Veris Hydan

Veris Hydan was a human male who served the Galactic Emperor Palpatine as an adviser. He also served as the minister of the Ministry for Antiquity. Although he was not Force-sensitive, Hydan was a scholar of Jedi and Sith lore and history, as well as ancient and vanished cultures. He was also a Mortisologist. When the Empire discovered the Jedi Temple on the planet Lothal, the minister was dispatched to oversee the excavation operations and to unlock the mysteries hidden beneath it, specifically an entrance to the World Between Worlds.

During the excavation, Hydan encountered the disguised rebel infiltrators Sabine Wren and Ezra Bridger, who had disguised themselves as scout troopers. After Sabine was caught by Hydan's forces, Bridger managed to escape into the portal to the World Between Worlds. Then, Hydan attempted to use Wren to decipher the mural of the Mortis gods, the gateway to the World Between Worlds. However, Sabine rejected his offer to decipher the mural and provided very little to Hydan, even after Hydan's death troopers attacked Wren, she didn't provide anything to him.

Shortly afterwards, the rebels Hera Syndulla and Garazeb Orrelios, who were spying on the Minister and his troops, and also watching over the fellow infiltrators, invaded the excavation site and made the mobile command center in which Wren and Hydan were in shake and move until Wren could escape. Although Hydan needed more time to escape, he managed to exit the building. Shortly after they escaped, the young Bridger exited the World Between Worlds and the temple started to collapse. When the Rebels began their escape, Hydan admired the Mortis Gods' mural in his last moments.

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