A squat, hunched being with cold, clammy skin and a murderous twinkle in his eye, Mantu was far from a typical Selkath. Historically, his people had been regarded as a peaceful, helpful culture devoted to the tending of the ill, or the care of their oceans. How far had the Selkath fallen that Mantu was one of their most well known modern legends, a deadly bounty hunter who relied on surprise to target his prey.
For an extremely dangerous assignment -- namely, the kidnapping of Chancellor Palpatine -- Count Dooku recruited the best bounty hunters he could find and put them through a grueling test to ensure only the most skillful, cunning and deadly hired guns survived.
Obi-Wan Kenobi infiltrated the criminal underworld to learn more about the rumored plot against Chancellor Palpatine. Posing as Rako Hardeen, Marksman of Concord Dawn, Kenobi entered into an elite class of bounty hunters competing to prove to Count Dooku that they were worthy of this most lucrative assignment.
To construct his plan to strike at the Republic leadership, Count Dooku enlisted the help of criminal mastermind, Moralo Eval. With the resources of the Separatist Alliance at his disposal, Moralo engineered the Box, a diabolical death engine meant to test candidates to the limits of their abilities.
One half of a legendary team of bounty hunting brothers, Onca helped dispel the myth that all Ithorians were peaceful.
Onca's brother, Bulduga favored a quick-draw blaster to his brother's heavier weapons.
A fearsome and laconic bounty hunter, the dextrous and agile Embo could overwhelm an opponent with a surprising array of attacks.
A elite hunter among a culture of hunters, the cocky Sixtat was known as the Outlands Butcher.
Derrown's Parwan anatomy of being an ambulatory gasbag might have given some reason to underestimate the bounty hunter, but he more than earned his monicker as the Exterminator.
Of the many Rodian bounty hunters in the galaxy, Jakoli was exceptionally cold to warrant a reputation for never once bringing in a quarry alive.
A technical wizard, Sinrich relies on gimmicks and devices to trap his prey in his vocation as bounty hunter. He is renowned as the inventor of the holographic disguise matrix.
A Weequay pirate who struck out on her own to make a name for herself as a bounty hunter, Swan has amassed an intimidating reputation.
An acrobatic Frenk, Twazzi was a highly skilled bounty hunter who competed in the Box to earn a place in Count Dooku's elite posse of predators.
Bane was hired by Count Dooku to extricate Moralo Eval from behind the bars of a high security Republic prison. Bane, with the help of Rako Hardeen, transported Eval off Coruscant, and found himself as part of the finalists in a deadly competition to determine which of the galaxy's most lethal bounty hunters would get a chance at the ultimate prize: the capture of Chancellor Palpatine.