Ngaaluh Ngaaluh was a female Yuuzhan Vong deception sect priestess , and loyally worshiped the goddess Yun - Harla for much of her life . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , however , Ngaaluh had her belief in the True Way eroded by an interrogation subject ; the Fosh Jedi Vergere . The priestess harbored her new heresy for some time , reaching her own conclusions and coming to believe strongly in the Force and the role it could play in her species ' journey . When she learned of the secret heretical cult operating in the bowels of conquered Coruscant , Ngaaluh traveled to meet Yu ' shaa , the Prophet who led the movement , and using her respected position became his spy in the court of Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane . Ngaaluh knew the Prophet to be Nom Anor , the disgraced executor , though unlike many she believed Anor to be serving the interests of his followers . In fact , Ngaaluh was used for Nom Anor ' s own gain ; he had her frame , discredit and destroy his rivals among the Intendant caste . Unfortunately for the duplicitous priestess , Shimrra soon became suspicious of her luck in uprooting so many traitors , and had Ngaaluh investigated . When the Supreme Overlord confronted her at his court , Ngaaluh took poison and killed herself in service to the " Jeedai " heresy ; after her death , however , the movement went on to help topple the Yuuzhan Vong Empire during the Battle of Yuuzhan ' tar . Biography . The turn to heresy . Ngaaluh was known to be closely associated with Harrar , a fellow member of the deception sect , and was often seen in the court of Supreme Overlord Shimrra with the elder priest . In the latter months of 26 ABY , prior to the Battle of Yag ' Dhul , Harrar dispatched Ngaaluh to his friend , Warmaster Tsavong Lah . Ngaaluh informed the warmaster that Vergere , a Fosh who had been the familiar of deception sect priestesses Falung and Elan , had returned to the Yuuzhan Vong . Vergere had disappeared following the failure of Elan ' s mission to assassinate the Jedi , and Ngaaluh oversaw the interrogation of the mysterious being in the haar vhinic , a device commonly used by the Yuuzhan Vong to extract the truth from captives . During the interrogation , however , the Fosh undermined her questioner ' s faith in the True Way and the Great Doctrine . Ngaaluh became convinced that the religion espoused by the priests was fraudulent , and that the Supreme Overlord and the priests could no longer be trusted as the conduit to the gods . She continued to debate such matters within herself , long after Vergere was sent back to Tsavong Lah . Ultimately , the priestess attempted to reconcile the existence of the Force with that of the True Way ; she was left confused in most respects , knowing only that she was willing to lay down her life to serve the Force , which she believed to be a lingering exhalation of the great god Yun - Yuuzhan , and those who wielded it — the Jedi . Subsequently , Ngaaluh conspired with Vergere and the renegade Master Shaper Mezhan Kwaad , to plot the overthrow of the Yuuzhan Vong religion and caste system . In 27 ABY , she traveled to the moon Yavin 4 along with Vergere , and there , they oversaw the torture of Tahiri Veila , a captured Jedi whom Mezhan Kwaad sought to mold into a loyal servant of the Yuuzhan Vong . Seeking Yu ' shaa . As a disciple of Yun - Harla , Ngaaluh was well - versed in subterfuge and intelligence , and thus it was simple for her to locate the heretical movement thriving in the underlevels of re - shaped Coruscant . With a genuine display of piety , Ngaaluh was able to pass the screening the Shamed Ones conducted and mingle with the heretics . Yu ' shaa , the Prophet of the movement , was delivering a sermon which Ngaaluh watched avidly , and she became more and more certain that this religious leader , cloaked in an ooglith masquer , was Nom Anor , a disgraced member of the Intendant caste forced into hiding following the disaster at Ebaq 9 . Ngaaluh was disguised herself , her slender frame ensconced in a masquer which gave her a scarred and grotesque appearance . However , as she asked questions of Anor — questions which forced him to dig deep into his repertoire of rhetoric and specious truths — the executor realized that he was faced with a highly intelligent , articulate Yuuzhan Vong , disguised like himself and with an unknown agenda . Ngaaluh demanded to know the plans of the Prophet , and how the movement would progress further ; Nom Anor saw the fiery doubt and need for purpose in her eyes and believed that she could be useful , but Ngaaluh soon disrupted the gathering as she continued to question his doctrine . When Anor realized that this