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The Yuuzhan Vong were a sentient extra-galactic species native to the planet Yuuzhan'tar. Members of the species had sloped foreheads and often heavily mutilated and tattooed themselves in devotion to their gods. A warlike species, the Yuuzhan Vong were also extremely religious, and everything they did was for the gods. The species believed it was their duty to convert or kill all infidels, individuals who did not follow the Yuuzhan Vong religion known as the True Way. The Yuuzhan Vong disdained machine technology, instead using organic devices and weapons known as biots. Their society was made up of several distinct castes, which determined a being's place in life.

At some point in their history, the Yuuzhan Vong were attacked by a race of droids. They fought back, and were able to conquer their foes. The increasingly-aggressive Yuuzhan Vong began to cleanse their galaxy of species they termed foes, using the weapons they believed had been given to them by their gods to eliminate all who opposed them. They then fought an intra–species war which saw the destruction of much of their galaxy. Their living homeworld of Yuuzhan'tar was destroyed in this conflict, and as punishment it stripped the species of their connection to the Force. The Yuuzhan Vong began worshiping pain and became even more aggressive.

They eventually departed their galaxy in search of a new home, and spent millennia traveling the Intergalactic Void before discovering across a new galaxy. Under Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane, they launched an invasion in 25 ABY. The Yuuzhan Vong made many gains in the first two years of the war, greatly weakening the existing galactic government, the New Republic. However, the tide would begin to turn, as the Yuuzhan Vong suffered several losses in battle. In 29 ABY, the Yuuzhan Vong War came to a close with the Battle of Coruscant, with the Yuuzhan Vong surrendering after the death of Shimrra. The defeated species promised the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances&mdash;the New Republic's successor government&mdash;that they would abandon their violent ways. Their weapons were destroyed, and they settled on the planet Zonama Sekot, which had been revealed to be a seed of Yuuzhan'tar produced before the planet's destruction.

Biology and appearance

 * Mutilations
 * Forehead
 * Long black hair, not much, often bald
 * Force immunity
 * Nervous system liked pain
 * Skull-like faces
 * Taller
 * No kidneys
 * Heavier
 * Life span

Society and culture

 * Gods
 * Technology
 * Fanatics
 * Pain
 * Ferocious

Choka willing to surrender even though he felt victory was likely because without SO, there was no hope for salvation in afterlife, no communication with Yun-Yuuzhan

Early history
The Yuuzhan Vong believed that they were created by Yun-Yuuzhan, who sacrificed pieces of his body to create the universe and the lesser gods. In the species' mythology, Yun-Yuuzhan promised the lesser gods that they could ascend to his rank if they could find others to take their place. The lesser gods then created the Yuuzhan Vong, who they hoped would eventually rise to god status. Members of the ur-Yuuzhan Vong, the Yuuzhan Vong's ancestors, lived in symbiosis with each other and their homeworld, Yuuzhan'tar, a living planet in a far-away galaxy. The species relished the close bond they had with their homeworld, and used organic technology known as biots given to them by an alien species. Record of this gift was at some point wiped from the Yuuzhan Vong's history.

At some point in their history, the species was attacked by a race of droids. The alien invaders threatened to destroy the Yuuzhan Vong, but the organics fought back. With the help of Yuuzhan'tar, the Yuuzhan Vong defeated the droids, their biots proving superior to their artificial enemies. This victory, however, had made the Yuuzhan Vong into an aggressive species, and following their triumph over their droid foes, the Yuuzhan Vong began conquering a number of other worlds in the galaxy. They subjugated many species, all for the glory of their gods. At some point, the Yuuzhan Vong began warring amongst themselves, with domains and castes competing to be the gods' favorite.

This conflict lasted&mdash;on and off&mdash;for thousands of years before the struggle that would become known as the Cremlevian War began. This war pitted the two most powerful domains, one led by Warmaster Yo'gand and one led by Warmaster Steng, against each other. The Cremlevian War was devastating, and much of the Yuuzhan Vong's galaxy was destroyed in the fighting. It came to a close around 15,000 BBY when Yo'gand used a technique that was later named after him to drop a moon on the planet Ygziir, which was allied with Steng. Many leaders of Steng's faction were stationed on Ygziir, and as such, they were killed in the battle. Steng also died in the battle, bringing an end to the conflict. Yo'gand became the species' first Supreme Overlord. The Battle of Ygziir was considered the Yuuzhan Vong's finest moment, and Yo'gand was remembered as a hero.

However, the war had left the galaxy in ruin. Many planets had been destroyed or greatly damaged in the hostilities. Yuuzhan'tar was one of the worlds that had been damaged in the struggle, and the planet stripped the Yuuzhan Vong of their connection to the Force as punishment for their violence, and the damage they had caused. The species experienced great pain when their link to the Force was destroyed, and as a result, they began worshiping pain, in hopes of restoring their bond to the Force. They also created a series of gods to take the place of Yuuzhan'tar, who they destroyed in retaliation. These gods&mdash;Yun-Yuuzhan, the Creator; Yun-Harla, the Trickster; Yun-Ne'Shel the Modeler&mdash;each represented a different aspect of their homeworld, knowledge of which was eventually lost. Meanwhile, before it was destroyed, Yuuzhan'tar released a seed, which would grow into the living planet Zonama Sekot. Zonama Sekot left the galaxy, eventually anchoring itself in another galaxy.

The priest caste began to develop several subgroups, each worshiping a different god. The Supreme Overlord was the only Yuuzhan Vong with a connection to the most important god, the creator Yun-Yuuzhan. Because of this, the Supreme Overlord was revered by the Yuuzhan Vong, with his connection to Yun-Yuuzhan seen as sacred. Meanwhile, without the aid of their homeworld, the Yuuzhan Vong were unable to advance technologically. The Shaping protocols&mdash;the guidelines for Yuuzhan Vong Shapers believed to have been handed down by the gods&mdash;remained empty beyond the seventh level. Unknown to all but the Supreme Overlord, the final degree of knowledge contained only a bit of new technology. This secret possessed the power to destabilize Yuuzhan Vong society by revealing that the gods were a lie, and thus the Supreme Overlords never informed the rest of the species that the eighth cortex was empty, claiming instead that knowledge from it would be dispensed when the time was right.

