Ashura Isradia Sadow

Ashura Isradia Sadow
Biographical Information
Homeworld:	Tython
Date of Birth:	2 BBY
Physical Description
Species:	Human with 1/8th Echani ancestry.
Gender:	Male
Height:	1.9 meters
Weight:	220 lbs.
Hair:	White
Eyes:	Black with red tint
Personal Information
Mother:	Cassiopeia Megos (deceased)
Father:	Alexandros Megos (father; deceased) Jonaleth Isradia (adopted father; status unknown)
Known Children:	Alector Lutah (unconfirmed son) Aleho Ruoxf (adopted daughter)
Allies:	Various Sons and Daughters of Sadow
Enemies:	Jedi Order Darth Vexatus The Collective
Lightsaber Color(s):	Custom red lightsaber
Lightsaber Form(s):	Vaapad (Primary Form) Shien (Secondary Form)
Weapon(s):	Sapphire Blade
Fighting Style(s):	Echani
Chronology & Political Information
Profession:	Inquisitor (Inquisitorius) Student (Aurora Collegium of Sciences)
Position:	Son of Sadow
Era(s):	Exodus era New Order era
Affiliation:	Clan Naga Sadow, Sons & Daughters of Sadow
Personal Ship:	Black Horizon (Imperial Gozanti-class Cruiser)
Known masters:	Jonaleth Isradia (unconfirmed)
Known apprentices:	Kalei Basai (official) Aleho Ruoxf (fictional)
Dossier:	4782
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Ashura Isradia Sadow was a Sith Warlord and Son of Sadow. He was also known as the Puppet Master of Sadow due to his sadistic nature of crushing the minds of his foes with the use of manipulation and malicious mind control, then turning them into willing puppets to be used and discarded at will.

Character History

"You underestimate the Power of the Dark Side."

―Darth Vader

Early Life (2 BBY to 13 ABY)

Ashura Megos and his twin sister, Atalanta, were born to Alexandros and Cassiopeia. The twins were Force-sensitive, but their parents were not; fearing the Empire might want the twins for their potential, they kept moving around. The Megos family never stayed in one place for too long, and it remained like this for years until one fateful day. Their transport vessel malfunctioned and had to make an emergency landing on Tython. It seemed that a Dark Side Adept had caused the failure; he had sensed the twins’ Force signatures and laid a trap. The Megos family escaped into the Tython wilderness. At the same time, the other passengers died; they were tracked down and killed too. Only the twins were kept alive; however, while Atalanta fled, Ashura was left behind and fell into his parents’ murderer's hands. The Dark Side Adept took the boy and raised him on Tython; Ashura’s upbringing forced him to forget about his parents and sister. As far as he knew, Tython was his home. His childhood consisted of twisted games and harsh lessons training him in the Force core abilities. Ashura also learned how to read and write, to survive and hunt in the wilderness, and basic medical techniques to dress his wounds. A pattern emerged: the boy would spend time training in the necessary Force abilities, being taught basic lore regarding the Dark Side of the Force, then leave on his own for months on end as survival training. It was during his teenage years that his time on Tython was coming to an end. He learned about the organisation his master was attached to and was deemed ready for his indoctrination.

Brotherhood Indoctrination (13 ABY to 17 ABY)

As an initiate, Ashura spent the majority of his time at the Shadow Academy, an institution that takes Force-sensitive individuals as potential members and physically and mentally twists them into Dark Jedi, then with proper training and testing watches as the most ruthless of them sacrifice the weaker ones to further progress down the path of the Dark Side. Ashura thrived in this environment, and it seemed his upbringing had prepared him for life at the academy. In his second year, he learned the basics of lightsaber combat and more advanced Force techniques that heavily focused on the use of the Dark Side of the Force. He became fascinated with Old Republic military history. The tactics they used, the battles, the victories and the defeats they suffered were all very educational to him. Ashura knew the only way to succeed in the academy was to grow stronger, even if that meant killing to get ahead. It was only natural to form a temporary partnership with other initiates, which often helped against other such groups looking to get ahead. Ashura became quite talented in manipulating other students, and if that didn’t work, then he would use deception, intimidation and interrogation to achieve his goals. By the end of his time as an initiate, Ashura had become a cold and ruthless individual who saw those weaker than him as mere puppets to be used and discarded at will.

