Ommin

"Believe me, Jedi - the Sith way will live forever!"

- King Ommin to Jedi Master Arca Jeth

King Ommin of Onderon was the King of Onderon up until the end of the Beast Wars. He was the descendent and apprentice of Freedon Nadd.

Early life
"The dark side does not come without its price, you have the power over the Force, but in exchange you have lost power over your own body."

- Freedon Nadd's spirit to King Ommin

Ommin was a member of the Onderon Royal Family. He was a direct descendent of Freedon Nadd, a Dark Lord of the Sith who ruled the world for more than fifty years. Ommin had the ability to summon Nadd's spirit, which enabled him to learn and master the dark side of the Force.

When Ommin's father became one with the Force, Ommin took his rightful place as the ruler of the city Iziz. King Ommin rose to power in the exact same manner as his ancestors: by dominating the citizens of Onderon with the power of the dark side. Ommin married Amanoa as his Queen and the couple had a daughter named Galia.

Soon, Ommin lost interest in the mundane daily activities as his training under Freedon Nadd came to the earnest moment. His wife Amanoa did not suspect Ommin's dark side allegiance for many years, but eventually his secret was discovered by the Queen. Amanoa tried to break the bond between Ommin and the Sith, which proved to be futile as the blood of the ancient Dark Lord ran in Ommin's very body. Eventually with the help of Nadd, Ommin corrupted his wife to the dark side, and the couple became powerful Sith sorcerers.

In his path for darkness, Ommin lost control of his own body. A durasteel exoskeleton was built by the King's personal doctors to support his blood and flesh. As Ommin furthered his study in the dark ways, Queen Amanoa assumed the daily duties of the ruler of Onderon.

The Freedon Nadd Uprising
After years of isolation, one piece of major news reached his hide-out: the death of Queen Amanoa by the hands of the Jedi, and the unification between Galia and the Beast Lord Oron Kira. Ommin plotted to take the planet back from the light, as the rightful leader of the Naddists, he deployed subordinates to launch attacks throughout the fortified city. Sensing the presence of the darkness haunted the planet, the Jedi decided to move the sarcophagus of Amanoa and Nadd to the moon Dxun. The King tasked the dark side warrior Warb Null to ambush the Jedi, and the armored warrior successfully recovered the sarcophagus.

The Jedi learned the location of Ommin's hide-out from Galia, and the Jedi Master Arca Jeth and his Padawan Ulic Qel-Droma decided to infiltrate it with Galia. Ommin played weak upon the Jedi's arrival, and Nadd's spirit appeared to confront the Jedi. As Master Arca was distracted by the spirit of the ancient Dark Lord, Ommin rose and choked the neck of Arca with his left palm, then incapacitated the experienced Jedi Master by smothering him in dark side energy. Ommin offered his daughter a career with the dark side by was turned down. As Ulic dueled with Warb Null and destroyed the armored warrior, Ommin kidnapped Arca and fled to his stronghold.

The Republic sent more Jedi and ships out to stop King Ommin from retaining Freedon Nadd's sarcophagus and to quell the Naddist uprising on Onderon. The amount of Jedi sent, including the talented Nomi Sunrider eventually countered the extreme dark side presence on the planet and turned the tide of the battle.

In his stronghold, King Ommin was visited by Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema Keto. The Ketos requested Ommin to translate an ancient Sith magic book for them, the King granted Satal a Sith talisman, which could grant wielder the ability to read ancient Sith text, as a gift in return for making a copy of the book for the Ommin himself.

While Ommin's subordinates copied the valuable text, Ommin showed the Ketos his most prized possession: Jedi Master Arca Jeth, a prisoner of the dark side – Ommin determined to extinguish the light from Arca in an attempt to turn the Jedi over to the dark side. However, Arca's knowledge that his students were coming for him gave him strength to resist the darkness.

At that very moment the reinforced Jedi taskforce broke into the stronghold. Both sides suffered casualties as the Jedi engaged the Naddists. At last Ommin joined in the fight personally, and the King knocked the gifted Nomi Sunrider away with dark side energy. He fought against Ulic Qel-Droma next, and lost to the young Jedi as Qel-Droma sliced apart his vital metal lattice. Ommin's body collapsed, and he lay crumpled on the floor, dying. Freedon Nadd, after guiding the Ketos into the subterranean chambers of the palace, arrived by Ommin's side. Ommin begged for Nadd’s assistance, by seeing the potential in the Ketos, Nadd decided to abandon the august King. Freedon Nadd submitted Ommin to the dark side in front of the Jedi, ending the former King's life.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising