Maryan Drabel was the chief librarian of the Imperial Library, located on the campus of the Galactic University on Trantor, at the time of Gilmer's sack of the planet. When the University student body and faculty raised a militia to defend their campus against Gilmer's forces, Drabel served as chief of staff to Yokim Sarns, Dean of the University and general of the militia. Drabel was in fact a Speaker of the Second Foundation.