Onimi


 * "Shimrra was Shimrra. I am I."
 * &mdash;Onimi
 * "The Supreme Overlord."
 * &mdash;Jacen Solo

Onimi was a male Yuuzhan Vong.

Long ago, Onimi was a Master Shaper. After adding yammosk tissue to his brain, Onimi was marked as a Shamed One, taking the form of a mentally and physically twisted, demented creature.

Seeing an opportunity for redemption in the intendant Supreme Overlord, Shimrra, Onimi became a jester for the new leader. Onimi discovered that he possessed a connection to the Force that had been lost to other Yuuzhan Vong for many thousands of years. Using this Force connection to his advantage, Onimi manipulated Shimrra and other Yuuzhan Vong to mastermind the invasion. This experiment also gave him great powers; not only was Onimi able to amplify the electric current flowing through his mismatched form, but he could compose deadly toxins and chemicals and release them through almost every aspect of his body; his blood, his sweat, his tears, his fang, and even his curving fingernails.

While his experiments damaged his body, his mind remained unaffected. Indeed, he worked side by side with Nen Yim to create the eighth cortex and new technologies for the Yuuzhan Vong.

When Luke Skywalker and Jacen Solo penetrated the Supreme Overlord’s chambers, Onimi retreated from the battle, leaving his puppet Shimrra to be slain. Jaina Solo pursued Onimi into the command chamber of the Citadel, but was quickly disabled and incapacitated by the deformed creature. Onimi revealed his belief that Jaina was truly the Yuuzhan Vong goddess Yun-Harla, who he blamed for his disfiguration. More importantly, Onimi was genetically linked to the Citadel, able to control every movement of the worldship. As Shimrra died, the top section of the Citadel took flight and launched itself into space, under the manipulation of Onimi.

The deformed jester anticipated the arrival of Jacen Solo in his command chamber. Onimi stated that Jacen was Yun-Shuno, the underminer of all he had believed to accomplish, and that Jacen's death, combined with the proposed devastation of Zonama Sekot using the Alpha Red bio-toxin, would fully establish him as a god. Then he attacked Jacen, using all the powers he possessed to destroy his final foe. However, Jacen had gained a much deeper connection with the Force, releasing himself to its purity; he met Onimi blow-for-blow, batting away his toxins harmlessly. Jacen had become a being of light, against which the warped Yuuzhan Vong could not prevail. As the Force was channeled through Jacen, it rushed against Onimi, pinning him to the bulkhead as its pure energy reversed every last deformity on his body. Unfortunately, while his body was restored, the toxins and acids remained, corroding Onimi into a puddle of melted flesh. The true Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong was no more.

The Yuuzhan Vong invasion was finally over.