[K18 - Mataou - FZ] The Mataou Episode I

The Mataou Episode I

Somewhere in the distance a voice could be heared shouting: "Alms for the poor?"
Pembosass and his crew were wandering through the streets of one of those smugglers settlements on the backwater world of Mataou. It was hot and the air as thick as Bantha butter. No wind was blowing.
The party dispersed, gathering intel, looking for a job...
A rugged stormtrooper, who certainly had seen better days, was sitting in the burning sun, asking the passers-by: "Alms for the poor?"
While the group dispersed, Kragan approached some Jawas. He could haggle for hours. A skill he mastered in his former life as smuggler and pirate.
"Alms for the poor?" the old stormtrooper shouted.
Pembosass walked over and handed some rations and - hidden between the food packages - a few credits to the old man.
"Aye, Pembosass the Pirate!" The trooper said with a firm voice.
"How has it arisen that you know my name?" Pembosass asked without getting an answer.
Suddenly the beggar widened his eyes and leaned against the wall behind him. Staring into the sky, as if he had an vision, he shouted repeatedly:
"The Flame of Zhar....I saw it in my dreams" The old trooper continued to shout!
Pembosass looked left and right but nobody was paying attention to the beggars dramatical episode and after some minutes, in which the beggar continued shouting, finaly mustered the courage to ask: "What is this Flame of Zhar?"
The beggar was shouting: "A gem, a precious gem! The eternal flame! Great power comes with it" He continued with great verve: "The Flame of Zhar....is calling YOU!"
Exhausted from his vision the dazed beggar fall silent and slowly started eating one of the rations.
Later Pembosass gathered his crew: "We have to find out more about this Flame of Zhar..."