Brue Thayn Brue Thayn was a male Keshiri who was the husband of Quarra Thayn , and father of their three children , which included at least one adolescent daughter . He was a resident of the city of Uhrar , in northern Alanciar , a continent on the Wild Space planet of Kesh . As of 2975 BBY , Brue worked as a glassblowing instructor for the Training Directorate of the Alanciari military , and taught glassblowing to elderly Keshiri veterans . While he disliked his job , Brue had little interest in advancing his position , something which irritated his wife Thayn considerably . Whereas Brue was late - back and complacent , Quarra was competitive and eventually worked her way to the top position of wardmaster and chief military administrator of Uhrar . Quarra ' s frustration with her husband ' s complacency led her to initiate an affair with Jogan Halder , a signal officer in the Alanciari military ' s Signal Corps , who was stationed at the frontier fort of Point Defiance . Quarra ' s fateful meeting with Halder coincided with the Sith invasion of Alanciar , and the two Keshiri were coerced into collaborating with the invaders who managed to annex Alanciar . During the Sith invasion , Brue evacuated his children to a protective shelter where they remained for the duration of that conflict . Following the Sith " unification " of Alanciar and Keshtah , Brue and his family were able to return to their home . His wife Quarra was also regarded as a hero for helping the " good Sith " to defeat the " bad Sith " , who had murdered the War Cabinet , the military government of Alanciar . Biography . Husband and Glassblower . Brue Thayn was a Keshiri man who lived on the continent of Alanciar prior to its annexation by the Lost Tribe of Sith in 2975 BBY . He was the husband of Quarra Thayn , an ambitious and hardworking Keshiri woman who had risen to the position of wardmaster and chief military administrator of the city of Uhrar by 2975 BBY . Brue and Quarra had three children including one daughter who was eleven years old in 2975 BBY . Had the Sith annexation of Alanciar not occurred that year , their daughter would have been eligible for conscription into the Alanciari military the following year . He and his family lived at a house in Uhrar . As with all Keshiri living in Alanciar , Brue was raised from young to fear the Lost Tribe of Sith , a group of Human Sith offworlders who had settled on the planet Kesh during the Great Hyperspace War and dominated Keshtah Minor , one of Kesh ' s two extant continents . Brue Thayn was a glassblowing artisan who specialized in making fireglobe s , a device crafted from glass and metal that was used to produce illumination in Alanciari homes and buildings . Brue taught glassblowing to elderly veterans of the Alanciari military , who were still required to do something for the Great Cause — which entailed preparing Alanciar to resist any invasion by the Sith . These veterans were often grumpy and often used their higher ranks to bully him . While Brue disliked his job as a glassblowing instructor , he was unwilling to make the effort to working himself up the Alanciari social ladder to get a better - paying and more comfortable job . By contrast , his wife Quarra had progressed from the lowly position of supply clerk to thoughtcrier and then materials supervisor before attaining the senior position of wardmaster . While Brue was a good father who looked after the children and their home , his unwillingness to improve his job status became a source of contention with Quarra . Quarra ' s dissatisfaction with her husband , whom she perceived as being dull and boring , led her to initiate an affair with Jogan Halder , who was a signal officer who was posted at Point Defiance , a seaside frontier fort in the Six Claws of Alanciar ' s southern coast . This affair began in 2978 BBY and Quarra would exchange thousands of messages with Jogan via semaphore machine over a three - year period . Most of these dispatches arrived overnight at Quarra ' s office in Uhrar and she read them in the morning . For Quarra , Halder ' s letters came to provide a form of escape from the drudgery of her work as an administrator and mother . She soon began carrying these letters with her throughout her rounds , reading them during her free time . In 2975 BBY , Quarra traveled to Point Defiance to meet Jogan in person for the first time . Officially , Brue was told that his wife had been sent on a one - week trip to the industrial cities of the Northern Slope . The Sith Invasion . Unknown to Brue and Quarra Thayn , the latter ' s visit to Point Defiance would coincide with one of the most pivotal events in Alanciar ' s history — the Sith invasion of Alanciar . In 2975 BBY , the High Lord Edell Vrai led a Sith reconnaissance mission to Alanciar which succeeded in reaching the continent ' s southwestern coast . Due to two thousand years of preparation , the Alanciari military was able to quickly respond and destroy the Sith scouting airships . Most of the Sith expedition was wiped out during that first contact but a party of six survivors led by Edell succeeded in capturing Quarra and Jogan Halder , who were coerced into collaborating with the Sith invaders . In addition , the Sith also managed to capture the Alanciari sailing vessel " Mischance " and a copy of the " Keshtah Chronicles " , a popular history book which had informed generations of Alanciari about the Tribe and Keshtah Minor . These newly - acquired assets would help the Sith to succeed in their goal of conquering Alanciar . The surviving Sith expedition members brought Jogan Halder and the " Mischance " back to Keshtah Minor , allowing the Sith to gain access to the Alanciari ' s sailing ship technology . In addition , the Tribe ' s leadership successfully convinced Jogan that the Sith did not actually pose a threat to the Alanciari but were actually the Protectors , gods in