With their homeworld destroyed, the Yuuzhan Vong began looking for a new home. However, after traversing their galaxy, they determined that not a single habitable system remained. Thus, the species departed from their galaxy in a massive fleet consisting of worldships and many other vessels. They took with them the Chazrach, a sentient species that they had conquered and enslaved, using Yorik-Kul to make the Chazrach completely subordinate to them.

Intergalactic voyage/Across the cosmic night
For millennia, the species traveled through the Intergalactic Void, unable to travel through darkspace because their dovin basals could not lock on to any point. During this voyage, the species threatened to destroy itself. Domain and caste competition was taken to the extreme, with many groups battling for the approval of the Supreme Overlord. Furthermore, many Yuuzhan Vong vessels died during the long journey. '''At some point, either during this voyage, the warlike species created the god Yun-Yammka, the Slayer and patron saint of warriors. Was the warrior caste created now'''

After many long years of traveling through the Void, some Yuuzhan Vong discovered a new galaxy with countless planets and species already present. KOTOR In approximately 3,998 BBY, residents of the galaxy recorded an encounter with a Yuuzhan Vong scouts beast known as a slivilith. Knowledge of the creatures was eventually lost by the galaxy's inhabitants. Around 3,670 BBY, a Yuuzhan Vong ship was discovered near the Argazdan Redoubt. The ship had been testing a new hyperdrive centuries ago when it malfunctioned and went into stasis. It and its pilot, a female Shaper, had sat in stasis for hundreds of years before being discovered by the Argazdans. They revived the pilot, and took her to their leader, Torphceris. She assisted him in building a series of massive pits on the planet Lorrd.

In 3,963 BBY, a Mandalorian vessel led by Canderous Ordo encountered a strange ship that, according to Ordo, resembled an asteroid. When Ordo used a thermal generator to melt the frozen methane covering the object, it activated, and fired several shots at the Mandalorians before fleeing. The Mandalorians were able to track the probe's hyperspace wake to the edge of the galaxy, and then gave up the chase. KOTOR, try and confirm it with an expert

Around 32 BBY, Supreme Commander Zho Krazhmir discovered the planet Zonama Sekot in the galaxy. Krazhmir had been dispatched to locate worlds for the Yuuzhan Vong to settle in, as many of their worldships were dying. Unknown to the Yuuzhan Vong, Zonama Sekot was a seed of their homeworld, and Krazhmir's task force was unconsciously drawn to it. After carefully scouting the planet, the Yuuzhan Vong attempted to settle it; however, their biots died. In retaliation, the Yuuzhan Vong attacked the planet. Soon after this attack, the Jedi Knight Vergere, who had been sent by the Jedi Council to find Zonama Sekot and learn of the mysterious "Far-Outsiders", arrived at the planet. In the midst of the attack, she realized that Zonama Sekot was a sentient planet, and offered to give herself to the Yuuzhan Vong if they would spare the living world. Krazhmir's forces agreed and returned to the main fleet with Vergere as their captive.

Vergere&mdash;who soon became the Priestess Falung's familiar&mdash;was interrogated by the Yuuzhan Vong, and revealed that Zonama Sekot was a living world. As Krazhmir's task force did not have the strength to subjugate the planet, he took the knowledge back to the main fleet, informing Supreme Overlord Quoreal of his discovery. When he learned of this, in 29 BBY, Quoreal decided that the Yuuzhan Vong would not invade the galaxy due to a prophecy which spoke of the Yuuzhan Vong's doom at the hands of a living planet. Many members of the species were infuriated by this news, dreading another trip through the Void in search of another home. In response, Shimrra of Domain Jamaane&mdash;one of the domains most critical of Quoreal's decision&mdash;launched a coup. After killing Quoreal, Shimrra then executed many of the former Supreme Overlord's advisors and most ardent supporters, plus all other candidates for Supreme Overlord. In addition, he suppressed knowledge of Zonama Sekot, doing all he could to keep the Yuuzhan Vong from learning of the prophesied world.

Unknown to all was that Shimrra was under the control of Onimi&mdash;a former Shaper who had unknowingly restored his connection to the Force after grafting yammosk tissue to his brain. However, the experiment had left him deformed, and thus he was Shamed. A bitter Onimi blamed the gods, and used his powers to take control of Shimrra and compel him to overthrow Quoreal, and ready an invasion. In the ensuing decades, the Yuuzhan Vong began to prepare for the day when they would attack the galaxy en masse. Scouts used ooglith masquers to disguise themselves as Humans, and began stirring up dissidence. As of 27 BBY, the Chiss, a species that lived near the galaxy's borders, were aware of the Yuuzhan Vong, having engaged a small task force in combat. They found the "Far-Outsiders" to be ferocious fighters with strange technology. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Republic was also aware of the existence of the Yuuzhan Vong, and sought to strengthen the galaxy to prepare for the forthcoming invasion.

A group of Yuuzhan Vong including Mongei Shai landed on the Outer Rim world Bimmiel in 25 BBY to provide intelligence for the Yuuzhan Vong. Shai was eventually killed by slashrats. Initially, Yuuzhan Vong scouts stayed in the Outer Rim before eventually spreading out to other regions of the galaxy. During the reign of the Galactic Empire, the Yuuzhan Vong began to take careful note of potential foes, such as the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Once the New Republic took power in 5 ABY, Yuuzhan Vong spies inventoried its military, and worked to sabotage it in various ways, spreading chaos and lies all the time. One of the leaders among the Yuuzhan Vong in the galaxy was Executor Nom Anor, a firebrand who worked to subtly bring down the Empire, which he believed posed a serious threat to the Yuuzhan Vong. After the collapse of the unified Empire, Anor successfully weakened the Interim Imperial Ruling Council, a governing body in the Imperial Remnant. He assassinated several members of the council, convinced them that Imperial Kir Kanos was behind the attacks, and manipulated the politician Xandel Carivus&mdash;who he saw as incompetent and polarizing&mdash;into taking control. After Carivus seized power, conflict broke out among the the council members, and soon the organization was essentially dissolved.

