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This class in Yuuzhan Vong society were considered the equivalent of bioengineers and scientists. Ranging from the mighty Koros-Strohna to simple clothing, the shapers made everything, and techniques were written in instructions known as cortexes, of which there were eight. Adepts were only allowed access to information up to the Fifth cortex with Masters being the only individuals that were capable of giving access to the higher ones.

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  • Shaper caste
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  • This class in Yuuzhan Vong society were considered the equivalent of bioengineers and scientists. Ranging from the mighty Koros-Strohna to simple clothing, the shapers made everything, and techniques were written in instructions known as cortexes, of which there were eight. Adepts were only allowed access to information up to the Fifth cortex with Masters being the only individuals that were capable of giving access to the higher ones.
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  • Gestalterkaste
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  • Каста формовщиков
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  • Muotoilijakasti
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  • Casta de los Modeladores
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  • This class in Yuuzhan Vong society were considered the equivalent of bioengineers and scientists. Ranging from the mighty Koros-Strohna to simple clothing, the shapers made everything, and techniques were written in instructions known as cortexes, of which there were eight. Adepts were only allowed access to information up to the Fifth cortex with Masters being the only individuals that were capable of giving access to the higher ones. The shapers were guided by strict protocols, and deviance from these protocols was grounds for demotion to another caste, or death. This was due to the Yuuzhan Vong religious beliefs which stated that knowledge was incapable of being created as it was given to them from the mind of Yun-Yuuzhan through Yun-Harla's handmaiden Yun-Ne'Shel. As such, this caused a serious lack of ingenuity and inventiveness on the part of the shapers. This caste worshiped a particular deity among the pantheon of the Yun'o which was Yun-Ne'Shel, the Modeler. Just as the Warrior caste emulated Yun-Yammka, the Shapers attempted to model themselves after their goddess. This meant that they did not have an excessive level of outward scarring but instead made use of necessary ones. As such, they were often fully tattooed, wore form fitting oozhiths and had special headdresses that displayed their rudimentary emotional state though at times they were capable of controlling the display of the headdress's tentacles. When Shaper Initiates entered the rank of Adept, they were required to make their sacrifices to the gods. This involved them being in the Grotto of Yun-Ne'Shel where they sacrificed a hand to the organic creature which was replaced with a Shaper hand which would aid them in shaping new creatures. Furthermore, there was the implantation of a Vaa-tumor which was painful over the years but remodeled their brain to accept the new knowledge they learned over their training. It was believed that the tumor sculpted their brains to match the divine form of Yun-Ne'Shel and by the time they became a Master Shaper, the tumor was required to be removed. Some, however, held an emotional connection to the tumors presence and were sometimes ashamed to admit that they were saddened to see it removed in the ceremony.
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