikely trio, Grissom's life once more gained a purpose, and Grissom himself gained two invaluable friends.