As of 19 ABY, the Empire of the Hand, a small remnant of the Galactic Empire based at the edge of the galaxy, was aware of many threats at the galaxy's border, and worked to repel these dangers.

In 24 ABY, Nom Anor hired the Mandalorian warrior Goran Beviin to assassinate a politician on Ter Abbes, knowing that his death would spark a civil war amongst the populace. Beviin was successful, and just as Anor expected, conflict broke out on the planet. Anor later met with the leader of the Mandalorians, Boba Fett, and made an alliance with him, though in truth the Yuuzhan Vong planned to betray the Mandalorians when it was convenient for them. Anor noted that the Mandalorians were dangerous, and would likely be hard to subdue if they attacked Mandalore.

The invasion begins
In 25 ABY, the Yuuzhan Vong launched their invasion, believing that the time was right to bring down the New Republic and cleanse the galaxy of the infidels. The species planned to enter at Vector Prime, a point at the edge of the galaxy where the hyperspace disturbance around the galaxy was broken. After entering the galaxy, the Yuuzhan Vong intended to capture undefended worlds in the Outer Rim, sweep through the New Territories&mdash;severing trade routes all the while&mdash;identify a weak spot in the defenses of the Core, and then turn and attack the capital and surrounding planets. To accomplish this, the Praetorite Vong, an advance faction composed mostly of Intendants and warriors, entered the galaxy first at Vector Prime. Upon receiving word of the Praetorite Vong's advance, the warrior Yomin Carr, who was stationed on Belkadan's Extragalactic Society listening post and disguised with an ooglith masquer, killed the other scientists on Belkadan and used a number of dweebits to transform the planet's atmosphere. Belkadan was the first of many worlds to be conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong. Meanwhile, the Praetorite Vong established a a base on the icy world of Helska IV, located at the edge of the Outer Rim.

The Praetorite Vong were able to capture and mentally break the Jedi Miko Reglia, the first casualty from the New Jedi Order&mdash;an organization which would become the bane of the Yuuzhan Vong. The Yuuzhan Vong also attacked the world Sernpidal, located in the same sector as Belkadan and Helska IV. There, they used the Yo'gand's Core tactic to pull one of Sernpidal's moons, Dobido, down into the planet, destroying Sernpidal and killing millions. Soon after this, a Jedi/New Republic response team was able to defeat the Praetorite Vong and kill their yammosk in the Battle of Helska IV. The leader of the Praetorite Vong, Prefect Da'Gara, who had secretly harbored plans of his own to control the invasion and gain power, was killed in this battle. The defeat caused the Praetorite Vong to lose a great deal of prestige, and angered the Yuuzhan Vong leaders.

Despite the fact that the Yuuzhan Vong had killed several Jedi, millions of citizens, destroyed one world and terraformed another in a very short period of time, New Republic leadership dismissed them as a threat. Some believed that there were merely a gang of smugglers who had happened upon new technology, and posed little danger to the New Republic. The Jedi Order, however, did feel that the Yuuzhan Vong were menacing, and attempted to learn more about the species and track them in the Outer Rim.

Soon after the defeat of the Praetorite Vong, the Yuuzhan Vong attacked the planet Dubrillion in the midst of evacuation efforts by the New Republic. They were able to prevent the New Republic from evacuating many civilians, and used dovin basals to prevent the New Republic to jump to a safe planet. Instead, their warships headed for nearby Dantooine, along with several vessels carrying refugees. The Yuuzhan Vong followed them there, and began attacking refugees. When several Jedi on the planet sprung to their defense, the Yuuzhan Vong utilized Chazrach slaves to swarm their foes. Nonetheless, the Jedi were able to kill the Yuuzhan Vong thrall herder, a beast that controlled the Yorik–Kul–implanted Chazrach, causing the slaves to lose their direction, and mindlessly attack anything that moved. Despite this, and the arrival of New Republic ships, the Yuuzhan Vong were able to conquer the planet and force their foes to retreat. They then exterminated Dantooine's native Dantari species. The Yuuzhan Vong also conquered Birgis and New Holgha within three months after the start of the invasion.

Around this time, the Yuuzhan Vong's main fleet entered the galaxy. One of the first worlds they hit was one settled by a species of warrior humanoids. The Yuuzhan Vong killed them all, save for one warrior who they took as a slave. Soon after, they attacked the planet Artorias. Many civilians were killed or captured in the battle, and though a few managed to escape thanks to the aid of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, the planet fell. Soon after, the Yuuzhan Vong began the process of worldshaping Artorias. However, some citizens hid in a safe haven, and fought back with guerilla tactics. This resistance was unexpected, and some Yuuzhan Vong secretly enjoyed being challenged. With many Yuuzhan Vong stationed on the surface, away from the naval strike team stationed above the planet, the slaves onboard the vessel Tsam P'ah rebelled. They killed Commander Sha'kel and took control of the ship.

Following the Battle of Artorias, the Yuuzhan Vong attacked the planet Rychel. They enslaved a number of civilians, and killed Jedi Master Lar Le'Ung before the New Republic forces retreated. The Battle of Garqi came soon after, with three Jedi&mdash;Jacen Solo, Corran Horn, and Ganner Rhysode&mdash;several Noghri warriors, and a group of resistance fighters ambushing a Yuuzhan Vong force corralling slaves on Garqi. A joint force of New Republic and Imperial Remnant vessels soon arrived to combat Yuuzhan Vong ships in space. Meanwhile, on-planet, several Yuuzhan Vong warriors who had followed the Jedi into the Pesktda Xenobotanical Garden suddenly died when their Vonduun armor swelled, choking them. The Vonduun crab was allergic to the pollen produced by bafforr trees. The New Republic tried to keep this discovery secret, but it was not long before the Yuuzhan Vong learned of the bafforr tree's quality.

