Freedon Nadd

Freedon Nadd was an Old Republic Jedi prodigy whose conscious decision to embrace the dark side of the Force had a significant impact on galactic events for many generations after his death. Beginning his career as a student in training on the planet Ossus, Nadd's lust for greater power caused him to slay his Master, Matta Tremayne, before renouncing his affiliation with the Order. He fled Ossus and made his way to the heart of the old Sith Empire, where he gained an enormous wealth of dark side knowledge. He eventually followed the Force to the jungle moon of Yavin 4, where he found and apprenticed himself to the ancient Dark Lord Naga Sadow. Sadow trained Nadd in the ways of the Sith, and led the young Jedi even further down the dark path. Eventually believing that he had learned all he could from Sadow, Nadd used his new-found powers to destroy his mentor, and left Yavin 4 behind in search of a world which could conquer as his own. Proclaiming himself to be the new Dark Lord of the Sith, Nadd located the planet Onderon and used his sorcerous powers to subjugate the world and make himself king. He ruled Onderon from his fortress in Iziz until his physical demise in 4,350 BBY, several hundred years prior to the onset of the Old Sith Wars. Following Nadd's death, his body was entombed below the royal palace of Iziz, where his dark side spirit continued to live on, teaching the descendants of his bloodline.

By 4,000 BBY, the exaltation of Freedon Nadd's memory catalyzed the final battle of the centuries-spanning Beast Wars of Onderon, a conflict between the citizens of Iziz who worshiped the deceased Dark Lord, and those who had been cast out for their refusal to pledge allegiance to the dark side of the Force. A team of Jedi Knights led by Arkanian Master Arca Jeth came to Onderon and ended the battle of Iziz by bringing a temporary halt to Nadd's influence over the planet when they defeated Iziz's Queen Amanoa. However, Amanoa's husband, King Ommin, reasserted Sith influence over Onderon when he summoned Freedon Nadd's spirit from the depths of Chaos. The restored Naddist cult instigated an uprising when they stole the Dark Lord's sarcophagus during a surprise attack on Amanoa's funeral. Nadd then revealed himself to the Jedi and participated in the capture of Arca Jeth, who was ultimately rescued by a team of Jedi Knights after the defeat of King Ommin during the final stages of the Naddist Uprising. Conceding to failure, Nadd abandoned Ommin to the mercy of the Jedi, and his spirit was forever banished from Onderon by the power of Arca Jeth. Prior to his departure, however, Nadd happened upon Tetan socialites Aleema and Satal Keto&mdash;who had come to Onderon in search of dark side knowledge&mdash;and chose to continue the legacy of the ancient Sith through them. While Nadd's tomb was relocated to Onderon's jungle-moon by the Jedi, his spirit appeared to one of them, Ulic Qel-Droma, and foretold the young Knight's destiny as a Lord of the Sith.

For months Freedon Nadd trained the Ketos in Sith magic, but his interests shifted when Exar Kun, a powerful fallen Jedi with dark-side curiosities, stirred the Dark Lord's spirit from within his lunar grave. Nadd guided Kun to the ancient Sith homeworld of Korriban where, through a series of trials designed to test his resolve, he decided that Exar Kun was worthy of Sith apprenticeship. Nadd then led Kun to the ancient dwellings of his own Sith Master on Yavin 4, and was pleased when Kun wholeheartedly embraced the Force's dark side after defeating an enormous Sith wyrm and subjugating the native Massassi warriors. Finally convinced that his apprentice had become one with the dark side, Nadd revealed his need for Exar Kun to create a physical body for him through Sith alchemy, that he might once again command the power of the dark side. However, Kun, refused to entertain Nadd any longer, and in that moment betrayed him. His strength tremendously amplified by a Sith amulet, Kun twice-blasted Nadd with a wave of dark side energy that mortally wounded him. Consigned to oblivion for a second time, Nadd contacted the Ketos in his final act and warned them of the threat that Exar Kun posed. He then declared that, along with Ulic Qel-Droma, the future of the Sith rested with Satal and Aleema, before fading into Chaos and dying a second death.

Jedi prodigy
"Freedon, some things cannot be taught directly. Some things you must find in yourself. If we were to show it to you, to point to it and say 'look, here it is,' you would not understand it. Jedi must be willing to look into their own hearts and spirits. If you do not&hellip;well, let us just say that you will never become a true Jedi."