Keshiri religion . While the Sith acknowledged that there had been " servants " of the Destructors amongst their numbers , the Sith Grand Lord Varner Hilts claimed that the Tribe had cast out these malcontents and that one of them had traveled abroad with his fleet of airships . Jogan was convinced of the Tribe ' s benevolent intentions and became their " ambassador " . Under considerable duress , Quarra agreed to become Edell ' s guide for a ground reconnaissance mission into Alanciar ' s interior . She agreed in return for Edell guaranteeing that he would spare Jogan ' s life . During their travels , Quarra and Edell came to develop a reluctant friendship . Quarra also talked about her children and her husband , whom Edell learnt had not been present at the Signal station during the time of the Sith invasion . Due to his Force powers , Edell was able to read Quarra ' s mind and learnt that the latter was having an affair with Jogan . When Quarra expressed her unhappiness at this disclosure , Edell assured her that he was not judging her and commented that the Sith were quite similar to the Alanciari in this regard . Later , Quarra visited Uhrah to check that her family was safe . She found that their three children were sleeping in the town ' s protective shelter . Following the invasion , Quarra ' s staff had rounded up the town ' s children and evacuated them to its shelter . During this brieft visit , Quarra did not meet Brue who had presumably been called up for duty at a glass ammunition factory . Due to the fighting , there had been an increased demand of glass projectiles to support the Alanciari " Cause " . In the end , the Sith were able to convince the Alanciari to submit to their rule through Jogan Halder ' s diplomacy . Meanwhile , a mutiny among the Sith invasion forces led by the High Lord Korsin Bentado was defeated through the combined efforts of Edell , Quarra , and the Keshtah Keshiri servant Squab . Earlier , Bentado and the survivors of a second Sith invasion force known as the Ebon Fleet had killed the entire War Cabinet , the military leadership of Alanciar , and taken over Vaal Hall and its " worldwatch " which functioned as a highly centralized nerve center for receiving and sending signal communications across the continent . In an effort to win the " hearts and minds " of the Alanciari , Jogan and Hilts , who purported to be the " Kesh - born minion " of a Keshiri god known as the Bright Tuash , claimed that Bentado was a " servant of the Destructors " and a " pariah " who had been banished from the Tribe for his warlike ways . In reality , Bentado had been the leader of the invasion force who had accomplished the Tribe ' s goal of decapitating the Alanciari military government . Finally , Hilts claimed that while Adari Vaal , the Herald of Kesh and a highly respected historical figure in Alanciar , had been misguided about the Tribe . The Unification . Brue Thayn and his wife Quarra Thayn survived and benefited from the Sith " unification " of Alanciar . As part of this process , both Human and Keshiri Sith relief workers were sent to Alanciar to promote peace and reconciliation between the two continents . The Sith occupiers also promoted the notion that the past two millennia of Alanciari history had been a period of " collective madness " . According to the official reports , Quarra was a well - trained Keshiri woman who had worked in concert with Edell Vrai , one of the Tribe ' s secret agents , to defeat the " evil one " Bentado and his followers . Following the Sith " unification " , there was an increased demand for fireglobes since the Sith were fascinated with this Alanciari technology . Brue and other Alanciari glassblowers consequently benefited from an increased demand for their services and products . Following the events at the capital Sus ' mintri , Brue ' s wife Quarra returned to her family , whom remained ignorant of her affair with Jogan Halder . The Force - sensitive Quarra had already turned down Edell ' s offer of joining the Tribe and had decided to continue working as a wardmaster to guide her family and her people through the process of " unification . " When Quarra arrived at their family home in Uhrar , she found that Brue was polishing several fireglobes which he had shaped . After commenting that his wife had a busy vacation , he switched off the fireglobe devices . After talking about work , Brue told his wife that their children were glad to be home and that they would be thrilled to see her . After promising she would surprise them , Quarra knelt to tie her muntok steed to its tether before entering the house . Thus , the Thayn family were reunited after a tumultuous few weeks . Personality and traits . While Brue Thayn was a good family man who provided well for the needs of his wife Quarra Thayn and their children , he had a dull and complacent personality . Unlike his ambitious and hardworking bureaucrat wife , Brue was not willing to upskill himself for a better job other than his work as a glassblower instructor , which he disliked due to the grumpy attitude of the elderly Keshiri soldiers . By contrast , Quarra had taken the opportunity to move up the hierarchy of Alanciar ' s militaristic society . This became as source of contention with his wife and led Quarra to initiate an affair with the Alanciari soldier Jogan Halder . Despite these issues , Brue and was still able to relate well with his spouse and their children . Behind the scenes . Brue Thayn first appeared as a minor non - point - of - view character in John Jackson Miller ' s short story " " , which was released on July 24 2012 . " Pandemonium " was the last novella in Miller ' s " Lost Tribe of the Sith " short story series which ran from 2009 to 2012 , and was released as part of the mass paperback " " . Most of the material relating to Brue in the story is told from the point - of - view of his wife Quarra Thayn .