Vergere

"Everything I tell you is a lie."

- Vergere

Vergere (&mdash; 28 ABY) was a Jedi Knight and member of the Fosh species. She was the former apprentice of Thracia Cho-Leem and was instrumental in helping the New Jedi Order defeat the Yuuzhan Vong.

Biography
Not much is known of here early life except for an adventure in 33 BBY, were Vergere was part of a Jedi task force sent to Asmeru by Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum to capture the leaders of the Nebula Front.

A few years later in 30 BBY the Jedi Council received reports of an attack on a beautiful and mysterious planet called Zonama Sekot, known for making incredibly fast spaceships. Vergere was sent to investigate. When she arrived, she discovered that the alien attackers, the Yuuzhan Vong, who were intent on gaining the secrets of the planet's organic technology, were far stranger than she had expected. The Yuuzhan Vong could not be felt through the Force and, like the Sekotans, they used biological technology for ships. On top of that Vergere learned that they were actually from another galaxy.

Vergere learned that the Yuuzhan Vong desired to rule more than just Zonama Sekot: they hoped to control the galaxy. When the Sekotans did not comply with their wishes the Yuuzhan Vong opened fire in the planet. Not wanting to see the beautiful world destroyed and realizing that the Galactic Republic and the Jedi were not prepared to fight such powerful creatures, Vergere agreed to go with them into their galaxy if they would break off their attack. Amazed by her Jedi talents, which she told them came from Zonama Sekot, they eagerly agreed.

Over the next fifty years, Vergere lived with the Yuuzhan Vong, teaching them about the Republic and the Jedi while secretly building up a collection of information about the extragalactic aliens themselves. Vergere was able to avoid having her Jedi powers detected by the Force sensing Yuuzhan Vong war coordinators, the yammosks, by learning to "make herself small." Vergere would shrink her presence in the Force to a microscopic size, where she was almost undetectable. She also destroyed her lightsaber, hiding her affiliation with the Jedi order. In this state she could also modify tiny things like molecules. Vergere eventually became a familiar of Yuuzhan Vong priestess Elan.

When the Yuuzhan Vong decided to invade the Republic once more, Vergere traveled with Elan on several missions and continued to aid the Yuuzhan Vong. Vergere was accompanying her mistress, when Elan allowed herself to be captured by the Republic, Elan that she was defecting from the Yuuzhan Vong ranks, but in reality was preparing to spring a trap on the Jedi. Elan’s fellow Yuuzhan Vong were not informed of her plan attempted to rescue the priestess. With her options running out Elan she sprung her trap unleashing a cloud of Bo’tous Spores, and to add insult to injury was killed by them. Vergere was able to escape, and in doing so left behind a vial of her tears, which turned out to be successful in slowing deadly Coomb Spore disease, that was affecting Mara Jade Skywalker. One of Vergere’s gifts was the ability to control the molecular structure of her tears, giving her the ability to create poisons as well as antidotes from her tear ducts.

After returning to the Yuuzhan Vong. She rose through their ranks, becoming an advisor to Warmaster Tsavong Lah and an important rival to Nom Anor. Who she was partnered with on a mission to Myrkr to capture the Solo twins. The mission turned out to be only a partial success, only Jacen Solo was captured. Vergere took a great interest in the young Jedi, she tortured Jacen using the methods of pain that the Yuuzhan Vong had perfected. Through this torture Jacen came to understand the ways and motives of the Yuuzhan Vong. Jacen became Vergere's apprentice, and she passed on to him were unique philosophies and theories. Vergere stressed to Jacen the concept that there was no was no dark side, her definitions of the Force were not as black and white as the Jedi of the Old Republic.

The unlikely pair hatched a plan to sabotage the Yuuzhan Vong terraforming of Coruscant. The former city-covered world had been captured by the Yuuzhan Vong and was slowly being transformed into a jungle planet. Jacen had established a psychic connection with the World Brain, the controller of the terraforming process, when it had been seedling. Using this connection the two were able to reek havoc on the Yuuzhan Vong held panic and eventually escape Coruscant.

Vergere and Jacen returned to what was left of the New Republic. Suspicious of her motives, the New Republic imprisoned her for a time while they determined whether she was a defector or a spy. Vergere had several discussions with Jedi Master Luke Skywalker about the nature of the Force and the Yuuzhan Vong. Skywalker wondered why they were seemingly outside of the Force, and whether they deserved the same rights as others. She convinced him that they did, changing some of his opinions on the Jedi Knights' part in the war. Soon after Vergere was released, she learned of the deadly Alpha Red bio-weapon and destroyed it by using the chemical properties of her tears, which led the New Republic to label her as an enemy and force her into hiding.

But Vergere was drawn to Ebaq 9, where Jacen was participating in a hazardous mission against the Yuuzhan Vong, during the Battle of Ebaq 9 Vergere tricked the Yuuzhan Vong into allowing her to get close to their base. Sensing Jacen was in mortal danger she acquired an A-wing starfighter and crashed her ship into the ground, in the heart of the Yuuzhan Vong’s forces, killing herself along all of the Yuuzhan Vong save their Warmaster Tsavong Lah. She appeared to Jacen Solo after her death to comfort him. Vergere and Luke Skywalker believed that he had a special destiny, and that she must aid him in finding it.

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Rogue Planet
 * ''Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * ''Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Star by Star
 * Traitor
 * Destiny's Way