- Jedi Master Matta Tremayne



Four hundred years before the outbreak of the Great Sith War, Freedon Nadd appeared on the Jedi Library world of Ossus to begin his Jedi training. Upon his initial arrival, the Jedi Masters on Ossus were astounded by the level of knowledge and proficiency that Nadd demonstrated through his use of the Force. Likewise, the Masters were also impressed with his openness and efforts to attain universal harmony. Under the guidance of his teachers, Nadd learned to willingly trust in the Force and to immerse himself in its fabrics. Many of the Masters on Ossus actively took part in Nadd's training, including the progenitor of the Great Jedi Library, Odan-Urr himself. Nadd's teachers all agreed that he would become a Jedi Master far sooner than any other student who had come before him&mdash;if not in technique, then in understanding of the Force.

Nadd's first test, however, came in an unexpected form when the time arose to grant several apprentices the rank of Jedi Knight. However, Nadd&mdash;who believed that his own promotion to Knight was imminent&mdash;was completely passed over by the Masters. With their final decision upon him, Nadd's universe seemed to collapse around him. As he began to dwell on the situation, feelings of hurt and despair began to cloud his mind. He could not understand why the Masters had not graduated him as a reward for all of the progress and hard work that he had demonstrated during his time on Ossus. The fact that he had been denied the rank of Jedi Knight caused an enormous internal conflict to take place within Nadd's mind.

The test of Matta Tremayne
"I will become the greatest Jedi who ever lived, with or without your help.''" "Prove it to me." "What? I don't&mdash;" "I say that you are no Jedi. Prove to me that you are." "You think you can scare me away, is that it? But I won't run away like the others. No, I know'' I am the stronger. You can't defeat me with your malignant will."

- Freedon Nadd and Matta Tremayne

Confused about what the Jedi Masters now expected of him, Nadd followed his feelings and eventually came across his own Master, Matta Tremayne. As the lightsaber combat instructor of the Jedi Order, Tremayne spent a large majority of her time in a garden on the outskirts Ossus City, practicing a series of lightsaber cadences with perfect execution. What attracted Nadd was her sense of calm and serenity with the universe, something he could feel through the Force. Believing that she could help guide him towards what the other Masters expected of him, Nadd positioned himself just outside of the garden where Tremayne was performing a flawless rhythm of lightsaber moves. Growing frustrated that the elderly woman had not acknowledged his presence, Nadd was determined to wait for her attention&mdash;however, after thirty minutes of watching her practice and not address him, Nadd exploded with the frustration that he had been feeling since the Knighting ceremony. In a flurry of movement, Master Tremayne brought her lightsaber to bear mere centimeters away from Nadd's chest. With Nadd stunned by her sudden acknowledgment of him, Tremayne continued with her practice motions. This action, however, caused Nadd to grow even more perturbed and he proceeded to storm away from Master Tremayne.



However, while Nadd hurriedly walked away, Tremayne called to him and proceeded to tell him that the Masters could not show him what needed to be done&mdash;he needed to figure out what was required, and learn from that experience. Tremayne further explained that until then, he would not be promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight. Nadd's frustration gave way to pure anger, and accused Tremayne and the other Masters of being afraid to share their knowledge, and thus any power they had in the Force. Nadd then declared himself a Jedi, one who did not require the permission of the Masters. He vowed to become the greatest Jedi that ever lived, but Tremayne interrupted him with the ignition of her lightsaber, and issued a challenge for Nadd to prove to her that he deserved all the power he claimed. He responded in kind, and a fierce duel ensued, one which saw Nadd struggling to match the pace of with which his Master fought. After several passes, Nadd noticed and took advantage of an opening in Tremayne's defenses and swung his lightsaber down in a killing blow. At that moment, Tremayne looked into Nadd's eyes and he was filled with a sense of calm he had not felt since the Knighting Ceremony. The entire confrontation had been a test manufactured by Tremayne, and Freedon realized at the last second before his lightsaber cut into the wizened Master. He tried to halt the blade of his falling lightsaber, to no avail; Tremayne, who had deactivated her own weapon, was struck and killed instantly.

