Ulic Qel-Droma

About 4,000 years before the coming of Darth Vader, two other Jedi Knights embraced the dark side, eventually challenging and almost decimating the ranks of the Jedi Order they once loyally served. One, Exar Kun, turned to the dark side in quest for knowledge long forbidden by the Order. The other, Ulic Qel-Droma, sought to destroy the dark side sect of Satal and Aleema Keto from the inside, only to be turned to evil himself by the dark side poison. By the time he was finally defeated, Ulic Qel-Droma trained under the Jedi Master Arca Jeth on the world of Arkania, alongside a Twi'lek named Tott Doneeta. Master Arca sent the three Jedi students to the world of Onderon to settle the dispute between Iziz and the beast-riders of Onderon. Ulic encountered the dark side spirit of Freedon Nadd in the Sith storehouses below the royal palace of Iziz. Nadd foretold that Ulic brushed off Freedon Nadd's prophecy, it also chilled him. He was a devoted follower of the light side; how could he become a Sith Lord?

During a space battle between the Republic and the dark side sect led by Satal and Aleema Keto (heirs to the throne of Cinnagar in the Empress Teta system trying to take control of the entire system.) Ulic was injured and the wound&mdash;inflicted by a twisted shred of alchemically altered metal&mdash;refused to heal.

Ulic journeyed to the Empress Teta system where he presented himself to Satal and Aleema, who promptly imprisoned him. Though Ulic explained that he had come to join them, Satal did not trust the Jedi. He injected the Jedi with potent Sith poisons to ensure that whether Ulic was lying or not, he would still turn to the dark side. Ulic became a member of the sect, using his force powers to help crush all resistance to rule, even though it brought him into conflict with his old friends&mdash;including Nomi Sunrider, the Jedi with whom he had fallen in love.