User:Ifindyourlackoffaithdisturbing/Workbench

Early life
Naga Sadow was born on the planet Ziost in the Sith Empire, a rich but isolated civilization concealed from the greater galaxy by the difficult-to-navigate nebula known as the Stygian Caldera. Around two thousand years before Sadow's lifetime, the Second Great Schism led to war between Jedi, with a cadre of dark siders defeated and forced to flee. They went on to discover, conquer and interbreed with the Sith species, becoming the Sith Lords and establishing their lost empire. Sadow was an heir to this legacy, being born with both Human and Sith blood &mdash;and while he retained some Sith features, including red skin and tentacles on his face, he boasted one of the purest Jedi lineages in the Sith Empire. In his younger days, Sadow came under the tutelage of the Sith Lord Simus, who served as both a teacher and a mentor to Sadow. Simus would serve as a guiding figure throughout Sadow's life, even after he was beheaded in a duel with Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos, as he used his Sith powers to keep his head alive in a crystalline jar. By 5000 BBY, Sadow had grown in stature among the Sith Lords, becoming a member of the ten-member Sith Council, serving alongside his mentor Simus. Nominally in control of the world of Khar Delba, he also constructed a secret stronghold on the dark side of the moon Khar Shian, where he found it better to further his research into the dark arts. Khar Delba would serve as his decoy, while Sadow's true work occurred in private on Khar Shian.
 * Paragon has info on rivalry with Kressh

Claimant to the Sith legacy
"Unlike Ludo Kressh, I refuse to cower in the shadows at this threat. I refuse to tremble like a coward and wait for the enemy to come after us. We must fight back! We must unite! We must prepare! In such troubled times, we do not dare allow ourselves to be without a leader. Marka Ragnos is dead, and we must choose a new Dark Lord. And it must be me."

- Naga Sadow

Towards the end of Marka Ragnos's century-long reign as Dark Lord of the Sith, Sadow had begun to covet the position for himself. Sadow had grown to resent what he saw as the Sith's stagnation, as they wallowed endlessly in their riches. Sadow believed it was time for a change, and when Ragnos passed away in 5000 BBY, he would have his chance. Ragnos' death was immediately followed by a grand funeral procession through Korriban's Valley of the Dark Lords, led by Sadow's old rival, Ludo Kressh. Sadow arrived late, as Kressh's sarcophagus was already on its way to its tomb&mdash;when the tardy Sadow ascended the steps of Ragnos' newly-built tomb to take his place in the ceremony, Kressh ordered him to turn back, saying that he was shaming Ragnos' memory. An indignant Sadow stepped up to state his claim for the title of Dark Lord of the Sith, something which was immediately opposed by the much more conservative Kressh&mdash;in accordance with the Sith traditions, the only logical way to resolve this impasse was for Sadow and Kressh to do battle. Facing off on the threshold of Ragnos' tomb, the two Sith Lords dueled with Force-imbued blades, as it quickly became apparent that this would be a fight to the death.

Neither would get the chance to claim a victory, however, as Marka Ragnos' spirit appeared with a warning: the Golden Age of the Sith was nearing its end, and the Sith would need to fight the correct battles or else be destroyed. As the Sadow and Kressh pondered the dead Dark Lord's words, they were interrupted by an unexpected sight: a starship of unknown origin descending into the Valley of the Dark Lords. When the ship landed, two Humans disembarked, proclaiming themselves to be emissaries from the Galactic Republic interested in setting up a trade relationship with the Sith civilization. The pair&mdash;Gav and Jori Daragon, in truth fugitives who had chanced upon Korriban after making a blind hyperspace jump to escape trouble on their native Koros Major&mdash;were swiftly seized as spies. Although Kressh wanted to kill them immediately, Sadow thought the Daragons could be the key to new Sith conquests, and had them imprisoned for questioning on Ziost. With the Daragons in chains, Sadow met with the rest of the Sith Council at Ziost's Sith Citadel to discuss their fates. While several of the Council agreed with Kressh that the visitors should be put to death, Sadow made an impassioned plea to keep them alive, as their knowledge of the rest of the galaxy could lead to greater Sith domination and control. Sadow knew well the value that Humans could bring, as he had made good use of the scientific skills of the descendants of Human Tapani refugees that had been enslaved by the Sith generations before, and often including Humans among his entourage.

