Gloyd Gloyd was a male Houk officer in the navy of the Sith Empire , and later one of the top ranking members of the Lost Tribe of Sith . Gloyd was originally a member of a crew of brigands , who stumbled across the Sith Empire while searching for treasure in the Stygian Caldera . While most of his team did not survive their discovery , Gloyd ' s experience as a foot soldier and gunner made him useful to the Sith Empire , and he eventually became a gunnery officer in the Sith Navy . Gloyd served under Captain Yaru Korsin on the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " , and the two became lifelong friends . In 5000 BBY , on a mining mission to a moon of the planet Phaegon III , the " Omen " was attacked by Jedi , causing the " Omen " to veer off course as it jumped to hyperspace and crash - land on the remote world of Kesh . After several harrowing nights trapped in the mountains , the " Omen " crew made it to civilization , where they posed as the gods of the native Keshiri and took over the planet . Despite Gloyd ' s best efforts , no way off the planet could be found , and he instead served for years at the side of his friend Korsin , now Grand Lord of the Lost Tribe of Sith . In 4975 BBY , Gloyd and Korsin were attacked by a force led by Yaru ' s wife Seelah , who wanted to avenge the death of her former husband Devore at Yaru ' s hands and to install her son Jariad as Grand Lord . Gloyd was killed during the fighting , setting off a proton detonator he had kept for the previous twenty - five years , instead of falling to his enemies . The explosion also gravely wounded Seelah , and her plot was soon foiled . Biography . Bandit turned naval officer . The Houk male known as Gloyd was born in the era before the Great Hyperspace War . Originally a member of a team of brigands , Gloyd led the life of a gunner and foot soldier , doing combat with Jedi many times along the way . At one point , Gloyd found himself on the wrong end of a Jedi ' s lightsaber , which just missed taking his head off and permanently scarred his face . Gloyd ' s crew eventually learned of the mysteries of the Stygian Caldera region , which was generally avoided by outsiders . Figuring something wondrous had to be there , they journeyed forth , only to discover the might of the hidden Sith Empire . While most of his team was wiped out , Gloyd survived and eventually became a member of the Sith Empire ' s Navy , rising to the rank of gunnery officer . By 5000 BBY , Gloyd was the gunnery officer on the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " , leading his own torpedo crew under a captain named Yaru Korsin , who was on his first command . Sharing a similar acidic wit , and an interest in their job uncommon among the other , more ambitious Sith , the two became close friends and by 5 , 000 BBY had worked together on the " Omen " for decades . That year , Gloyd accompanied Korsin and the " Omen " on a mission to Phaegon III ' s largest moon , in an attempt to mine Lignan valuable to the Sith efforts in the Great Hyperspace War against the Galactic Republic . However , a Jedi attack caused the " Omen " sister ship , the " Harbinger " , to hit the " Omen " as the latter jumped to hyperspace . Bumped off course and " en route " to parts unknown , the " Omen " ran into a gravity well that grievously damaged the ship . When the " Omen " reverted to realspace , it was listing toward a mysterious planet named Kesh . While the " Omen " bridge erupted in chaos , Gloyd , although privately worried , remained calm and even smiled and joked with his equally cool - nerved friend , Yaru Korsin . The damaged " Omen " eventually drifted into Kesh ' s atmosphere , which was found to have breathable air , although Gloyd saw this positive development as just a reprieve from what was to come . In a desperate attempt to slow the ship ' s descent , Korsin , after consulting Gloyd , opened the " Omen " torpedo doors with the Force , succeeding in his task . However , the " Omen " was still destined to crash , and after everyone took cover , the dreadnaught slammed into a granite ridge . Korsin was caught out of position and was thrown forward and nearly impaled on a shattered viewport , and though Gloyd tried to pull his friend to safety , the continuing movement of the " Omen " impeded his progress . The " Omen " slid to a halt on a precipice high in the mountains — Gloyd was one of 355 survivors of the disaster , including Korsin . Many had died , and twenty - one more perished on a perilous journey through a narrow mountain pass away from the shattered " Omen " to a clearing below . After the Sith set up camp , an incident occurred where the " Omen " elderly navigator , Boyle Marcom , was attacked and killed by Korsin ' s spice - addicted half - brother Devore , who blamed Marcom for the ship ' s crash . Shaken by the incident , Korsin sought Gloyd ' s counsel . Gloyd , who had missed the