Tsavong Lah

Tsavong Lahwas the Warmaster of the Yuuzhan Vong and led the military forces of the alien invasion on many important campaigns including the Fall of Coruscant and the Battle of Ithor. His form was hideous, as his form was cobbled together from a variety of living parts, much like the lesser gods were formed from fragments of the creator god Yun Yuuzhan. Tsavong Lah wastaller than most Yuuzhan Vong. His grim face was framed by elaborate tattoos, and his sharpened teeth were revealed with the parting of his slit lips. He wore a living cape that clung to his shoulders with needle-clawed fingers. His rust-covered armor plates were seeded directly against his bones, and as they grew, they painfully stretched the warmaster's frame. Domain Lah is a powerful family in the Yuuzhan Vong hierarchy, and Tsavong Lah had many notable relatives, such as his crèche-brother Qurang Lah, his warrior son Khalee Lah, and his respected father Czulkang Lah.

Tsavong Lah reported directly to Supreme Overlord Shimrra during his campaign to take the Galactic Core. When the invasion masterminded by the Praetorite Vong was repelled, it was Tsavong Lah's duty  to continue the invasion. He led great victories at Dantooine and Ithor. His passionate hatred for Jedi led him to capture Leia Organa Solo during his invasion of Duro. He tortured the captive Leia and intended her to be his first Jedi sacrifice to his bloodthirsty gods, but she was rescued by her son, Jacen Solo.

An enraged Tsavong Lah called for the capture of the Jedi Order. He announced that peace was attainable to a battered New Republic, only if they would deliver every single Jedi Knight to the Yuuzhan Vong. A weary populace listened to the warmaster's demands, and agencies like the Peace Brigade were formed to support the Yuuzhan Vong. Among Lah's underlings included Vergere and Nom Anor. Lah distrusted Anor, for he felt nothing but contempt for the Praetorite Vong. Vergere became a valued advisor, and Lah would quiz her or challenge her to dejarik games to learn the patterns of thought exhibited by the inhabitants of the galaxy. He quietly reveled in the rivalry that grew between Anor and Vergere.

Though he conquered Coruscant, fortune turned sour for Tsavong Lah. He continued to replace his body parts with specialized growths developed by the Shapers, adopting a radank claw in place of his left arm. The organic transplant, however, failed, and diptera maggots devoured his new flesh. It was a terrible sign, and Lah fretted that the will of the gods had turned against him. A duplicitious underling, the human collaborator Viqi Shesh, suggested an intriguing and unsettling possibility. It was not the will of the gods, but rather his Shapers had betrayed and sabotaged his transplant. Furious at the treachery, Tsavong Lah gathered srveral suspected traitors, and slaughtered them all by releasing ravenous captive rancors upon them.

Supreme Overlord Shimrra admonished Lah for the repeated loss of valued Yuuzhan Vong warriors following the conquest of Coruscant. Hoping to redeem himself, Lah led the attack on Ebaq 9, at Nom Anor's suggestion. Lah would personally lead Battle Group Yun-Yuuzhan into war. The battle at Ebaq 9 was a trap however and the Yuuzhan Vong suffered horrifying losses. Furious and determined to exact vengeance on the Solo twins, Tsavong Lah went to the surface of Ebaq 9 with the intent of hunting Jaina Solo. The duo confronted one another and during a fierce battle,Tsavong Lah died when Jaina Solo plunged her lightsaber into his throat.