Tsavong Lah

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A consummate warrior, **Tsavong Lah** is the embodiment of his caste, over whom he holds jurisdiction second only to that of the Supreme Overlord. He succeeded his father as Warmaster, although he entered the galaxy somewhat later than the first advancements.

## Biography

### Early Life

**Tsavong Lah** was born into a powerful Yuuzhan Vong domain, to one of the greatest of all Warmasters, the legendary Czulkang Lah. As a warrior of Domain Lah, Tsavong was instructed in the ways of warfare and strategy, as well as being taught to believe adamantly in the Yuuzhan Vong gods and the religion of the True Way. Demonstrating keen intellect, Lah also exhibited tactical prowess alongside formidable martial abilities. During his time in training, the warrior made the acquaintance of a Yuuzhan Vong priest of the deception sect, Harrar. The two became loyal friends and shared a common affection for one another which remained strong in their adult years. In his domain, the future Warmaster had several kinsmen who rose to become leaders as well, such as Qurang Lah and Maal Lah. He also fathered a son, Khalee Lah, a headstrong young warrior who did not inherit his parent's strategic mind, but who was nevertheless fiercely loyal to Tsavong and remained useful as a henchman among the Yuuzhan Vong warriors in later years. Tsavong Lah's most important relationship, however, was that which he shared with his father, Warmaster Czulkang Lah. A great military strategist, revered by the Yuuzhan Vong warrior caste, Czulkang Lah was Warmaster in the final stages of the species' millennia long journey between galaxies, through the Intergalactic Void. The promised galaxy to which the Yuuzhan Vong fleet had been traveling for thousands of years was in reach of advance agents and scouts a little over half a century. One of the advance fleets operating in the Unknown Regions, however, made contact with a living planet, known as Zonama Sekot, and laid siege to the world before retreating.

## Personality and Traits

Tsavong Lah is a cunning and shrewd individual; he recognized the propensity of his enemies to surrender even their greatest warriors to his forces in return for their own lives and capitalized upon this trait with his ultimatums concerning the Jedi. On the other end of the spectrum, he studied the tendency of the greatest warriors of the New Republic and of the Jedi to risk their lives to protect innocents. The Warmaster was more than capable of exploiting both fear and bravery to his purposes and demonstrated talent at reading the intentions of his opponents. This enabled Tsavong Lah to surprise his enemies frequently. The Warmaster demonstrated a knack for luring his enemies into believing he was attempting one stratagem when in fact he had entirely different goals in mind. Lah did, however, retain a significant number of advisors during his time as Warmaster, from the usual battle tacticians and readers employed by all Warmasters to the priest Harrar, the executor Nom Anor.

By taking advice from individuals such as Anor, whom had extensive experience in the galaxy Lah was conquering, the Warmaster was able to broaden his awareness, to some extent, of the habits and customs of his enemies. This was a necessary approach, as the Yuuzhan Vong often misunderstood the culture of their opponents. Being able to understand and predict his enemy was important to Lah as a strategist as the Warmaster ultimately preferred large-scale, decisive engagements in which he crushed his enemy, disliking surprises or when the battle failed to unfold as expected. Despite these desires and attempts to know and predict his enemy, Tsavong Lah was often misled not by his opponents but by his fanaticism and eagerness to effect the will of the gods.