Tomb of Freedon Nadd The Tomb of Freedon Nadd was a mausoleum that served as the final resting place for the physical remains of King Ommin and Queen Amanoa of Onderon , as well as their Sith ancestor , the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd . The original tomb , which consisted of nothing more than Nadd ' s sarcophagus within a hollowed section beneath the royal palace of Iziz , was cleansed of its potency with the end of the planet Onderon ' s Beast Wars . After the final defeat of Freedon Nadd ' s worshipers in 3998 BBY , Jedi Master Arca Jeth ordered the construction of a new tomb on the nearby jungle moon Dxun to contain Nadd ' s remains and their residual dark side energies . Entombed alongside the Dark Lord were Queen Amanoa and King Ommin , with whom died the last vestiges of Nadd ' s Sith dynasty . Freedon Nadd ' s tomb was visited a year later by the Dark Jedi Exar Kun , who penetrated its nearly - indestructible exterior in search of forbidden secrets . The tomb remained unvisited for nearly the next forty years , when Sith forces loyal to the Dark Lord Darth Nihilus were defeated by companions of Meetra Surik . Three millennia later , Nadd ' s tomb was found and explored by the Sith ' ari Darth Bane , wherein he discovered Nadd ' s holocron , and the plight of the orbalisk Force - parasite . Structure . Onderon tomb . The original tomb of the ancient Jedi apprentice - turned - Dark Lord of the Sith Freedon Nadd consisted of nothing more than a hidden cave beneath the royal palace of Iziz , the capital city of the planet Onderon . A secret , winding , tunnel known only to Iziz ' s Queen Amanoa was the single means by which the tomb was reached . Damp , dark , and cold , the path led to a large , heavy stone slab that barred further entry , behind which was a cave with the capacity to support only a handful of beings at any given time . Because the enormous sarcophagus of Freedon Nadd was an object of potent dark side power itself , the tomb in which it was kept became a reservoir of malevolent Force energy , which in turn suffused Iziz , then the planet , and eventually the entirety of the Onderon system with the power of Sith magic . The tomb of Freedon Nadd beneath the Iziz royal palace therefore served as the seat of Queen Amanoa ' s power , whereto she withdrew in times of great peril to summon the spirit and power of Freedon Nadd himself . Despite the secrecy that shrouded its location , however , rumors of the existence of Nadd ' s tomb were prevalent among the citizens of Onderon . Dxun tomb . Following the end of the Naddist insurrection in 3998 BBY , the Dark Lord ' s tomb was relocated to an obsidian , tiered , trapezoidal edifice fortress of nigh - impenetrable , mirror - surfaced Mandalorian iron , on the nearby moon of Dxun . A single road led to a circular bastion replete with spiked and cannon - equipped emplacements to repel treasure - seekers and plunderers alike , all surrounded by a deep trench . The avenue branched off in either direction once passed the fortification ' s threshold , but the primary thoroughfare continued just past enormous braziers with fires blazing at the foot of the tomb , and ended at a long staircase situated between ramparts on either side led to the temple ' s entrance . At the summit of the stairs was a long avenue lined with four statues , two on either side , of sword - armed beings whose weapons were extended outward but pointed down . A pair of monoliths the height of the tomb ' s main structure protruded upward on both sides of the building , with another set of smaller plinths flanking the entrance . The dark side power that emanated from the tomb warped the structure of the building over time ; merely two years after the its construction , iron outcroppings had jutted upward near the entrance , and subsequent centuries of malevolent infusion dimpled the walls of the tomb so that it eventually became more pyramidal , yet asymmetrical , in appearance . Even the monoliths had been drawn in close to the building , their prominent and upright erection reduced to curved parallels of the temple ' s shape . The interior of Freedon Nadd ' s tomb opened to a small , low - ceiling antechamber , with passages that branched off in three separate directions . In the main chamber , amongst a menagerie of Sith treasure and artifacts , were the sarcophagi of Onderon ' s dark side elite : King Ommin and Queen Amanoa , and their Sith Master , Freedon Nadd . The path to the left of the antechamber led down a hall lined with various chambers , and eventually split into several winding routes . At the tunnel ' s end was the heart of the tomb , where a small chamber was barred by a tight - fitting , meter - wide slab of ebony stone . Behind the black door was a circular room about five meters in height and diameter , with a stone pedestal in the exact center , on top of which sat the holocron of Freedon Nadd . The device was protected by an entire colony of orbalisk parasites that covered the expanse of the chamber . Decades after the tomb ' s consecration , Freedon Nadd ' s husk was moved to an adjacent room where a shrine had been dedicated to the performance of rituals in his name . A single torch - bearing statue was situated on either side of a raised altar that also housed the new sarcophagus . Three additional torches were set directly in front , behind which was a long rectangular pool of water . Atop the mausoleum was a massive platformed statue of Freedon Nadd , and within were the Dark Lord ' s remains , and his personal lightsaber . History . Beast Wars . In 4000 BBY , when the forces of Iziz went to war against the combined might of the Jedi and Modon Kira ' s Beast Riders , Amanoa quietly sneaked away under her palace to Nadd ' s tomb , and drew fully