Sith Beginnings (17 ABY to 21 ABY)

Upon graduating from the Shadow Academy, Ashura joined his master's clan as an Apprentice. Here, he experienced life as a clan member and once more found himself under his master’s tutelage. It was here Ashura chose to follow the path of the Sith, as the thirst for power was all-consuming, and the knowledge he could learn from the Dark Side Adept seemed limitless. So he prostrated and subjected himself to his master’s twisted training, sinking deeper into the Sith doctrine to survive. Years passed by, and Ashura grew in talent and power, passing one odious trial after another before meeting the requirements that saw his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight. Upon achieving his knighthood, Ashura found himself adopted into his master’s family as a type of reward; he even legally changed his name from Ashura Megos to Ashura Isradia. However, the newly christened knight did not want to remain in the same clan as his master; he desired to spread his wings and achieve his goals. He spent two years bouncing from one group to another, trying to find the right clan that would help him achieve his goals. Ashura’s thirst for power was so great it even got him into trouble; he crossed the wrong people and had to face the Chamber of Justice. Luckily, he got off with a warning, but it made the Sith more cautious from that point onwards. It was a year after his cross with the Justicar he met Ashia Keibatsu, who managed to sway him into joining her clan.

Disciple of Sadow (21 ABY to 34 ABY)

Upon joining Clan Naga Sadow, Ashura took up one of the vacant Envoy positions. It may not have been a seemingly important position of power, but it did allow the Sith to observe how the clan operated. The politics of the Sadow were split into two groups; the Disciples of Sadow and the Sons & Daughters of Sadow, who were loyal to the Heir of Naga Sadow, Astronicus Aurelius Sadow. Ashura continued his role as Envoy until eventually becoming Aedile and later Quaestor of Marka Ragnos. Naga Sadow appeared to be the perfect place to build up his power, and the Sith ensured he would find like-minded individuals within the clan: allies, comrades, but never any friends. Friends were a weakness. During this point, he started to fine-tune the process of making his “puppets,” weak-minded fools who broke to his torture, interrogation and intimidation methods. He became fascinated with “reprogramming” these broken husks into obedient and expendable pawns using malicious, mind-altering Force techniques. During this time, he earned the nickname of “Puppet Master,” which would later change to “Puppet Master of Sadow.” Ashura’s greatest achievement was during his tenure as Proconsul. While he only held the position for a couple of years, his work and accomplishments were recognised by being granted the Son of Sadow title, and he was eventually promoted for it. When his time on the clan summit ended, Ashura turned to more personal interests; this included the taking of students. He finally agreed to take on an unaffiliated Dark Jedi from the Shadow Academy; who he got was Aleho Ruoxf, a spunky young Tortuga. Despite his best efforts, he became attached to the girl and she to him. The Collective would later exploit this connection to his apprentice by luring him into a trap and replacing him with an imposter. While under the Collective’s care, he was experimented with and tested to help find methods to fight against Force users. When not strapped down, he would be facing off against Collective forces in a gladiatorial-style arena for them to hone their skills. He was eventually rescued a few years later by members of the Keibatsu family, who were assigned to investigate rumours about a shadow organisation.