The Yuuzhan Vong planned to destroy the bafforr trees, and so prepared to attack Ithor, the planet that the trees were native to. When the Yuuzhan Vong, led by Commander Shedao Shai and the Legacy of Torment, began their assault of the planet, they found it defended by unified forces from the Imperial Remnant, New Republic, and New Jedi Order. After a heated conflict both in space and on-planet, the Jedi Corran Horn contacted Shai&mdash;who had killed his friend, Senator Elegos A'Kla&mdash;and offered a one-on-one duel for the fate of Ithor. Shai agreed, and the two sides entered into a week-long truce. After the week ended, the two dueled, with Horn emerging the victor. Though Shai had pledged that the Yuuzhan Vong would leave Ithor alone if Horn was victorious, the species did not keep to the agreement.

Shai's second-in-command, Deign Lian&mdash;secretly an agent of Tsavong Lah's, who sought to weaken the ambitious Shedao Shai and his domain&mdash;unleashed a bioweapon on the planet. Ithor was devastated, and the bafforr trees killed. Though the Legacy of Torment was trapped in an interdiction field by the Immobilizer 418 cruiser Corusca Rainbow, enabling the New Republic to destroy it, the battle was a huge blow to the New Republic. The loss was demoralizing, and the Jedi, especially Corran Horn, were vilified, while the Imperial Remnant's fleet retreated back to Imperial Space. To many, the battle was an indicator of the strength and determination of the Yuuzhan Vong&mdash;they would stop at nothing in their efforts at conquest.

Following the Battle of Ithor, the Yuuzhan Vong captured Obroa-skai, a planet containing a massive library containing vast quantities of information. Supreme Commander Nas Choka, who had led the Battle of Obroa-skai, also helped create riots on worlds such as Atzerri. Frightened by the Yuuzhan Vong's brutality, several groups made peace overtures towards the Yuuzhan Vong. The Hutts allied with them, promising to provide the species with information if they would leave Hutt Space alone. The Peace Brigade, an organization of beings who believed the Yuuzhan Vong were unstoppable and wished to be on the winning side in hopes of being spared, was created with the aid of Nom Anor.

As the Yuuzhan Vong advanced, Executor Nom Anor, alongside the Priest Harrar, devised a scheme to kill many of the troublesome Jedi. The two planned to infect them with bo'tous spores; to fulfill this mission, Priestess Elan, who had "inherited" Vergere after Faluung's death, was selected. Elan planned to store the spores in her lungs, and after meeting with her targets, release them by exhaling. Upon coming into contact with oxygen, the spores would produce small insect-like creatures called bo'tous, which were capable of entering a person's body and devouring them from the inside. In order to meet the Jedi, Elan pretended to be a defector from the Yuuzhan Vong.

Above Exodo II, the Yuuzhan Vong staged a skirmish, in which Elan and Vergere deserted by fleeing onboard an escape pod. The New Republic ship Soothfast recovered the two, and Elan informed them that she had grown disillusioned with Yuuzhan Vong ideals, and wished to meet with the Jedi. However, the New Republic was suspicious of the defectors, and carefully interrogated the two. Meanwhile, the Yuuzhan Vong attacked Ord Mantell and used the dread weapon beast to capture a number of beings to use as slaves. Following the engagement at Ord Mantell, a Peace Brigade force attempted to re-capture Elan for the Yuuzhan Vong, unaware of the true nature of her defection.

Near the Bilbringi system, they attacked the starship Queen of Empire, which held Elan, Vergere, and a New Republic guard. Upon learning of the Peace Brigade's attack, the Yuuzhan Vong dispatched a force led by Nom Anor to stall and allow the New Republic to escape with the defectors. Captain Han Solo attempted to recover the two, but grew wary of Elan upon realizing that the Yuuzhan Vong seemed unconcerned with actually recovering the Priestess and her familiar. A suspicious Solo tried to send her back to the Yuuzhan Vong in an escape pod, and so Elan attacked by releasing the bo'tous spores. However, Solo was saved by his son Anakin, while Elan died from the deadly spores. Meanwhile, Vergere, who survived, fled.

Soon after the Battle of Bilbringi, the Yuuzhan Vong attacked Gyndine, a planet that many refugees had fled to. The Yuuzhan Vong utilized Fire Breathers in this battle, destroying the planet's forests and oceans. New Republic forces attempted to defend the planet and the refugees, but were forced to retreat after a two day battle, leaving the planet to the Yuuzhan Vong. Following their victory, the species began to worldshape Gyndine, and killed many refugees stuck on-planet. The Yuuzhan Vong then attacked Tynna as part of a smokescreen designed to trick the New Republic into thinking that the species was after Corellia or Bothawui, when in fact they planned to assault Fondor. After capturing Tynna, the species began terraforming it.

By this point, the species had reached the Expansion Region, making a great deal of progress in less than a year and greatly threatening the New Republic. The Yuuzhan Vong's alliance with the Hutts was one in name only, as the species distrusted each other. The Yuuzhan Vong subtly leaked information to the Hutts about their alleged battle plans, in hopes of providing misdirection. Soon after the capture of Tynna, the species attacked the ship-building world of Fondor. The New Republic left it largely undefended, believing that the Yuuzhan Vong intended to attack Corellia or Bothawui. Upon learning of the assault on Fondor, the New Republic sent reinforcements. During the battle, Thrackan Sal-Solo&mdash; a rogue Corellian politician&mdash;set off Centerpoint Station. The superweapon released a powerful blast that destroyed half of the Yuuzhan Vong force, but also wiped out a majority of the New Republic fleet present.

