ULIC QEL-DROMA A headstrong and overconfidant Alderaanian Jedi apprenticed to the Jedi Master Arca Jeth of Arkania. Along with his brother, Cay Qel-Droma, and the Twi'lek Tott Doneeta their first mission as Jedi Knights was to bring peace to the planet of Onderon. They managed to end the centuries-old civil war between the Beast-warriors and the inhabitants of the massive city of Iziz by directly interceding and fighting, to the dismay of Master Arca, instead of using their mental powers. With the help of several other Jedi they put down the Freedon Nadd uprising that followed shortly after. During the massive assault by joint Republic and Jedi forces at Koros Major against the Krath, Ulic was wounded by shrapnel and infected by Sith magic. That failed attack and the assassination of Master Arca on Denba precipitated Ulic's decision to join the Krath and destroy them from the inside. While infiltrating the Krath, Satal Keto learned of Ulic's plan and trieed to kill him. But instead Ulic killed Satal with anger that was heightened by sith poison that Satal infected him with. In the first confrontation between Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun the spirits of past Dark Lords of the Sith interceded in the fight and declared Kun the new Dark Lord and Ulic his apprentice. This was a turning point for Ulic, for he had irrevocably started down the path of the Dark Side. From then on they joined forces and, along with Aleema and Mandalore, started the Sith War in an attempt to reshape the galaxy into the new Golden Age of the Sith. During the aborted assault on Coruscant, Aleema betrayed Ulic and left him to be captured by the Jedi. Ulic was to be tried for treason against the Republic, along with many other charges, but was rescued by Exar Kun during the trial. In return for her betrayal, Ulic Qel-Droma sent the unsuspecting Aleema on a mission that would end in a massive supernova set off by her Sith magic, ultimately destroying her, her ship, and the nearby planet of Ossus. All this time his brother Cay had been trying to convince Ulic to end his stupid mission and return to the Light Side. But that came to and end when in a fit of Dark Side anger Ulic killed his own brother, and then fell into shock after realizing what he had done. Upon witnessing this, Nomi Sunrider, Ulic's ex-love, used a Jedi power taught to her by master Odan-Urr and imprisoned Ulic in a wall of Light, making him blind to the Force. With no connection to the Force, Light or Dark, Ulic realized his faults and began his redemption by leading the Jedi to Yavin 4 so they could destroy Exar Kun. Stripped of the Force, Ulic went into self-imposed exile on Rhen Var. There he hoped to sort out his thoughts and emotions in peace, but that was interrupted by the arrival of Nomi Sunrider's daughter, Vima. She insisted he train her as a Jedi, to which he grudgingly agreed. However, Sylvar managed to track him down as an enemy to the Republic for his actions during the Sith War. In a vicious lighsaber duel that ended bloodlessly, Sylvar finally was freed from her anger. Unfortunately, Hoggon, the freighter pilot that brought Sylvar to Rhen Var, shot Ulic in the back. Ulic Qel-Droma died in the arms of Nomi Sunrider and vanished as a Jedi master becoming one with the Force.
FREEDON NADD "A Jedi, he was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force and apprenticed himself to a Dark Lord of the Sith." Unable to become a Dark Lord as long as his master lived, Nadd fled to Onderon and made himself king. Even after his death, the spirit of Freedon Nadd kept the Dark Side of the Force strong on Onderon by secretly teaching all the successive rulers in the ways of the Sith. The tomb of Freedon Nadd was a location of concentrated Dark Side power. This reign of darkness was brought to an end when the Jedi interceeded in the Beast Wars and later quelled the Freedon Nadd uprising. His sarcophagus was eventually moved to Dxun. But the spirit of Freedon Nadd did not stop there. He started Exar Kun down the path of the Dark Side by showing him the secrets of the Sith on Korriban and Yavin 4. And it was on Yavin 4 that Exar Kun acquired the Sith amulet that he used to destroy Nadd's spirit forever.
QUEEN AMANOA "Queen of Onderon, also known as the Dark Queen, and mother of Galia, the successor to the throne following Amanoa's death. Amanoa retained remnants of the Sith magic left from the time of Freedon Nadd, and was able to call upon the Dark Side Forces to combat the Beast-Lords of Onderon. She was buried in a stone sarcophagus and eventually entombed on Dxun."
KING OMMIN "The King of Onderon, and father of Galia. A direct descendant of Freedon Nadd, he was confined to a secret nursing facility, living on life-support equipment for years, but still able to call upon the spirit form of Freedon Nadd in order to practice Sith magic. He was killed during the Freedon Nadd Uprising" during which with the help of Nadd's spirit he tried to take control of Onderon once again using Sith powers.
