During the Nadd uprising, Arca Jeth was held captive by the vile King Ommin. Ommin, a frail dying human was kept alive and enraged by the power of the Dark Side. His ravaged body was held erect by a disturbing metal frame. Ulic, growing increasingly enraged by Ommin's posturing and the threat posed to his master, cut down Ommin's armored protector, Warb Null. Ulic eventually cut through to the heart of the darkness itself, cleaving Ommin's metallic armature with his lightsaber blade, leaving the crippled old man helpless and dying. The spirit of Freedon Nadd claimed Ommin's life, and made the cryptic proclamation that one or two of the assembled Jedi belonged to the Dark Side. The spirit of Freedon Nadd even declared that Ulic would be one of the "great ones."

Nadd had voiced ancient Sith prophecies that said the Dark Lords would rise again. It was Nadd that lured a pair of bored Force-sensitive elites from the Tetan system to the war-ravaged world of Onderon, to initiate them into the Sith heritage. Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema would go on to forge the Krath, a secret society of social elites in the Empress Teta system, who dabbled with the Dark Side and Sith magic. The Krath grew restless, and staged a coup that toppled their parents from command of the system.

This alarming event led Ulic Qel-Droma back into battle. He and Nomi Sunrider were dispatched to the Empress Teta system to investigate. Aleema used Sith illusions to mask the true size of her attack force, and Ulic's Republic task force were stymied trying to determine which of their attackers were real. One of the Krath Chaos fighters crashed through the Republic command ship Reliance's shields and hull. The explosion claimed many lives, and Ulic was wounded by a piece of flying shrapnel. Nomi nursed Ulic back to health, slowly letting him closer to her heart. The Republic task force retreated from Empress Teta to formulate a new attack plan.

The Jedi convened a massive assembly at Mount Meru, on the planet Deneba, to discuss this new threat. Ulic proposed a daring and foolhardy plan. The Krath conspiracy had spread far too deep into Tetan society. It must be uprooted, he said. And the only way of doing so was for one Jedi to infiltrate the Krath, and learn its secrets, to defeat the Dark Side from within. The Jedi Masters thought him foolish, and warned of the inevitable consequences of starting down the dark path. Before the debate could be settled, though, the Krath sprung a surprise attack on Deneba, employing deadly battle droids. Many Jedi fell to their lifeless attackers, including Master Arca Jeth. Ulic cradled his master in his arms as the old Arkanian Jedi faded away, into the Light.

Ulic blamed himself for his Master's fall, and resolved that he would join the Krath to destroy it. Nomi pleaded with him not to underestimate the Dark Side, but Ulic's ceaseless confidence cancelled her words. To prepare for his mission, Ulic studied the Sith holocron kept by Jedi scholar Ood Bnar. Bnar warned of the twisting power of the Dark Side, but Ulic saw no alternative.

As he left, Ulic shared words of departure with his brother Cay. Cay was most concerned about Ulic's mission, and feared that he would never see him again. The two embraced, and Ulic promised that he would return. Ulic shared a final kiss with Nomi Sunrider, and then, disguised as a smuggler, departed for the city of Cinnagar, in the Tetan system.

In Cinnagar, Ulic came across a demonstration of the Krath's cold and absolute rule. Aleema was to publicly execute a carbonite trader who had rebelled against the Krath. The trader sprung free of his capture and attacked Aleema. Caught by surprise, the Sith leader's life was in jeopardy. It was the first of many trials for Ulic. He lashed out and killed Aleema's attacker to show his loyalty.

While Aleema was enamored by Ulic's handsome and brash ways, Satal was nowhere near as trusting. Deep beneath the Iron Citadel of Cinnagar, Ulic underwent grueling torture and examination administered by Satal Keto, to find out his true purpose. Satal, toying with his captive, speared into Ulic's side with a blade coated with Sith poisons. The insidious venom worked its way into Ulic's bloodstream -- the only way to purge it was to burn it away through complete abandon to the Dark Side.

Nomi Sunrider secretly voyaged to Cinnagar with Cay and Tott, to make contact with Ulic. She sought to find out what he had so far learned of the Krath. Nomi allowed herself to fall captive to the Krath forces, and Ulic ordered her imprisoned in the Krath dungeons. Ulic secretly communicated with Nomi, insisting that he needed to stay in Cinnagar a while longer. While he had learned a lot about the Krath, he needed to learn more. Satal intercepted this communication, and ordered both Qel-Droma and Sunrider executed.

His cover blown, chaos enveloped Ulic. His blood poisoned by Sith alchemy and his mind tainted by Aleema's advances, Ulic lost sight of his friendships, his loyalties, and his love. Nomi escaped from her guards, and called in Cay and Tott to rescue her. The Jedi fought through the Krath ranks, and almost succeeded in escaping, but Ulic stayed behind. Enraged, Ulic killed Satal Keto for the death of his beloved Master Arca, but the rage continued. When Cay tried to get Ulic to follow him to their ship, Ulic ordered Cay away lest he kill him. His fate was sealed. He was one with the Dark Side. He allowed the Jedi to leave while he remained on Cinnagar.