The brutality of the New Republic in firing the weapon surprised the Yuuzhan Vong, although it had in fact been done without the authorization of the government. In the next four months, the Yuuzhan Vong continued to make gains. They destroyed Kalarba through use of Yo'gand's Core, and captured Druckenwell, Rodia, and Falleen in an effort to cut off the Corellian Run. The species also turned on the Hutts upon learning that they had been selling intelligence about Yuuzhan Vong movements. Led by a vengeful Nas Choka, the Yuuzhan Vong began their invasion of Hutt Space with the Battle of Nal Hutta. After capturing the Hutt homeworld, they began worldshaping it. As the Yuuzhan Vong continued to press through Hutt Space, the Hutt underground formed to resist the invaders.

Warmaster Tsavong Lah also settled in the galaxy during this time, and the Yuuzhan Vong began their journey to take the Core, with both the Corellian Run and the Perlemian Trade Route cut off. Nom Anor posed as a scientist working to render the polluted planet Duro habitable for refugees, while secretly sabotaging the New Republic's efforts on the planet. A fleet led by Tsavong Lah arrived at the planet soon after Anor's cover was blown. The Yuuzhan Vong destroyed many of Duro's floating cities, despite an offer that some Duros had made to hand over the refugees if their planet was spared. On the surface, Leia Organa Solo&mdash;an influential former senator, and the mother of three Jedi Knights&mdash;was captured and brought before Tsavong Lah. The Warmaster tortured her, but was interrupted by Organa Solo's son Jacen, who used the Force to throw Lah out a window. Despite the escape of Organa Solo, the battle was a success for the Yuuzhan Vong&mdash;they had penetrated the Core, formerly a fortress that many citizens of the New Republic believed would remain safe. The brutality of the extra-galactic invaders continued to frighten the galaxy, and Tsavong Lah played on this fear. He broadcast a message stating that if the New Republic surrendered its Jedi, the species would stop their advance. In the wake of this announcement, many New Republic planets became hostile to Jedi, and freelance mercenaries roamed the stars trying to capture Force-sensitives. The Yuuzhan Vong began worldshaping Duro while continuing their march to the capital.

At this point, the Yuuzhan Vong had gained the majority of the territory they would hold during the invasion. The galaxy was in turmoil, having been ravaged in just a year. The first year had focused on gaining a foothold and weakening the New Republic; Tsavong Lah wanted now to focus on removing the Jedi, as he saw them to be major obstacles.

Enter the Warmaster could be next

Conquest of the Core

Even the warmaster of the Jedi is none other than Jacen Solo's uncle. This uncle, Luke Skywalker, is popularly considered to have singlehandedly created the New Republic by defeating an older, much more rational government called the Empire. And, I might add, it is fortunate for us that he did; the Empire was vastly more organized, powerful, and potently militaristic. Lacking the internal divisions we have exploited so successfully in the New Republic, the Empire could have crushed our people utterly in their first encounter.

"The True Gods would never have allowed such a defeat!" Tsavong

"They didn't. Instead, Luke Skywalker, the Solos, and the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Empire, leaving the galaxy in a state of disarray, a power vacuum that we could exploit--for even then, the Solo clan served the True Gods without ever knowing it!"

Species in the galaxy

 * Shaper
 * Nom
 * Yomin
 * Vongerella

LECG

 * Kol proposes Ossus Project
 * Vong agree, use about 100 plaets
 * Ossus, the first test, starts well
 * It then expands to other worlds
 * Then it is sabotaged by a disease and the Vong are blamed
 * It was a renegade Vong and the Sith
 * Many planets and the Empire are angry
 * War!
 * When Sekot moved to the Unknown Regions at the start of the Sith-Imp War after the Vong lived there, it left many Vong behind
 * Most went to Sekot after the YVW, but a few stayed behind
 * Some used their biots to make illegal altercations to others
 * Immune to Force, as is their tech
 * Some help the Jedi terraform, but are blamed, so they hate the Sith sabotagers as well as the pirates who attacked Ossus
 * More introspective after YVW, but still fierce warriors
 * Many feel that they will forever be ostracized by the galaxy
 * Strict, though foreign to most, honor code
 * Rarely learn other languages
 * + strength, - wisdom, strong but rash
 * Child 1-11 young adult 12-17 adult 18-40 middle age 41-60 old 61-75 venerable 76+
 * Avg height and weight for male is 1.9 m, 70 kg
 * Avg height and weight for female is 1.7 m, 60 kg
 * Shapers are "engineers of biot"
 * Not nearly as strict about heresy after YVW
 * Vong away from their species operate as they wish, generally
 * Still no Force connection
 * Some non-Vong learned how to use biots
 * Vongspawn now means person affected by Sith-sabotaged Vong coral seeds

UR

 * Made deal with Vagaari around 23 ABY, who gained biots and benefited after the Vong lost the war

GORW

 * Attacked Bandomeer system
 * Made Garqi a slave place
 * Hit Makem Te
 * Attacked Muunilinst
 * Got Sriluur and Hutt Space
 * Razed Columex

UAA

 * Can improve standing through marriage though rare
 * Warriors and priests drop to workers or intendants
 * Shapers create everything from clothes to ships
 * Warmaster, supreme commander, commander, subcommander, subaltern, warrior
 * Intendants also doing spying frowned upon by warriors
 * Workers don't sacrifice body parts or get tattoos
 * By worker, UAA generally means shamed one
 * Scouts laid groundwork for invasion around foundation of NR
 * Greatest aspiration is to die honorably for the gods
 * Dark, coarse hair
 * Named for Yun-Yuuzhan
 * He created everything from his body
 * Yun-Yammka wants blood
 * Yun-Harla is deception
 * Yun-Ne'Shel the Modeler
 * Yun-Shuno the Pardoner
 * Yun-Txiin and Yun-Q'aah the Lovers are demigods portrayed as whimsical enemies of the Twin Gods and are worshiped by lovers

