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this young Yuuzhan Vong female was trained as a shaper by Mezhan Kwaad, during the aliens' invasion of the known galaxy. She was chosen by Kwaad for her heretical beliefs. Nen Yim was one of the few Yuuzhan Vong who believed that their race was not ordained to rule the galaxy, but was part of a larger collection of lifeforms. Nen Yim trained aboard the worldship Baanu Kor, and had never set foot on a real planet. When Mezhan Kwaad was appointed to investigate the source of The Force, she took on Nen Yim to help map out the nervous system of a Jedi Knight. Their subject was Tahiri Veila, and both shapers realized that they had to think beyond the rigid Yuuzhan Vong protocols in order to discover the source of a Jedi's power. Despite her beliefs, Nen Yim was a skilled Adept, and was able to quickly map out Tahiri's nervous system. After Tahiri was rescued by Anakin Solo and Mezhan Kwaad was killed in battle, Nen Yim feared she would also be executed. However, she was brought before Warmaster Tsavong Lah and relegated to the work on preserving the dying worldships. She was spared her life as long as she provided the names of other heretical Shapers. Her efforts, however, had attracted the notice of Supreme Overlord Shimrra, who dispatched Nen Yim and the Master Shaper Kae Kwaad to the Baanu Miir. Nen Yim came to hate Kae Kwaad and his maniacal approach, especially when he began deflecting her from the work of keeping the worldship alive. She was surprised to learn that Kae Kwaad was actually Overlord Shimrra's jester, Onimi, when she was take to meet with Shimrra personally. Shimrra, while not condoning her work, offered her the chance to continue working beyond the known protocols of the Qang qahsa. She agreed to offer up whatever sacrifices were required to Yun-Yuuzhan in order to obtain knowledge beyond the eighth cortex of the Qang qhasa, especially after Shimrra revealed that his vision of Yuuzhan Vong conquest included Nen Yim, raised to the level of Master Shaper. She was placed in the service of Warmaster Tsavong Lah, and spent a great deal of time trying to understand why Lah's arm rejected the radank claw which had been implanted on it. She discovered that the radank claw seemed to be growing, consuming the Warmaster's flesh as it developed. Later, Nen Yim found that Ghithra Dal had been placing materials on the infected arm which made the radank claw grow. Later, after she was given access to a Sekotan starship that had been recovered, Nen Yim came to the realization that Supreme Overlord Shimrra might be a fraud. His fear of Zonama Sekot only solidified her beliefs, and Nen Yim set out to locate the living planet herself. With the help of Tahiri Veila and Corran Horn, she was able to escape Coruscant reach the living planet, along with Harrar and Nom Anor, who was disguised as the Prophet Yu'shaa. On Zonama Sekot, Nen Yim learned that her memories had been stolen to create the Riina Kwaad personality which had been implanted in Tahiri's mind. Emboldened by the existence of the planet, Nen Yim tried to make contact with Sekot by altering certain cells from Sekotan life. Her plan, to use these cells like a qahsam worked almost too well. She found herself flooded with Sekot's knowledge, and nearly passed out from the connection. She didn't live to do much more with the information, however, as Nom Anor tracked her down and killed her, so that he could attempt to destroy Zonama Sekot and regain favor with Shimrra. Before she died, Nen Yim tried to tell Tahiri what she had learned of Zonama Sekot. However, her heart failed before she could finish.