Adas Adas was king of Korriban and the Sith in a reign that lasted nearly three hundred years . He was large for his species , his skin was unusually charcoal - colored , and he was raised as a chosen being from his youth . Encasing himself in ebon armor , he wielded a massive battle - ax , and became a master of Sith magic . Circa 28 , 000 BBY , Adas united the disparate nations of Korriban in a series of bloody conflicts , eventually solidifying himself as the sole leader of his people . The Sith hailed Adas as the " Sith ' ari " , or " Overlord . " The commonly held belief was that he was invincible , and that his reign would be eternal . Circa 27 , 700 BBY , Rakata from the Infinite Empire arrived on Korriban , and taught Adas how to harness the technology of holocrons . Adas created one of these devices , but soon realized that the new arrivals were attempting to conquer Korriban . He took his battle - ax to the aliens , and with his people at his side , drove them off . In doing so , he lost his life . Adas ' s influence , however , would continue for many years following his death . His holocron , lost on Ashas Ree during the Great Hyperspace War , would later be found by fallen Jedi Knight Freedon Nadd , who used Adas ' s teachings to subjugate and rule Onderon . When that planet cast off the yoke of Sith oppression in 4000 BBY , the Jedi attempted to hide the holocron , so that it would not fall into the wrong hands . For nearly four thousand years it remained safely hidden on Kodai , but was retrieved in the years prior to the Clone Wars . Murder was committed several times in attempts to gain control of the holocron , and it was eventually returned to Korriban while in the possession of Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya . Biography . King . A Sith male , Adas was born on the planet Korriban at least three thousand years before the formation of the Galactic Republic . Due to the charcoal - colored pigmentation of his skin , which was unusual for the red - skinned Sith , Adas was considered a chosen being , and was raised as such during his youth . As he grew older , he grew to be substantial in size , and displayed great intelligence as well as skill in combat . Adas was also particularly adept in the use of Sith magic . He encased himself in a suit of spiked , ebon armor , and was armed with an oversized , alchemically - forged battle - ax . Circa 28 , 000 BBY , Adas took his ax to his fellow Sith in a series of brutal conflicts , eventually uniting and consolidating the disparate nations of his homeworld . In doing so , Adas became the undisputed ruler and king of Korriban . The general perception held by his people was that he would live forever , with a reign eternal , and he came to be revered as a god . The period of his rule became known as the " Reign of the Ax " and over time , Adas was given the moniker of " Sith ' ari " , meaning " Lord " or " Overlord . " He was three hundred years old when Rakata n soldiers of the Infinite Empire moved against Korriban . At first , the aliens taught King Adas how to record his essence into a device called a " holocron , " in an attempt to lull the Sith ruler into their confidence . Putting his newfound knowledge to use , Adas created his own holocron , although the device became more a testament to his accomplishments than a teaching device . Eventually , though , the Rakatans were more blatant in their actions , and attempted to conquer the Sith , using their Force - based technology . Adas ' s forces gathered in a large army on the fields of Korriban to face the invading Rakata , whose landed their ships as the king ' s soldiers chanted their leader ' s name . The Sith were more than able to defend themselves , and Adas , refusing to tolerate their actions even in his advanced age , led his people in the vehement defense of Korriban . He personally participated in the punitive action , driving back the invaders with his massive ax . In the process , he was able to capture the Rakatan starships , and turn them against the invaders . Adas ' s forces were able to push on from Korriban , and reach Ziost , Malachor V , and Tund . However , in securing what he hoped would be a future of freedom for his people , Adas perished . A Sith named Yshaar Kael gained the title of " Betrayer of Adas " around this time before being captured by the Rakata . Legacy . Without the stabilizing influence of Adas as king , Korriban once again devolved into a state of constant civil war , with many claiming the title of " Sith ' ari " . Some of the Sith prophesied that a perfect being would one day arise and assume the position of " Sith ' ari " , although a number of the Kissai priests believed that Adas was the only true " Sith ' ari " and that the prophecy had began and ended with him . As a result of the internal strife , the Sith capital was relocated to Ziost . Details of Adas ' s exploits were later recorded by the Sith in the Holocron of King Nakgru and at some point , a mural depicting him was painted on the Mongrel Altar , a monument situated on Korriban . Stability eventually returned to the worlds of the Sith and a new Sith Empire was formed , which followed Adas ' s example of how the Sith could gain power from the leadership of a strong individual . Almost twenty - one thousand years after his death , a group of