NEGVV

 * Scary-looking ships
 * Slaves tended to ships
 * Vessels more resilient than NR durasteel
 * Yorik-et coralskipper, cognition hood, shoots molten rock, bad in gravity
 * Vangaak
 * Yorik-trema
 * Miid ro'ik
 * Koros-strohna
 * I'frill ma-nat
 * Kor chook
 * Legacy of Torment
 * Ro'ik chuun m'arh
 * Sh'rip sh'pa
 * Suuv ban d'krid
 * Tsik vai
 * Uro-ik v'alh
 * Uumufalh
 * Yorik-strohna
 * Yorik-ta

NEWT

 * Scary-looking tech
 * Thud bugs
 * Amphistaff
 * Claws
 * Grutchin
 * Yaret-kor
 * Vonduun crab
 * Yorik-kul
 * Villip
 * Embrace of pain
 * Spineray

CSWE

 * Went to Bimmiel about 50 years before the invasion as an advance team
 * Confirms the void trip took millennia
 * Yun-Harla-never visible to the Vong and was never portrayed
 * Her body was believed to be formed from borrowed parts
 * Some believed her eyes to be villips, others thought they were the discarded eyes of Yun-Yuuzhan
 * Clothing was made to deceive
 * Yun-Ne'Shel was hermaphrodite who represented life and governed art, design, innovation and birth
 * Undying Flame-religious movement that worshipers of the Lovers belonged to (Yun-Txiin male)
 * Yun-Shuno-grotesque, 1000 eyes
 * Believed to be able to plead with Yun-Ne'Shel and Yun-Yuuzhan to improve a Shamed One's lot
 * Yun-Yammak-every warrior kept a statue of him
 * Large brain, one eye, a mouth, and many tentacles
 * Vong planned to turn Borleias into a shrine for his priests after the fall of Coruscant
 * Statues of Yun-Yuuzhan often appeared incomplete to represent his sacrifice
 * Shamed Ones who followed the heresy thought that the Force was the remnant of his soul

NEGAS

 * Taller
 * Heavier
 * Less head hair
 * Face looks like pulsing sacks of flesh
 * Droopy eyes
 * Bluish eyesacks under
 * Sloped forehead
 * Lots of mutilation
 * Barbaric appearance
 * Attack on pride leads to a death duel
 * Take pleasure in pain of their own or others
 * Most species are unworthy of slavery
 * Sekot took them in to save the galaxy

I Vong

 * Not inherently evil, just misguided, follow a crazed religion
 * Calling them just Vong offends Yun-Yuuzhan and is insult of highest order
 * Scouts entered the galaxy around 30 BBY
 * Warriors are very loyal to Shimrra and the gods, drilled into them since birth
 * Shapers stay from front lines, generally
 * Warriors-amphistaff, coufee, thud bug, blorash jelly
 * Priest-villip, tizowyrm
 * Shaper-villip, tizowyrm
 * Intendant-villip, tizowyrm, ooglith masquer
 * Shapers most likely to suspect truth about cortex
 * Priests are generally devoted to a particular god
 * Mongei Shan was among the first in the galaxy
 * Stayed to the OR in that time, scouts did
 * A few agents began infiltrating organizations during the Rebellion era, inventory enemy's military
 * Sabotage under the NR, Nom is the most notable and one of the leaders
 * Initial stages are left to the Praetorite Vong
 * They were meant to establish a base on Helska and carve out an invasion corridor
 * Praetorite mostly led by Intendants
 * Main force enters after Helska
 * Kavaavik
 * Tokhlor tallow
 * Clan rivalries are common
 * Vagh rodiek
 * Yammosk

EGAS

 * Heavier than Humans
 * Remake themselves in gods' image
 * High rank = more mutilation

NEC

 * Slivilith
 * Yun-Harla-priests
 * Intendants and workers could call any gods their own

EGAS

 * Planned to weaken invasion corridor, secure undefended worlds, regroup their forces, plow to the Core, and then turn to the capital

