Darth Rasadus was born as Tur'Foran, in the alleyways of Coruscant. His mother and father were homeless. At 20 weeks old, he was kidnapped by Darth Plagueis. Plagueis trained him in the ways of the Sith, but it was difficult due to Tur'Foran's species' body style. Darth Plagueis considered him unteachable, and he turned to the Sith Elders, a group of elder Sith sorcerers. They managed to train Tur'Foran to the extent where he could use basic force powers, but due to his lack of humanoid shape, he was unteachable in any Lightsaber style. Eventually he was to be killed due to his unusefulness, but he managed to escape and put himself in statis.