Hestus Hestus was a Sith male who served the Sith Empire during the age of the Great Hyperspace War . A cyborg , Hestus worked as a translator during the war , and in 5000 BBY was aboard the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " when it was knocked off course as it jumped to hyperspace and crash - landed on the remote planet Kesh . Hestus , along with his cousin Ravilan Wroth , survived the disaster . Soon afterward , Hestus used his ability as a translator to facilitate a conversation between the " Omen " captain , the Human Yaru Korsin , and a native Keshiri woman named Adari Vaal , as they exchanged information about the situation of the " Omen " crew and life in Keshiri society . With Vaal ' s help , the stranded Sith , including Hestus , made their way to Keshiri civilization and took their place as rulers of Kesh . Over the next fifteen years , Hestus combed through Keshiri oral histories in search of information that could help the Sith escape from Kesh , to no avail . In 4985 BBY , after Hestus ' cousin Wroth killed thousands of Keshiri in an effort to get the Sith leaders to withdraw from Keshiri society and focus on finding a way off - planet , Hestus and the other members of the Sith species on Kesh were executed in a widespread purge . Biography . A male member of the Sith species , Hestus served the Sith Empire as a translator during the era of the Great Hyperspace War . By that time , Hestus had received an acid scar across his face , disfiguring him and forcing him to cover his wound with a shining mask , and he had enough cybernetic implants to be considered a cyborg . In 5000 BBY , in the midst of said conflict , Hestus was aboard the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " when it was knocked off course as it jumped to hyperspace due to a Jedi attack . The " Omen " crashed in a mountain range in the remote , uncharted world of Kesh . Hestus , along with his cousin Ravilan Wroth and a sizable group of " Omen " crewmembers , survived the crash , but with their ship destroyed , the survivors had no way to reach civilization . Their salvation soon came in the form of a native Keshiri woman , Adari Vaal . Fleeing from trouble with the Keshiri establishment , Vaal stumbled across the makeshift Sith settlement in the mountains , and was taken in by the castaways . With the language barrier a significant problem , Hestus was enlisted to aid with communications between the " Omen " captain , Yaru Korsin , and the frightened Vaal . Hestus , a talented translator , stunned Vaal with his incredible ability to quickly pick up and repeat the Keshiri language . Hestus helped to speed up the exchange of information between Korsin and Vaal , as the two spoke about the arrival of the Sith on Kesh and Keshiri society . After the discussion was over , Korsin sent Vaal to lead Keshiri authorities to the Sith in the mountains , hoping to facilitate their escape from their ramshackle settlement . Although Hestus and Wroth were both worried about that arrangement , neither Sith did anything to prevent Vaal ' s departure . Vaal did her part , and the Sith were able to make their way back to civilization , where they posed as Keshiri gods and took their place as rulers of Kesh . Hestus and the other so - called " gods " were quartered in the homes of the traditional Keshiri ruling council , the Neshtovar , and the Sith translator quickly went to work indexing the Keshiri language . By 4985 BBY , the Sith had mostly given up hope of finding a way off Kesh , and had settled in as their own tribe . Undaunted , however , Hestus continued to work with other linguists from the " Omen " to search through Keshiri oral histories for anything about anyone who had ever happened by the planet , or would eventually return again and could provide the Sith escape . Despite his efforts , Hestus found little . That year , Hestus ' s cousin Ravilan Wroth engineered a plan to falsify a deadly virus , killing thousands of Keshiri in an attempt to get the Sith leaders to focus on escaping Kesh . However , his plan was discovered , prompting Korsin and the other Human Sith to purge Kesh of the surviving members of the Sith species on the planet , including Hestus . Hestus was personally executed by Yaru Korsin ' s wife Seelah , and his body was put on display publicly in a plaza in the city of Tahv . Yaru Korsin fully intended to remove Hestus ' s cybernetic implants , hoping to find some use for them . Personality and traits . A cyborg , Hestus had a number of cybernetic implants , along with a shining mask that he wore over a large acid scar on his face . Although his appearance could frighten those who were unfamiliar with him , such reactions did not faze Hestus at all . Hestus had a special ability to pick up foreign languages quickly , and repeat them exactly . Hestus was distrustful of Adari Vaal , and was worried that she might betray the Sith if Yaru Korsin let her go . A tireless worker , Hestus toiled for years trying to find something in the Keshiri oral histories that could facilitate an escape from Kesh , although his efforts were unsuccessful . As a member of the Sith species , Hestus had red skin , specifically resembling the color of rust . Behind the scenes . Hestus made his first appearance in John Jackson Miller ' s 2009 eBook " " . He also appeared in that work ' s sequel , " " , in which he was killed .