Belmer Kattun Belmer Kattun was a Keshiri thoughtcrier who was stationed at Point Defiance . He worked alongside the signal officer Jogan Halder before the Lost Tribe of Sith ' s invasion of Alanciar in 2975 BBY . He preferred fermented beverages over romance . On the very night that an advance Sith reconnaissance force led by High Lord Edell Vrai arrived above Point Defiance , Belmer was given a one – week work leave after his " relief " thoughtcrier Quarra Thayn arrived . In reality , Quarra had forged her travel signature in order to spend a night with her secret lover Jogan Halder . Belmer departed to have a few drinks at the officer ' s club at a military base in Garrow ' s Neck . As a result , Belmer was not present when the Sith arrived and thus escaped being captured or killed by the invaders . Biography . Thoughtcrier . As with all Keshiri living in Alanciar , Belmer Kattun was raised from childhood to defend his homeland from a possible invasion by the Lost Tribe of Sith from Keshtah Minor , one of the other two known continents on the Wild Space planet of Kesh . In 4975 BBY , the Keshiri geologist and Herald Adari Vaal had fled to Alanciar following a failed uprising against the Sith Tribe , which had taken over Keshtah by claiming to be the Protectors , powerful gods in ancient Keshiri religion . She and her followers warned the Alanciari of the threat posed by the Sith . As a result , the Alanciari had developed a highly militaristic society . Over the next two thousand years , the Alanciari created an intricate defense system consisting of ballistae , forts , uvak patrols , a large , well - equipped citizen army , and a continental - wide network of semaphore signal station s and thoughtcrier s . The southern region of Alanciar known as the Six Claws was well - fortified with six seaside towers which served as advanced warning signal station s . The Alanciari were also led by a centralized military government known as the War Cabinet , which was based in the capital Sus ' mintri ' s Vaal Hall . Due to his Force - sensitivity , Belmer Kattun was selected by the Induction Board to become a thoughtcrier , individuals who were able to send messages through the Force by thought projection . By 2975 BBY , Belmer was the thoughtcrier who was posted a Point Defiance , a small two – man fort that was situated at the edge of Garrow ' s Neck s , the southernmost of the Six Claws . To cope with the boredom of being posted in the frontier , Belmer developed a taste for alcoholic beverages . By contrast , his colleague Jogan used the semaphore machine to send romantic messages to various lovers including Quarra Thayn , a married wardmaster with three children who lived in the city of Uhrar . Meeting his Relief . After three years of secret correspondence , Jogan and Quarra agreed to meet each other in person . Under the pretext of conducting a tour of the industrial towns of the Northern Slope , Quarra travelled down to Point Defiance . She also forged a transit letter and a relief order for Belmer to provide her with a legal reason for being in Point Defiance . After going through a military fort and checkpoint in Garrow ' s Neck , Quarra was allowed to proceed to Point Defiance . Upon arriving , she was greeted by Belmer Kattun who commented that the fog was moving in and that there could be a storm coming . Quarra initially mistook Belmer for her Jogan . However , Belmer told her that Jogan was in the tower and that he worked with him . Quarra was relieved that this fat elderly man was not Jogan and quickly asked Belmer if he was the signal station ' s thoughtcrier . Belmer sent a telepathic response confirming that he was Point Defiance ' s thoughtcrier to the Alanciari woman , who in turn revealed that she also had the " gift " of Force sensitivity . When Belmer noted that he had barely heard her " thought – cry " , Quarra explained that she was exhausted from a long journey . When Quarra offered to show him her travel documents , Belmer assured her that he did not need to see it since his friends at the nearby fort had already allowed her this far , the farthest military outpost in Alanciar which overlooked the Western Sea — the main barrier separating Alanciar and Keshtah . Assuming that Quarra was the relief thoughtcrier , Belmer then prepared to depart for the officer ' s club at the fort where he intended to order a few drinks . Following Belmer ' s departure , Quarra finally met her lover Jogan Halder in person . During their conversation , Jogan briefly asked Quarra if she had met Belmer on the way out . Quarra confirmed she had indeed met Belmer and expressed his relief that the unattractive Belmer was not Jogan . Jogan then joked that he had sent romantic messages out for Belmer under his name before commenting that Belmer loved alcoholic beverages instead of women . Quarra then sarcastically replied that an alcoholism was not a desirable trait in a thoughtcrier who was posted at the front . Jogan then assured Quarra that his colleague did not drink while on duty . He then took Quarra on a tour of Point Defiance ' s facilities before discussing Quarra ' s " family situation . " Prior to their " romantic liaison " , Jogan Halder also transmitted a semaphore message indicating that Belmer Kattun had left to sleep on the floor of a tavern for a week and that his relief had already arrived . Sith rule . Due to his absence from Point Defiance that night , Belmer was not present when a Sith scouting fleet led by High Lord Edell Vrai arrived above Point Defiance . Jogan and Quarra witnessed the arrival of the Sith and quickly alerted the Alanciari military who launched ballista projectiles and armed uvak - riders to destroy the attackers . During the Alanciari attack on the Sith airships , Quarra confessed that she had forged her travel supervisor ' s seal and that Belmer had not actually received a relief order . Quarra then attempted to escape from Point Defiance using the cover of night and the ongoing chaos to cover her tracks . However , her muntok steed had escaped from its tether during the fighting . Shortly later , Jogan was crushed and seriously wounded by a fallen uvak known as Starboard , which had been attached to the Sith airship " Candra " . Despite the destruction of the Sith airships , several Sith including their leader Edell survived and succeeded in capturing Jogan and Quarra , whom were later coerced into assisting the Sith war effort . Following a " grand deception operation " designed to highlight the " benevolent nature " of the Tribe , Jogan Halder became the Tribe ' s " ambassador " to the Alanciari and succeeded in convincing them that the Sith did not pose a threat to them . Instead , he claimed that the Sith were the Protectors and had already purged the " servants " of the Destructors from among their number . Meanwhile , Quarra became Edell ' s guide and accompanied him on a ground reconnaissance mission into Alanciar ' s interior and capital Sus ' mintri . Following the Sith " unification " of Alanciar , Belmer Kattun presumably submitted to the Sith as with the rest of his countrymen . Personality and traits . Belmer Kattun was an elderly Keshiri man who had waxy hair growing on his ears . He was also a fat man and could barely fit into his uniform , which consisted of a buttoned waistcoat . He also had several missing teeth . As a thoughtcrier , Kattun was one of the few Keshiri who had the ability to wield the Force , a mystical energy field . This ability was also shared by the Lost Tribe of Sith , a group of Human Sith who had colonized the neighboring continent of Keshtah during the Great Hyperspace War . Behind the scenes . Belmer Kattun first appeared as a minor non - point - of - view character in John Jackson Miller ' s novella " " , the last story in the " Lost Tribe of the Sith " short story series , which was released in July 24 2012 . " Pandemonium " was included as part of the mass paperback " " . This marks his only known appearance in the Star Wars Expanded Universe .