- "All right. I brought my warrior-kin, all my pretty soldiers to the planet of knives, as requested. Now I have just one question. Who am I here to kill?"
- ―General Abediah Viess
Abediah Viess[6] was a Mirialan[2] female who served as the general[3] of a mercenary army.
Biography[]
Viess and her army traveled to the planet Gansevor[2] around 382 BBY[7] at the request of Bethune army Field Marshal Tozen to support their siege of Firevale.[2] However, she betrayed Tozen killing him and several other Bethune army personnel. She also claimed to have killed several Jedi with her beskar spear, calling herself a Jedi killer. She tried to kill Porter Engle twice, failing both times.[8]
After operating as a mercenary-for-hire for a century, Viess eagerly joined the Nihil when their Occlusion Zone engulfed ten sectors of the Outer Rim Territories, including her world. She led Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro's newly established Ministry of Protection, making use of her expertise in hunting Jedi.[5] Her combat skills and brutality made her a formidable Nihil adversary to those who opposed her. Despite her boasts of being a Jedi killer, her old opponent Engle, continued to elude her[4] until they finally met again around 229 BBY.[5]
Equipment[]
General Viess' full suit of black armor had lightsaber-resistant beskar filigreed inlay, including on her vambraces.[5] She carried several Jedi lightsabers in her robe[6] and wielded different weapons.[5] She had a beskar spear,[8] an old-fashioned beskar sword, a pair of long beskar daggers, and an ornately engraved blaster.[5]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic — The Blade 2 (First appearance)
- The High Republic — The Blade 3
- The High Republic — The Blade 4
- The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 4 (First identified as Abediah)
- The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 3 (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 2 (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
- The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness audiobook
- The High Republic: Defy the Storm
- The High Republic: Defy the Storm audiobook
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The High Republic Show: Phase II Exclusive Reveals, a Visit to Dark Horse Comics, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The High Republic Show: High Republic Phase II Deep Dive, Star Wars Celebration, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- New Concept Art and More Revealed on Star Wars: The High Republic Show on StarWars.com (backup link)
- NYCC 2023: 13 Highlights from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
- Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: New Faces of the Nihil on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Imperial March" Begins with a Galaxy of New Toys, Apparel, and More on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Temptation of the Force - First Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
- General Viess in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness establishes that Abediah Viess gave up "her world" to the Nihil, which The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 4 later established to be Sarumo.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 The High Republic — The Blade 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The High Republic Show: Phase II Exclusive Reveals, a Visit to Dark Horse Comics, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 General Viess in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 4
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) establishes that Phase II media of Star Wars: The High Republic chronologically begins with the novel The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City. As Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of Quest for the Hidden City and the end of Phase II to 382 BBY, Phase II titles of The High Republic must be set in that year.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The High Republic — The Blade 4