Qlaern Hirf was a Vratix member of the Ashern Circle and a verachen on the planet Thyferra. Hirf made contact with Rogue Squadron during the Krytos threat, alerting them to the location of deadly bacta aboard a space station around Yag'Dhul. After making its way to Coruscant aboard the Pulsar Skate, the verachen revealed to the New Republic that it had a cure for the Krytos virus, rylca. Being secretly taken to the Alderaan Biotics hydroponics facility on Borleias, Hirf was allowed to mass-produce the cure for the virus securely.
As a Vratix, Hirf was neither male nor female, and due to the Vratix low-grade hive mind, the pronoun they/them was recommended. Referring to a Vratix as "he" or "she" was inappropriate; after referring to Hirf as "he," Wedge Antilles was corrected by Mirax Terrik, who spoke of Hirf as "it."
Despite both of Qlaern Hirf's appearances addressing the character's pronouns, with "he" being specifically ruled out, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia uses "he" in their entry.
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