Traan Traan was a Human male who served as a Master in the Sith Order under the banner of the reconstituted Sith Empire . In 3645 BBY , Traan was serving as an instructor at the Sith academy on the frozen planet of Odacer - Faustin under the direction of the Sith Lord Darth Scabrous . That year , one of Lord Scabrous ' s alchemical experiments resulted in the creation of a virus that killed living flesh and reanimated the deceased . When an infected student escaped Scabrous ' s tower and began to spread the disease , Traan and the academy ' s other Masters sensed a disturbance in the Force and decided to suspend normal instruction until the issue passed . Traan informed the students of the choice during a short convocation , but the decision ultimately did little good — the disease quickly claimed the lives of the entirety of the student body as well as those of the academy ' s leaders . Biography . Traan was a Force - sensitive Human male alive during the Great Galactic War and the resultant period of political unrest . During this time , he was a member of the Sith Order and eventually rose to become a Master of the Sith ways . The Great War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire came to a close in 3653 BBY , at which point the Imperial leadership chose to not only maintain their output of Sith warriors and leaders , but to increase it . In the first decade following the war , Traan served as instructor at the Sith academy on the chilly world of Odacer - Faustin , where he cultivated new generations of dark side adepts . Alongside his contemporaries , including Sith Blademaster Shak ' Weth and Sith Combat Master Xat Hracken , Traan ' s lessons were overseen by the reclusive Sith Lord Darth Scabrous . In 3645 BBY , Scabrous was experimenting with Sith alchemy in an effort to create an immortality - granting elixir . The Sith Lord ' s plan backfired and ultimately resulted in a virus that caused necrosis in living flesh and reanimated the corpses of the deceased . When a student carrying the disease escaped Darth Scabrous ' s tower and began to spread the infection , the academy ' s staff and student body experienced a disturbance in the Force . The Masters collectively decided that the unknown events causing the disturbance were a significant threat , and so chose to suspend normal instructional activities for the duration of the problem . Traan led a group of his students to a convocation that consisted of nearly all of the academy ' s acolytes , wherein he addressed the learners on the issue at hand . During his speech , he speculated that the academy may have fallen victim to some form of sabotage centered around Scabrous ' s tower , but regardless of the source of the disturbance , all students were to return to their dormitories until further notice . Despite the precautions of Odacer - Faustin ' s Sith Masters , the disease continued to spread throughout the student body , and eventually claimed the lives of the staff as well . Personality and traits . Traan was a Sith Master , skilled in the darker aspects of the Force . By 3645 BBY , he had gray hair that he wore in a single braid , and he was considered to be an older man by Jedi fugitive Hestizo Trace . Traan ' s face was angular and hawk - like in structure , and his robes gave his silhouette the appearance of having wings . Traan spoke in sharp , flinty tones that projected easily and commanded attention from his pupils , who numbered in the hundreds . During the convocation called to inform the students on Odacer - Faustin of the apparent threat , Traan spoke to the entirety of the student body . The Sith Master spoke harshly , demanding silence and insinuating that it should be a pointless exercise to inform the acolytes of what they ought to already be aware , given their Force - sensitivity and training . He and the other Masters believed that the crisis was the result of outside tampering , but Trace detected uncertainty in his voice . Despite Traan ' s best efforts to mask his doubts , the Jedi Trace was able to see that he had no real understanding of the events at hand and certainly no control over them . Behind the scenes . Traan ' s first and only appearance in " Star Wars " canon to date was 2010 ' s horror novel , " Red Harvest " , authored by Joe Schreiber .