The Freedon Nadd uprising

On Onderon, Galia and Oron Kira lead a funeral procession for Queen Amanoa and Freedon Nadd. Master Arca, Tott Doneeta, Oss Wilum, and Cay and Ulic Qel-Droma follow as the procession heads to the royal spaceport. Arca has ordered the remains of the two dark side worshippers removed from the planet to one of Onderon's four moons. The presence of the dark side seems to have taken its toll on the Jedi, and they believe Nadd still has a following among the populace, some of who may be Sith magicians.

Sudenly, a massive machine erupts through the surface of the spaceport. Former members of the royal armed forces have allied themselves with the Naddists. There leader -- Warb Null -- strides forward, clad in black armor and wielding a lightsaber. During the confrontation, Master Arca suffers an invisible blow from the dark side. The dissidents steal the sarcophagi of Queen Amanoa and Freedon Nadd and escape in their mining vehicle, heading deep into the sub-levels of the city.

Arca realizes that they need help to defeat the Naddists. Galia mentions that her father, King Ommin, knows more about the dark side than her mother. The king has been confined for years to a life-support facility.

As master Arca begins to speak with King Ommin, the spirit of Freedon Nadd appears, saying that the king called him back from the chaos. Nadd imparted his knowledge to the old man, who has been practicing Sith magic ever since.

Suddenly, Ommin leaps up, striking out at master Arca. It appears that, although Ommin must rely on a mechanical apparatus to support his physical form, his power in the Force remains. Arca falls, eveloped by dark side energy.

Warb Null appears, and Ulic strikes out against Ommin's minions. In the meantime King ommin steals Arca's body and escapes. Fighting past a wall of dark force, Ulic manages to destroy Warb Null.

Galia and Ulic return to the upper levels of the city to find that the Naddists have taken the palace. The Jedi decide that they cannot fight this darkness alone. They must call on the Jedi Knights and the forces of the Republic. A base of operations is set up in modon Kira's forest stronghold.

On Ossus, the third planet of the Adegan system, Master Thon and his apprentice Nomi Sunrider arrive to an ancient Jedi stronghold that is now a thriving Jedi training center. Thon and Nomi visit Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, the great Jedi who will train Nomi in the art of lightsaber construction.

Within a week Nomi has bult her lightsaber using the Adegan crystals her husband had intended as a gift for master Thon. She quickly advances in her skills over the ensuing weeks.

A Jedi assembly is called and it is announced that the volunteers are needed to rescue Master Arca from the forces of the darkside on the planet Onderon. The entire assembly volunteers, but only five are chosen: Dace Diath, Shoaneb Culu, Qrrrl Toq, Kith Kark, and Nomi Sunrider.

Meanwhile, in Republic City on the planet Coruscant, the senators continue to debate over Ulic's call for assistance.

Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema, heirs to the throne of the Empress-Teta system, enter the Galactic Museum on Coruscant, seeking the Sith artifacts supposedly preserved there. They have formed a secret society of magicians called the Krath, named for an evil magician-god from there fables of their world. Eventually, Satal and Aleema find the museum's "Sith Hall" and steal one of the Sith books.

Satal believes the book contains magical formulas, but he cannot read the language in which they were written. After seeing a Galactic News Report about the dispatching of a Republic fleet to Onderon to help fight against the forces of Freedon Nadd, Aleema and Satal decide to journey to the planet in hopes of finding someone who can tranlate the book for them.

Satal and Aleema exit hyperspace near Onderon right in the middle of the Republic fleet. Satal plunges through the fleet, heading to the planet.

The Republic's rocket-jumpers rain from the skies over Iziz. The "Krath Enchanter" plunges into the atmosphere, straight into the line of fire. The ship is hit, its repulsors destroyed and Satal fights to control the crash-landing. The Enchanter smashes into the cobblestone streets of Iziz, but Aleema and Satal manage to escape as its fue tanks explode in a fiery torrent.

Meanwhile, Jedi cruisers probe the wilderness of Onderon, homing in on Ulic's radio beacon. Using the Force as a war-shield the arriving Jedi charge toward the citadel where Ulic and his comrades are defending against a Naddist siege.

As the Jedi plow through the ranks of the Naddists, Nomi finds that an energy field is blocking her battle meditation ability. Dace confronts a Sith war droid, which radiates the dark side. Kith Kark is killed.

Cay,Ulic,Tott,Oss, and a ragtag group of beast-riders emerge from Modon's stronghold, weak and haggard. Dace asks why they do not fight, and Ulic replies that the Sith magic has sapped their strength over the past few months. But as the two forces of Jedi join, Ulic feels himself growing stronger.

The combined force of Jedi take the upperhand in the battle, but Nomi finds herself under focused attack from the same dark presence that has sapped Ulic's strength. Nomi crumples under a powerful Force-blow. Ulic helps Nomi, who had a ision of the person who attacked her -- an emaciated old man on a metal armature.

In the meantime, Satal and Aleema have been showing their Sith book around Iziz. A man approaches them and says that his master can decipher the strange language. The Naddist leads the two aristocrats into the deep sub-levels of the city to see King Ommin. Ommin gives Satal a Sith amulet which concentrates the power of the dark side. When Satal dons the amulet, he can suddenly read the Sith book. Ommin agrees to give Satal the amulet if Satal allowsh im to make a copy of the Sith tome.

Ommin shows the two heirs his prized possession -- Master Arca, writihing unde the power of the dark side. Ommin's goal is to extinguish the light from Arca and to then raise him up as a dark jedi.

The seven apprentice Jedi sense Master Arca's torment, and charge past the dark-side protectors and the Sith war droids, descending into the depts of the undercity, where they come face to face with King Ommin.

Ommin throws a wave of dark side hatred at the Jedi, battering them back. Ulic, bathed in the light side, fights off the darkness and rushes forward, slashing with his lightsaber at the metal armature that holds Ommin erect. Without support, Ommin collapses.

Satal and Aleema retreat into the recesses of the sub-levels as Ulic demands to know what has happened to Master Arca. Ommin tells them that Arca has gone to the dark side, as will they. In a deep access corridor, the spirit of Freedon Nadd appears to Satal and Aleema, giving them the book, the amulet, and a pair of Sith swords.

Nadd appears near the body of Ommin, saying that, unlike the brave Jedi arrayed before him, the old man belongs to the dark side. As Ommin passes into the Force, Arca is freed and Nadd's spirit fades, saying the Jedi have lost, though they did not know it.

With Ommin dead and the Naddists squelched the Republic institutes martial law and quickly restores order to Iziz. Meanwhile, Satal and Aleema escape with their Sith treasures.

Freedon nadd's and Queen Amanoa's sarcophagi are finally brought to Dxun where they are placed in a tomb constructed to withstand the ravages of time. Ulic wonders aloud what Nadd meant when he said the Jedi had lost. Recalling words from millennia ago, Master Arca replies that the ancient Sith prophecies fortell a time when the Dark Lords will return...