acolyte was perhaps the spy he had been looking for , he bid Ngaaluh come closer . However , the priestess shocked him by revealing that she knew his identity . Unfortunately for Ngaaluh , Anor was deeply paranoid at the time , and when she reached inside her simple robe to give him an offering of an unrik , he fired his plaeryin bol from his eye socket , spitting lethal poison in her face . The moment the executor discovered her true identity and the uses the priestess could have , he administered the antidote . Anor had his aides , Kunra and Shoon - mi Esh , take the faithful priestess to a safe set of quarters and give her the best care possible . There , she gradually regained her strength and swore allegiance to Nom Anor as leader of the heresy . Although wary of the possibility that Ngaaluh was a double agent , Anor decided in any case to use her as a source of much - needed intelligence on Shimrra . Infiltration . Ngaaluh was equipped with a villip and sent back to the court of Supreme Overlord Shimrra . In accordance with her position , the deception priestess was allowed a relatively high level of access into the Great Councils of the Yuuzhan Vong . On the first occasion of her visit to the court in this new role , however , Ngaaluh had to ask her superior Harrar to allow her into the throne room . There , she delivered intelligence on Yu ' shaa , claiming that she possessed knowledge of the Prophet and his motives . Shimrra was incensed by Ngaaluh ' s announcement , and questioned her on the desires of the heretics . However , the Dread Lord ' s fury abated , and he was left to consider the ramifications of this growing heresy . Ngaaluh was allowed to act as an " inquisitor " of sorts , rooting out heresy for the Supreme Overlord and granting him victims to throw into the yargh ' un pits . The priestess was soon installed by Shimrra as the leader of the movement which conducted investigations into corruption and heresy across Yuuzhan ' tar . With a large number of helpers — who remained unaware of her true agenda unless they too were heretics — Ngaaluh earned a fearsome reputation among the intendants who oversaw the running of Yuuzhan ' tar . Nom Anor had targeted several of his old rivals in the intendant caste for destruction , and had unleashed Ngaaluh upon them , knowing that in her new capacity as Shimrra ' s inquisitor she would be able to have the hapless intendants removed and killed . The deception priestess served Anor with ardent loyalty , assured that Nom Anor believed in the tenets of the heresy as much as she did , and willingly undertook her first assignment : an investigation into the affairs of Prefect Ash ' ett of the Vishtu Sector . Ash ' ett was an old foe from Anor ' s early days in the intendant caste , and while Ngaaluh regarded the framing and discrediting of the Prefect as a chance to install a loyal heretic in his place , Anor savored the chance for revenge . Ngaaluh and Anor planted heretic Shamed Ones among Ash ' ett ' s command structure , and then had them " uncovered " by loyal Yuuzhan Vong . Once the phony evidence had been collated , Ngaaluh brought five of the captured heretics before Shimrra , and embarrassed High Prefect Drathul , a hated enemy of Anor ' s , by casting aspersions on the intendant caste and Prefect Ash ' ett . Anor and Ngaaluh were each satisfied by the result ; Ash ' ett was executed along with every member of his immediate family and Drathul and the entire intendant caste fell suddenly under suspicion , much to Anor ' s glee . Meanwhile , Ngaaluh continued her work tirelessly , thrilled at the chance to practice the tenets of the heresy and the " Jeedai " by weeding out corruption among the intendants and furthering their cause . Soon , Prefect Drosh Khalii of the Geling Sector , another of Anor ' s former rivals , was executed on the grounds of evidence planted by Ngaaluh . However , the priestess began to worry that the tactics of the Prophet — the slow removal of lowly intendants and executors — were not sufficient in overthrowing Shimrra . Unfortunately for Ngaaluh , she never realized that Anor ' s goals were very different to those he espoused as the leader of the heresy . Nevertheless , the priestess mounted a campaign against another of Nom Anor ' s enemies , Prefect Zareb of the Numesh Sector , and planned to deliver her damning evidence to the court . Discovery , death and legacy . Shimrra , however , was no fool , and upon the sudden revelation that two of his Prefects were heretics , had begun to conduct his own investigations — not into the heresy , but into Ngaaluh herself , who never realized what was taking place . Although Shimrra had executed the second Prefect , Drosh Khalii , he