At first, Nadd was overcome with grief at his actions as he stared at the empty Jedi cloak which had just moments before contained the person of Matta Tremayne. However, as Nadd continued to dwell on what had transpired, his anger rose to new heights. He believed that the Masters had chosen the wrong way with which to test him, and that Tremayne had brought her own death upon herself by playing games with him. Believing that she was responsible for all the pain and rage he was feeling, Nadd continued to allow his anger to draw him further towards to the dark side of the Force. He left Ossus in a fit of rage, believing that the Masters had engineered the tests to drive him from the Order. With thoughts of revenge clouding his judgment and fueling his anger, Nadd set his starship's coordinates for the heart of the old Sith Empire, believing that he could find the revenge he craved within the annals of dark side knowledge. Freedon Nadd no longer had ambitions of becoming the greatest Jedi ever known; he instead aspired to become the most powerful Sith sorcerer to ever have lived.

Quest for the Sith
"The Jedi who fall are the most dangerous of all."

- A line from a children's rhyme

Nadd traveled to the area of space where the Sith Empire had once ruled. His search for the Sith led him first to the planet Ashas Ree, where he rediscovered the original Sith holocron: that of King Adas, which had been lost several hundred years earlier by a Sith Lord named Garu. Rumors then led Nadd to continue his search across the expanse of the old empire but when he failed to find any of the members of the original Sith species, disillusionment threatened to end his journey prematurely. His fortune finally made a turn for the better when he learned of the legendary Dark Lord Naga Sadow, and his forced exile on Yavin 4. Nadd set a course for the jungle moon, hoping to find the Lord of the Ancient Sith.

When he landed on Yavin 4, Nadd encountered the Massassi; a Sith subspecies that had been alchemically bred generations ago by Sadow himself. They immediately set upon him, but the power Nadd had gained during his expedition served him well, and the Massassi recognized him as the man whom Sadow had been waiting for. Nadd was led to Yavin's Great Temple, where he roused Sadow's spirit from his centuries-long slumber. The Dark Lord realized that Nadd was indeed worthy of his legacy, and took the fallen Jedi as his Sith apprentice. Nadd learned all he could from Sadow and even mastered his teachings in the magic of the Sith. However, Nadd's training eventually came to a halt because, according to tradition, only one could hold the position of Dark Lord of the Sith&mdash;which Sadow, albeit in spirit-form&mdash;still occupied. When he believed that he had learned all that Sadow had to offer, Nadd compiled the sum of his knowledge into a holocron of his own creation. He then destroyed Sadow's spirit and declared himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith.

King of Onderon
After collecting many artifacts from old Sith ruins, Nadd began searching for his own world to conquer. He made his way to Onderon where, using the knowledge he gained from studying Adas' holocron, he deposed the planet's previous monarchs and assumed the throne as king. Nadd transformed Onderonian culture into one steeped in Sith lore and magic. Although his dynasty was cruel and oppressive, his teachings were widely accepted by the Onderonian people. He ruled from the planet's only establishment, the city of Iziz, a walled fortress that protected Onderon's citizens from the vicious predators that had migrated to the planet from its fourth moon, Dxun. Nadd armed his people against the beasts while also exiling those who refused to accept his Sith teachings. However, those same outcasts were able to tame the creatures of Onderon's wilderness, and became the Beast Riders, with whom Nadd engaged in a protracted war. Even after many years of warring with them, the Beast Riders continued to pose a threat to the city of Iziz where Nadd ruled.

Sith Master
"Come to the dark side now, when it calls, or you will have failed. The dark side will forever shun you, the weak-minded fool who believed he had the right to wield its power!"

- Freedon Nadd seduces Ommin to the dark side



Darkness permeated Onderon for centuries after Freedon Nadd's death in 4,350 BBY, as his spirit lurked in the physical world and continued to influence the planet's citizens. His tomb, buried deep underneath the palace of Iziz, became a focal point of dark side energy, and adherence to the way of the Sith also grew on Onderon as Nadd's lineage was extended. The rulers of Iziz constantly refreshed their skills in the presence of Nadd's spirit, and the Dark Lord readily obliged those who summoned him from Chaos with the desire to study Sith sorcery. Each took care to hide their dark allegiance, and cast out dissidents as they arose. One such was Ommin, a direct descendant of Nadd's who, after rising to power as King of Onderon, appealed to the Dark Lord for completion of his Sith indoctrination. For many years Nadd trained Ommin in the arts of Sith sorcery, a secret that was kept from the king's wife, Queen Amanoa. When she finally discovered the relationship between Nadd and her husband, Amanoa fell into despair. Nadd, however, patiently waited while the queen's depression turned into a loathing that gave way to anger and eventually a deep-seated hatred for Ommin's dark side devotion. It was then that the Dark Lord began to transform Amanoa into an agent of the Sith as he had done with her husband.

