Phaa Anor Phaa Anor was a male Yuuzhan Vong of the intendant caste and a relative of Nom Anor . Phaa Anor was a subordinate to Nom Anor , who acted as an advance agent in the galaxy , which the Yuuzhan Vong had targeted for invasion . Phaa Anor carried out duties on behalf of his relative during the invasion but came to believe that his superior was dead , as did the majority of Yuuzhan Vong , after Nom Anor disappeared following the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Ebaq 9 in 28 ABY . At Ebaq 9 , Nom Anor promised the Yuuzhan Vong leadership a great victory , unaware that his intelligence sources were compromised , and was forced to disappear once he was confronted for his failure . Later that year , Phaa Anor was contacted by his relative , who asked him to deliver a message concerning the existence of a mysterious living planet to the ruler of the Yuuzhan Vong , Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane . Biography . Born into Domain Anor , Phaa Anor was an intendant — the Yuuzhan Vong ' s caste of logistics and administrative experts . Phaa grew up in a crèche along with his domain cousin , Nom Anor , who later became his superior . The two Yuuzhan Vong maintained contact by means of a pair of villip s , the organic communications devices of the Yuuzhan Vong . In 25 ABY , the Yuuzhan Vong species initiated its invasion of another galaxy , having spent millennia traveling in the Intergalactic Void in search of a new home . During the resulting Yuuzhan Vong War , Phaa Anor ' s crèche cousin was tasked with destabilizing the New Republic , the major galactic government and the target of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet . Phaa Anor remained his crèche cousin ' s subordinate until three years into the war , when Nom Anor ' s failure to realize that his extensive spy network had been compromised led to a catastrophic Yuuzhan Vong defeat at the Battle of Ebaq 9 . Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane , the leader of the species , called for the skin of Nom Anor , who disappeared following the battle . After a year passed with no news of his superior , Phaa Anor , along with the majority of Yuuzhan Vong , assumed his relative to be dead . Thus , when Phaa Anor was contacted via villip by his crèche cousin , the intendant was shocked , and informed Nom Anor that he would have to report the conversation to Jamaane . To his mounting surprise , Anor was informed by his relative that he should in fact do exactly that , as Nom Anor claimed to have vitally important news for the Supreme Overlord . Phaa Anor was told to seek an audience with Jamaane , taking the message that Nom Anor was on the living planet Zonama Sekot — a legendary world greatly feared by the Supreme Overlord — along with Nen Yim , Jamaane ' s personal scientist , who had gone missing from the Supreme Overlord ' s palace some days previously . Phaa Anor was incredulous , but Nom Anor asked him to take the message , as well as the villip itself , to Jamaane , as quickly as possible and with the utmost secrecy . Skeptical , Anor asked why he should do what was demanded of him , but was won over by his former superior ' s reply — Nom Anor expected great rewards for sending the message , so Phaa Anor should therefore expect great rewards for delivering it . Carrying out his relative ' s request , Phaa Anor took the message , and the villip , to Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane . Personality and traits . Phaa Anor was loyal to the Yuuzhan Vong empire over his crèche cousin , and recognized his duty to his superiors . He was prone to both surprise and thoughtfulness , as well as ambition , drawn in by Nom Anor ' s suggestion that he would be rewarded for delivering the news on his crèche cousin ' s whereabouts . Behind the scenes . The first , and only , relation of principal Yuuzhan Vong protagonist Nom Anor to be named in , Phaa Anor appears briefly , and only via a Yuuzhan Vong communications device , in Greg Keyes ' " " , the penultimate book in the series . In the novel , Nom Anor believes that Phaa Anor will be executed , rather than rewarded , for bringing the message to Jamaane , as the existence of Zonama Sekot had been denied by the Supreme Overlord . As no direct evidence for Phaa Anor ' s death is given , however , it cannot be assumed that Nom Anor ' s prediction came to pass . Anor later received a mention in the " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 .