HOOBOY I HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. Since Jadus is from an MMO with oodles of plot and backstory, most characters involved have a stupid amount of information about them, which isn't necessarily collected sensibly on the wiki. I'll try and do a quick summary at the top of each one with the vital information, and then word spew a more in-depth explanation of why Jadus has feelings/connection to these people and places.
First, option one: The Dread Masters. They're masters of fear, but not self-reflective enough and would require opening his mind to others. They have no on-screen interactions but probably would have met somewhere deep in the Sith Sanctum on the Empire's capital world, Dromund Kaas (Picture #1, #2), or on board the Dread Master's Imperial dreadnought (#1, #2).
Okay now with the word spew: These were six Sith Lords who formed a psychic collective after studying ancient relics that drove all others mad with fear. The Dread Masters lived preternaturally long lives, acting in service to the Sith Emperor as seers, generals, and superweapons: They had learned how to drive thousands mad with fear through will alone, and were responsible for the destruction of entire Republic fleets.
They were believed dead for ten years of Republic captivity, went back to the Empire for a bit, then once the Emperor was (kind of) killed decided that they'd take over the galaxy. They got greedy, one of the six died, and that started driving the rest insane. They failed to find a new sixth member, and all but one of them were eventually killed, the last one revealing that their collective consciousness had driven them to act in all sorts of ways he never wanted, and he was now scared, alone, and tired. Sadface.
The Dread Masters said Jadus "sees much of what we see". They seemed to consider him to be the best option to replace their missing sixth, but Jadus had gone into seclusion at that point and either could not be found or refused them.
Jadus does in fact believe a lot of the same things they did after they began their collective. He thinks fear, anger and degradation are beneficial to all, and should be spread. He has the power to drive others mad, though it seems to take him a good deal longer than the Dread Masters. The Dread Masters lived for centuries, and Jadus has referred to himself as "eternal". Ultimately, however, there are some key aspects of Jadus' philosophy that may have made him reject them: Jadus believes that any accomplishment is to be scrutinized and never taken as satisfactory. Every flaw has to be picked over and responded to appropriately. The Dread Masters never seemed particularly interested in that sort of self-critical behavior. He also, crucially, keeps his emotions so locked down that his psychic blankness unnerves other Sith. The idea of opening his thoughts to others would be almost instinctively repulsive to him.
First, option two:The Sith Emperor. Who was inhabiting a different, unknown body when Jadus may have interacted with him, so that picture at the top is useless. tl;dr, immortal, unbelievably powerful, and capable of turning just about anyone to the dark side. Jadus wanted all those things, but the Emperor was obsessed with attacking the Republic and Jadus didn't give a shit about that. Any time Jadus spoke with him was probably via holo with the rest of the Dark Council that Jadus served on, or possibly in person in A Spooky Throne Room. Or A Different Spooky Throne Room.
The Emperor is probably one of the most powerful Force users to ever live. Ascending to near-immortality by consuming an entire planet's life force, he also gained the ability to take over the bodies of others, and exist to some extent as an incorporeal entity. He ruled the Empire with the intent to make his immortality total: by consuming all life in the entire galaxy, he could fundamentally transcend mortal existence.
Jadus was one of the first four people in the entire galaxy to figure out the Emperor's plans, and he referred to them as "cataclysm". He told no one, left the Empire entirely, and evidently began preparing to undermine or hijack the Emperor's life-stealing ritual. He hasn't been seen since, but the Emperor later referred to Jadus as "the finest Sith my Empire ever produced, but still deeply flawed."
As far as I can tell, Jadus may have coveted the Emperor's immortality and his ability to imbue others with the Dark Side. But he grew contemptuous of him, before he even knew about the whole galaxy-eating thing. He was completely disinterested in the war, and that was all the Emperor cared about. Jadus successfully staged a coup without overthrowing the Emperor, because the dude was so mono-focused on the war and Jadus didn't try to make it stop. (seriously it's kind of incredible, he explains this to the player character by saying he could basically bulldoze the Emperor's favorite hangout and replace it with a monument dedicated to himself, that was how little the Emperor gave a shit.)
Jadus also had no personal interest in imitating the Emperor. So much of his interests and desires lay in getting others to see the galaxy as he did, and to perfect the Dark Side's corruption of all things. A galaxy without life would be a pointless existence to him.
OKAY SO THAT WAS QUESTION #1
Second: His daughter, Darth Zhorrid. Jadus tried to raise Zhorrid to be like him, and failed. Many of their significant interactions would have been on a family estate (no pictures, but knowing Jadus it would've been Minimalist As Fuck while also being extremely sith), and a concert hall (no pictures, oh god this part is messed up).
Content warning for really weird child abuse in this one.
It seems like Jadus treated Zhorrid as a project. He'd failed to find anyone else who could fully comprehend his philosophy, so, as one does, he decided to have a kid. So he could shape their development and lead them toward the same sort of epiphany he had.
...Unfortunately for Zhorrid, it seems like whatever happened to Jadus involved an incident in which his body betrayed him in a way that fundamentally broke his relationship with it. To induce this in Zhorrid, he had her learn how to sing, then had her perform for the public in a concert that lasted so long she permanently damaged her voice and could never sing again.
