Hreven Karsh Hreven Karsh was a member of the warrior caste of the Yuuzhan Vong , and during the Yuuzhan Vong War was escalated to the position of commander following the death of his relative , Supreme Commander Komm Karsh . Hreven Karsh later accompanied another supreme commander , B ' shith Vorrik , during the campaign to crush the Imperial Remnant , but was later ordered to remain in the Unknown Regions to hunt a party of Jedi searching for the living planet of Zonama Sekot . When he failed in this capacity , Karsh returned to Coruscant , where he was reprimanded and sent by Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane on a suicide mission to invade the Chiss Ascendancy . Biography . When Supreme Commander Komm Karsh , who headed the Yuuzhan Vong ' s sole strategic reserve fleet , was defeated with his fleet and killed at Obroa - skai , Hreven Karsh was escalated not long after to fill the position of his deceased relative . Inexperienced and over - eager , Hreven Karsh accompanied Supreme Commander B ' shith Vorrik on the campaign to eliminate the threat posed by the Imperial Remnant . When Vorrik ' s invasion was halted at Borosk , Hreven Karsh was dispatched to the Unknown Regions to follow Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and his search party , but lost the " Jade Shadow " and the " Widowmaker " , the ships which made up Skywalker ' s task force , on the borders of the Chiss Ascendancy . With his escalation wounds still weeping and bleeding , Hreven Karsh returned to Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane on Yuuzhan ' tar , formerly Coruscant . In the Hall of Confluence , Karsh gave his report to the Supreme Overlord , and faced the fury of the Dread Lord . The commander claimed that he had not wished to incur on Chiss territory , and that he had been " combing " the borders of the Ascendancy in order to search for the Jedi . Jamaane demanded that Karsh take what was rightfully the Yuuzhan Vong ' s , and remind the Chiss who ruled over the galaxy . When Karsh swore on the name of Domain Karsh that he would apprehend the Jedi fugitives , the supreme overlord took Karsh at his word , swearing in turn that he would execute every member of Domain Karsh if the commander was unsuccessful . It was perceived by the distant Yuuzhan Vong outcast , Nom Anor , who was watching Hreven Karsh ' s audience through a concealed villip , as a useless gesture on the behalf of Shimrra — the Chiss would be antagonized , and commander Karsh would be lost . Before the doomed commander left the Hall of Confluence , Jamaane demanded Karsh ' s hand as a reminder of their pact together . Having severed his hand — the limb was taken away by Onimi , Shimrra ' s familiar — Hreven Karsh left the presence of the supreme overlord , bleeding profusely , with orders to lead a suicide mission into the Chiss Ascendancy . Behind the scenes . Hreven Karsh ' s identity as a member of Domain Karsh links to Walter Jon Williams ' " " , the novel in which Hreven ' s relative Supreme Commander Komm Karsh dies . Hreven Karsh ' s fate is never revealed in the final two books of the Force Heretic trilogy , but it is most likely that he perishes , as both Shimrra and Nom Anor suspect he will , fighting the Chiss .