Uunu

"Shamed Ones must show usefulness and humility. We do the work no true caste Yuuzhan Vong may dirty their hands with. If we do not do these things, we are not worth feeding."

- Uunu

Uunu was a Female Yuuzhan Vong Shamed Ones who was alive in 26 ABY, when the Yuuzhan Vong were invading a galaxy other than their own. Uunu worked on the captured moon of Yavin 4 as a field hand tending lambents, and it was there that she was assigned to be the overseer of the slave Bail Lars, who was actually the Jedi Knight Anakin Solo in disguise.

Biography
A Female Yuuzhan Vong, Uunu grew up on one of the poorer and more cramped Koros-Strohna, a type of worldship used by the Yuuzhan Vong, as the species traveled from their galaxy to another one in order to wage war upon its inhabitants. At some point in her life, Uunu became one of the Shamed Ones, meaning that her body would not accept alterations that would further her status, and because of this, she was given hard labor as a job. In 26 ABY, a young Uunu was one of the many Shamed Ones and Yuuzhan Vong slaves that were taken to the moon of Yavin 4 after it was taken from the Jedi Order and the New Republic.

While on Yavin 4, Uunu was assigned to work in the fields growing lambents, which were crystals used by the Yuuzhan Vong for various tasks, and it was also there that Uunu realized that the Yuuzhan Vong warrior Vasi had an attraction to her. However, although he could technically command her because of her rank, Uunu knew that Vasi wanted her to come him because the female Yuuzhan Vong would make Vasi kill her if the warrior commanded her to do anything. One day, while working the fields, Uunu was assigned slave by the name of Bail Lars, who had been brought to the fields by the Shamed One Vua Rapuung, by Vasi after the warrior saw him faint in pain. Although the slave was supposed to help her fill her quota of lambents, Vasi gave Uunu the slave to hinder her rather than help her.

Uunu taught Lars, who was actually the Jedi Knight Anakin Solo in disguise, how to tend to the lambents. While she attuned the blossoms of the lambents by stroking them, Lars harvested the ones that already had been attuned. By the end of the day, Lars had fallen quite behind Uunu. At sometime, Uunu voiced her fears that Lars was a Jedi to the warriors, and because of this, they watched the pair close. The next day, while it was still dark, Uunu picked Lars up from the slave houses, and showed him how the lambents could be used to produce luminescence, and explained how they worked. During six hours of work, in which they did not stop for rest, Uunu warmed up to the slave during their conversations about the Yuuzhan Vong and the galaxy, although Lars was considered an infidel by her people. At lunch, she broached the question about Lars being a Jedi, and after the slave lied that he was not, the pair talked about the Jedi Order. It was during this chat that Uunu became more inclined towards the ideals of the Jedi Order.

Solo left Uunu silently that night, and went on to rescue his Jedi friend Tahiri Veila, who had been captured by the Yuuzhan Vong affiliated Peace Brigade group on Yavin IV. Shortly after, Solo, along with forces under the command of smuggler Talon Karrde and a few Jedi Knights, destroyed the Yuuzhan Vong military forces, and landed to free the slaves on Yavin IV. However, after the Jedi and smuggler strike, Warmaster Tsavong Lah had many of the Shamed Ones on the moon killed, because of the Jeedai heresy, a belief among Shamed Ones that the Jedi would rescue them due their actions on Yavin IV, that had arisen there.

Personality and traits
As a Shamed One, Uunu's body did not accept the alterations that would allow her to rise in rank and signify her dedication to the gods of her people. At the time of her meeting with Lars, Uunu had no obvious scars, and she looked deeply worn, though her eyes were brighter than most of the other Shamed Ones. Because she lived on a cramped worldship when she was young, Uunu wondered at the size of the galaxy they were in, and how there was so much space. As with the majority of Yuuzhan Vong society, she found the machinery used by the inhabitants of the galaxy her people had invaded abominations, and because she believed in the will of the gods, thought that the Yuuzhan Vong were taking the right path in attacking the galaxy.

However, although most Yuuzhan Vong had only contempt for the people they were engaging in war, which they called infidels, Uunu warmed up to Lars during their time together. Although she did warn him to watch his tongue when they discussed important matters concerning her people and his, she was much more open to him than most Yuuzhan Vong. Additionally, she did not despise the Jedi, and questioned Lars on the nature of the Jedi, and whether they would be concerned with the plight of the Shamed Ones. Uunu believed that she was from birth born a Shamed One, but continued to hope that some deed of hers, such as potentially turning Lars over to the warriors if in fact he was a Jedi, would favor her before the gods, and help her rank.

Appearances

 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest