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Hugo Bartyn, known as The Slayer among the Menahuun sentient species, was a male Human field agent of the exploratory branch of the Outer Rim Oreworks corporation during the time of the Galactic Republic. He was also a big-game hunter and a speciesist prone to chasing and killing sentient species until their extinction. While ORO was aware of this extra-curricular activity, they turned a deaf ear to it because Bartyn's working performance was very profitable for them.

Circa 583 BBY, Bartyn found Lamaredd, a planet rich in mineral veins, edible seafood, and sentient locals&mdash;the Menahuuns. He manipulated events so that ORO would name him Administrator of the planet in exchange for mining rights. While still profiting ORO, he began to exploit the sealife as a personal venture. He built a coastal town, Bartyn's Landing, and populated it with poor, uneducated amphibious non-Humans that worked for him as indentured servants, while at the same time hunting the Menahuuns until their near-extinction. The Menahuuns moved to far-off areas and the settlers believed them extinct.

ORO eventually discovered Bartyn's personal fiefdom in Lamaredd, but they had no legal claim to complain and decided to ignore his activities because the investment was still lucrative. Bartyn abused his fishermen in the company Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies for years, until they challenged him through a Sailor's Union. In 499 BBY, the octogenarian Bartyn and some trusted partners, including his oldest son Traggat, investigated strange happenings on the outskirts of his town. They all mysteriously disappeared, and their corpses were later found. Bartyn was succeeded as Administrator by his daughter Tria, and his family kept control over Lamaredd for five centuries. While Hugo Bartyn was locally remembered as a tyrant, his deeds were almost unknown off-planet.