violence , surmised that they only had two choices : to either find a way off - planet , or hide until everyone else killed one another . Gloyd figured that the only chance they had was to force the crew members to follow Korsin ' s lead , and push aside anyone who would not abide . Life on Kesh . Although Korsin decided to follow Gloyd ' s advice , the situation did not immediately improve for the stranded Sith . The high altitude and bitter cold combined to kill more wounded crew members , and Gloyd was forced to rely on bitter roots for sustenance . Later on , Gloyd witnessed a large six - legged mammal vault into the camp , gruesomely killing one of the injured Sith before it could be taken down . Salvation for Gloyd and the other Sith came from an unexpected source , as a native Keshiri woman , Adari Vaal , stumbled across their isolated camp while fleeing from religious trouble . Although her presence was a source of discomfort for Gloyd , Vaal was convinced to help the Sith escape their predicament . Vaal brought the Sith to the Keshiri city of Tahv , where they posed as the native gods and earned the complete devotion and subservience of the Keshiri . Gloyd , along with all the other Sith , was feted by the Keshiri , who allowed them to move into homes previously occupied by their ruling council , the Neshtovar . Once they were settled down , Gloyd set out with Korsin on a mission to dig up metals necessary to repair the " Omen " . Gloyd first oversaw an effort to clear a new path through to a nearby peninsula , a route needed to bring materials to the " Omen " . That phase was successful — however , as they would soon find , the metals they sought were nowhere to be found . For better or for worse , the Sith were stuck on Kesh . Over the next fifteen years , Gloyd continued to faithfully serve his friend , now the Grand Lord of the new Lost Tribe of Sith , Yaru Korsin . However , Gloyd remained ever anxious to leave Kesh , and frequently pitched different escape plans to Korsin in the new Sith temple built in the mountains at the " Omen " crash site . In 4985 BBY , Gloyd came to Korsin with his latest plan : using one of the " Omen " surviving boring lasers to fire signals into space , hoping to catch the attention of a passing freighter . Gloyd ' s idea was quickly dismissed as ludicrous by Korsin ' s science advisor , Ermon Parrah , and ultimately rejected by Korsin . Not long after Gloyd ' s pitch to Korsin , gruesome news rolled into the temple — the entire population of the southern town of Tetsubal , recently visited on an ecological survey by Korsin ' s Sith pureblood advisor Ravilan Wroth , had mysteriously died . Along with Korsin and his wife Seelah , the widow of the by - now - deceased Devore , Gloyd rushed to Tetsubal to observe the grisly scene , finding only Wroth alive amidst a sea of Keshiri corpses . Fearing that an airborne biological agent was responsible , Korsin sent a shaken Gloyd back to Tahv , to make sure that his daughter Nida made it safely back to their mountain temple . The deaths in Tetsubal , as well as similar incidents in other nearby towns , were ultimately judged to be caused by Wroth and his compatriots , due to manipulation by Seelah as part of a plot to eliminate the pureblood Sith from the Lost Tribe to open the way for an all - Human version . As a result , the Korsins led a wholesale purge of the forty - five Sith purebloods on Kesh , leaving the Houk Gloyd as the only non - Human remaining in the ranks of the Tribe . Last stand . The deaths at Tetsubal caused a stir amongst the Keshiri , and the Lost Tribe feared that they could lose their support entirely . However , Gloyd was instrumental in retaining the devotion of the natives , thinking up a stunt where a known Keshiri dissenter was brought to Tahv ' s Circle Eternal plaza to proclaim against the Sith , only to suddenly die , mysteriously choking to death on his own words . This display of dark side power was a complete success , and with the belief of the Keshiri reaffirmed , the mass deaths of the Tetsubal region were effectively passed off as the result of the residents ' lack of faith in the divinity of the Lost Tribe . By 4975 BBY , with all attempts to find a way off Kesh having failed , the Lost Tribe decided to stay there for good — with no reason to stay by the " Omen " , they committed to remove themselves from their mountain temple and live amongst the Keshiri . Their intentions were revealed in a massive ceremony at the site of the Circle Eternal , in front of thousands of cheering Keshiri . An aged Gloyd served as Yaru Korsin ' s ceremonial bodyguard , personally introducing Adari Vaal , who was feted as the " Daughter of the Skyborn , " and lastly High Lord Jariad Korsin , son of Devore and Seelah , one of the top candidates to succeed Yaru Korsin as Grand Lord . While Jariad was believed to be Korsin ' s heir , he was not the true choice — for