The Keeramak of the Ssi Ruuvi Imperium

Commission by Augustine Gayer at my request.

The Keeramak was a mutant Ssi-ruu who possessed all the colors of the Ssi-ruuvi castes: gold, blue, yellow, red, black, green, and brown.

The Keeramark was born from a union between two Ssi-ruuk of different colored scales in 4 ABY. The being had no gender and had an abnormal size for a Ssi-ruu. Its birth sent shock waves throughout the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium and fulfilled a Ssi-ruuk prophecy from the sacred text known as G'nnoch that one born with many colors would free the oppressed lower castes—particularly the brown scaled Ssi-ruuk, which were born from a union between two Ssi-ruuk from different castes, and the lowly P'w'ecks.

The Ssi-ruuk adored the Keeramak and raised it like a king. The Keeramak was wise, intelligent and powerful in combat. It argued with the Shreeftut over the limits of power, it challenged the powerful religious Conclave on Ssi-ruuvi religion and rivaled the Elders' Council in law. Eventually, through excelling in seemingly all areas, the Keeramak was elected Shreeftut.

The Ssi-ruuk had intended to reconquer Bakura and rename it Xwhee, consecrating it as a Ssi-ruuvi homeworld and use it as a staging base to attack the galaxy with their newly improved entechment power. The Keeramak conceived of a plan that would deceive the Bakurans by telling them that the P'w'ecks had overthrown the Imperium and had come to sign a peace treaty with them. To this end, the Ssi Ruuk at the insistence of the Keeramak made a deal with Prime Minister Cundertol of Bakura to facilitate the conquest of his world through the  ruse in exchange for immortality via entechment into a Human Replica Droid. The plan proceeded without fail past the consecration, however, poised at the brink of victory, it was revealed to have been undermined by Yuuzhan Vong agents as well as a genuine P'w'eck independence movement. The Keeramak's P'w'eck bodyguard Lwothin shot and killed the Keeramak at point blank range while the P'w'ecks launched their revolt, capitalizing on the shock and demoralization to the Ssi Ruuk of the Keeramak's death. Ironically, this was due to the Elder's Council accidentally predicting this very revolt. With the P'w'eck turning on their masters and aided by both Bakuran and New Republic assistance, the Ssi Ruuk were repelled and the Imperium thrown into a state of civil war and leaderless chaos. The body of the Keeramak was sent back to Lwhekk after the battle, in an attempt to appease the Conclave, as well as agitate the Elders' Council. Molierre Cundertol stole the shuttle and took it to a meeting place with General E'thinaa, who was actually a secret Yuuzhan Vong agent working to destabilize the Imperium.