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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: He spends most of [[Fate of the Jedi]] in this state after both his children go insane.
* [[Papa Wolf]]
* [[Pride]]: His primary character flaw, one Wedge notices and tries to correct immediately but he never ''quite'' loses.
=== Kenth Hamner ===
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=== Yuuzhan Vong in General ===
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Subverted. They're explicitly no better or worse than humans would have been under the same circumstances.▼
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Big time. The everyday actions of their lives make them seem horrifically [[Exclusively Evil]] to the eyes of the galaxy's inhabitants, and the feeling is mutual.
* [[Body Horror]]: Ritual body modifications and scarification are big.
* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]: The most fanatical warriors (particularly from Domain Shai) are like this, though pain gives them religious, rather than sexual, ecstasy. Even the less fanatical Vong are used enough to pain that they can take even massive amounts of it without dropping.
* [[Elite Mooks]]: With their lightsaber-resistant armor and weapons and
▲* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Subverted. They're explicitly no better or worse than humans would have been under the same circumstances.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: Yuuzhan Vong culture and religion was heavily influenced by those of Meso-American cultures such as the Aztecs. Examples include having a polytheistic religion, the concept of gods sacrificing themselves in creation then requiring people be sacrificed to them, a strong emphasis on honor and a ritualistic approach to the wars necessary to sustain these sacrifices to name some things. They also seem to take cues from the Ottoman Empire since both were theocratic empires with religions that extol martyrdom during war (also in the books written after 2001, some also [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|made use of suicide attacks]]), they had a partial acceptance of fratricide, used stoning as a method of execution for sacrilege (in the Vong's case it was also used to destroy droids since the Vong religion considered manufactured technology an abomination), didn't practice primogeniture and both used slave-soldiers taken from peoples they'd subjugated. Another possible inspiration is the Māori of New Zealand, whose tattoos (called Tā moko) signaled status and rank, and - similar to the Aztecs - they were also feared for their war-centered society and ritualistic approach towards it.
* [[The Horde]]: At first, they're a spacefaring version. After taking Coruscant, they turn into [[The Empire]].
* [[Humanoid Aliens]]
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* [[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.
* [[Hazy Feel Turn]]: He winds up siding with the heroes at a few points, but for his own selfish purposes. He also helped evacuate the protagonists from the Supreme Overlord's deteriorating flagship in the last book, but they could've done it without him and he tried to betray them twice first.
* [[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,
* [[I Have Many Names]]: Uses ''a ton'' of aliases and pseudonyms.
* [[It's All About Me]]: While he will pander to those with power over him, he will abandon them if he can benefit and get away with it at the drop of a hat. Ultimately, Nom Anor's only allegiance is to Nom Anor.
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=== Abeloth ===
* [[A God Am I]]: Abeloth's ultimate goal because she craves adoration - one of her self-appointed titles is "Beloved Queen of the Stars". She's also one of the most powerful characters in the Star Wars franchise.
* [[Assimilation Plot]]: She takes bodies as her own and absorbs minds in order to make herself stronger.
* {{spoiler|[[Belated Backstory]]: She was the "Mother" to The Ones from The Clone Wars series, bordering into [[Retcon]] since she was introduced to the [[Star Wars]] storyline before they were.}}
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* [[Enemy to All Living Things]]: Death follows her everywhere.
* {{spoiler|[[Face Monster Turn]]: Upon drinking from the Font of Power and bathing in the Pool of Knowledge.}}
* [[Fighting a Shadow]]:
* [[Foe Yay|Foe]] [[Yandere]]: She
* [[Glamour Failure]]: Both Luke and Vestara can see through her illusions.
* {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Be Loved]]: Her real motivation stemming from her past as The Mother. In fact, love is the very reason why she turned into an abomination: she wanted to be inmortal in order to stay with The Ones forever so she bathed in the Pool of Knowledge and drank from the Font of Power.}}
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: This is how she ends up controlling every person in the Maw.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: {{spoiler|If the title of the last book in the series, not to mention the Thuruht queen's statement about the end times arriving as soon as she learns about Abeloth's unsealment, it is implied that she's pretty much going to attempt to destroy existence.}}
* [[Physical God]]: Abeloth is a celestial being and Force entity, {{spoiler|and in her [[Belated Backstory]] was able to subdue both the Son and the Daughter single-handedly at the same time}}. Though Abeloth's opponents manage to put her on the backfoot several times {{spoiler|kill her avatars and defeat her}}, she's still dangerous - dangerous enough to [[Godzilla Threshold|make the Jedi and the Sith team up to take her down]] - and really hard to kill. Some of her most notable feats are making a Force Flash that effected ''an entire solar system'', destroying a city full of Sith unintentionally while chucking a tantrum and making volcanoes pop up all over Coruscant.
* [[Reality Warper]]: Abeloth's power is somewhere between this and [[Physical God]]. In addition to being able to use both the Light and Dark sides of the Force, she has numerous powers including inducing Force psychosis (what's more, she can do this even if a Force-user is in orbit above her planet) and teleportation. On her planet, she made animals photosynthesize and plants turned carnivorous (''"Allies"'' mentions a Sith having their foot bitten off by ''a pile of leaves'').
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: She was sealed in the Maw, which was made to imprison her.
* {{spoiler|[[Was Once a Man]]: She didn't become an [[Eldritch Abomination]] until she tampered with the Font of Power and Pool of Knowledge.}}
* [[World-Wrecking Wave]]: Her presence on a planet causes a subtle version of this. Over time, she will take control of all plants and animals on a planet and can alter them at fundamental levels.
* [[Yandere]]: She inherited her
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