Nadd's ultimate goal was to physically resurrect himself. By teaching his descendants well, Nadd hoped to find a powerful candidate to learn the alchemical practices of his own Master Naga Sadow, and use them to create a body to hold his spirit. To ensure Ommin or Amanoa would achieve the necessary strength, Nadd made them to compete with each other. Years passed before Ommin's progression in Sith power caused him to lose control of his body, which forced him to retire from the forefront of Onderonian events in order to receive medical attention. Amanoa took full control of Iziz, and her relentless persecution of the Beast Riders pushed the conflict to the fringes of all-out war. Nadd realized then that the couple had failed him: Ommin would never be strong enough to fulfill Nadd's dream, and Amanoa would not continue her studies once her husband failed to compete with her anymore.

Influence from beyond the grave
Hoping to con the queen back to studying, Freedon Nadd approached Amanoa during a Sith ritual with a warning that she would be destroyed if she allowed the Beast Wars to fully erupt. Amanoa completely misunderstood Nadd; in a desperate attempt to end the civil war, the queen requested help from the defenders of the Galactic Republic, the Jedi Knights. A team arrived led by Ulic Qel-Droma, and when negotiations failed, Amanoa called upon the power of Freedon Nadd to support her during the ensuing battle against the combined forces of Jedi and Beast Riders. Amanoa fled to Nadd's tomb in the midst of the chaos, and summoned the Dark Lord's power to aid the Iziz defense forces against her enemies. Nadd assisted his worshipers for a time, but the arrival and subsequent intervention of Jedi Master Arca Jeth turned the tide of battle in the Beast Riders' favor. Nadd's influence was then cast out of Iziz after the Jedi located his tomb in the bowels of the palace. In doing so, the darkness was also driven from Amanoa, who died as a result.

It was during this time that Freedon Nadd's spirit was aroused from Chaos by King Ommin, who had learned of his wife's defeat and subsequent death at the hands of the Jedi and Beast Riders. Together they planned reclaim Iziz and take revenge against their foremost enemy, Arca Jeth. Under Nadd's instruction, Ommin assembled a new army whose ranks consisted of the Dark Lord's worshipers, and was led by Nadd's personal guardian, a Dark Jedi named Warb Null. They plotted to ambush the Jedi while preparations were being made to move both Nadd's sarcophagus and Amanoa's remains to Onderon's fourth moon of Dxun, and as the funeral procession commenced, the Naddist army attacked. The Naddists were able to to recover the sarcophagi of Nadd and Amanoa before they retreated, and the Jedi pursued them to their underground lair, only to be confronted by the spirit of Freedon Nadd himself. King Ommin was also present, and while Warb Null distracted Ulic Qel-Droma, the Dark Lord and the king captured Arca Jeth. Together they planned to torture Jeth to the brink of sanity, that he might forsake the Jedi way and embrace the dark side of the Force.

Nadd's defeat
While Freedon Nadd and King Ommin attempted to corrupt Arca Jeth, the remaining Jedi Knights contacted their Order on Ossus, as well as requesting assistance from the Galactic Senate in dealing with the Naddist uprising on Onderon. The Republic Navy, joined by a team of Jedi Knights, arrived to defeat the dark side army and in the process laid siege to Iziz. During the battle two aristocrats from the Empress Teta system named Satal and Aleema Keto also came to Onderon with a stolen Sith magic book in search of King Ommin, hoping to discover its secrets. Their meeting was short lived, as the reinforced team of Jedi Knights stormed the king's stronghold and freed Arca Jeth. Realizing that his pawn was no match for the Jedi, Nadd withdrew his support from Ommin and left him to the mercy of his enemies. The Dark Lord took notice of the Ketos, however, and saw in them the potential to preserve the legacy of the Sith; he returned their spellbook to them and also gave them a trove of other Sith artifacts, including several amulets and a pair of Sith swords. After guiding the young Tetans to safety, Nadd's spirit returned to the Jedi and the dying Ommin. He personally terminated the king and declared the defeat of the Jedi, but Master Jeth called upon the light and drove Nadd's spirit away, finally cleansing Onderon of the dark side.