However, the Council still voted to kill the Daragons&mdash;but the ever-ambitious Sadow still had the galaxy on his mind, and he put a plan in motion to rescue the explorers and bring the rest of the Sith Council around to his side. As Sadow watched from his secret fortress on Khar Shian, a Sith soldier loyal to Sadow snuck into the Daragons' ship and stole a pair of Republic blasters. Once the weapons were in hand, Sadow quickly raided Ziost with a small strike team, freeing the Daragons and using one of the Republic blasters to shoot and kill his old teacher, Simus. Sadow left the weapon behind at the scene, and departed to allow the rest of the Sith Lords to draw their own conclusions. Sadow deposited the Daragons at his secret citadel on Khar Shian, before promptly returning to Ziost to see if his strike had had the effect he desired. Sadow arrived to find that everything had gone according to plan: the Sith Council was in a panic, and the Republic was to blame. Feigning shock at Simus' death, Sadow loudly proclaimed that it was time for the Sith to strike back, and officially announced his intentions to seize the title of Dark Lord. To Ludo Kressh's horror, several of the Sith Council backed Sadow's claim, and Kressh in a huff with his supporters proclaiming that he would become the true Dark Lord. Not willing to let this stand, Sadow ordered his supporters, each of whom controlled a dozen worlds, to call their ships and warriors to battle&mdash;things had come to a head, and Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh were finally going to war.

Consolidating power
"Your spies have failed you. Everything has failed you, Ludo. You never should have imagined your petty scheme could surpass my grand dreams&hellip; as you shall see&hellip;"

- Naga Sadow, as the tide turns at Khar Delba

In the meantime, Sadow split Daragons up, keeping Gav Daragon with him on Khar Shian and sending his sister Jori to his decoy fortress on Khar Delba. In Gav Daragon, who had once been a low-level initiate of the Jedi Order in his younger days, he found someone with a strong, if untrained, talent in the Force&mdash;sensing promise in Daragon, Sadow began to teach the young man Sith magic. Sadow had an apprentice, and with full-out war with Ludo Kressh looming, Sadow had a traditional tattoo applied to his forehead by Sith pincerbugs, an act which most believed made his claim official. Soon afterward, he received information that Ludo Kressh had had his men guard the Daragons' captured ship, the Starbreaker 12. Realizing an opportunity, Sadow sent several of his Massassi warriors to kill Kressh's guards and seize the ship, leaving no witnesses&mdash;and leaving behind Sadow's emblem at the scene. Sadow's Massassi flew the Starbreaker 12 back to Khar Delba, getting there just before Kressh attacked the world, just as Sadow had foreseen. Having planned for this eventuality, Sadow allowed Kressh, backed by the forces of his allies Horak-mul and Dor Gal-ram, to batter his fortresses on Khar Delba with a rain of laser fire from their battleships. Although completely unconcerned about Kressh's firepower, Sadow feigned panic, quickly ushering Jori Daragon to the recovered Starbreaker 12, claiming he was protecting her from torture and death at Kressh's hands. In fact, Sadow simply wanted her to escape alone, so he could follow her trail back to the unsuspecting Republic, while keeping her brother Gav with him as his apprentice.

