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Lord Nyax

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this was the name adopted by Irek Ismaren, when he awakened on Coruscant to find that he had been altered by his mother to become a Force-wielding humunculous. Initially upon awakening, Irek had no idea of his personality or memories. His mind was a virtual blank, except for the programming his mother had provided him, after he took a lightsaber thrust in the brain. After killing his mother and escaping the captivity of the facility in the Bluenek Section of Coruscant, he adopted the monicker of Lord Nyax after hearing it in the minds of the victims he killed. Despite the unfinished nature of his programming, Lord Nyax had a deep connection to the Dark Side of the Force, which gave him an easy path to learning what he needed to know. Lord Nyax used mental projection to control the weak-minded being who survived the Battle of Coruscant, drawing on their energies while using them to scout out the Yuuzhan Vong. He also learned how to wield the collection of lightsaber connected to the gloves and joints of his body, making a formidable opponent for anything which opposed him. Lord Nyax also discovered the location of the former Jedi Temple on Coruscant, sensing its presence by the incredible knot of Force energy beneath it. Nyax drew strength from this well of energy, twisting it to the Dark Side and growing incredibly powerful. When Luke Skywalker and his infiltration team discovered Lord Nyax, they were forced into battle in order to stop the Dark Lord from adding to the troubles plaguing the New Republic. They were unable to battle him with lightsabers, but a concerted effort to disable him using rocks and boulders proved effctive enough. Nyax suffered sever damage to his legs and back, and fell into a pit below the Jedi Temple. As he lay dying in the pit, Nyax gathered all the Dark Side energy he could muster and began throwing it out of the pit. Tons of rubble spewed skyward, then crashed back down onto Coruscant's surface. As the rubble stopped falling, Luke discovered that Nyax's physical body was destroyed, but the Dark Side nature of the creature remained in the surrounding structure.