Van Ishkoh was a male Umbaran Jedi Master who was assigned to protect the planet Umbara and its Senator during the Yuuzhan Vong War, L'ucid Ettins. Unbeknownst to him, the senator herself was a Jedi Master, although she was deep undercover and had to have a Jedi bodyguard for the look of the thing. When the Senator was considering exploring the ruins of the old Jedi Archives, Ishkoh was quick to attempt to dissuade her, however, she went anyways, and pulled Ishkoh along with her. The Senator was crushed by a piece of the ceiling falling on her, and Ishkoh became Senator of Umbara. However, Ettins wasn't killed by the piece of debris, only trapped and knocked unconscious. It took her a day or so to get out of the Archives, and by that time, Ishkoh had already messed up some of her work, as he knew nothing about politics. The entire Ghost Nebula was sent into an economic tailspin before Ettins came back. Ishkoh the resigned as her bodyuard and chief aide, and dedicated himself to field work. he would later be heralded a war hero, single-handedly winning the Battle of Umbara, though at the cost of his and Senator Ettin's life.