Databank-Vong, among others

 * Refuse to acknowledge the Force, see it as Jedi trick

NJO sourcebook

 * Gods gave them tech
 * Gods encouraged them to become god-like
 * They fought over who should rule
 * Cremlevian War emerged from this
 * After the Cremlevian War they learned from the gods how to build worldships
 * Vong must cleanse their flesh after handling machines and then cut it off
 * Yun-Yuuzhan promised that the lesser gods would take his place if they found others to fill their places
 * He created the universe and gods out of his body
 * Gods created the Vong
 * Lived in symbiosis with their homeworld
 * Blood sacrifice needed to appeal to Yun-Yammka
 * Festival of Twin Gods-day when Vong play jokes on superiors without reprimand, for Yun-Harla
 * Pregnant women pray to Yun-Ne'Shel
 * Warriors dislike Yun-Harla often
 * Yun-Harla observes sacred changing ritual
 * Yun-Ne'Shel designed living things appearances, and hoped to create a peaceful paradise, but was interrupted by the Twin Gods
 * Many see her as idealistic fool
 * Loosened caste structure slightly during journey through the Void
 * Overlord was formerly hereditary
 * Now senior priests and shapers determine the succession (generally)
 * Shapers face rigorous schooling and painful rituals to stay in the caste
 * Advancement based on tests and shaping accomplishments
 * Occasionally go to warrior or priest caste, and more flunk out
 * Behind only the Overlord in social status
 * All gods but the creator have their own sect in the priest caste
 * Funded by donations or payment from services rendered
 * Priests are very respected
 * Study holy texts
 * Undergo tough ritual at age 16 and receive vision from god that determines who they will serve
 * Those judged a slacking as sacrificed on holy days
 * Many holy days and sacrifices in this culture
 * Two sects in the highest level (well, below high priest)
 * Some go to war, others head worship
 * High priests are advisors to Overlord and Warmaster, very respected and act on visions
 * Warriors and subalterns are front line troops
 * Subalterns command 12 to 300 soldiers
 * Commanders command 4 to 250 subalterns
 * Intendants run trade
 * Supervise slaves
 * Work with priests to keep society going with minimal blood
 * Priests help watch over captured worlds
 * Workers do all kinds of stuff, managed by Intendants
 * Manipulate blorash jelly, getting it to move by tempting it with food
 * Supreme Commanders and Warmaster wear heavier armor than other troops
 * Glistaweb
 * Vong are trained from birth to use biots
 * Most biots are mildly painful to use, fitting the Vong's pain creed
 * Gnullith
 * Chilab
 * Rhommamool is a mining world
 * Its neighbor, Ossarian, invests heavily in it and is a rich world
 * Nom's Red Knights of Life hate technology, from droids to shuttles, and Jedi and kill anyone using tech
 * Praetorite Vong-highly specialized group in the military led by Intendants and warriors
 * Warriors in this take orders from Intendnats, which they find insulting
 * Skilled high prefects lead
 * Chooses suitable locations and launches task force
 * Worldship houses 5000 warriors plus thousands of civilians and slaves
 * Many ships tethered to worldships, many people live in these tethered ships
 * Mature dovin basal is at the center of the ship
 * Vong would always rather kill a skilled opponent
 * Ships are not more dangerous than normal fighters, but are different, and new
 * Do not believe in wasting resources, and so use Belkadan as a factory
 * Implanter
 * Brave captives are sacrificed to the gods
 * Those who beg for mercy become slaves
 * Minshal
 * Ngdin
 * Chazrach have been bred for many, many generations as slaves
 * Mindless warriors controlled by Vong
 * Not very good, often used solely as a distraction so the Vong-the real soldiers-can kill their enemies
 * Thrall-slave controlled by surge coral
 * Thrall herder
 * Warkeeper
 * The Jedi are an unknown element, and thus dangerous, so they form a plan to remove them
 * Elan, priestess of Yun-Harla, chosen to deliver bo'tous
 * The NR thought she was a defector and hid he ron Wayland
 * A Vong agent came to "assassinate" her, but was stopped by the NR
 * She wants to meet with Jedi
 * Han saves her from the Peace Brigade on Queen of Empire
 * The Vong study the Obroa-skai library
 * Dread weapon
 * Peace brigade is mainly made up of smugglers, slavers, and other rogues
 * See NR as oppressive, but mostly, just want to be on the winning side
 * Fire breather
 * Capture beast
 * A-vek iiluunu
 * Ally with the greedy Hutts
 * Centerpoint goes boom at Fondor thanks to Thrackan
 * Vong hide their greatest atrocities to recruit the Peace Brigade and Hutts
 * 10 months into the invasion the Vong are entering the Core
 * Duro goes down
 * A number of species want to surrender in hopes of being spared
 * They fail at understand that the Vong don't know mercy, and seek only to destroy
 * As they push towards the Core, the Vong meet real resistance for the first time
 * Hutts betrayed the Vong by giving the NR info and so Nal Hutta was terraformed
 * Rodians fight furiously on their homeworld, and Vong develop a respect for them
 * Ylesia is Peace Brigade HQ
 * Tsavong wants Jedi, especially the Solos
 * On Duro, Vong agitators stir up tension
 * Lizard Mount
 * Tkun
 * Cuffs
 * Capture Leia, Jacen rescues her and defeats Tsavong
 * The Duros agree to let the Vong have the refugees if they spare the orbital cities
 * Angry from losing to Jacen, the Warmaster orders them destroyed
 * He issues a decree: give us Jedi and we spare you
 * Vong halt war, letting the NR destroy itself and hunt down Jedi
 * Infiltrators travel to Coruscant
 * Viqi points them to Yavin
 * Bounty placed on Jedi
 * Mezhan is commissioned by Warmaster to test the Jedi's strength, but instead her and Nen shape Tahiri
 * She hopes to prove that they do not need the Supreme Overlord's communications from the gods and can build their own biots
 * The Vong come to Yavin not to hunt Jedi but to create a research colony for shapers
 * Vua Rapuung allies with Anakin and they save Tahiri and she kills Mezhan
 * Vua dies, sacrificing himself to save the Jedi, and thus the heresy is born
 * Relationships forbidden to Master Shapers
 * Vua'spar
 * Vong place bounty on Hutts
 * After months of being gone since Elan's death and her failed plan, Vergere returns
 * She becomes the Warmaster's aid
 * They try and fail to capture the Falcon
 * Sunulok
 * Lungworm
 * They capture Yag'Dhul
 * The NR destroys a new worldship being grown at Sernpidal
 * Uneasy truce falls apart after Yag'Dhul
 * Heresy-both Jeedai and otherwise, such as Nen-grows
 * FOUND IT! AT SOME POINT ANOTHER SPECIES GAVE BIOTS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE TO THE VONG. KNOWLEDGE OF THEM WAS COMPLETELY WIPED FROM THE RECORDS! THE GODS AND THE OVERLORD'S CONNECTION TO THEM IS A LIE!
 * Knowledge stored in the qang qahsa and dispensed as the Overlord feels it is needed
 * The eighth cortex is empty
 * Shimrra recruits Nen to make new tech
 * Vornskrs bred with fero xyn to produce voxyn beasts
 * NR has figured out how to jam yammosks
 * Some refugee ships are destroyed by the Vong, although many are ignored unless they have a reason for attacking them
 * Advance image as of SBS is in my pics, Atlas has good maps of advance
 * They destroy some Talfaglio refugees ships and threaten to destroy the rest unless the Senate reveals the Jedi's secret hiding spot
 * Jedi do strange, strange things, like save lives
 * However, they are threatening foes
 * Warmaster plans to use the Peace Brigade to hunt down Jedi, while Nom tries to get them to surrender
 * Smuggler Plaan tries to smuggle some voxyn onto Coruscant, but fails thanks to the Han and Leia
 * Warmaster sends Nom to negotiate with the Senate after Borsk requests a Vong negotiator
 * He's booed off the floor
 * YVH droids save Borsk after Vong infiltrators try to assassinate him in a test run on the advice of Viqi
 * Lando gives the Vong a strike team of Jedi, deceiving them
 * They take over the Vong ship and infiltrate Baanu Raas
 * The kill the voxyn queen, but many die, and few escape
 * Deciding that the Jedi are more concerned with saving lives than winning the war, Tsavong strikes at the Core
 * Borleias is taken
 * The Vong attack Coruscant, using refugee ships from Ralltiir and Rhinnal as a screen initially
 * In a fierce battle, the planetary shields are breached
 * Borsk dies
 * Coruscant falls
 * The Vong hate living or worldships, and being forced to work on one is serious punishment
 * Believed that the entire galaxy was uninhabitable after the Cremlevian


 * Not hit by push, but can be hit by lightning and stuff Force-thrown at them?

