The Yuuzhan Vong

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THE YUUZHAN VONG

The Yuuzhan Vong are humanoid aliens. Taller and heavier

that humans, they have naturally sloping foreheads, bluish

sacks under the eyes, and less hair on the face and the scalp.

Elites are tattooed and disfigured, in accordance with religious

ideals. Theirs is a strict caste-based society. They are fanatical

worshipers of a pantheon of sacrifice-demanding gods

whose demands and prognostications are disseminated by the

priest caste, under the leadership of a supreme overlord and

his minion. Their technology is biology-based, organic, and

they consider “dead” machines a blasphemy (they particularly

hate droids, for their sacrilegious imitation of life).

On the one hand their bio-tech is incredibly refined, while

on the other it is terrible when it meets obstacles. It is likely

that the Yuuzhan Vong inherited most of what they have, but

don’t really know how it works, or how to modify it very

easily, and their science is atrophying in the face of effective

technology. Therefore, there is tension among the traditionalists—

who never question or try to expand on the precepts of

the past—and the young radicals, who insist on “blasphemous”

experimentation and seeking new understanding.

Millennia of warfare destroyed most of the habitable

worlds in their home galaxy, so a convoy of worldships was

sent out in search of new habitable worlds in other galaxies.

For generations, they have wandered the space between

galaxies, searching for the new home promised them by their

gods. For a long time the travelers lived comfortably on their

worldships, but at last the ships began to fall apart, disillusion

with the unending search for their new home began to set in,

and dissension grew among the ranks.

Newly developed scout ships were launched. Of these, one returned

with a message of hope: a planet with a world consciousness

and “living ships” had been discovered—Zonama Sekot,

the “rogue planet” in the bridge novel of the same name—

similar to their original homeworld. Seizing on this discovery,

the supreme overlord claimed to have a vision that the Yuuzhan

Vong “promised land” had been found. In fact, though, this pronouncement

was more a way for the supreme overlord to regain

full control of his disaffected priests and underlings.

First, the new galaxy—the Star Wars galaxy—had to be

cleansed of infidels. And so began their invasion plans. A

relatively small number of agents was sent to infiltrate worlds

and not only learn the lay of the land but also begin to recruit

supporters. Now the first of the actual troopships is about to

arrive, to install beachheads on several worlds in preparation

for the arrival of the greater warrior troops.

The Yuuzhan Vong should usually be referred to by the full

name of “Yuuzhan Vong,” not “the Vong.” In narrative, the

only exceptions are the occasional active fight scenes where

it becomes too awkward to constantly use the full name. In

dialogue, diplomatic types will almost always use the long

form, “Yuuzhan Vong.” And the Yuuzhan Vong never shorten

the name when referring to themselves.

THE YUUZHAN VONG CULTURE:

Everything these aliens do is for the greater glory of their

gods, and to follow a path of personal evolution designed to

bring each successful individual ever closer to godhood—in

essence, to remake themselves in the shape of their gods.

Much sacrifice and/or penance is involved, because the Creator

sacrificed pieces of himself—with great pain, culminating

in a “death” leading to high exaltation—to create the

lesser gods, who in turn created the Yuuzhan Vong through

the mixing and matching of parts from other creatures. Thus,

sacrifice, when required, is sacred; death is inevitable—but

how one dies is all-important.

The Yuuzhan Vong are horrifyingly barbaric to our eyes—

beginning with the ritual tattooing and scarification of the

lower ranks, and on up to the grotesque mutilation and reshaping

seen in the higher ranks. All this scarring, etcetera, is

a highly ritualized system under the aegis of the priests; at

each rise in rank, the subject makes one more physical

change along the path to remaking him or herself in the shape

of one of the gods. Toward this end, they might graft other

parts onto themselves—either parts from another creature, or

bioengineered parts; they would never maim themselves in

any way that might hinder their abilities to function, only in

ways that might be functionally neutral or—at higher

ranks—improve their functions. Those poor souls whose

changing ceremony fails, leaving them maimed, are shamed

forever, demoted to the lowest rank of the lowest caste.

The Castes:

The Shapers: These are the scientists, the bioengineers who

create the living machines and tools that power the Yuuzhan

Vong society. Being closest in purpose to the Creator god,

they are the highest caste below the supreme overlord.

Shaper ranks: master, adept, initiate

The Priests: These are the holy ones who serve and speak for

the various lesser gods; only the supreme overlord has the

ear of and can speak for the Creator. The priest caste is

not really lower in rank than the shapers, but sort of a

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