Resurgent Sith


At long last the Dark Lord's remains were relocated to a new tomb on the far side of Dxun, one that was made of nearly-indestructible Mandalorian iron. The Jedi hoped that a combination of the moon's natural predators and the tomb's remote location would deter would-be grave robbers and treasure seekers from attempting to access Nadd's power. The mausoleum was also filled with many of the Sith artifacts that had once belonged to Nadd, and had since been in the late King Ommin's possession. Several of the relics were collected and cataloged by the Jedi for shipment to the Jedi Archives on Ossus. During that time, Nadd's ghost appeared to one of the Jedi, Ulic Qel-Droma, and warned the Jedi not to interfere with the machinations of the dark side. When Qel-Droma attempted to dismiss the Sith spirit, Nadd denounced him, and also issued an ominous proclamation which told of the return of the Sith, and Qel-Droma's destiny as one of them. He then departed from Onderon and took up residence in his new tomb on Dxun.

Although Nadd's spirit resided in the tomb on Dxun, he regularly appeared to his new charges, Aleema and Satal Keto, to whom Nadd gave extensive training in Sith magic. They became powerful Sith sorcerers in their own right and, under the guise of their recently established Krath cult, used their new-found abilities to stage a political upheaval of their home system's government. The Krath then launched a crusade against the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order itself. Lord Satal Keto masterminded the successful ambush of a Jedi mass-gathering on the planet Deneba, one which resulted in the death of Freedon Nadd's old enemy, Arca Jeth. Jeth's passing sparked a need for revenge in Ulic Qel-Droma, who embarked on a mission that involved infiltrating the Krath in an attempt to destroy them from within. In doing so, he slew Lord Keto and fell to the dark side of the Force&mdash;just as Freedon Nadd had predicted.

First encounter


While the teachings of Freedon Nadd gave Aleema and Satal Keto powers that allowed them to wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, another ambitious Jedi was stricken with a curiosity for knowledge of the ancient Sith. After learning the legend of Freedon Nadd from a Jedi holocron, Exar Kun abandoned his Master, Vodo-Siosk Baas, and embarked on a quest to Onderon for dark side knowledge. Kun's initial attempts to acquire Nadd's artifacts from the Jedi on Onderon were rebuffed, and he was forced to seek help elsewhere, namely from two Naddist sympathizers he came across while walking the streets of Iziz. These two men, Rask and Nebo, escorted Kun to Freedon Nadd's tomb on Dxun, where the curious Jedi succeeded in penetrating the structure's nearly-impregnable walls with his lightsaber to gain entry. He explored the crypt and, while doing so, disturbed the spirit of Freedon Nadd. The Dark Lord recognized Kun's insatiable lust for greater power, and realized that in this man lay an opportunity to bring his ultimate goal of physical resurrection to fruition. Nadd instructed Exar Kun to reach into his sarcophagus and remove the Sith scroll that was hidden beneath corpse, and with it he told the Jedi to travel to Korriban, the ancestral homeworld of the Sith.

Nadd's spirit next encountered Exar Kun just as he was being attacked by the guardian spirits of Korriban's Valley of the Dark Lords. When the beleaguered Jedi implored Nadd for help, The spirit guided Kun to take refuge in an ancient Sith temple. This, however, was a ruse; Nadd trapped Kun inside by sealing off the entrance behind him and forced him to go further into the temple. As they walked, the Dark Lord explained that the temple was steeped in the power of many long-dead Sith. Nadd brought him before a crystal obelisk, which he explained was the final resting place for the tormented souls of Jedi Masters who had once stood in opposition of the Dark Lords and lost. When Kun inquired as to whether or not Nadd intended planned to release the trapped spirits from their imprisonment, the Dark Lord reminded him that he was not a savior of Jedi, but rather their destroyer; he demonstrated this when he brought the roof down on Kun, crushing every bone in the Jedi's body. Kun then attempted to call his former Master, Vodo-Siosk Baas, through the Force for assistance, but Nadd intervened when he realized that the Krevaaki was trying to save his student. He lashed out with the power of the dark side at Baas and broke the link between he and Kun. Nadd now had the broken man exactly where he wanted him; he claimed that if Kun wanted to live, the only power that could save him was the that of the dark side. He repeatedly refused to fully submit but Nadd rebuked him each time. With no other options, Exar Kun finally surrendered himself to the dark side and through its power was healed; Nadd then took the fallen Jedi as his Sith apprentice.