Hiatus (34 ABY to 37 ABY)

Ashura immediately took Aleho to learn from the Matukai and Jensaarail to learn from them and help fine-tune her Force abilities and broaden her mind. After a year of this, he began her real training, subjecting her to painful and lethal methods, making Aleho draw out her rage and use the Dark Side of the Force as a weapon and tool for her advancements. He focused her martial prowess, lightsaber skills and advanced Force techniques. Ashura sent regular reports to the Shadow Academy regarding Aleho’s progress. While on the hiatus from Clan Naga Sadow, he missed the Collective’s invasion and takeover of the Orian system. It was during this period many things happened to the Brotherhood; it was the end of one era and the beginning of a new one. Ashura joined the newly established Inquisitorius as an Apprentice Inquisitor. His reprogrammed drones, also known as puppets, were to be used as undercover operators for the AIN. When he deemed Aleho ready for her knighthood trials, he lured his apprentice into a trap; he had arranged for a group of Jedi Knights to discover her. He watched from afar as Aleho fought off the Jedi, using all her skills she had been taught, and eventually slaughtered all of them. Much like his master had done for him, the moment Aleho’s knighthood went through, he adopted her, although she decided not to change her name legally. Some months later, he received word that Clan Naga Sadow was planning to take back the Orian system.

Ascendancy of the Puppetmaster (37 ABY to 43 ABY)

Following his extended absence from Brotherhood affairs, Ashura entered a period of deliberate seclusion, disappearing into the deep fringe of the Outer Rim. Though presumed inactive by the Brotherhood at large, in truth, Ashura had embarked on what would become the most insidious and far-reaching chapter of his legacy — the formation of a covert, galaxy-spanning network of mental thralls and dominated operatives known only in scattered whispers as “the puppets.”

From 37 ABY to 41 ABY, Ashura leveraged his prior experiences with Sith mindbreaking, Inquisitorius fieldcraft, and psychological conditioning to refine a method of subjugation so total it rendered his victims both functional and obedient, yet unaware of their own enslavement. Operating across fragmented power structures left destabilised by the aftermath of the Yuuzhan Vong War and the destruction of Centerpoint Station, Ashura’s agents embedded themselves in remote colonies, Sith cults, and academic enclaves across the Mid and Outer Rims. Former Jedi, disillusioned mercenaries, orphaned initiates, and unaffiliated Dark Side acolytes — all were targets. Those who could not be turned willingly were taken, broken, and remade through the mind-forging rites of the Marionette Doctrine.

Over these years, Ashura gathered data, artefacts, and influence. His puppets became librarians, gatekeepers, slicers, advisors, and assassins. They infiltrated tomb worlds in the Horuset system, manipulated tribal sects in the Unknown Regions, and subtly influenced New Republic fringe infrastructure on backwater systems such as Eriadu and Aduba-3. Many of these agents operated autonomously, their true nature hidden even from themselves — activated only by specific triggers or command phrases encoded deep within their altered psyches. By the dawn of 41 ABY, Ashura no longer needed a seat on a clan summit to be a threat. He had become a phantom strategist — a warlord who ruled through echoes and shadows, with loyal eyes in places the Brotherhood no longer watched.

It was during this time that he executed the long-awaited final stage of his psychological campaign: the activation of Aleho Ruoxf.

Aleho, now a Knight in her own right and long removed from direct contact with her former master, had spent the better part of five years wandering the Outer Rim as a lone archaeologist, tracing the fragmented writings of Trevarus Caerick and cataloguing forgotten Sith tombs. She believed herself free. She was not. Her sense of independence, her wanderlust, her very identity — all of it had been conditioned, shaped, and subtly guided by Ashura since the day he had first taken her in.

With a single thought, Ashura reached out through the Force and activated her.

Aleho’s mind collapsed inward — not shattered, but quietly overwritten. Her conscious thoughts remained intact, but a deeper layer of her mind shifted into obedience. From that moment on, she served him not as a loyal apprentice, but as a remote instrument of his will — her every movement, every diplomatic conversation, every excavation subconsciously feeding data back to her true master. She did not resist. She could not.

