I recall there being a quote that says Bane muses whether or not he has reached Nadd's level of power. Anyone have it?
__________________ "Vader's pulse and breathing were machine-regulated, so they could not quicken; but something in his chest became more electric around his meetings with the Emperor; he could not say how. A feeling of fullness, of power, of dark and demon mastery -- of secret lusts, unrestrained passion, wild submission -- all these things were in Vader's heart as he neared his Emperor. These things and more."
All of Nadd's showings indicate a much more profound and powerful understanding of the force than Bane. Bane was nice enough to pass on his secrets to the succeeding generations of Sith, but in terms of power Bane has nothing on him.
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
He fought fairly closely with an extremely talented weapons master before he became Naga Sadow's apprentice, yeah.
Indeed, though sources disagree on whether it was Naga's spirit, or if he had preserved himself via stasis. The latter makes more sense considering his spirit supposedly faced Jedi Master Ovair later on.
He probably found himself in multiple skirmishes with Jedi during his travels.
Regardless, I think this makes him pretty interesting as a warrior. I mean, an alchemically enhanced blaster pistol as his main weapon? That's pretty unique, and apparently very effective.
I imagine it's much like a TOR flashpoint, yeah.
In fact, the battle itself was probably very similar in nature to Bane's own battle against the Jedi Strike team on Tython. On that thought, it's very likely that he himself donned a suit of Orbalisks during his reign on Onderon, which is an inherent combat advantage.
Indeed, he even has quotes calling him the greatest Sith Sorcerer that had ever lived, (presumably up to his time) and that he had mastered virtually every Force Power, including many that were thought to be lost or hidden. Even if it's not a feat, I find it pretty cool that both Exar Kun and Darth Zannah and others learned most of what they knew about Sorcery from his knowledge base.
Let's not forget that even as a spirit, a shell of his former self, he has some pretty viable feats. When Vodo Siosk Baas-one of the most powerful Jedi Masters-attempted to contact his apprentice through their Force Bond, Nadd reached out from across the galaxy, rebutted his attempts, and forced him to his knees. He also healed Exar Kun after the latter had broken countless bones in a rather impressive showing of mastery.
I'm maybe speaking a bit over-enthusiastically, but I really don't think you're giving Freedon Nadd enough credit.
Last edited by NewGuy01 on Mar 11th, 2015 at 07:47 PM
He also broke Vodo's/Kuns telepathic link (which extened throughout the galaxy iirc), shattered every bone in Kun's body, stripped Kun of the force iirc, was able to summon Sithspawn to attack Kun, and created two DS nexuses upon his death. He's shown more power in his spirit form than Bane ever did without his orb armor
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
Somebody better get on that long awaited Freedon Nadd book.
__________________ There's a man goin' 'round takin' names.
An' he decides who to free and who to blame.
Everybody won't be treated all the same.
There'll be a golden ladder reaching down.
When the man comes around.
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
Notice how it seems like its being told from Nadd's perspective though
Granted, he's sort of vindicated with the kind of powers he learned to wield, but the statement falls incredibly flat were he not to have that accompanying it
Mar 10th, 2015 05:57 AM
