Darth Bane (RW35)

"You are the bane of everything we stand for! ...then the dark side needs a leader who has guts. Someone who will stand for the values of the Sith... bane... I like the sound of that"

- Darth Syto and Bane upon choosing his new name Darth Bane formerly known as Dessel was a Human male who served the Neo-Sith Empire during the waning days of the Second Fall of the Old Republic Era. He was the only survivor of the Great Sith Bloodshed and went on to form the Banite Sith, a lineage of Sith Lords that followed the Rule of Two.

One of the most influential Force-wielders in Galactic history, Darth Bane was born into slavery on Annaxi. The planet's radiation and mining operations gave his skin unnatural red markings and made his eyes burn brig

ht red. He was eventually discovered by Darth Lachron, one of the four members of the Sith Quadrumvirate, who was searching the slave pits for potential recruits. Due to his Force-sensitivity, Bane was able to survive the slave pits, but was forever doomed to be radiated and had to wear a unique metal suit to prevent his radiation from spreading.

Bane quickly rose the ranks of the Empire and became apprentice to Darth Jhorrus. He participated in many battles during the Great Sith Bloodshed but was most notable in the Moraband Cataclysm, where he personally slew the Jedi Battlemaster, Cab Cendra. However the battle was a defeat for the Sith due to the betrayal of Darth Kaenus at the hands of her sister Darth Syto. The Empire collapsed and left Bane the only Sith alive. He abandoned his master and fled Moraband to an unknown moon.

Bane remained on the moon for several years, learning Sith lore and waiting for the galaxy to settle into the fact the Sith were dead, until he was approached by fallen Jedi Lashava who found him after following a call in the force to the moon. She begged him to become his apprentice and proved herself after duelling and killing her former friend Ulric Noctrum, who had tracked her to the moon. Bane accepted Lashava's request and became Darth Arbuss.

Bane took his new apprentice on many adventures to ancient Sith worlds until 1009 BBY when Darth Jhorrus, who had survived the Moraband Catalclysm returned for vengeance against Bane for leaving him for dead on the battlefield. Bane was mortally wounded by Jhorrus and watched as he was killed by Arbuss. Arbuss took the opportunity to kill Bane and to ascend to the mantle of Dark Lord. Bane died content with his apprentice's display of power and was happy that he had ensured the Sith's survival.