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Dark Council Member · Eagle's Patron · Presumed Lost · Exiled Architect · Shadow Returned
Darth Jadus.
Second only to the Emperor on the Dark Council, Jadus wielded power quietly — a Sith who preferred shadow to spectacle, and whose influence outlasted even his own supposed death.
2 hilts·1 era·Dark Council·Eagle's Patron·Exiled Architect
The Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic · The Old Republic
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The Story · Star Wars Legends
The Sith Who Ruled from the Shadows
Presumably born on Dromund Kaas, Darth Jadus rose through the ranks of the resurgent Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War and Cold War, eventually claiming a seat on the Dark Council and becoming its most powerful member — second only to the Emperor himself. While others on the Council fought openly for dominance, Jadus consolidated control quietly, overseeing the Imperial Intelligence network and watching everything.
The turning point came not with a battle, but a deception. Jadus secretly commanded the Eagle's terrorist network from within the Empire he served, and when the moment was right, he faked his own death — holding the Dominator together with the Force long enough to survive its destruction. The chaos that followed was the point: a Dark Council weakened by suspicion and infighting, and a Sith Lord free to move without them.
After the Dominator, Jadus moved beyond the Empire's reach — rebuilding quietly, gathering Sith acolytes and soldiers, keeping contact with figures inside the Hidden Chain and the Hand of the Empire. Years later, Lana Beniko named him a suspect in the War on Iokath. He had never truly left.
He never stopped — exile was simply the Empire by other means.
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Darth Malgus shares the Old Republic era — and Jadus monitored his movements closely, eventually warning the Alliance Commander of Malgus's plans.