Dark Jedi known as the Exiles landed on Korriban , and subjugated the Sith people with their mastery of the Force , and their superior technology , such as lightsabers . Initially hailed as " Jen ' jidai " , the Exiles managed to destroy Adas ' s eventual successor of that time period , and were then understood by the Sith people to be gods , more powerful than Adas had ever been . Ajunta Pall , the leader of the Exiles , was declared as the blood heir to Adas , and the Dark Jedi Sorzus Syn studied the accounts of Adas ' s reign that were detailed in the Nakgru Holocron . At the time of his death , Adas had given his holocron to his second in command , or " Shadow Hand . " The device had been handed down through the generations and was eventually given to the newcomers , who were then hailed as Sith Lords . The Sith Empire thrived for many years , until the Great Hyperspace War of 5000 BBY , where it was all but destroyed by the Galactic Republic . During that conflict , Adas ' s holocron was lost on Ashas Ree by the Sith Lord Garu . In 4400 BBY , it was discovered by the fallen Jedi Freedon Nadd . With the power of Adas ' s teachings at his disposal , Nadd was able to conquer and subjugate the planet Onderon . During the Beast Wars , the holocron fell into the hands of Queen Amanoa , wife of King Ommin , who was descended from Nadd . She too studied the ancient Sith ' s teachings , and eventually passed the device on to her apprentice Novar . Novar , in turn , used the holocron to instruct further Onderonian Sith acolytes . The dictates of the long - dead Sith king kept the planet in an age of darkness , until the Sith hold on the planet was broken by the Jedi during the Second Battle of Onderon . The Jedi recovered the device and buried it under tons of water on Kodai , in the hopes that no one else would fall under Adas ' s influence . During the New Sith Wars , Brotherhood of Darkness member Seviss Vaa researched the worlds of the Sith Empire , and covered Adas ' s reign in his writings . His research was later collected by Palpatine , known also as Darth Sidious , in the Telos Holocron , the contents of which were later published by Jedi Master Tionne Solusar in 40 ABY . In 29 BBY Norval , a student of Sith history named Murk Lundi recovered the holocron , but the device was subsequently confiscated by Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi and turned over to the Jedi Council . The Council , in turn , entrusted Adas ' s holocron to the library of House Pelagia in the Tapani sector . Darth Sidious dispatched Carnor Jax ' s father , a Sun Guard , to retrieve Adas ' s holocron , but the man failed and as a result , was killed by the Sith Lord . During the Great Jedi Purge that began in 19 BBY , Mecrosa Order agent Sir Nevil Tritum infiltrated the House Pelagia library . Killing three Jedi that guarded the device , he was able to bring it back to his superiors . It eventually fell into the possession of the Dark Lady Lumiya , who returned it to Korriban , where she resided for some time . Personality and traits . Adas was both a monarch and a god to his people , and during the end of his reign , Adas was given the title of Sith ' ari — the perfect being , bestowed upon him by the Force according to legend . A fierce combatant and a respected , though inflexible ruler , Adas was still feared millennia after his death . He preyed on the timid , enslaved those he considered to be foolish , executed idealists , and was highly derisive of the weak ; his essence , recorded in a holocron , would refuse to pass on its teachings to anyone it did not deem worthy . Though his holocron was generally reluctant to pass on instruction , it did have the unusual power to affect the minds of people in its presence when activated . Though initiates such as Novar were granted access to Adas ' s teachings , the Sith king ' s essence would threaten anyone who dared to fail him . When challenged by rival warriors , Adas would kill them and drink their bloodsoup , to honor their demise . He possessed a red - bladed lightsaber and during combat , he wielded a pair of battle - axes , carrying one in each hand . Behind the scenes . Adas , in holocron form , first appeared in a brief vignette featured in the 1996 sourcebook , " Tales of the Jedi Companion " , written by George R . Strayton . His role and biography was later expanded in 2006 ' s " " , written by Abel G . Peña . In that article Adas is identified to have been a member of the Sith species , and to have had interactions with the Rakata introduced in the 2003 video game " " . Adas ' s character would later be further used and expounded upon in 2007 ' s " " by Ryder Windham . In 2012 , Adas featured in the publication " " by Daniel Wallace , which expanded upon the details of Adas ' s legacy . The book included an image of Adas , which was similar to that of a previously unidentified darksider who had appeared in the 1994 comic " " , in a flashback when the holocron gatekeeper Ood Bnar told the prospective Jedi Nomi Sunrider about the perils of the dark side , thus retcon ing the comic as Adas ' s first appearance . In the Eternity Vault Operation , a group mission in the BioWare video game " " , a Sith Marauder named Yshaar Kael appears with the title " Betrayer of Adas , " though it is unknown what role Kael played in Adas ' s death .