J'er Nahj was a male Human who was born on the planet of Alderaan.
When the first Death Star destroyed Alderaan, Nahj was attending a trade conference on Delaya; while there, he and Halle Dray cared for Shell, a young boy who had been orphaned by the disaster. To protect the Alderaanian survivors from mistreatment by the native Delayans, Nahj assisted them in finding communities.
When Princess Leia Organa traveled to Delaya to officially grieve for her home [planet](/article/planet/legends], Nahj desired to discuss the Alderaanian survivors' problems with her and sent a message requesting a meeting. The Delayans intercepted the message, leading Nahj and his group to plot her abduction. However, instead of Organa, they kidnapped Luke Skywalker, who informed him that Organa had not received his message and assured him that he could arrange a meeting with her.
Initially, Nahj was confident that Organa would help the Alderaanian refugees when they finally met, but he soon began to wonder if her presence on Delaya was more about gaining support for the rebellion against the Empire than aiding the refugees.
Nahj then collaborated with Dray's group to devise a scheme to kidnap Organa and hand her over to the Empire in return for a new planet for the Alderaanian refugees. However, the Imperials double-crossed Nahj, Dray, and Organa's other captors. All of the abductors, with the exception of Kiro Chen, were killed by Imperial forces on Delaya, who had been instructed to eliminate them.