The end of Freedon Nadd
After Kun's recovery, Nadd led him further through the temple and had the Jedi read the inscriptions on the walls, hieroglyphic symbols which were in the language of the ancient Sith species. One in particular gave a detailed account of Nadd's own Sith Master Naga Sadow and his final residence on Yavin 4. Nadd revealed to Kun that the next phase of his enlightenment would take place there, but not his newly-declared commitment to the dark side was evaluated by the lingering spirits of the deceased Dark Lords with whom Nadd had all the while been in communion. Nadd stood by as Tuk'ata hounds&mdash;Force-sensitive abominations who prowled the halls of the temple and preyed upon intruders, attacked his apprentice. He confiscated the Dark Jedi's lightsaber and demanded that Kun exercise his new-found power. Initially hesitant, Kun finally gave in to his anger and slew all of the beasts. Freedon Nadd was finally satisfied that his new student had embraced his destiny and declared that Exar Kun was now one with the dark side of the Force.



Nadd next met his new student on Yavin 4, after Kun had been captured by the moon's resident Massassi warriors. Nadd followed them as they brought the Dark Jedi into Naga Sadow's temple, where was prepared as a sacrifice to its guardian Sith wyrm. Nadd demanded that his reluctant apprentice use the power that now his to command, and Kun finally acquiesced; he used the Force to seize a Sith amulet from the possession of a Massassi priest which increased his power exponentially. Nadd stood by while Kun freed himself and obliterated the wyrm, causing the Massassi to bow before him in supplication. Nadd was thoroughly pleased, as he had finally found a being who had achieved the necessary power to perform the alchemical processes required to create a physical body for him. Upon revealing his true intentions to Exar Kun, however, he was betrayed; the Dark Jedi had grown tired of Nadd's ever-looming presence and rejected to help him outright. He then tested the amulet's power by attacking the Sith spirit with a blast of Force energy. When Nadd recoiled in pain from the assault, Kun unleashed a full-strength blast which fatally wounded Nadd. In the throes of a second death, Nadd appeared one last time before Aleema and Satal Keto and warned them of the threat now posed by Exar Kun's tremendous power. He named them, along with Ulic Qel-Droma, as the inheritors to his Sith legacy, before fading into Chaos for a second and final time.

Each of those with whom Freedon Nadd had become involved following his final defeat on Onderon went on to become influential galactic figures as they progressed further down the dark path and sought to perpetuate the ways of the Sith. The foremost among them was Exar Kun, who ascended to Dark Lord of the Sith along with Ulic Qel-Droma. Kun then pooled his resources with those of Qel-Droma's and Aleema Keto's Krath cult and formed the infamous Sith Brotherhood, which went on to initiate the galaxy-spanning conflagration known as the Great Sith War.

Jedi Civil War
Approximately fifty years after Freedon Nadd's spiritual death, his tomb on Dxun was occupied by the forces of the Sith Triumvirate under the Dark Lord Darth Nihilus. The Onderon Civil War broke out that same year, and Nihilus' Sith allied themselves with a General named Vaklu, the rival and cousin of Onderon's Queen Talia&mdash;a direct descendant of Freedon Nadd. This posed a threat to the united Neo-Crusaders of Mandalore the Preserver, whose base was near Nadd's tomb on Dxun. The Sith camp near the tomb was eventually discovered by the Mandalorians, who sent three companions of an exiled Jedi to investigate. They broke through the Sith defenses and killed a group of Dark Jedi and Sith Lords who were performing a ritual to control the beasts in Iziz, specifically one large Drexl they had planned to use to break into Queen Talia's throne room. Freedon Nadd's sarcophagus was rifled through by the Jedi Exile's allies, who who took several of his belongings, including his shoto.

Order of the Sith Lords
"Hidden deep inside the Holocron, I discovered a list of powerful spells. I transcribed them into this tome. They will help you focus and channel your power for maximum effect&hellip;but only if you study them carefully."