For the next two years, from 41 to 43 ABY, Aleho functioned as Ashura’s ultimate puppet — the culmination of everything he had worked for. She gathered secrets from the ruins of Korriban and Dromund Kaas, rerouted dark artefacts through covert trade networks along the old Perlemian Trade Route, and reestablished contact with dissident Sith enclaves left dormant after the Vong invasion. Under Ashura’s invisible command, she reopened hidden vaults, unearthed dangerous holocrons, and sowed doubt among Brotherhood allies uncertain of the New Order’s direction.

It is unclear how many individuals died under Aleho’s indirect influence during this time, nor how many of them were former allies of the Brotherhood.

By 43 ABY, Ashura re-emerged from the shadows. Whether he had ever truly left was a matter of debate. What was clear, however, was that he had returned with power, with reach, and with a mind that had evolved beyond traditional Sith doctrine. He had no interest in controlling fleets or taking formal titles. He did not need them. What he had built instead was a distributed network of thought-bound agents, all loyal to him, and many of whom were unaware of their own conditioning.

Now, Ashura has begun to move, setting his sights on the Orian system and Clan Naga Sadow. For some, he is still a Son of Sadow — a relic of an older time. For others, he is a threat beyond reckoning, a mind no longer tethered to tradition or Brotherhood.

And behind him, in the shadows, the puppets wait.

Character Profile

"The Force is strong in this one....""

―Darth Vader

Personality

Sadistic, cold and cruel would be a brief description of Ashura’s personality. The man was a sociopath that liked to see his victims suffer, either through torture, interrogation or murder. He enjoys twisting people into pawns to and using them for his plans. It made matters worse that he also had a high intelligence quotient; this made Ashura calculated and meticulous when it came to planning and details.

Physical Description

Ashura was an adult human with white hair and black eyes which become red when he taps into the Dark Side. Before going into any battle, he liked to apply Sith war paint to his face. The meaning of this was to intimidate and disconcert his opponents mentally. Lingering scars cover his body caused by his harsh training and from previous battles. Many of these were minor lightsaber wounds across his abdominal, vertebral and scapular during combat. The other scars on his arms and body were results of shrapnel during battle zones.

Historic Battles

• Eighth Great Jedi War
• Invasion of Orian
• Battle of Telos
• Battle of Dajorra
• Battle of Lehon
• Orian Uprising
• Ninth Great Jedi War
• Ekind Uprising

DJB Facts

Goals

Dark Jedi Brotherhood

• To have earned the rank of Dark Side Adept.
• To have earned the title of Sith Lord.
• To have made a difference to the Dark Brotherhood as a whole.

Clan Naga Sadow

• To help expand the clan’s fictional background and lead others by example.

Notable Positions of Leadership

Preceded by: Alex d'Tana	Rollmaster of House Oriens Obscurum 20 ABY	Succeeded by: Drodik Va'lence al'Tor
Preceded by: Odin Vaaj	Aedile of House Oriens Obscurum 20 ABY - 21 ABY	Succeeded by: Drodik Va'lence al'Tor
Preceded by: Nekura Manji Keibatsu	Aedile of House Marka Ragnos 21 ABY - 22 ABY	Succeeded by: Faeril Munlear
Preceded by: Trevarus Caerick	Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos 22 ABY - 23 ABY	Succeeded by: Derev Niroth
Preceded by: Tron Sadow	Proconsul of Clan Naga Sadow 23 ABY - 25 ABY	Succeeded by: Taigikori Aybara

Notable Awards

• Official Letter of Reprimand
• Sapphire Blade
• Grand Cross of the Dark Side
• Steel Cross x 4
• Dark Maven of Service
• Dark Maven of Leadership

Recent Notable Works

• To be added

Trivia

• The name "Ashura" belongs to an older version of Ash Ketchum from Pokemon MASTER, a dark Pokémon fanfiction by Ace Sanchez, which is a damn good read. This is where the name was first picked up the name for this character.

"Ashura” in Aurebesh