KRATH SATAL KETO and his cousin ALEEMA , heirs to the throne of the Empress Teta system, formed the secret Dark Side society they called "The Krath," after a demon from the fairy tales of their youth. Captivated by the Sith culture, they began their road to the Dark Side by stealing an ancient book of Sith spells from the Galactic Museum on Coruscant. While on a fieldtrip to Onderon they were introduced to the ways of the Sith by the spirit of Freedon Nadd. As they grew more powerful with the Sith magic they boldly staged a political coup in the Empress Teta system and took control of it from their father. Aleema grew adept at using the Sith magic to create realistic, and frequently deadly, illusions. Satal was killed by Ulic Qel-Droma after he learned of Ulic's plan to destroy them and tried to assassinate him. In love with Ulic, Aleema joined him and Exar Kun to start the Sith War. But during the Krath's assault on Coruscant, Aleema betrayed Ulic and left him to be captured by the Jedi. After being rescued by Exar Kun, Ulic sent the unsuspecting Aleema on a suicide mission to attack Kemplex Nine; using an ancient Sith weapon that was aboard Naga Sadows old ship Aleema ripped the core of one of the ten stars in the Cron Cluster and threw it at the pursuing Republic fleet, destroying them, but also causing the star, and subsequently the other 9 stars, to supernova. The imense explosion obliterated Aleema and Sadow's ship, and also ravaged the nearby planet of Ossus, site of the Great Jedi Library.
MANDALORE "A mercenary warlord, conqueror of the planet that now bears his name, near the Empress Teta system. He lost a forced confrontation with Ulic Qel-Droma at the Harkul plains, and became a willing servent to him." He and all his Mandalorian commnados joined Ulic and Exar Kun in the Sith War against the Republic. "He is an antecedent of Boba Fett and the Mandalorian supercommandos of later generations, and like Boba Fett, wears a metal mask that covers his entire face."
GAV and JORI DARAGON Hapless explorers that inadvertantly allowed Naga Sadow to invade the Republic in the Great Hyperspace War. Left to fend for themselves after their parents were killed on a mercy mission in a war zone, they turned to the dangerous occupation of hyperspace navigating, mapping new hyperspace lanes in the uncharted frontier of the known galaxy. After several unsuccessful attempts at mapping useful hyperspace courses, they fell into dispair with no home and no ship; Aarrba the Hutt would not give them their ship until they payed for the repairs done to it in his service dock. With nothing to lose, Gav and Jori stole their ship back and escaped into unexplored hyperspace, hoping to make their fortune . . . but their path landed them right into the heart of the awesome Sith Empire. They were promptly captured and sentenced to death as the precursors to an invasion. Naga Sadow covertly freed them from the prison on Ziost to use them as pawns in his grand scheme. Sadow began teaching the Force-sensitive Gav Sith magic, and tricked Jori into fleeing back to the Republic without her brother. Unbeknownst to Jori, Sadow had planted a homing device in her ship and now knew exactly how to get to the far off Republic . . . to conquer it. Jori made it back safely to the Republic, and broadcast a warning of the comming invasion; but Jori stumbled headlong into her own tarnished reputation. She and Gav had left under bad circumstances, skipping out on large debts and obligations, fleeing the law. No one would listen to her accounts of the fabled Sith Empire and was instead dragged off to prison. After escaping from a prison colony, Jori managed to get her warning to the Empress Teta, who had already learned of the Sith's intentions from her Jedi advisors and was preparing her defenses. Meanwhile, Sadow gave Gav command of the Sith invasion fleet because of his knowledge of the Republic. He grudgingly accepted the command, but gave it up after realizing how much death and destruction Sadow's war was causing. In an attempt to kill Sadow, Gav was stranded aboard Sadow's meditation sphere as the Primus Goluud star exploded. Jori, however, survived the war and became the new owner of Aarrba's Repair Dock.
LUDO KRESSH Powerful Sith Lord and arch-rival to Naga Sadow. Following the death of Marka Ragnos, Ludo Kressh was Sadow's only opponent for the title of Dark Lord of the Sith. An isolationist, Kressh felt the Sith Empire should stay the way it was; contrary to the progressive thinking of Naga Sadow who wanted expansion and conquest. Kressh saw the arrival of Gav and Jori Daragon as the precursors to an invasion by the Republic and had them sentenced to death. But the expansionist Sadow staged their rescue and made it look like the Republic really was invading. The Sith Lords were thrown into an uproar, seeing the evidence, and assuming they had been attacked by Republic forces. In turmoil, they turned to Naga Sadow for leadership and named him the Dark Lord of the Sith. Outraged, Ludo Kressh stormed off, taking his supporters with him. Discovering Sadow's trickery, Kressh mounted an armed rebellion against the evil Dark Lord, vowing to fight to save the Sith Empire from Sadow's reckless plans. While attacking Sadow's fortress on Khar Shian, Kressh had inadvertantly waltzed into an ambush set by the Dark Lord. With Ludo Kressh out of the way, Naga Sadow was free to conquer the Republic. Having narrowly escaped, Ludo Kressh retreated to prepare his own plans to regain rule of the Sith Empire in Sadow's absence. With nearly the entire Sith fleet under Sadow's command off invading the Republic, it was not a difficult task for Kressh and he named himself the true Dark Lord of the Sith. But it was not long before Sadow's defeated fleet limped back to the Sith Empire, and even in it's depleated state was able to destroy Ludo Kressh once and for all.