- Darth Bane introduces Zannah to Freedon Nadd's sorcery

The sorcery which Freedon Nadd practiced would later serve as the means through which a another Sith Lord learned to harness the dark side of the Force. Following the end of the New Sith Wars in 1,000 BBY, Nadd's tomb was visited by Darth Bane, the last living Dark Lord of the Sith in the galaxy. Bane unearthed Nadd's holocron on Dxun which he studied in its entirety, only to discover that he himself was unable to comprehend the intricacies of Sith magic. Instead, Nadd's teachings were learned by Bane's apprentice Zannah, who mastered all of the spells contained within the device. Zannah later used Nadd's magic in a duel to defeat her Master, allowing her to continue his fledgling Order of Sith Lords in the manner which Bane had decreed. Thus, millennia after his death, Freedon Nadd's influence contributed to the advancement of the reformed Sith Order, one which eventually annihilated the Jedi and brought the dark side to prominence in the form of a Sith-ruled Galactic Empire.

Personality and traits
In his youth, Freedon Nadd was a radiant, joyfull young man, who had a love of and for life. He was also, however, a man thoroughly convinced of his own ability to understand and manipulate the Force and, with such confidence, aspired to become the greatest Jedi of all time. He was thoroughly convinced that he would be granted the rank of Jedi Knight, but when the the Masters on Ossus refused to promote him, Nadd was shaken to the core of his being. His failure to understand the reasons behind the Masters' decision gave way to an anger that began to cloud his judgment. When he sought answers from his own teacher, Matta Tremayne, he refused to accept her answer to his question: that the path to self-discovery was one that he had to travel alone.



Nadd's descent to the dark side began with the slaying of Matta Tremayne, whom Nadd faulted for the emotional pain he felt at not being chosen for Jedi Knighthood. In his own arrogance, Nadd refused to accept responsibility for his Master's death, instead believing that she had been the cause of her own demise. Nadd was consumed with anger and festering hatred following his fall to the dark side, and he soon afterward was interested only in exacting revenge on the entire Jedi Order. Nadd pursued his goal in earnest and amassed a wealth of dark side knowledge in his quest to become the most powerful Sith sorcerer who had ever lived.

As he grew in power and understanding, Freedon Nadd came to believe that the Force existed only to serve him. He felt that once an individual had embraced the dark side, the two were inseparable. Once he himself made the transition from a follower of the light to an aherent of darkness, he subscribed to the theory that he and his servants would eventually triumph over the Jedi through the dark side. He even claimed that the Jedi harbored a deep-seated fear of its power. He developed a craving for conquest after he assumed the position of Dark Lord of the Sith. He chose the planet of Onderon as his to rule and forced the planet's citizens to worship him with no tolerance for malcontents; those who refused to accept his authority were banished from Iziz and left to the mercy of the beasts of Onderon's wilderness. He also sired a bloodline through which he ensured that the dark side would continue to hold dominion over Onderon even after his death.

When he finally passed into Chaos, Nadd refused to relinquish his ties with the physical realm. Although by his own admission was powerless while in spirit form, Nadd was still able to influence the world of the living through his Sith devotees. His spirit continued to direct the actions of the Onderonian people for his own purposes, and they submitted to the Dark Lord's demands for fealty without equivocation. He readily obliged those who appealed to him for wisdom and continued to strengthen them in dark side magic but was particularly careful not to bestow enough Sith wisdom upon his subordinates so as to allow them to surpass him in power. The primary reason for Nadd imparting Sith wisdom upon his supplicants was to find one whose skill would eventually reach the necessary level to create for Nadd a physical body through Sith alchemy, into which he could be resurrected and once again command the full scope of the dark side's power. He actively pushed King Ommin and Queen Amanoa to achieve their full potential through competition with one another, hoping that one of them would become powerful enough to bring his plan to reality. When he realized that neither Ommin nor Amanoa would ever achieve the level of ability that he required, Nadd abandoned them both to the mercy of the Jedi.

