Pepan Manja was a diagnosed mentally-unstable Kubaz male culinary arts student living on the planet Coruscant. His cultural practices and insectivore diet drove him to view insectoid citizens solely as a food source. Pepan attempted to resist his ingrained urges in order to better interact with society, focusing on his schooling and eventually entering the regional Durasteel Chef competition. His entry was met with a negative review by Nik'tak, a Riileb food critic, and Pepan held a grudge. His view of insectoid sentients gradually began to distort further, and he satisfied his inborn urges and cravings within the local vagrant population. The disappearances of his first victims went largely unnoticed by the authorities as they were homeless, living out of the public eye in the Coruscant U