Khabarakh, a male Noghri from the planet Honoghr, belonged to Clan Kihm'bar. He took part in the campaign led by Chiss Grand Admiral Thrawn to destroy the New Republic, specifically in an attempt to abduct Princess Leia Organa Solo during a Mission that took place on the Mid Rim world of Kashyyyk. During this mission, the native Wookiees killed all of his comrades. However, when Khabarakh approached his target, his keen sense of smell enabled him to identify Solo as a Mal'ary'ush, or "daughter of the savior" of the Noghri, referring to Darth Vader, whom the Noghri revered as their savior. The Noghri operative then decided to bring Leia to Honoghr, as she had pledged that the New Republic would assist his species.
Despite Chewbacca, a Wookiee working for the New Republic, initially agreeing to remain aboard the Millennium Falcon, he changed his mind and insisted on accompanying the princess to the Noghri homeworld, because he had extended his life debt, originally owed to Solo's husband, Han Solo, to also cover Organa. Khabarakh consented, reasoning that the Wookiee code of honor was similar to that of the Noghri. However, the arrival of Thrawn's Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the Chimaera, above the planet, triggered Chewbacca to attack the Noghri. Later, Noghri was taken to Honoghr, surprising Thrawn, who had believed him dead, and expected him to be a traitorous Noghri. After the Chiss discovered evidence suggesting potential betrayal and imprisoned him at Nystao, Organa eventually freed him, liberating the Noghri's allegiance from the Empire's control and aiding him in rebuilding it with other Noghri following Thrawn's death.
Grand Admiral Thrawn dispatched him on a mission to capture Princess Leia Organa Solo, leading him and his team, Imperial Noghri Commando Team 22, to travel to Kashyyyk. There, Wookiees killed his teammates, but as he approached Leia, his exceptional sense of smell allowed him to recognize her as Mal'ary'ush: the biological daughter of Lord Darth Vader, whom the Noghri considered their savior. Khabarakh then agreed to bring Leia, who had promised him the New Republic would help the Noghri people, to Honoghr.
Although Chewbacca had initially agreed to remain on the Millennium Falcon, he changed his mind and insisted on accompanying Leia to Honoghr, because he had extended the life debt he owed Han Solo, to her and her brother. Khabarakh agreed, stating that "The Wookiee code of honor is similar to our own." However, the unexpected arrival of a Star Destroyer sent Chewbacca into a rage, as the Wookiee believed the Noghri had betrayed him and Leia to Thrawn. Chewbacca and Khabarakh scuffled in the cockpit for a while, and though Khabarakh was a skilled warrior, Chewbacca's pure strength overwhelmed the Noghri, and he was forced to use a stun weapon to save the lives of his passengers and himself. With Chewbacca subdued Khabarakh sent out the recognition code, albeit late.
His reappearance on Honoghr, however, drew the attention of Thrawn, who thought him dead on Kashyyyk, and believed that he was interrogated and released after divulging some Imperial information. Thrawn wanted to find out exactly what the information was. Khabarakh showed Chewbacca several Noghri styles of combat, teaching him a bit in the lull. Furthering Thrawn's belief that he was interrogated was that Imperials found Wookiee hair in his ship. Khabarakh was arrested for treason, and was imprisoned in Nystao, but was freed when Leia revealed the Imperials' treachery in poisoning their world.
When Luke Skywalker came to Honoghr seeking the aid of the Noghri, Khabarakh and Ovkhevam greeted Luke at a new area of clean lands and helped him repair his ship. Luke reflected that he didn't really need the help but that the sooner the Noghri people got over their insisted debt to the Skywalkers, the better.
Later, Khabarakh was part of the elite guard, commanded by Cakhmaim, who were chosen to protect Leia and the Solo twins. After the death of Thrawn, he returned to his planet to help rebuild it, with the help of the New Republic, as Leia had promised.
At the time of the Caamas Document Crisis, Khabarakh commanded the sub-detail of Leia's honor guard assigned to her children, who now also included the twins' younger brother, Anakin Solo. These guards accompanied the Solo children during Leia's vacation to Wayland, and later to Kashyyyk when the children were sent there to wait out the Crisis.
Khabarakh first appeared in Heir to the Empire, the first volume in Timothy Zahn's Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy.