The Dread Masters were six powerful Sith Lords who served the Sith Emperor for centuries as prophets, generals and advisors. Their name was earned when they studied the power of the Phobis devices, artifacts that had driven even the most depraved Sith mad with terror. This power allowed the Dread Masters to destroy entire Galactic Republic Fleets during the Great Galactic War, they had mastered the art of Battle meditation to the point that they would inflict an awful, mysterious terror upon members of any given Republic cruiser. In order to avoid being compromised, they kept in constant motion in an Imperial dreadnaught that roamed the galaxy. With the help of an Elite Republic Special Forces team, Jedi Knight Jaric Kaedan infiltrated the dreadnaught and captured the Dread Masters. The Jedi Order publicly announced that the Dread Masters were killed but secretly they were imprisoned on Belsavis.

However, they were later freed by an Imperial Rescue Team and after they regained freedom, they exacted revenge on those who held them as prisoners. The Empire gave them a shuttle and they returned to Imperial Space. Shortly afterward, they betrayed the Empire and planned to conquer the galaxy for themselves.

The Dread Masters were known to spend years in secluded meditation on Dromund Kaas, emerging only to bring their wisdom to the Emperor or accept gifts from supplicants. Over the decades, they had become inseparable, their immense strength in the Force coming only from all six masters working in unison.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural