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P'w'eck Emancipation Movement

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this was group which outwardly championed the liberation of the P'w'eck race from their Ssi-ruuk masters. The movement won their freedom during the early stages of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy, and decided to strengthen their position by allying with their former enemies, the Bakurans. The hope was to unite the Bakurans and P'w'eck into an independent alliance that could stand alone, apart from the New Republic. The leader of the movement was a mutated Ssi-ruu known as the Keeramak, a rainbow-colored individual who opposed his race's self-centered view of the galaxy. Born several years before the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the galaxy, the Keeramak rallied the P'w'eck into a cohesive unit, and led them in a year-long battle to overthrow the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. Five years later, Lwothin brought the movement's message of peace to the Bakurans. As part of the unification, the P'w'eck required that Bakura be consecrated, and a lavish ceremony was planned. It was later discovered that the movement was, in fact, a hoax conceived by the Yuuzhan Vong. Cleverly disguised with full-body ooglith masquers, Yuuzhan Vong posed as both P'w'eck and Ssi-ruu to fool the Bakuran people. Having conquered the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium, the Yuuzhan Vong hoped to also take control of Bakura and gain a foothold along the borders of the Unknown Regions. However, the spirit of the P'w'eck race was underestimated by the Ssi-ruuk and the Yuuzhan vong. Lwothin managed to kill the Keeramak, and P'w'eck crewmen managed to overpower their Ssi-ruuk superiors and halt the invasion of Bakura. A formal alliance between Bakura and the true P'w'eck Emancipation Movement - under the non-coerced control of Lwothin - spelled the end of the scheme to subjugate Bakura.