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Quoreal was one of the last Supreme Overlords of the Yuuzhan Vong species and a conservative leader whose reluctance to invade the galaxy led to his usurpation and death. Reigning in the last century of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet's long journey through the Intergalactic Void toward a new galaxy, Quoreal was seen as a traditional and cautious leader by many Yuuzhan Vong. His ability to maintain unity over the species was frequently called into question by Domain Jamaane, a powerful faction whose champion, Shimrra, was a designated heir to the position of Supreme Overlord. Although Quoreal's primacy was not under a direct threat from the Jamaane, matters changed in 29 BBY, when an advance force returned to the fleet with news that they had encountered a living planet known as Zonama Sekot. Quoreal's priests counseled the Supreme Overlord against prosecuting the invasion, proclaiming that the world would be the undoing of the Yuuzhan Vong. Quoreal subsequently announced that the fleet would abandon its advance and instead search for a new home.

Quoreal's declaration was greeted with hostility from a broad section of Yuuzhan Vong society. In alliance with a coterie of high-ranking warriors, Shimrra launched a sudden and decisive coup against Quoreal and his followers. The Supreme Overlord's warriors were wiped out, his priests, advisers, and intendants purged. Quoreal was toppled from the throne and personally executed by Shimrra, who claimed the position of Supreme Overlord and announced that the invasion of the galaxy would proceed as planned. Over half a century following Quoreal's death, Shimrra launched the invasion, precipitating the Yuuzhan Vong War. It was not until the final years of the conflict that the caution of Quoreal and his priests was vindicated; Zonama Sekot, its existence denied by Shimrra as a falsehood, re-emerged from the Unknown Regions and lent its support to the galaxy's defenders.