Dwelling of Guests

The Dwelling of Guests was a small building in the planet Quethold's Red City that was built by 8 ABY. The circular building was filled with artwork owned by the ruler of the City, the Queen of the Red, which was replaced by the Storm-hair species', whose leader was the Queen's ally, Warlord Nuso Esva, in 8 ABY. The monarch's bowlcarrier, Trevik, was tasked with recording the Storm-hair artwork so that Empire of the Hand Grand Admiral Thrawn—who could read a person's "hidden heart" by studying their artwork—could determine if the Queen was a willing ally of Esva's.

Esva had in fact selected paintings that would confuse Thrawn and therefore prompt him to execute a strategy adapted to the artwork that would give the warlord the upper hand in the coming battle against the Grand Admiral. However, the Imperial knew of the other's plot, and changed his strategy mid-battle, shortly before Esva feared the Queen of the Red was a traitor and killed him in fear within the Dwelling.

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