Ulic Qel-Droma

Dark Lord of Sith

Ulic Qel-Droma was born on Alderaan, along with his brother, Cay Qel-Droma. As a padawan, he trained deep within the inhospitable wilds of Arkania, where his master, Jedi Master Arca Jeth, had established a vast Jedi Academy. Here, Qel-Droma soon became notoriously known as the most fearless and bold among Master Jeth's students, among which were his brother, and the Twi'lek Tott Doneeta. One day, as his brother and their Twi'lek friend watched on, Ulic battled with a training droid, armed with a lightsaber. But Ulic let his overconfidence get to him and he soon lost the short battle. After this short spectacle, their master told them to sit down and listen to a story he had to say. And so, that was the first day when Ulic Qel-Droma heard of the planet of Onderon. He told his three greatest students that the Jedi Council had told him to watch over the Onderon system. However, he told them, he was needed to train other students, and so, he would send the trio to Onderon, instead. The three Jedi were jubilant, as they would be able to show off their skills for the first time. And so, the Jedi trio boarded their ship, the Nebulon Ranger, and left for Onderon.

Their objective was to bring peace to the planet of Onderon, which had suffered the raging Beast Wars. Upon their arrival, the trio were taken to a dissapointed Queen Amanoa, who had requested the Jedi Master Jeth. Then, the Queen introduced her daughter, Princess Galia. Ulic took an immediate fondness of the princess. As he tried to strike up a conversation, however, an alarm suddenly spread throughout the palace: several Beast Riders had broken into the citadel. The three Jedi soon found themselves in action, much to their master's chagrin. They had been instructed to only use their mental powers and not use physical intervention. As they armed themselves against the attackers, a bulk of the raiders disembark from their flying Beasts and enter the main palace. Ulic ordered his brother and Doneeta to go after them, but when they reached the Royal Quarters, they discovered that Princess Galia had disappeared. Queen Amanoa cursed the three Jedi Knights for the abduction and ordered them to find her. Ulic immediately obeyed but Cay and Tott believed that they should consult first Master Jeth, because ever since the three entered Iziz, they had sensed dark powers emanating withing the Onderonians.

But Ulic ordered the others to follow him. And so he, Cay, and Tott entered the vast Outlands in search of Galia, in the Nebula Ranger. As the Jedi tried to rescue the princess, they find out that she wished to wed Oron and that they had planned the abduction together. During the festivites that followed, Ulic and his friends are told the true story of Onderon: the city of Iziz was strong with the Dark Side of the Force, with many citizens who worshiped the ways of the ancient Sith Lord Freedon Nadd and the Dark Side. Ulic, now assuming leadership, took Galia and Oron back to Iziz, hoping the marriage between them, a citizen princess and an outcast prince, would cease the civil war. However, the evil Queen Amanoa erupted in rage and summoned the full power of her dark magic. Then, suddenly, the great Beast Rider army attacked. As the battle raged on outside, Queen Amanoa left and entered Sith Lord Nadd's tomb. There, she summoned up all of the Dark Side and through her newly acquired dark powers, she began to manipulate Modon's Riders, sending fear and cowardice into their hearts. The Iziz troops began to win, as their queen's magic began to work. But then, Cay Qel-Droma found the queen, but just as he was about to confront her, her guards came to her rescue. In the ensuing battle, the Jedi Knight Qel-Droma lost his arm. Ulic, arrived too late to save his brother's arm, but came to his rescue, defeating the queen's guards. To his amazement, Ulic's brother told him not to worry about an arm, because it was only an arm. The brave Jedi Knight looked around and saw an old, non-working, XT-G droid. Cay took the droid's arm and used it as his own.

Meanwhile, as the battle between Modon's warrios and the Iziz army raged onward, the Beastm Riders began to quickly lose, as Amanoa's spell begins to work. But then, Master Jeth arrived. He too, meditated and gave the Beast Riders the strength that they needed. After the battle was won by the Beast Riders, Jedi Master Arca Jeth confronted his three apprentices. He was slightly disappointed with Ulic's efforts, but understood the trio's difficulties and obstacles. Then, Arca lead his three Jedi students to the tomb of Freedon Nadd where Amanoa continued to stand, continuing her dark worship, fruitlessly. As Master Jeth used his Jedi powers to extinquish the Dark Side, Queen Amanoa, who had given herself entirely to the Dark Side, was killed. Later, Galia officially married Oron again, resulting in the uniting of the two warring factions. But as the Jedi prepare to leave, Arca Jeth warned his students and the Beast Riders that the Dark Side had not completely left Onderon and told his apprentices to stay there for a little while longer.

