The Naddist Revolt 3998 B.B.Y.
Back on Onderon, despite two years of relative peace, unrest continued, sparked primarily by a grim sect that revered the memory of Freedon Nadd. Master Arca remained with his students Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma and Tott Doneeta. All were affected by the oppressive shadows of the dark side that still remained-Master Arca most of all. In an attempt to eliminate the cancerous evil, they prepared to move the sarcophagus containing Freedon Nadd, as well as the coffin of Queen Amanoa, far away to the monster-filled moon of Dxun.
During the funeral procession, however,
the followers of Freedon Nadd launched an unexpected attack from beneath the city of
Recovering, Arca learned that Queen Galia's ancient father, King Ommin, had been kept alive. Though frail and decrepit, Ommin resided in a secret life-support facility. Suspicious, Arca visited the dying old man, with Galia and Ulic Qel-Droma at his side. He discovered that Ommin himself was the source of the great shadow, that he had been a follower of Freedon Nadd. Ommin's dabblings released the spirit avatar of Nadd, who joined forces with Ommin. The crippled old king lashed out at Arca with blistering bolts of dark-side energy, subduing him. Though Ulic fought bravely to save his Master, Ommin fled with the paralyzed Arca to another dark-side stronghold, where the stolen sarcophagi had been taken.
Devastated by his failure and his
weakness, Ulic Qel-Droma called for assistance from the
In the midst of the chaos on Onderon, two other figures arrived, oblivious to the danger: Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema, heirs to the now-corrupt Empress Teta system. Spoiled, bored, and rich, Satal, Aleema, and their friends had dabbled in Sith magic, amusing themselves with artifacts recovered by the scholar Jedi Odan-Urr immediately after the Great Hyperspace War a thousand years before. This group of bored aristocrats named themselves the Krath, after a fearsome childhood legend. Satal Keto, egged on by the beautiful and ambitious Aleema, had stolen an ancient book of Sith secrets from a museum on Coruscant. They departed to Onderon, having heard about the Freedon Nadd Uprising and the Sith practitioners there. War or no war, Satal and Aleema were determined to find someone who could translate the mysterious book and teach them more Sith sorcery.
Using their novice dark-side skills, as well as plain luck, the two aristocrats made their way through the battle- ravaged city and down to the stronghold where King Ommin held Master Arca prisoner. Delighted to see the arcane book of Sith secrets, Ommin gave Satal Keto a Sith amulet and promised to translate the book.
While a scribe diligently worked to reproduce the tome, the specter of Freedon Nadd appeared. With Republic troops pounding the city and the unified Jedi Knights on their way, Nadd realized King Ommin had lost; instead, he threw his lot with the two aristocrats, convincing Satal Keto and Aleema that they alone held the key to the rebirth of the Sith golden age-and that he would guide them. The Jedi Knights fought their way into Ommin's stronghold just as Master Arca was about to be crushed by the dark side. Nadd withdrew his power and support from the ancient king, and Ulic charged forward, unrestrained, to kill the old man and rescue Arca.
As Satal Keto and Aleema fled Iziz, bearing a wealth of Sith artifacts back to the Empress Teta system, Freedon Nadd appeared to taunt Arca, Ulic, and the Jedi Knights, saying that the dark side would claim others. Republic forces finally imposed order and martial law on the devastated Iziz. The sarcophagus of Freedon Nadd was finally taken to an armored tomb on the beast moon of Dxun, sealed behind slabs of Mandalorian iron-which the Jedi hoped would last for millennia.
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