Freedon Nadd vs Darth Bane

Originally posted by Trocity
I can't remember exactly, but doesn't it say in one of the Bane novels that he couldn't unlock the secrets of Nadd's holocron or some such?

Or that he couldn't understand the majority of it? Something to that effect.

No, just that it would take time to unlock them.

He doesn't unlock it all, anyway - he transcribes it into parchment for Zannah to study from or something. The Sorcery-related elements, at least.

Wouldn't he need to unlock it to be able to transcribe it, lol?

Well, it's "unlocked" in the sense that it's open for anybody to study, but Bane can't interpret/understand it as per his acknowledgement that he doesn't know anything of Sorcery.

"There they discovered the secret source of her [Amanoa's] power in the deepest tombs of the palace: Freedon Nadd's sarcophagus, filled with the dark power of the ancient Sith warrior. Confronted by the light side strength of Jedi Master Arca Jeth, Freedon Nadd withdrew his strength from Amanoa, and she collapsed, lifeless, to the floor." -- Dark Side Sourcebook

"Nadd managed to preserve his spirit, locked away in the tomb with the Sith artifacts he work to obtain. His spirit then inhabited the bodies of the leaders of Onderon, including King Ommin." -- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

"Upon his death, his tomb became a focus of dark side energy, which Galia’s ancestors used through the centuries." -- Tales of the Jedi Companion

@SunRazer

That's probably what I was remembering, that sorcery wasn't his area of expertise and that he didn't completely understand it and so gave it to Zannah.

tbh Bane's displayed powers and the ones he writes about in BoS pale in number in comparison to "every single Force power" which Nadd is said to possess.