had gone on to interrogate personally the heretics planted by Ngaaluh in the Prefect ' s sector . Faced with the wrathful presence of the Supreme Overlord , the Shamed Ones cracked and divulged the truth of their missions . Thus , once Ngaaluh had delivered her intelligence on Prefect Zareb , Shimrra was ready . Thanking the priestess for her discoveries , the Supreme Overlord dismounted the polyp throne and walked among the Elite , questioning in turn Warmaster Nas Choka , High Prefect Drathul , Master Shaper Yal Phaath and Most High Priest Jakan . Eventually , having instilled a weighty sense of fear among his subordinates , Shimrra rounded upon Drathul , proclaiming that a heretic had infiltrated the highest echelons of his empire . Ngaaluh , mesmerized as everyone else was by the spectacle of a doomed High Prefect , failed to notice in time that the guards approaching to restrain Drathul were in fact encircling her . Trembling , the priestess could only watch as the massive bulk of the Supreme Overlord stalked towards her . Shimrra denounced the priestess as a fraud , though he did not reach the conclusion that she was a heretic himself ; only that she had falsely incriminated several loyal supporters and that she worked for the Prophet . Before he could question her further , Ngaaluh wrestled free momentarily , long enough to take poison and die in front of the assembled mass of shocked Yuuzhan Vong . On Shimrra ' s orders , guards dragged her lifeless body from the throne room and hurled the corpse onto the piles of dead in a yargh ' un pit ; Nom Anor watched the darkening scene through the villip for some time , transfixed by the sudden reversal of his fortunes . Ngaaluh ' s heresy shocked Shimrra ' s court and provoked a great deal of doubt in the Supreme Overlord ' s tenure on power , as well as his status as a conduit to the gods . It proved that the heresy was not confined to the Shamed Ones and the workers , and had in fact spread to the highest levels of government . Shimrra became extremely vigilant of spies , and frequent sweeps of the lower levels of Yuuzhan ' tar were conducted to root out the heresy . Shamed Ones were removed from positions where they might damage the Yuuzhan Vong Empire , and the Supreme Overlord was forced to reaffirm his position through the creation of the Slayers . He also tolerated the presence of the Royal Seers among his entourage to satisfy his followers . For Nom Anor , Ngaaluh ' s death was disconcerting ; it proved that his movement remained vulnerable , and instead of feeling triumph at the apparent weakening of Shimrra ' s position , the executor came away from the experience believing that the Supreme Overlord remained as strong as ever , and that he would soon join her in the yargh ' un pits . The loss of his spy in Shimrra ' s court forced him to adopt new tactics , and he began to spread rumors that a living planet would lead the heretics to salvation . In fact , the stories of Zonama Sekot had been related to him through the deceased priestess , and he corrupted them in order to retain his hold on power , as his movement was failing to grow any further . Ngaaluh ' s fanaticism had also made an impression on Kunra , Anor ' s loyal agent , and the Shamed One would later prevent Nom Anor from retreating from his role as Prophet during the last battle of the war . Personality and traits . Ngaaluh was a fanatic who swore to give her life for the movement she so passionately believed in , and ultimately fulfilled that oath . Her intelligence and acumen befitted her role as a priestess of deception , and the fact that she was able to lie without showing fear in the face of the Supreme Overlord himself demonstrated considerable courage . However , the zeal with which the priestess conducted her heresy allowed her to become a tool to serve Nom Anor ' s purposes ; Ngaaluh was naïve in her belief that Anor , a cunning and devious individual , had become a devoted religious leader . Essentially , Ngaaluh ' s training as a deception priestess contrasted with her impressionability and naïvete , and this mixture of character traits contributed significantly to her death . Behind the scenes . Ngaaluh first appeared in " " as an associate of Harrar ' s tasked with the interrogation of Vergere , an enigmatic figure in . In " " , it emerged that Ngaaluh had become corrupted by Vergere during this period , and she joins Nom Anor ' s heretical movement . By the time of her death towards the end of the in the " Force Heretic " Trilogy , Ngaaluh had become a character of reasonably high importance , in terms of her relationship with Anor and the insights she allowed him to obtain into the inner workings of the Yuuzhan Vong Empire .