Yal Phaath

"Knowledge cannot be created; that is the stuff of heresy"

- Yal Phaath

Yal Phaath was a Master Shaper of the Yuuzhan Vong. Venerable even by the standards of his long-lived race, the marks of Domain Phaath had faded by the time of the Yuuzhan Vong War due to his many escalation. He was also distinguished by the usual augmentations of his rank: two shaper hands, and yellow maa'it implants.

Charged by Warmaster Tsavong Lah with eliminating the Jeedai problem, Phaath initially worked in parallel with Mezhan Kwaad on Yavin 4; it was he who sent Shaper Initiate Tsun Qel to discovering that she and her Adepts were practicing heresy. Before the heretics were rounded up, however, Yal Phaath was reassigned to Myrkr, where he began working on Shaping the vornskr into a truly deadly creature. The process was long and arduous, and resulted in many failures, partially because of the outdated nature of the Shaping Protocols, partially because of Phaath ultra-orthodox nature; but eventually, the Shapers succeded in creating the voxyn in their damutek aboard the Baanu Rass.

After Supreme Overlord Shimrra execcuted Ch'Gang Hool for being unable to control the World Brain on Yuuzhan'tar, Phaath was placed in charge of the shaping of the Galactic capital. It is not known for certain whether he was ever escalated to High Master Shaper, and by the end of the war, Qelah Kwaad was apparently the senior shaper on Coruscant, due to her success in creating the Slayers; but equally, there is no direct evidence that Yal Phaath was executed, and he may have adopted a subordinate or even supervisory role, or simply been assigned elsewhere.

Appearances

 * ''Edge of Victory I: Conquest
 * ''Star by Star
 * ''Force Heretic III: Reunion