Warb Null was a dark side apprentice and King Ommin’s armored commander of the Naddist forces during the First Battle of Onderon in the Freedon Nadd Uprising. Originally named Shas Dovos, Null was formerly an aspiring young student of metalwork, though when a sinister ancient Sith book discovered by Dovos in the wilds of his native planet Onderon, and eventually the spirit fused Dovos to the dark armor and renamed him Warb Null. 462m1n
Null became the the Sith warrior in a duel, and decapitated him. Null’s death was, in the end, insignificant to Ommin, who felt the armor-clad soldier had fulfilled his purpose.
Warb Null was created by Star Wars writer Tom Veitch for the first issue of The Freedon Nadd Uprising sub-series, part of the Tales of the Jedi comic series. He was illustrated by Tony Akins, Denis Rodier and Suzanne Bourdages in his only appearance. His backstory was later expanded upon in the Tales of the Jedi Companion, a RPG supplement to the Tales of the Jedi series.
Biography
Warb Null was born under the name of Shas Dovos on the planet Onderon sometime during the height of the Galactic Republic. Dovos was a dedicated student of metallurgy in his youth, learning the intricate craft of metalworking. Onderon had a history of leaders who worshiped the the old Sith Empire. Dovos stole the book and returned to his home-city, desperate to uncover the secrets hidden deep inside the ancient document.
Initially, he was fascinated with the book, though soon his fascination turned into complete obsession. He spent years attempting to break the coding of the book, until he had forsaken his studies and lost interest in the other aspects of his life. He saw it as his destiny to uncover the book’s secrets and to wield its power. Eventually, he deciphered the Sith lore, and began construction on a Sith magic, combined with his extensive knowledge of alloys and metals, to forge the blackened helmet, breasplate and gauntlets of the massive suit of armor. After working for days on end, Shas Dovos’s suit of armor was complete; however, he was having doubts about his worthiness to wear it. He was unsure of his grasp of the Sith magic necessary to produce such a weapon, worried that it would be wasted on someone who had to resort to theft to acquire the armor.
However, he soon overcame his doubtfulness, reasoning that if had not been for him, the knowledge behind the armor would still be hidden in obscurity; if anyone deserved to wear, he did. Suddenly, a voice spoke out, telling Dovos that he would wear the armor. The spirit of Sith Warrior, ing little of his previous life. Warb Null had been tricked into creating the armor by the Sith spirit, and now he was nothing more than a pawn of the long-dead dark sider.
Warb later constructed a large, green-bladed dark side to Onderon himself. Through the spirit, Ommin enlisted Null to lead an assault on the world’s capital, Iziz. Null, aided by hundreds of loyal Naddists, was to reclaim the sarcophagi and remove them to the Sith warrior’s underground base.
The Freedon Nadd Uprising
Null and the Naddists devised a plan to steal Amanoa and Nadd’s sarcophagi from the streets of Iziz—they would use great machines to emerge from their underground base, take hold of the bodies of the deceased dark siders and return to their base. Several of the wealthier Naddists purchased several Akin-Dower Groundborers—colossal machines used to create massive tunnels—and fitted them with medium blasters, turning the mining vehicles into offensive monstrosities. The machines could hold hundreds of men inside, with enough space to store the two sarcophagi, so they were very suitable for their mission.
In 3,998 BBY, Warb Null led the assault on Iziz which marked the Freedon Nadd Uprising. Amanoa’s daughter, Queen Galia had married Oron Kira, the leader of the Beast Riders, thus ending the traditional animosity between the Onderonian aristocracy and the Beast Riders. The two new rulers of Onderon led the procession of the great sarcophagi to the shuttles which would transport them to Dxun, closely followed by Jedi, Master Arca, the most powerful of them by far, was struck by an invisible blow through the Force, incapacitating him and leaving the four Jedi students to face Warb Null alone.
The huge back to the war machine, where his men had transported the sarcophagi to. When Null reached the machine, they retreated down into the sub-levels of Iziz, ready to commence the next phase of their plan.
Warb and the Naddists remained deep in the subterranean tunnels of Iziz as dark side superiors felt tha the had succeeded in fulfilling his purpose. Ultimately, Warb Null was expendable to those he served with loyalty.