Jori Daragon, who did not believe she had any reason not to trust Naga Sadow, completely fell for Sadow's feigned concern, and followed his instructions to escape back to her home. While Kressh's bombardment continued, Daragon managed to evade the laserfire in the Starbreaker 12 and jump to hyperspace. Once Daragon was clear of the battlefield, Sadow put the second part of his plan into motion, calling his fleet from their hiding place on the dark side of Khar Shian. The fleet's arrival and sudden attack took Kressh completely by surprise, as another level of subterfuge tore Kressh's ranks apart&mdash;several of Sadow's Massassi agents, posing as crewmembers on Kressh's battleships, attacked and killed Horak-mul and Dor Gal-ram and commandeered their vessels. Withering laserfire from both within and without, along with constant kamikaze attacks from Sadow's starfighters, forced Kressh into an ignominious retreat. Sadow's tactical masterpiece at Khar Delba cemented him as the undisputed ruler of the Sith Empire, while Daragon's escape back to the Republic had set the stage for a Sith invasion of the rest of the galaxy at large. His fleet and power only growing, Sadow knew the time was coming to strike, and he rallied all the rest of the Sith Lords to join his impending conquest of the Galactic Republic.

With Ludo Kressh out of the picture, Naga Sadow began furiously preparing for his attack on the Republic, working his Massassi workers' fingers to the bone repairing the damage done to his citadel on Khar Delba and raising his fleet&mdash;Sadow was now the undisputed Dark Lord of the Sith, and all the rest of the Sith Lords in the Empire had pledged their allegiance, and armies, to him. Sadow also kept himself busy grooming Gav Daragon&mdash;who was becoming increasingly morally conflicted at the prospect of attacking his home in the Republic&mdash;as his dark apprentice, although he often found himself having to lie to keep the young Human in the fold. While his war fleet was being fully readied, Sadow gathered the other Sith Lords to a war council on Khar Delba, which was interrupted by an unexpected arrival: Ludo Kressh, who broadcast an anti-Sadow transmission to the Sith Lords at the same time that his flagship was spotted approaching Khar Delba. Dismissive of Kressh's "prattle," Sadow ordered Daragon to press a button on a nearby control panel, promising it would block Kressh's transmission. When Daragon pressed the button, however, Kressh's flagship violently exploded, and the obstacle that was Ludo Kressh was seemingly gone for good. Daragon was stunned, even more so when Sadow revealed that they had the location of their Republic target due to a tracer he had placed on the Starbreaker 12. Sadow had no time to argue with his young apprentice, however&mdash;before the explosion in Khar Delba's atmosphere had even subsided, he proclaimed the time had come to launch his attack.

Sadow's star war
"We have a war to commence! Fleet commanders, you have your orders! Strike swiftly and decisively to consume Teta's worlds... others will stab the heart of the Republic. We can dominate Coruscant in an eyeblink!"

- Naga Sadow

Sadow was able to put together an extremely formidable fighting force with remarkable quickness, as ships, ground troops and war beasts flocked to him from every corner of the Sith worlds. Once the moment of truth came, Sadow gathered his invasion fleet at Khar Shian&mdash;he would lead the war effort from his Sith meditation sphere, which would be the heart and mind of the Sith attack. To give his forces a psychological edge, Sadow planned to keep to his meditation sphere, using Sith magic to create illusions that would make his forces appear much more formidable than they were. Over objections from Gav Daragon, Sadow intended to leave Sith Space undefended and toss his entire strength at the Republic. Furthermore, Sadow placed Daragon, who had no command experience, in charge of one of his flagships. Once everything was set, Sadow called for his fleet to launch to hyperspace, proclaiming that the Republic would be theirs. Locking onto the beacon from the Starbreaker 12, the Sith fleet soon arrived at the ship's location within Republic space. Sensing no Humans aboard&mdash;the ship had recently been taken from Jori Daragon by a creditor, Ssk Kahorr&mdash;Sadow ordered the ship's destruction, and next dispatched his fleet as according to his war plan. Gav Daragon and the main fleet would strike quickly to consume the Koros system, while another part of his forces would strike at the very heart of the Republic.

