Lord Nyax

Lord Nyax is the name adopted by Irek Ismaren after awaking from a mind restoration experiment on Coruscant.

After the destruction of the Eye of Palpatine, Roganda Ismaren took a weakened Irek to Coruscant, where she had more alterations done to her son, including upgrading the memory chip in his brain, forcing his body to grow well past maturity so he reached a height of three meters, and having lightsabers implanted in his knees, wrists, and elbows.

Roganda hired a Dark Jedi to teach Irek further in the Dark Side of the Force, but after Irek got mad at the Dark Jedi, he killed him, but not before the Dark Jedi put a lightsaber through Irek's brain.

A second series of experiments were begun to try and save Irek from brain death. Before the process was complete, Irek broke free and killed his mother. Because he couldn't speak and had idea who he was or what had happened to him, it was at this point he took the name Lord Nyax (after hearing it in the minds of his victims) and terrorized the survivors of Coruscant's fall. Nyax used mind control on the survivors of Coruscant's fall to get them scout out the Yuuzhan Vong for him, as well as for other tasks such as clearing paths and the like.

Due to a large knot he sensed in the Force, Nyax had discovered the location of the old Jedi Temple, and used the Force wellspring underneath it to become even more powerful. Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade Skywalker, and Tahiri Veila, on Coruscant as part of an infiltration team, discovered Lord Nyax and battled him. Since battling Nyax with lightsabers was out of the question, the three used the Force and assaulted him with rubble. Nyax fell into a nearby pit, drew all the Dark Side energy he could muster, and released it, devastating the surrounding area. His body had died, but his Dark Side presence lingers in nearby structures.