Vua Rapuung

"A salute to the Jeedai! A salute of blood!"

Vua Rapuung was a warrior of the Yuuzhan Vong. A skilled fighter, he had had an affair with a shaper, Mezhan Kwaad. When Rapuung decided to break off their relationship, Kwaad, fearful he would reveal their past to others, infected him with a virus that caused his body to reject implants he received after his escalation, rendering him a Shamed One.

Rapuung, however, knew that Kwaad was responsible. On Yavin 4, he agreed to help the Jedi Anakin Solo rescue Tahiri Veila, if he would help him confront Kwaad. Anakin and Rapuung made it to the damutek where Kwaad had been reshaping Tahiri into believing she was Riina Kwaad.

Rapuung confronted his former lover, who had just been discovered to be practicing heresy, and demanded she answer whether the Gods were responsible for his shaming, or if she was. Kwaad admitted her role, then mortally wounded Rapuung with a weapon concealed in her Shaper Hand. Dying, he gave Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila enough time to escape. He was slain in battle, and the Shamed Ones started a legend that said he was redeemed in his death, thus beginning the Jeedai Heresy.

Appearances

 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest
 * The Final Prophecy
 * [[Force Heretic I: Remnant]