As his fleet departed, Sadow retired in his meditation sphere to the Primus Goluud system, where he would began working on conjuring his illusions. In a bold move, Sith forces began the war with a direct attack on Coruscant itself, the capital of the Republic, one of a many-pronged Sith assault. Led by Sith Lord Shar Dakhan, the Sith invasion force on Coruscant was bolstered with Sadow's illusions to make it appear tens of thousands of ships strong, while Daragon's group laid siege to the Koros system against a combined army of Tetan military and pardoned Kirrek rebels. While combat raged on Kirrek, Sadow personally dispatched one of his most trusted captains, Yaru Korsin, to mine valuable Lignan crystals from Phaegon III for the war effort, although both Korsin's Omen and sister ship Harbinger were lost to a Jedi Jedi attack. Although he seemed on the verge of victory, at a critical moment came a circumstance Sadow had not planned for. After encountering his sister Jori in the burning streets of his home city of Cinnagar, Gav Daragon had a change of heart and fled the battle in his warship, tracking Sadow to the Primus Goluud system. After finding Sadow's meditation sphere, Daragon blasted it with a powerful laser shot, breaking Sadow's concentration and forcing many of his apparitions to disappear across the galaxy. On Coruscant, an outnumbered contingent of Jedi and Republic soldiers had been backed up to the steps of the Galactic Senate, and the confusion led to a Republic counterstrike that ultimately defeated the Sith.

His vessel damaged but not destroyed, Sadow sent a transmission to Daragon, asking him to come to his listing sphere so they could meet face to face. Daragon obliged, only to realize he'd been tricked&mdash;a furious Sadow had abandoned the ship and trapped him there, promising to deal with him later. By then, a Sith victory seemed a much more unlikely proposition, a hope dimmed even further after reinforcements from Ronika had overcome the Sith forces on Kirrek. Sadow's grab for the Republic was falling apart, and as Empress Teta's forces reaffirmed their claim to the Koros system, the Empress herself, along with Jori Daragon, followed Gav's hyperspace trail to Primus Goluud. Sadow recalled the battered remnants of his fleet, and immediately attacked when the enemy ships arrived. Sadow was outgunned, but he had an ace in the hole: the power of Sith magic. Within the battleship Corsair, Sadow used the Force to trigger a massive supernova in the star Primus Goluud, covering his retreat and consuming Gav Daragon, still trapped in the meditation sphere. But in Daragon's last moments, he had given his sister a critical piece of intelligence: Sadow had left the Sith Worlds abandoned to attack the Republic, and Empress Teta had a chance to put an end to the Sith Empire in one fell swoop.

Flight, death
"So this is how it ends... I must run and hide! I, Naga Sadow–I, who was Dark Lord of the Sith!"

- Naga Sadow

With the Sith invasion shattered at Coruscant, Koros Major and Primus Goluud, only a few ships remained to limp back to Sith Space with Sadow. His assault on the Republic had been decisively repelled, but Sadow did not believe the war was over&mdash;he planned on licking his wounds, raising new forces and preparing for a second go-around. However, Sadow had a unexpected welcoming party once he returned home: Ludo Kressh, who had staged his own death at Khar Delba, gathered his own forces and proclaimed himself Dark Lord of the Sith in Sadow's absence. With little time to recover after Primus Goluud, Sadow found himself engaged in another battle, this against his oldest rival in the skies above Korriban. Kressh nearly overwhelmed Sadow's battered ships, but one of Sadow's doomed pilots made a suicide run on Kressh's flagship, killing the would-be Dark Lord and breaking his remaining forces' will to fight. To his shock, yet another fleet soon emerged from hyperspace: Empress Teta and her ships from the Koros system, which had followed his trail from Primus Goluud. Sadow vowed to fight to the death, but he and his fleet had nothing left. Once his defeat was apparent, and Empress Teta demanded his surrender, Sadow realized that he only had one chance to emerge alive. Sadow had his few remaining ships assemble a blockade, while he made a run for the twin stars of the Denarii Nova.

