Dryden Vos' species

Dryden Vos' Species are an unidentified near-Human species. Dryden Vos, a member of this species, served Darth Maul as the public face of Crimson Dawn, a crime syndicate in Maul's Shadow Collective.

Biology
Members of Dryden Vos' species are externally nearly identical to Humans, and are known to be omnivorous. However, they are distinguished from Humans by the presence of a claw in place of a Human-like fingernail on their thumbs, and intricate vertical striations across their faces, which are normally faint in color. These striations are closely connected to their adrenaline levels and circulatory system. In moments of stress, the eyes of this species become bloodshot, and their facial striations would flare up, becoming darker and more visible. It is unknown if their striations run across other parts of their bodies, although it is known that they go down to at least their necks, and do not appear to run across their chests. Upon death, the striations of this species become discolored.

History
At some point by 19 BBY, a male member of this species, Dryden Vos, became the public face of the criminal organization Crimson Dawn, rising in power throughout the Clone Wars. Crimson Dawn was a member of the Zabrak crime lord Maul's Shadow Collective, and Vos secretly answered to Maul himself. In his position as the figurehead of Crimson Dawn, he acquired a luxurious Kalevalan yacht known as the First Light, where he based his operations out of. In 19 BBY, Maul, who had forcefully taken over the planet Mandalore, contacted Vos, who appeared in a meeting via hologram with Maul and the other Shadow Collective syndicate leaders. Maul ordered them to go into hiding, as he knew the end of the Clone Wars would herald the culmination of the Sith Grand Plan. Following his orders, Dryden Vos laid low throughout the fall of the Jedi and the creation of the Galactic Empire. He remained in his position after entering public life once more by 13 BBY. By that time, Vos purchased a Human slave from Corellia named Qi'ra, training her in martial arts as she rose the ranks of Crimson Dawn. Vos also dealt with the Pyke Syndicate, holding an uneasy alliance with them. At some point in time before 10 BBY, Vos put down a rebellion against Crimson Dawn's influence on the planet Savareen, a Human colony, by cutting out the tongues of the civilians.

Dryden Vos also employed a Human criminal named Tobias Beckett, who killed an alien bounty hunter named Aurra Sing for Vos. In 10 BBY, Beckett promised Vos a supply of refined coaxium as payment for an old debt, taking his crew to steal an Imperial supply of coaxium from Vandor, joined by another Human Corellian named Han Solo and a Wookiee named Chewbacca. However, the operation was botched after some interference from the Cloud-Riders gang, with the only survivors being Beckett, Han, and Chewbacca. After killing an Imperial governor during a business meeting gone wrong, Dryden Vos met with Han and Beckett, where Han managed to convince Vos to send them to the spice mines of Kessel to retrieve coaxium from the Pykes. While Vos didn't want to anger the Pykes, Qi'ra managed to convince him to send the crew, and Vos had Qi'ra sent alongside them to ensure the mission succeeded. Vos waited aboard the First Light as the coaxium was retrieved, agreeing to meet them on Savareen, as the planet had a facility that could refine the coaxium and was not under Imperial control. There, the crew was met by the Cloud-Riders, who were revealed to be part of the growing rebellion against the Empire, and sought to give the coaxium to the Partisans, a radical group of anti-Imperial rebels.

With their help, Han Solo plotted to switch the coaxium with fakes, going aboard the First Light without Beckett and claiming that he did not survive the mission. Vos first appeared pleased by Han's success, but unbeknownst to Han, Chewbacca, and Qi'ra, Beckett had been constantly informing Vos of the mission's status, including the fake coaxium, and soon came aboard the ship, with Vos sending his Hylobon security guards to secure the real coaxium from the Cloud-Riders. However, Han revealed that he anticipated Beckett's betrayal, as the Cloud-Riders by the shipment were actually disguised civilians, with the real Cloud-Riders quickly revealing themselves to subdue the Hylobons, and the coaxium Han brought before Vos was the real supply. Beckett then turned on Vos, killing the two Hylobons in the room and taking Chewbacca hostage at gunpoint, taking the real coaxium and leaving the others behind, where Vos and Han quickly began fighting. Vos first asked Han to team up against Beckett, before disarming him, but Han managed to dodge all of Vos' subsequent attacks, making Vos destroy his own artifacts in the process. When Han got a blaster, Qi'ra intervened with a vibrocultass taken from a Hylobon corpse, disarming Han again and throwing him to the floor. Thinking that she was on his side, Vos walked over to Han while gloating, but Qi'ra's attack on Han was a ruse meant to lure Vos into melee range, where she quickly attacked him. In an attempt to disarm her, Vos got his own weapon, a custom-made Kyuzo petar, stuck in the vibrocutlass, allowing Qi'ra to kill him by impaling it into his chest. Qi'ra had Han leave the yacht to rescue Chewbacca, and then used Vos' ring to contact Maul, blaming the events of the showdown and Vos' death on Beckett, before being ordered to Dathomir, where she was given Vos' position as the figurehead of Crimson Dawn.

Appearances

 * Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars s07e10 "The Phantom Apprentice" (2020)