User:Lord Cadeus

The story of Darth Cadeus is a tragic tale. He was one of the older Sith Lords, forged before the era of the One Sith philosophy. It was once said that if one was to ever fall, it would most likely be Cadeus. The word "Cadeus" is actually a spin off of a Latin word meaning "to fall." It was not really his fault that he fell, much like Jacen Solo would do one day, he fell for the greater good; the will of the Force if you would allow it. If not for his sacrifice, the galaxy would be full of misery and unending death...

A close friend of Cadeus', when he was still a Jedi Sentinal, who saw Cadeus' Fall wrote this ballad putting himself in Cadeus' place:

The Fall of Cadeus

Why do I feel this way?

I pause pondering this question.

Where did I go wrong?

What was my mistake?

I was only wishing for the best for you,

I did not want to hurt you like I did.

It was not my intention to hurt…

But as they say,

The path of the Dark Side is filled with good intentions.

My name now is Cadeus.

Darth Cadeus.

You refuse to look at me.

Save for today,

When I first saw your eyes in what seems like ages.

Filled with hurt, anguish, and sadness

Peace is a lie…

I see the hate in your eyes

There is only Passion…

The eyes they say are the window of the soul

Through my Passion, I gain Strength…

I wish to tell you how sorry I am

Through my Strength, I gain Power…

Even if I would not take back what I have done

What is done is done,

Not even I can change history itself.

Soon I will be gone from your life.

I will probably never see you again after this year.

It is for the best.

Frankly, I can’t wait for it to be over…

Maybe once I am gone you can fully heal,

That is my hope for you.

My escape is not so easy.

Or should I say Cadeus’.

We are unable to leave and go where we wish,

Far away to escape this life.

There are few who keep me sane…

And I thank them for their friendship.

I want you all to know that it means the world to me,

And I don’t want to jeopardize it.

There are wrongs that I must right,

That I now understand.

My exile cannot be now,

Maybe one day in the future.

Who knows?

One thing that I know now is,

That I have changed.

I…AM….Darth Cadeus.

Though I have not lost the ability to love,

I have lost the ability to be loved.

After Cadeus' fall, he was exiled from the Jedi. They had always disliked how he worked as a Jedi Sentinal, it was their belief that he used his fist to much and his mind not enough. They were GLAD to exile him. They were sad for one thing though...Cadeus was very strong in the force. He progressed quicker than Revan did when he still didn't know who he was. That was only when he was a child. By the age of 15, Cadeus was promoted to full Jedi Knight status. Two years later, the Jedi Council suddenly decided to promote him to Sentinal status. After a while, on one of his missions, he met this girl and began his decent to the Dark Side. This girl was Force Sensitive and Cadeus inquired of the Jedi Council if she could be trained. They blatenly refused. She was to old, was their excuse. The time had come for Cadeus to decide: he had two choices, either train her secretly or let her leave and return to her old life. He decided to train her....

The true fall of Cadeus came with her death. Her name was Kathel. During a mission, on which she was accompaning him, they ran into Darth Sidious himself. Foolishly, Kathel decided to attack with her newly formed lightsaber. Laughing Sidious cut her down with her own sword. Cadeus driven by his rage and bloodlust killed every member of Sidious' bodyguard. This gave Sidious time to escape though. Only then did Cadeus escape, he had fallen and left the civilized world. His last action was to prepare a safe place that he could store his body, it is common belief that he put himself in a Force Stais and that he is trapped only until it is time for the rise of his empire....