The creature pulsed in Lord Shimmra’s hand and soon it took the shape of a Yuuzhan Vong that had not been seen in the past fifteen years. The face was contorted and unlike a Yuuzhan Vong’s face; but the ultimate commander knew the face’s owner. Goggles covered the being’s eyes, and a leather mask covered the mouth. It belonged to the heir.
       
Lord Shimmra pursed his lip-less mouth together into a vicious looking smile. Before responding to the villip, Shimmra turned to his aide.
       
“Astrin… look at what you helped produce,” Shimmra spoke to the once-Sith Lord, Aaron Astrin. After fifteen years in Yuuzhan Vong control and many more years at the hands of the Darkside, Aaron Astrin had lost his dazzling looks in turn for Yuuzhan Vong implants and shriveled skin. Aaron had become Shimmra’s personal assistant after a “failed” mission to Yuuzhan Vong territory. In a duel to the death, the Dark Lord defeated the Jedi Knight Verge and received the right to spawn the Supreme Overlord’s offspring. His Force essence had been mapped into enzymes usable by Yuuzhan Vong and made into an implant, which was what gave Pyrael his Force power.
       
“Shimmra, we created one dark being,” Aaron Astrin replied. Even at the distance, Astrin could feel the power radiating off of the Knight. “I say he should come aboard and learn more about himself…”
       
Shimmra continued smiling. He nodded at his attendant and turned his attention to the villip, which was now bursting with emotion. “Pyrael of Darkness, the successor to the throne of Yuuzhan Vong, survivor of the twin’s duel, rightful offspring of me; it has been a long time.”