years , Gloyd had helped Korsin hide his daughter Nida ' s training in the dark side , which Seelah had tried to suppress , as the Grand Lord groomed her for his position . Unbeknownst to Gloyd , Seelah and her son Jariad were plotting to overthrow Korsin , as revenge for the death of Devore twenty - five years earlier — although the circumstances of his death were kept secret , during the Sith ' s time stranded in the mountains Devore had tried to usurp control of the group , leading to a lightsaber duel and his death at the hands of Korsin . By chance , the event had been witnessed by Adari Vaal , and it was through her that Seelah learned how her husband had died . For decades she and Jariad planned to kill Yaru Korsin , and they finally struck soon after the ceremony . Unfortunately for Gloyd , he was with his friend Korsin at the time , and they and four bodyguards were ambushed as they walked in the temple . Although outnumbered four - to - one and encircled by Jariad and his contingent of Sith Saber warriors , Gloyd and Korsin resolved to fight . Luckily , they got a timely distraction , as a Keshiri resistance group , secretly led by Adari Vaal , stole the temple uvak beasts as part of a plan to destroy the Lost Tribe ' s hold over their planet . The theft of the uvak gave Gloyd and crew a chance to make a run for it , and make a stand on better ground . Gloyd eventually became separated from Korsin , and was chased into another part of the complex by Seelah ' s warriors . Gloyd fought back with all his might , ably holding out against wave upon wave of enemies despite his old age . However , his and Korsin ' s time was running short . As Gloyd ' s last stand drew near its end , Korsin played his trump , as Nida Korsin and her Skyborn Rangers uvak - riding club arrived on the scene as reinforcement , turning the tide of the battle . While Seelah ' s plan fell apart before her eyes , Gloyd brought the fight to her chamber . Cornered , Gloyd knew his time had come , and he wanted to take everyone else with him . Gloyd produced a proton detonator , a weapon he had had up his sleeve since the crash of the " Omen " twenty - five years earlier . Gloyd set the detonator off , killing himself but bringing the entire room down on his enemies . In the end , Seelah ' s coup was a complete failure — Jariad died in combat with Nida and Yaru Korsin , and although Seelah survived , Gloyd ' s proton detonator had severely wounded her , and she permanently lost the use of her legs . Although Yaru died from his injuries , Nida Korsin lived to take over the Lost Tribe . By 3000 BBY , 2000 years after the arrival of the Sith on Kesh , Gloyd was still remembered amongst the Keshiri and the Lost Tribe . In that era , Gloyd was revered by a political faction known as Force 57 , comprised of disfigured Humans who revered the " Fifty - seven " non - Humans of the early days of the Lost Tribe . Gloyd was remembered as a figure to be pitied , the one non - Human that the Korsins let live , like a pet . Gloyd was also remembered in the form of the exclamation " Gloyd ' s blood ! , " used most notably by Grand Lord Varner Hilts . Personality and traits . A massive Houk , Gloyd was a gruff but amiable individual with a lively sense of humor and a voracious appetite , able to joke even in the most dire of situations . Gloyd had an acidic wit , the only one able to match that of his close friend , Yaru Korsin . Over his years as a bandit and Sith soldier , Gloyd became adept in combat , to go along with his physical strength , and as a gunnery officer he was quite knowledgeable about torpedo systems . Gloyd was completely loyal to Korsin , serving faithfully by his friend ' s side for decades , and always referring to him respectfully as " Commander . " Gloyd ' s brutish tendencies belied his intelligence and astuteness , and in those early days on Kesh when so much was uncertain , Gloyd proved himself an incredibly valuable advisor to his captain . Unlike other Sith , Gloyd was not concerned with ambitious pursuits , instead focusing on his job , a dedication he shared with Korsin . Gloyd could also be extremely imaginative , thinking up dozens of wild plans to facilitate the Lost Tribe ' s escape from Kesh , although every single one was dismissed as unfeasible . In addition , he thought up the idea to kill the Keshiri dissenter through the Force , a move which regained the devotion of the natives . Gloyd never was truly comfortable on Kesh , used as he was to a life spent in battle , and at his end , he proved a resoluteness never to surrender , and a valiance in battle . Behind the scenes . Gloyd first appeared in John Jackson Miller ' s 2009 eBook " " , the first in the nine - part " Lost Tribe of the Sith " series . Gloyd was then featured in the next three installments of the series , " " , " " , and " " . In addition , Gloyd was mentioned in a later installment of the series , " " .