on the power of the dark side focused in his remains . Chanting his name , Amanoa invoked Nadd ' s spirit and used its power to cause panic and terror amongst the armies of Beast Riders . However , when confronted by the light of Jedi Master Arca Jeth , the shadow of Nadd ' s spirit was driven from the tomb . Amanoa died , the shadow having been driven from her as well . To purge the dark side from Onderon permanently , Jeth planned to relocate the sarcophagus along with Amanoa ' s coffin to Onderon ' s nearby moon , Dxun . He surmised that the moon ' s natural fauna would be more than sufficient in deterring any would - be grave robbers . But before the sarcophagi could be moved , they were stolen by the Dark Jedi Warb Null and his army of Naddists , who surprised the Jedi from below with a massive tunnel - boring war machine and confiscated the coffins , retreating with them into the tunnels underground . Master Jeth and his Jedi apprentice Ulic Qel - Droma , led by Queen Galia , followed the Naddist s underground where they discovered Warb Null and King Ommin , who was alive and , much to their horror , in league with Freedon Nadd ' s spirit . Though Ommin was able to subdue and capture Jeth with his Force lightning , the Jedi Master was eventually rescued by a team of Jedi Knights . Ommin was killed , and Nadd ' s spirit was finally removed from Onderon . Jeth took the sarcophagi of King Ommin , Queen Amanoa , and Freedon Nadd , and finally moved them to Dxun . Building an actual mausoleum of Mandalorian iron , Jeth sealed the tomb and placed it in a remote area of Dxun , to be hopefully left undisturbed . Post - Naddist Uprising . Beings who were themselves steeped in the dark side felt compelled to seek out the source of Dxun ' s powerful miasma that was the tomb of Freedon Nadd . In 3997 BBY , it was discovered by the Jedi Exar Kun who managed to break in after finally penetrating the wall with his lightsaber . Upon entering he was confronted by Freedon Nadd ' s ghost , who directed him to the scrolls hidden under his bones . The scrolls pointed Kun to Korriban , where he would be reunited with Nadd , apprenticed to him and acquire tremendous Sith powers . After the second death of Freedon Nadd , his spirit was banished to Chaos , and the tomb would remain undisturbed for little more than thirty years . Second Battle of Onderon . In 3951 BBY , the tomb was critical to the outcome of the Second Battle of Onderon . Sith forces under the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus and a Sith Master used Freedon Nadd ' s tomb as a base to support the Onderonian General Vaklu and his forces , who wished to overthrow Queen Talia . Transmissions from the Sith were tracked by the Mandalorians under the Mandalorian Kelborn . The current Mandalorian leader , Mandalore the Preserver , was journeying with the Jedi Knight Meetra Surik , known as the Jedi Exile in a quest to reunite the scattered Mandalorian clans . When Surik and her companions met with Kelborn , a companion of Surik ' s , Jedi Master Kreia , recognized that the Sith were on Dxun , and counseled action against the Sith . Before Surik headed to Onderon to assist the Royalists loyal to Queen Talia , she charged three of her companions with stopping these Sith . Surik ' s companions successfully prevented the Sith Masters in the tomb from performing a dark side ritual . About three thousand years later , the Sith Lord Darth Bane traveled to Freedon Nadd ' s tomb in search of potential secrets for creating holocrons . When he entered the tomb , Bane was displeased to learn that someone had been there before him , though he did not know how long ago . He pressed on despite his disillusioned suspicion that his trip had been for nothing , until he happened upon an undisturbed chamber , sealed with thick slab of Mandalorian iron . At first Bane was not able to enter the room , but then he used the Dark Side to throw the door across the room . Then , he saw that the room held its own holocron . Bane soon learned that the holocron was not the only thing housed in that room . The secret chamber was infested with orbalisk , tiny crustacean - like creatures that feed on the power of the dark side . When Bane tried to remove the holocron , two of the orbalisks attached themselves to him , one to his chest and the other on his back . Lord Bane remained in the tomb for four days while he delved into its crystal lattices , after which he left the tomb and Dxun with the holocron as well . Behind the scenes . The tomb of Freedon Nadd was first introduced in the " " story arc of the " " series of comic books , published by Dark Horse Comics . The burial site was later featured in the 2005 Xbox and PC video game " " , developed by Obsidian Entertainment . Nadd ' s tomb serves as a key plot element within the game ' s storyline . Nadd ' s tomb was mentioned in Freedon Nadd ' s entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . If the leader of the expedition has training in the ways of the Force , he or she has a chance to acquire new powers in the tomb , drawing upon a pair of dark side energy nexuses that could be found in the tomb . The first nexus offers the power of Slow , while the second can grant the power of Affliction , provided neither power has yet been chosen by that character during level - up . Alternately , if the character chooses to control their emotions and successfully resists , a temporary bonus to strength and constitution stats can be earned . Surik ' s companion in charge of the mission to Freedon Nadd ' s tomb is recognized as a Force - sensitive by the Sith Master and his fellow Masters . The Sith Master offered the leader a chance to embrace the dark side and the power that the Sith were harnessing to control the beasts on Onderon and Dxun .