- "Yes! Yes! More glory for Verax!"
- — Verax
Verax was the top gladiator of the Trinivii Kajidic on Nar Kresh, a title he held for decades. A skilled warrior and tough to kill to boot, Verax had survived and thrived in the arenas ever since the Trinivii sent him to the planet to fight for them. Originally a slave, Verax long ago earned his freedom but chose to stay on Nar Kresh because of how much he enjoyed fighting in the arenas. No other Trinivii gladiator had been able to defeat him to take his title away.
Although not without his share of defeats at the hands of rival kajidic gladiators, such victories tended to be rare. Verax remained a favorite with the spectators since he had a knack for knowing how to make matches as thrilling as possible. Most notably, he had a longtime rivalry with the champion of the Direj Kajidic, a Devaronian known as Asael. Since matches between the two tended to be some of the most talked about (and heavily betted upon), the Hutts kept the rivalry going rather than give the okay for one to kill the other.
Once Verax began to grow in popularity, the leader of the Trinivii Kajidic, Mortrassa, decreed that the Tarc be fitted with a vocoder which automatically translated everything Verax said into Basic (Huttese was considered but rejected since Basic would net more fans). This was necessary since the Tarc as a species lacked the proper physiology to speak Basic. The vocoder was permanently integrated in Verax’s throat and had sensors that monitored his brain impulses to automatically raise or lower the volume of the vocoder as Verax intended.
For reasons unknown, Verax had a habit of referring to himself in the third person which often caused others who didn't know him to underestimate his intelligence.
Verax's long reign as his kajidic's champion eventually came to an end at the hands of Asael, who finally killed him in a match. One of Verax's fellow gladiators, Skarrek, would kill Asael soon after, making the Barabel the new champion for Trinivii.