Nameless control rods

The Nameless control rods were a set of three rods created by the Tolemites to control members of the species known as the Nameless, creatures which preyed upon Force users. Two of the three rods were the Rod of Seasons and Rod of Daybreak. Together, both could be combined into a more powerful rod: the Rod of Power. The Path of the Open Hand used the Rod of Power to control the Nameless in its failed efforts to bring down the Jedi Order. A third rod of the original set, the Rod of Ages, remained lost at that time.

Parts of the completed rod were hidden away by the Elders of the Path due to their use as a weapon, with the hope that the objects would never again resurface. However, one rod was owned by Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro, who sought vengeance against the Jedi Order over perceived wrongs done to his ancestors. Wanting the entire rod, Ro tracked down the Elder Tromak and attempted to force him to reveal its location. Tromak refused, but his former ward Krix Kamerat betrayed him and gave the information to Ro. With both halves of the rod in his possession, Ro retrieved a powerful member of the Nameless known as the Great Leveler buried in the Shrine on the planet Rystan. He then reassembled the rod during an attack on the Nihil base on Grizal, using it to test the beast against the Jedi present. After the success of the Leveler, Ro traveled with a group of disciples to a mysterious planet, where he used the rod to gather and capture many of the creatures in order to use them against the Jedi.

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