The Dread Masters were six powerful human Sith Lords who served the Sith Emperor for centuries as prophets, generals, and advisers. Their names were earned when they studied the power of the Phobis devices, artifacts that had driven even the most depraved Sith mad with terror. This power allowed the Dread Masters to destroy entire Galactic Republic fleets during the Great Galactic War; they had mastered the art of battle meditation to the point that they would inflict an awful, mysterious terror upon members of any given Republic cruiser. In order to avoid being compromised, they kept in constant motion in an Imperial dreadnaught that roamed the galaxy. With the help of an elite Republic Special Forces Division

Republic Special Forces Division (Republic Army) Organization Galactic Republic (GGW, CW and GW)

team, Jedi

Jedi Order Organization Galaxy-Wide Organizations

Knight Jaric Kaedan infiltrated the dreadnaught and captured the Dread Masters. The Jedi Order publicly announced that the Dread Masters were killed, but secretly they were imprisoned on Belsavis

Belsavis Planet

.
Released by servants of the Sith Empire, the Dread Masters went rogue following the defeat of the Emperor on Dromund Kaas

Dromund Kaas Planet

, forming an empire led by their own Dread Council. After one

Styrak (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

of their members was slain

Assault on Darvannis Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

on Darvannis, the remainder relocated to their Dread Fortress on Oricon

Oricon Planet

, where they were defeated in 3638 BBY. Dread Master Calphayus

Calphayus (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

was the only one who survived the downfall of the others, and was taken once more into Republic custody.