As the Jedi regrouped to stage a massive attack on Cinnagar, Aleema continued to tempt Ulic further along the dark path. She gave him an ancient Sith amulet that was a great focus of power. The Jedi attacked Cinnagar, and Nomi Sunrider and Cay infiltrated the Iron Citadel. Ulic refused the words of reason from Nomi and Cay. He saw them as weak and ineffective, like he was when he was unable to stop Arca from dying. Ulic brandished the Sith amulet like a weapon, and repulsed his former friends.

The Jedi finally decided to leave Ulic behind. He came here of his own choice. He was to live with his decision. Cay was not so ready to leave his brother behind. The other Jedi had to restrain him as they departed.

As the Jedi departed, a stranger strode confidently into the halls of the Iron Citadel. Flanked by Massassi guards stood Exar Kun, former Jedi and now Sith initiate. As the Krath had been unraveling their plan of galactic conquest, Kun had followed his own path into the darkness. A path that brought him to the Sith world of Korriban, and the Sith stronghold on Yavin IV. Now, he sought out the only other Sith practitioner who could challenge him: Ulic Qel-Droma.

Ulic and Kun dueled, a vicious battle fueled by terrible hatred. As they fought, the Sith amulets that each of them wore suddenly came to life, awakened from a millennia-long sleep by renewed Sith energies. The two talismans projected an ancient image of the grand Sith Empire of a thousand years prior. An ancient Sith spirit declared the two warriors as worthy of the Sith heritage. Exar Kun was branded Dark Lord of the Sith, and Ulic Qel-Droma as his apprentice. A twin-branched Sith tattoo was emblazoned on Qel-Droma's forehead to mark his status. The ancient Sith dictated that Kun and Qel-Droma would be the instruments of the Republic's destruction, and the rebirth of the ancient Sith Empire. This marked the start of the Great Sith War.

Six months later, Ulic and Aleema were joint warlords of the Empress Teta system. The upstart nomad, Mandalore, challenged their claim to that system. The two entered into a personal duel on Kuar. Mandalore dictated that the duel take place on the open plains of Harkul. Mandalore's weapon: the Basilisk war droid mount; Ulic's: his lightsaber. The contest: Qel-Droma must hold his ground high on the chain-nets over Harkul as Mandalore attacked. The prize: the allegiance of the combined armies of Teta and Mandalore. Ulic's Jedi training served him well. He bested Mandalore, and the defeated nomad conceded his loyalty.

With this newly amassed army, Ulic disobeyed Exar Kun's more conservative orders, and sought to take the battle to the heart of the Republic, to Coruscant itself. An immense battle raged over the planet-wide metropolis. Ulic sought to capture the Republic's military command center, as well as the new weapons in production nearby. Mandalore captured the weapons cache while Qel-Droma took command of the war room. He ordered the fleet dispatcher to deploy the fleet on a collision course. The dispatchers refused, and as Ulic was about to smite him with the Force, a team of Jedi broke into the command center. Using the power of the Light Side, Nomi Sunrider and Cay Qel-Droma blocked Ulic's ability, and held him captive.

Ulic was marched before the assembled ranks of the Galactic Senate to be tried for high treason against the Republic, but he refused to repent for his crimes. He decried the Republic as meaningless, and spoke of the coming Golden Age of the Sith. Exar Kun arrived to free his captive apprentice. Kun overpowered the Supreme Chancellor of the Senate, making him speak his words of Sith victory. Confronting his fallen apprentice, Master Vodo Siask Boss challenged Exar Kun, but was killed, proving that Kun had gained much power with the Dark Side. Kun had also instructed his other Jedi followers to strike down their own Jedi Masters, to make room for the new age. Many Jedi Masters fell at the hands of their former apprentices. The Republic was powerless to stop Kun from marching out of the Senate Hall with Qel-Droma.

The next battleground of the Great Sith War was the Cron Cluster. Aleema, at the cost of her own life, detonated the supergiant stars within the Cluster, sending a deadly shockwave of destruction toward Ossus, the Jedi stronghold world. The Jedi worked desperately to evacuate Ossus and preserve some of the Jedi treasures and artifacts held there. In the confusion, Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma arrived on Ossus, and began pilfering the ancient Jedi storehouses.

Cay Qel-Droma confronted Ulic. The two dueled in a lightsaber battle, and Ulic killed his own brother. Ulic was stunned by his actions. The murder of his beloved brother was enough to shake Ulic to the core of the man he once was. Nomi, distraught at the depths to which Ulic had plunged, attacked him through the Force. She used her powers to strip away Ulic's. The assault was total. Ulic's Force-ability was cut off to him. He was a mere mortal, and his spirit was ultimately broken.

The Jedi abandoned Ossus, and sought to bring an end to the Sith War. Ulic revealed the location of Exar Kun's base operation: Yavin IV. The combined forces of the Jedi and the Republic were able to stop Kun thanks to Qel-Droma's betrayal.

-all non-original information has been compiled from Starwars.com

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