THAT was how she officially began her apprenticeship to him.
Zhorrid, understandably, did not take this well. She refused to comply with the rest of his teachings, and grew up to be notably unrestrained in her emotions, even among sith. Jadus considered her a failure, and used her as a distraction for the other Sith when he faked his own death. In the player choices I decided were canon for Jadus here, he has her assassinated just before he completes his coup.
And felt literally nothing for her at that point.
SO. YOU KNOW. THAT WENT WELL.
Third: I have the perfect video for this! Here it is, and the overall purpose of the locations is described below. With timestamps, because the video is super long and filled with other Jadus-related stuff: 1. the headquarters of Imperial Intelligence (2:08-3:58 in the video): Jadus oversaw this branch of Imperial operations, and only allowed non-Sith to be his underlings there. He ran Intelligence competently and relatively quietly, and eventually used it to facilitate his coup without their knowledge. 2. a pretty nondescript and nearly unfurnished office in the Sith Sanctum (6:34-9:45). This is where Jadus gives the weirdest freaking lectures you've ever heard, and lays out the entirety of his goals to the player, but they sound so goddamn weird at the time that it's not immediately evident he's just told you he's funding a terrorist group and plans to use it to take over the Empire. Zhorrid later takes over this office, and that's where she gets assassinated. He takes it back when he returns to Dromund Kaas, and has several cryptic conversations with the player character there, until he just... leaves the plot. 3. the Dark Council chambers on Korriban, (picture here, there's also a raised throne offscreen for the Emperor when he decides to attend personally or by holo), and probably a similar room on the capital world, Dromund Kaas. Jadus hates this room. His least favorite people in the galaxy (i.e. his coworkers) are all there and they all are trying to undermine each other and no one ever listens to him. 8[ 4. His personal dreadnought, The Dominator (yes really), and its unnamed successor (29:52-38:30). Jadus faked his death by manipulating a terrorist group into blowing up The Dominator while he was on board. He held a large portion of the ship together using the Force (because sure), saving hundreds in the process... who were all spirited away to the second dreadnought, where he drove them insane (because why not!!) while waiting for the terrorists to enact the remainder of his plan: unleash superweapons of his design on the Empire, targeting his foes among the Sith. He would then seemingly rise from the dead to defeat the terrorists, and return to the Empire, where the rest of the Dark Council would know that if they opposed him, he would blow them the fuck up. Thus, he could begin his Epoch of Terror.
...SO THAT'S LITERALLY EVERYTHING
if you have any more questions, I am, as you can probably tell, SUPER WILLING to answer them. Probably too willing.
oh god i'm sorry for the word avalanche
First, option one: The Dread Masters. They're masters of fear, but not self-reflective enough and would require opening his mind to others. They have no on-screen interactions but probably would have met somewhere deep in the Sith Sanctum on the Empire's capital world, Dromund Kaas (Picture #1, #2), or on board the Dread Master's Imperial dreadnought (#1, #2).
Okay now with the word spew: These were six Sith Lords who formed a psychic collective after studying ancient relics that drove all others mad with fear. The Dread Masters lived preternaturally long lives, acting in service to the Sith Emperor as seers, generals, and superweapons: They had learned how to drive thousands mad with fear through will alone, and were responsible for the destruction of entire Republic fleets.
They were believed dead for ten years of Republic captivity, went back to the Empire for a bit, then once the Emperor was (kind of) killed decided that they'd take over the galaxy. They got greedy, one of the six died, and that started driving the rest insane. They failed to find a new sixth member, and all but one of them were eventually killed, the last one revealing that their collective consciousness had driven them to act in all sorts of ways he never wanted, and he was now scared, alone, and tired. Sadface.
The Dread Masters said Jadus "sees much of what we see". They seemed to consider him to be the best option to replace their missing sixth, but Jadus had gone into seclusion at that point and either could not be found or refused them.
Jadus does in fact believe a lot of the same things they did after they began their collective. He thinks fear, anger and degradation are beneficial to all, and should be spread. He has the power to drive others mad, though it seems to take him a good deal longer than the Dread Masters. The Dread Masters lived for centuries, and Jadus has referred to himself as "eternal". Ultimately, however, there are some key aspects of Jadus' philosophy that may have made him reject them: Jadus believes that any accomplishment is to be scrutinized and never taken as satisfactory. Every flaw has to be picked over and responded to appropriately. The Dread Masters never seemed particularly interested in that sort of self-critical behavior. He also, crucially, keeps his emotions so locked down that his psychic blankness unnerves other Sith. The idea of opening his thoughts to others would be almost instinctively repulsive to him.
First, option two: The Sith Emperor. Who was inhabiting a different, unknown body when Jadus may have interacted with him, so that picture at the top is useless. tl;dr, immortal, unbelievably powerful, and capable of turning just about anyone to the dark side. Jadus wanted all those things, but the Emperor was obsessed with attacking the Republic and Jadus didn't give a shit about that. Any time Jadus spoke with him was probably via holo with the rest of the Dark Council that Jadus served on, or possibly in person in A Spooky Throne Room. Or A Different Spooky Throne Room.