Powers and abilities
A scholar of the Force, Freedon Nadd possessed an astounding knowledge of the Force as regarded by the Jedi Masters on Ossus. Even prior to beginning his Jedi training, Nadd had knowledge of Force-enhanced healing, assimilation and or dissipation of energy attacks, and Force-enhanced concentration. He could escape restraints via contortion, and control and resist the physical pain which resulted from said action or other stimuli. Nadd was able to remain conscious after receiving injuries that would normally render an individual comatose. He could enter into a hibernation trance if necessary, during which time he could totally clear his mind through meditation to allow the Force to flow through him. While in hibernation, Nadd could also manipulate his short-term memory, allowing him to scrutinize images or situations that had recently occurred. He possessed the ability to expel debilitating poisons from his body within minutes. Nadd could use the Force to augment his physical abilities, granting him augmented sight, accelerated speed, and increased height and distance when jumping or leaping. Nadd was also able to bolster the physical traits of others and heal them through the Force as he was able to do to himself.

Through sheer strength of will, Freedon Nadd was able to counter the effects of hostile Force powers used against him. He had an instinctive talent for navigating through space without the use of computer systems. Nadd had life, combat, weather, and danger senses, all of which he could magnify through the Force. His life sense could be fine-tuned to detect sizable groups of specific sentient species with whom he was familiar. Nadd's physiological senses could be altered, allowing him to see in the infrared spectrum, hear frequencies outside of the normal of human perception, and even decipher specific chemical combinations through scent alone. His skills included precognition, farseeing, and telepathy, and through the latter he could, among other things, communicate with and control beasts when necessary. Freedon Nadd also had the ability to create life bonds with those to whom he had grown extremely close, as well as joining his strength with that of other Jedi to manifest the full power of the Force's light side.

Submission to the dark side of the Force granted Freedon Nadd access to new avenues of power. His initial experiences with Sith lore came from the holocrons of King Adas and Darth Andeddu, both of which exposed Nadd to an enormous wealth of knowledge. He achieved true mastery of the dark side, however, through the Sith sorcery he learned while studying under Naga Sadow. Among his skills were the abilities to hurl bolts of pure malevolence, and create lattices of dark side energy that deprived the victim of their connection with the Force. Channelling his negative emotions allowed Nadd to manifest a spherical wave of dark side energy which demoralized anyone caught within its influence. The Sith Lord also emanated an aura of uneasiness that caused nonsentient creatures to steer clear of him. In moments of magnified rage, Nadd was able to use the Force to rearrange the electronic systems of computers, machines, and automatons. Nadd was an able pilot, and was adept in all manners of starship and fighter operation.

The elements were Nadds to command as well, from Force lightning and storms to directing atmospheric currents with devastating effect.

Sith magic further assisted Nadd in the subsequent domination of the planet Onderon. Nadd infused the planet's atmosphere with the power of the dark side, and forced the citizens to practice Sith magic under his instruction.

In life, Freedon Nadd wielded a short bronze bladed lightsaber. He also made use of a personal blaster with a bronze surface which that was said to have killed more Jedi than any lightsaber.

Appearance
Freedon Nadd has never appeared alive in any story, much like Marka Ragnos, another influential Sith Lord. In his first appearance in Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic, Nadd appears as a mummified corpse, and in later stories either as a mummified corpse, a spirit, or both. His early life was either narrated by other characters, or revealed in reference materials.

Nadd's spirit changed significantly from The Freedon Nadd Uprising to Dark Lords of the Sith. Not only his aura changed from orange to violet, his "spiritual clothing" also changed from time to time. In addition, his features looked relatively sharper in the orange aura.

Freedon Nadd's tomb in Knights of the Old Republic II is actually located on Dxun, a jungle moon inhabited by Mandalorians orbiting Onderon, as opposed to being located underneath the city of Izis on Onderon. In KOTOR II, a separate group of your crew searches the tomb fighting Sith soldiers and at the end of this scene, there is a sarcophagus that can be opened. Within, is a mummified corpse holding Freedon Nadd's Short Lightsaber, implying that this is his actual tomb.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi 2: Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, Part 2
 * Tales of the Jedi audio drama
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 1: Masters and Students of the Force
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 2: The Quest for the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 3: Descent to the Dark Side
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 4: Death of a Dark Jedi
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 5: Sith Secrets
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 6: Jedi Assault
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith audio drama
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War 1: Edge of the Whirlwind
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War 6: Dark Lord
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Bane of the Sith
 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two
 * Empire's End audio drama
 * Invincible

Notes and references
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