As Sadow's Corsair made the treacherous journey between the Denarii Nova's binary stars, pursued by Tetan forces, Sadow&mdash;much like he did at Primus Goluud&mdash;used Sith magic to cause solar flares and cover his retreat. As she watched the destruction of Sadow's blockade and her ships in pursuit of the Sith Lord, Empress Teta mistakenly believed that Sadow had to have been killed, and ordered her fleet back to Republic space. But Sadow had escaped in the Corsair, the last ship remaining in his mighty Sith invasion fleet. Sadow eventually stumbled across the uninhabited, uncharted Yavin system, containing the lush moon Yavin 4, where Sadow decided to make a new start. Sadow quickly set his remaining Massassi to work, taming the jungle and raising a series of massive temples. Sadow used one of these temples to conceal his Corsair, the only ship that could have taken him off the jungle moon. On Yavin 4, Sadow continued his studies of Sith alchemy, learning how to assert his will on the natural order of the universe. His Sith Empire unmade, Sadow instead set his sights on creating a race of warriors powerful enough to protect what remained of his legacy&mdash;to this end he experimented upon his Massassi slaves, twisting and mutating them into powerful beings filled with violence and hate. Sadow used the dark arts to keep his body alive for centuries, and around 4400 BBY, he was discovered and awakened by a curious Jedi named Freedon Nadd, who had stumbled upon Yavin 4 during his quest to learn more of the dark side. Sadow taught Nadd his Sith secrets, only for his newfound apprentice to eventually turn on and kill him.

Legacy
Sadow's attack on the Republic, and his daring escape from pursuit at Korriban, would in turn inspire subsequent generations of Sith, including future Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun, who learned Sadow's tale from Jedi Master Vodo-Siosk Baas' holocron while still a Jedi Padawan. Guided by the spirit of Freedon Nadd&mdash;who had become a powerful Sith Lord himself&mdash; and fascinated by forbidden dark side knowledge Kun followed Sadow's trail to Yavin 4, finding his ancient temples and the descendants of his Massassi slaves, who had devolved into mutated primitives. The Massassi captured Kun and sentenced him to die, but through an exertion of his considerable dark side power, Kun destroyed a massive Sith wyrm left over from Sadow's experiments and earned the Massassi's loyalty. Kun in turn banished Nadd's spirit and discovered Sadow's buried Corsair, using the ship in his own unsuccessful quest for Sith domination of the galaxy. Although Sadow's fleet was almost completely destroyed in the Great Hyperspace War, the Sith dreadnaught Omen&mdash;which Sadow had sent with Captain Yaru Korsin to mine Lignan crystals at Phaegon III&mdash;miraculously survived a Jedi attack to crash-land on the uncharted planet of Kesh. There, Korsin and some of his crew survived to conquer the native Keshiri and form a powerful, isolated Lost Tribe of Sith, which after generations dimly remembered Naga Sadow as Korsin's "celestial ally." In 3000 BBY, however, a recording of Sadow's original orders sending Korsin to Phaegon III was discovered by Tribe members, causing a major furor.

Personality and traits
A visionary, Naga Sadow was possessed of a driving ambition that led him not only to crave the title of Dark Lord of the Sith, but to pierce the Stygian Caldera and bring the splendor of the Sith Empire to the entire galaxy. Pursuing opportunity wherever it arose, Sadow chafed at the isolationism of the Sith Empire, believing it to be a practical impossibility for such a sprawling body. Sadow craved contact with the unknown, and lacked the xenophobia that characterized many of his peers, such as Ludo Kressh&mdash;to Sadow, outsiders could be just as Sith as any born in the Empire, and Humans and members of other species often enjoyed high standing with the Dark Lord.


 * "Naga Sadow believed that the natural order of the universe belonged to him... with his Sith alchemy he sought to create armies of monstrosities, beasts of war, malformed servants of death." - DLOTS 5

Powers and abilities

 * "For instance, it is said that many centuries ago a great Sith magician named Naga Sadow learned how to give flesh to departed spirits" - DLOTS 3

Behind the scenes

 * DLOTS 1,3&4 has incorrect stuff about his background