The Emperor is probably one of the most powerful Force users to ever live. Ascending to near-immortality by consuming an entire planet's life force, he also gained the ability to take over the bodies of others, and exist to some extent as an incorporeal entity. He ruled the Empire with the intent to make his immortality total: by consuming all life in the entire galaxy, he could fundamentally transcend mortal existence.
Jadus was one of the first four people in the entire galaxy to figure out the Emperor's plans, and he referred to them as "cataclysm". He told no one, left the Empire entirely, and evidently began preparing to undermine or hijack the Emperor's life-stealing ritual. He hasn't been seen since, but the Emperor later referred to Jadus as "the finest Sith my Empire ever produced, but still deeply flawed."
So, you know, almost a good quote for someone's resumé.
As far as I can tell, Jadus may have coveted the Emperor's immortality and his ability to imbue others with the Dark Side. But he grew contemptuous of him, before he even knew about the whole galaxy-eating thing. He was completely disinterested in the war, and that was all the Emperor cared about. Jadus successfully staged a coup without overthrowing the Emperor, because the dude was so mono-focused on the war and Jadus didn't try to make it stop. (seriously it's kind of incredible, he explains this to the player character by saying he could basically bulldoze the Emperor's favorite hangout and replace it with a monument dedicated to himself, that was how little the Emperor gave a shit.)
Jadus also had no personal interest in imitating the Emperor. So much of his interests and desires lay in getting others to see the galaxy as he did, and to perfect the Dark Side's corruption of all things. A galaxy without life would be a pointless existence to him.
OKAY SO THAT WAS QUESTION #1
Second: His daughter, Darth Zhorrid. Jadus tried to raise Zhorrid to be like him, and failed. Many of their significant interactions would have been on a family estate (no pictures, but knowing Jadus it would've been Minimalist As Fuck while also being extremely sith), and a concert hall (no pictures, oh god this part is messed up).
Content warning for really weird child abuse in this one.
It seems like Jadus treated Zhorrid as a project. He'd failed to find anyone else who could fully comprehend his philosophy, so, as one does, he decided to have a kid. So he could shape their development and lead them toward the same sort of epiphany he had.
...Unfortunately for Zhorrid, it seems like whatever happened to Jadus involved an incident in which his body betrayed him in a way that fundamentally broke his relationship with it. To induce this in Zhorrid, he had her learn how to sing, then had her perform for the public in a concert that lasted so long she permanently damaged her voice and could never sing again.
THAT was how she officially began her apprenticeship to him.
Here's a video where she talks about it.
y i k e s.
Zhorrid, understandably, did not take this well. She refused to comply with the rest of his teachings, and grew up to be notably unrestrained in her emotions, even among sith. Jadus considered her a failure, and used her as a distraction for the other Sith when he faked his own death. In the player choices I decided were canon for Jadus here, he has her assassinated just before he completes his coup.
And felt literally nothing for her at that point.
SO. YOU KNOW. THAT WENT WELL.
Third: I have the perfect video for this! Here it is, and the overall purpose of the locations is described below. With timestamps, because the video is super long and filled with other Jadus-related stuff:
1. the headquarters of Imperial Intelligence (2:08-3:58 in the video): Jadus oversaw this branch of Imperial operations, and only allowed non-Sith to be his underlings there. He ran Intelligence competently and relatively quietly, and eventually used it to facilitate his coup without their knowledge.
2. a pretty nondescript and nearly unfurnished office in the Sith Sanctum (6:34-9:45). This is where Jadus gives the weirdest freaking lectures you've ever heard, and lays out the entirety of his goals to the player, but they sound so goddamn weird at the time that it's not immediately evident he's just told you he's funding a terrorist group and plans to use it to take over the Empire. Zhorrid later takes over this office, and that's where she gets assassinated. He takes it back when he returns to Dromund Kaas, and has several cryptic conversations with the player character there, until he just... leaves the plot.
3. the Dark Council chambers on Korriban, (picture here, there's also a raised throne offscreen for the Emperor when he decides to attend personally or by holo), and probably a similar room on the capital world, Dromund Kaas. Jadus hates this room. His least favorite people in the galaxy (i.e. his coworkers) are all there and they all are trying to undermine each other and no one ever listens to him. 8[
4. His personal dreadnought, The Dominator (yes really), and its unnamed successor (29:52-38:30). Jadus faked his death by manipulating a terrorist group into blowing up The Dominator while he was on board. He held a large portion of the ship together using the Force (because sure), saving hundreds in the process... who were all spirited away to the second dreadnought, where he drove them insane (because why not!!) while waiting for the terrorists to enact the remainder of his plan: unleash superweapons of his design on the Empire, targeting his foes among the Sith. He would then seemingly rise from the dead to defeat the terrorists, and return to the Empire, where the rest of the Dark Council would know that if they opposed him, he would blow them the fuck up. Thus, he could begin his Epoch of Terror.
...SO THAT'S LITERALLY EVERYTHING
if you have any more questions, I am, as you can probably tell, SUPER WILLING to answer them. Probably too willing.