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Tsavong Lah

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this Yuuzhan Vong was the Warmaster in command of the forces led by Shedao Shai which invaded the galaxy. Because of his bravery in battle and his ability to lead others, Tsavong Lah had undergone the ritual of escalation countless times. His body, a mixture of true flesh and surge-coral implants, closely resembled that of the deity Yun-Yammka, the Yuuzhan Vong god of war. His body armor was actually grown from his flesh, with individual scales imbedded in his skin. The scales were actually living creations, and had attached themselves to his bones and distorted his limbs to a degree. He hated the fact that Nom Anor was given so much leeway by the Supreme Overlord, Shimmra, but agreed that the Jedi needed to be removed in order to take control of the galaxy. During the attack on Duro, Tsavong Lah managed to capture Leia Organa-Solo, and planned to use her as his first Jedi subject. However, Randa the Hutt sacrificed himself in order to help Leia escape, and Tsavong Lah was nearly killed in battle with Leia and her son, Jacen. Ultimately, the Warmaster left Duro without a Jedi, and without the wealth of sacrificial refugees he had hoped to obtain. In the wake of the Battle of Duro, Tsavong Lah claimed he would put an end to the hostilities and leave the Core Worlds alone, provided that the New Republic turn over Jacen Solo to the Yuuzhan Vong. He replaced the foot he lost in battle with Jacen, setting the stump with a biologically recreated vua'sa foot, further enhancing his stature among the Yuuzhan Vong. In order to ensure a victory at Coruscant and the capture of Jaina and Jacen Solo, Tsavong Lah later sacrificed his arm, but this time the implant did not take. It continued to become infected and fester, despite the taking of Coruscant and the capture of Jacen Solo. Many among the Yuuzhan Vong power structure feared that Tsavong Lah's time as Warmaster had come to an end, and even Viqi Shesh used the apparent failure of the graft to plant seeds of doubt and suspicion in he Warmaster's mind. It was Nen Yim who discovered that the radank claw was growing, and seemingly consuming the Warmaster as it developed. In order to stem the tide of the battle, the Warmaster called upon his father, Czulkang Lah, to assist in recapturing the planet Borleias and destroying the small group of New Republic forces there. The struggle for Borleias dragged on much longer than anticipated, with the Republic's forces using unanticipated techniques to defeat the Yuuzhan Vong. Tsavong Lah began rooting out the possible priests who were undermining his efforts, only to find that his real nemesis was the intelligence being gathered by Nom Anor. This only made the division between the two that much larger, and culminated in the Yuuzhan Vong's glaring defeat in the Battle of Ebaq. As the battle dragged on and more Yuuzhan Vong ships were destroyed, Tsavong Lah ordered an assault on the Jedi Knights on Ebaq 9. He nearly destroyed the Solo twins and many other Jedi, but Jaina was able to defeat him in combat. She stabbed Tsavong Lah in the throat with her lightsaber, killing one of the Yuuzhan Vong's most noted leaders and precipitating the downfall of their invasion.