"The Warden" was a disgraced Nihil enforcer– who served as the prison warden of Korvix Vorn penal ship during the High Republic Era. He asked the Nihil scientist Niv Drendow Apruk to find out which of his prisoners were Jedi.
The warden was created for the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project and was first mentioned in an interview between authors Daniel José Older and Alyssa Wong that was posted on StarWars.com on January 23, 2024. The character was later mentioned in the junior novel The High Republic: Escape from Valo, written by the two aforementioned authors that was released on January 30 of the same year as part of the multimedia project's Phase III. Older confirmed on Twitter that the usage of "they'll" and "their" within the section of Escape from Valo mentioning the warden was referring to the prison ship and not the Nihil's pronouns.
The warden was created for the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project and was first mentioned in an interview between authors Daniel José Older and Alyssa Wong that was posted on StarWars.com on January 23, 2024. The character was later mentioned in the junior novel The High Republic: Escape from Valo, written by the two aforementioned authors that was released on January 30 of the same year as part of the multimedia project's Phase III. Older confirmed on Twitter that the usage of "they'll" and "their" within the section of Escape from Valo mentioning the warden was referring to the prison ship and not the Nihil's pronouns.