When the Freedon Nadd Uprising occured shortly after, the trio, with the help of several other Jedi put down the rebellion. During the war between the Republic and Jedi, and the secret Sith society, the Krath, Ulic took part in the massive assualt by joint Republic-Jedi forces at Koros Major, against the Krath. There he was wounded by shrapnel and infected by Sith magic. Ultimately, the assualt failed, which created great anger within Qel-Droma. Then, Krath leaders, the Sith magicians Satal Keto and Aleema Keto, initiated a surprise attack on the planet Denba, in which the assassination of Master Arca occured. This, along with the failed attack, made Ulic make up his mind. Contrary to the advice and pleas of the Jedi council, Qel-Droma decided to join the Krath and destroy them from the inside. And thus, he set off to the Empress Teta system to destroy the Dark Side from within. While infiltrating the Krath, Satal Keto learned of Ulic's plan and tried to kill him. Satal infected Qel-Droma with Sith poison. However, instead of hurting him, the action only created even more anger within Ulic. A beserk Ulic Qel-Droma, drunk with the Sith poison, killed Satal. And so, as with many unprepared and vulnerable Jedi, Qel-Droma was seduced by the Dark Side and became drunk with Sith magic.

Soon afterwards, he fought a mercenary warlord, Mandalore, at forced confrontation, on the Harkul plains. Mandalore, being the loser, became a willing servent to Qel-Droma and forever served him. Next, when Aleema Keto, now allied with him as well, gave Qel-Droma a Sith amulet she had had, Qel-Droma declared himself the new Dark Lord of Sith. This promptly led to a confrontation by Dark Lord Exar Kun, who believed that Ulic was an imposter. The two began a duel, and, since they both were experts of the black arts and swordfighting, no one had a distinct advantage over the other. However, during the long stalemate-duel, the spirit of Marka Ragnos appeared and declared Kun as the twelfth Dark Lord of Sith and Qel-Droma as the apprentice of the Dark Lord. And so, the two Dark Lords joined forces and fought together to re-establish the glory of the Sith Empire. Thus, Qel-Droma, along with Kun, Aleema, and warlord Mandalore, started the Sith War, in an attempt to reshape the galaxy into the new Golden Age of the Sith. Qel-Droma and Mandalore were given command of the military, by Kun, who busied himself with recruiting Dark Jedis and waging a covert war against the Jedi elders. However, during the assualt on Coruscant, Aleema betrayed Ulic and left him to be captured by the Jedi. Ulic was to be tried for treason against the Republic, along with many other charges, but was rescued by Exar Kun and thousands of Jedis, under a Sith spell, during the trial. In return for her betrayal, Ulic Qel-Droma and Lord Exar Kun, sent the unsuspecting Aleema on a mission that would end in a massive supernova set off by her Sith magic, ultimately destroying her, her ship, and the nearby planet of Ossus.

However, all this time his brother Cay had been trying to convince Ulic to end his contorted mission and return to the Light Side. But that came to an end, when in a fit of rage, filled with Dark Side anger, Ulic killed his own brother. All of a sudden, Ulic fell into shock, as he realized what he had done. Upon witnessing this, Nomi Sunrider, Ulic's ex-lover, used a Jedi power, taught to her by Jedi Master Odan-Urr, and imprisoned Ulic in a Wall of Light, making him blind to the Force. With no connection to the Force, Light or Dark, Ulic realized his faults and began his Redemption by leading the Jedi to Yavin IV so they could destroy Exar Kun. The Jedi brought an immense fleet with them, and there, at Yavin IV, they scorched the entire planet with turbolasers, in hopes of destroying the Dark Lord of Sith, but he avoided them by draining the life energies of the Massassi and encasing himself into a Sith temple.