Whill historians were members of the Order of the Whills specializing in the study and documentation of history into the Journal of the Whills, an archive of galactic history. Whill historians were led by a Chief Historian. Duseuso, who was told the story of Annikin Skywalker by Ussej Padric Bac, the Shaman of the Whills, was a Whill historian who became Chief Historian.