Lit Favourite Yuuzhan Vong character/s?

And why?

Here's a list off the top of my head:

• Nom Anor
• Prefect Da'Gara
• Shedao Shai
• Tsavong Lah
• Vua Rapuung
• Yomin Carr
• Malik Carr
• Nen Yim
• Mezhan Kwaad
• Harrar
• Onimi
• Shimrra
• Elan
• Nas Choka

I think my favourite is probably Nen Yim. I feel like her arc as a heretic was the most interesting. Though special mention goes to Nom Anor for being so very human.

 

Nom Anor, something about his journey. So close to realizing the error with the selfdestructive nature of the YV, the tossing all his revelations for power.

It was very human...just not the best parts of humanity.

 

Nom Anor and Vua Rapuung. Nom Anor is the 2nd best villain in the EU behind Thrawn. I want to see a Rapuung be a main character in the post-NJO timeline. It would have been great if Domains Kwaad and Rapuung followed Tahiri as personal bodyguards.

 

It would definitely be better than Leia's constant Noghri bodyguards. They were good at first but after a while it just stops making sense.

 

Nom Anor was excellent because it reminded me a bit of that parable of the Scorpion and the Frog - it's in his nature to be self-serving.

 

I wish we could see some more Noghri though. How about Lowie and Lumpy?

 

I like the Noghri but not really as Leia's bodyguards: I thought it was a bit weird they were all like *worshipworshipworship* even after they figured out that Vader betrayed them. You could argue then that they try to repay her for saving Honoghr and the Noghri (as much as she could do anyway) but then they still call her Lady Vader, after the man that screwed them over. I don't really get it.

I kind of sympathise with Han in not wanting Lowie and Lumpy to take on Chewie's Life Debt. Isn't a Life Debt a debt for life? I'd say that Chewie fulfilled that admirably and there's no need for anyone else to serve Han.

 

I've never thought about that with the Noghri. I sort of wish Lowie or Lumpy did it so we can see them more often

 

I will go for Nom Anor as he is the main villain of the series, though like all good villains he wobbles a lot in his position and is not actually a friend of his own governments.

 

I really hate Nom Anor, but he was so interesting to read and follow that I enjoyed his arcs to a degree.

He and Nen Yim had personalities that weren't really seen in most of the others.

 

Nen Yim. Big fan.

 

Nom Anor had such an interesting life in NJO. From infiltrator to political mastermind to heretic to counsellor. Up, down, left, right. He just went everywhere in the books and honestly he was a pretty villainous character but he was one of those that as a reader you just wanted to know more about. Whether he would live even another day was interesting and him backstabbing people in order to get an advantage over his rivals or foes.

Nen Yim I also found to be a bit sympathetic character. Honestly, I never expected her to have a bigger role after she first appeared but she grew on me.

Finally, I quite liked Harrar by the end. Wasn't that much of a character to begin with but he grew into one when he joined on that mission to Zonama Sekot. Funnily, all three that I mentioned were the ones on the Zonama Sekot mission...

 

It first occurred to me that this would be a good question to ask the boards when I was reading the Sekot books

 

Nom Anor. Endlessly fascinating to read about. And his death fits him rather well.

And yeah, Vua Rapuung, too. Nice to get an honorable YV.

 

I'm reading through the NJO for the first time at the moment and they've all blended into two camps: Vong who are Nom Anor and Vong who aren't Nom Anor.

 

Nom Anor is not dead.
Vua is the best!

 

Nom Anor is probably the best villian in EU. He is purely self motivated, no grand plan, just a schemer looking for an end that suited his means. After him I would say Czulkang Lah, Shimmra, Nen Yim

 

Darn, I forgot Czulkang Lah. I liked him too - thought he was really interesting, and his relationship with his son told us a little more about how the Yuuzhan Vong think about family.

 

For me, I'd have to say Nei Rin. I find everything about her fascinating, from her design―which is different and alien, yet somehow very human and beautiful in its own way―to her close friendship with Kol Skywalker, the fact that she's a healer, and her vibe as just a generally good person. I look forward to hopefully seeing more of her in some way with Legacy's continuation.

 

Can I choose Riina Kwaad?

 

I really like Nas Choka and Nom Anor!
I like Choka because he is a military type of person. He should have made more appearances!
I like Anor because he ressembles Palpatine. He really is manipulative. I did not like they way they wrote him off.
I still see him come back to manipulate things from behind the scenes!

 

He is Wyn Dorvan.

 

Ahhhhh, no way he's not Wynn (though I may be biased).

I forgot about Nei Rin, I loved her character. I love the Vong in general though. I really wish they would appear more after NJO.

I think someone mentioned it in another thread before but I think it would be great to have an anthology book all about Vong characters. Like Tales of Zonama Sekot or Tales from the Void

 

Overall favorite? Nom Anor, probably. Great villain, oddly compelling despite being totally slime (perhaps because of the contrast between him and most of the rest of his society) and, by about the last third of the NJO or so, at least as centric to the plot as the heroes. Nen Yim is a close second, offering a more openly sympathetic take on the Vong while still reminding us just how twisted their society is (seriously, she'll basically get you engaging with her and rooting for her in her POV sections, then come along with a powerful reminder that she's a scientist in a cutlure where performing brutal experiments on sentient beings without their consent is simply considered standard operating procedure for laboratory science). I do wish she could have lived, though. Otherwise, Tsavong Lah was also a great villain, but was somewhat hampered by the fact that the writers couldn't quite seem to decide if he should be a canny strategist or a frothing fanatic (in particular, he seems to have lost several IQ points between Enemy Lines and Destiny's Way) and Onimi is delightfully twisted, albeit totally repulsive. I'm also a big fan of Tahiri, if she counts post-Shaping (something that, alas, seems to have been largely dropped since Dark Nest).

On the whole I really enjoyed the Vong, and wish that half as much effort had been put into fleshing out individual members of the Confederacy or the Lost Tribe.