Shaper Adept Nen Yim's shaper hand Shaper hands represented a type of cephalopod utilized by the shaper caste within the Yuuzhan Vong society. Upon a Shaper Adept's escalation to the position of Master Shaper, they would offer one, or potentially both, of their own hands, replacing them by attaching these creatures in their place. The digits of these shaper hands contained the instruments vital for performing shaping. Frequently, shapers would equip the hand's tentacles with armaments, for example, finger-spears.
Shaper Initiates, upon their advancement to Adept status, also had a comparable organism grafted onto their right arm, taking the place of their hand; however, these organisms possessed five digits, instead of the eight found on Master Shapers.