Star Wars/Characters/New Jedi Order and Legacy Eras: Difference between revisions

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: In his final scene, Nom stays behind on an exploding warship rather than escape with the heroes, for reasons detailed under [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] below. We don't see him die, but it's heavily implied he goes down with the ship which exploded shortly after the heroes evacuated.

** [[Never Found the Body]]: Some fans don't believe he died because a corpse wasn't found.

* [[Evilly Affable]]: While Nom is a total bastard with few redeeming features, his scheming plots and increasing status as the [[Only Sane Man]] among the Vong make him a very entertaining character.

* [[Hiding Behind Religion]]: While Nom Anor was living among the Shamed Ones, Nom tried to co-opt their beliefs in his guise as a being called the Prophet. However, Nom didn't actually believe in the religion or its gods was only looking to gain power and influence.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: In a roundabout way. By the end of the last book, Nom Anor's scheming and chronic backstabbing have made him enemies among every group - to the point that he tried to kill the protagonists ''twice'' after they'd just killed the Supreme Overlord and defeated the Yuuzhan Vong in war. Nom's personal views also mean there's something he hates about every group as well. So in the end, Nom burned all his bridges and wasn't willing to put aside his prejudices, so he chose to die rather than answer for his crimes or serve anyone else.