Na'daz

"My Master was a great Sith Lord. He was particularly adept in the arts of lightsaber combat - a skill he passed on to me."

- Kas'im on his Master, Na'daz

Na'daz was a male Twi'lek Sith Lord near the end of the New Sith Wars and a skilled fighter. On a travel, Na'daz found the young force-sensitive Twi'lek slave Kas'im and bought him. Na'daz brought the young boy to the Outer Rim planet Ryloth and trained him as his apprentice. In 1,010 BBY, Na'daz was challenged in a lightsaber duel by his apprentice and slain. Kas'im would later give his masters lightsaber to his pupil Bane.

Biography
"As a young child I would watch for hours as my Master performed his drills. My earliest memories are of dancing ruby lights moving through the sequences of battle."

- Kas'im, on his childhood and Nad'az

Na'daz was a male Twi'lek Sith Lord who lived near the end of the New Sith Wars. A skilled fighter with a lightsaber, Na'daz travelled once to the Mid Rim world Nal Hutta and discovered a young force-sensitive Twi'lek named Kas'im. Na'daz bought the boy and took him to the Outer Rim planet Ryloth, where he trained him as his Sith apprentice.

In 1,010 BBY, Kas'im had become stronger in the Force and more skilled in lightsaber combat as his master and Na'daz was challenged in a duel by his apprentice. Na'daz was defeated and killed by his pupil, who took Na'daz lightsaber as a trophy. Kas'im wnet on to become on of the greatest lightsaber duelist of his time and would train many young Sith at the Sith Academy on Korriban. Kas'im would later give Na'daz lightsaber to his greatest student, Bane, after Bane had defeated his rival apprentice Sirak.

Powers and abilities
"I had learned all I could from Master Na'daz. As strong as he was in the dark side, I was stronger. As skilled as he was with the lightsaber, I became better.''" "But why kill him?" "''A test. To see if I was as strong as I believed."

- Kas'im conferring about Na'daz with his pupil Bane

Na'daz was a skilled lightsaber duelist, a trait he imbued in his apprentice. Kas'im used a curved-hilt red-bladed lightsaber im combat, which was taken by his apprentice after Na'daz dead.

Behind the scenes
Na'daz was first mentioned in the 2006 novel Darth Bane: Path of Destruction written by Drew Karpyshyn.

Appearances

 * Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

Notes and references
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