Quotes
"All living creatures serve the Yuuzhan Vong. And we serve the gods."

- Tsavong Lah

"We will take your whole galaxy. We will destroy your machines. They are an abomination. We will share our ways. We will share our beliefs. We will share pain."

- Sha'kel

"For all the evil the enemy do, they aren't dark, exactly&mdash;the enemy are entirely outside the Force."

- Jacen Solo

"They were brutal, merciless, and unstoppable. They killed for the pleasure of it and seemed fulfilled by it."

- Garqi refugee

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

- Yal Phaath

"We do not live side by side with impurity. Your civilization is built on abominations. Your galaxy is polluted. We have come to cleanse it, so that others besides our warrior caste may occupy it and live cleanly here. It is our destiny, according to Supreme Overlord Shimrra and the priests."

- Warmaster Tsavong Lah to Leia Organa Solo

"We are from another galaxy, Jedi Horn. We crossed the starless night for age upon age."

- Yu'shaa

"It is as if the Yuuzhan Vong want to inflict pain and suffering just to see how long it takes for their slaves to break and run. If that is true, this invasion is going to be worse than any war of political or economic gain. Victory for the Yuuzhan Vong demands that every sentient creature live in pain."

- Corran Horn

"We shall teach the New Republic the glory of the gods."

- Shimrra Jamaane

"The Yuuzhan Vong was tall, muscular, and humanlike, but his face and body were horribly scarred and disfigured. He had no hair, and his nose was practically missing. He was horrible to behold."

- Garqi refugee

"The ancient texts are unclear. It appears we were invaded by a race that was more technological than animate. We called on the gods for protection, and they came to our aid, providing us with the knowledge we needed to convert our living resources to weapons. We defeated the threat, and, empowered by our victory, we gradually became conquerors of other species and civilizations."

- Harrar

"There's an invasion coming. A massive assault force of dark ships, shadowy figures, and weapons of great power, based on organic technology of a sort we've never seen before. We believe these Far Outsiders, as we call them, already have a foothold at the far edge of the galaxy, and even now have scouting parties seeking information on worlds and peoples to conquer."

- Kinman Doriana

"I made an alliance with the reborn Empire at Bastion. We manufactured a cause for war, making the Vong seem responsible. Split, the Galactic Alliance began to fight itself. And so died."

- Darth Krayt

"They've got technology, sweetheart. They just build it in different ways."

- Han Solo, to Leia Organa Solo

"The Yuuzhan Vong are coming. I do not give you this warning so that you can prepare to face them. You cannot fight the Yuuzhan Vong. I tell you simply&mdash;run."

- Arbeloa

"Don't make the mistake of underestimating the Yuuzhan Vong. Too many of us have already paid a terrible price for doing just that."

- Danni Quee

"It is not your galaxy. You have merely infested it for a time. We have come to end the infection, in the name of glorious Yun-Yuuzhan."

- Yuuzhan Vong warrior

"Some have interpreted the ancient texts to imply that we were&hellip;banished&hellip;for our infatuation with war and conquest."

- Harrar

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Breaking

Refugee

Terraform


 * Third guide thing
 * Galactic Campaign Guide

Major sources

 * NJO books (and Ylesia and Practical Man), duh
 * Legacy 0 and .5
 * Legacy: Ghosts
 * Legacy: Claws of the Dragon
 * Legacy: Monster
 * The Joiner King
 * NJO TUF interview

Also removed scrollboxes

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Rogue Planet
 * Outbound Flight
 * Shatterpoint
 * Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd
 * Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
 * Vision of the Future  am I sure this is confirmed to be them
 * Survivor's Quest
 * Boba Fett: A Practical Man
 * Vector Prime
 * Star Wars: Invasion: Refugees
 * Star Wars: Invasion: Rescues
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca
 * Revenants
 * Dark Tide I: Onslaught
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Balance Point
 * Recovery
 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * Emissary of the Void
 * Star by Star
 * Dark Journey
 * The Apprentice
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
 * Traitor
 * Destiny's Way
 * Ylesia
 * Equals and Opposites
 * Force Heretic I: Remnant
 * Force Heretic II: Refugee
 * Force Heretic III: Reunion
 * The Final Prophecy
 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
 * Betrayal
 * Bloodlines
 * Tempest
 * Exile
 * Sacrifice
 * Inferno
 * Fury
 * Revelation
 * Invincible
 * Crosscurrent
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Outcast
 * Omen
 * Abyss
 * Backlash
 * Allies
 * Star Wars: Legacy 8: Allies
 * Star Wars: Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 4: Noob
 * Star Wars: Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Legacy 9: Trust Issues, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Ghosts
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Claws of the Dragon
 * Star Wars: Legacy 27: Into the Core
 * Star Wars: Legacy 29: Vector, Part 10
 * Star Wars: Legacy 30: Vector, Part 11
 * Star Wars: Legacy 37: Tatooine, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 39: Tatooine, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Legacy 41: Rogue's End
 * Star Wars: Legacy 43: Monster, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 44: Monster, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Legacy 45: Monster, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Legacy 45: Monster, Part 3

Notes and references
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