Thousands of years before the rise of Darth Sidious & Darth Vader the Old Republic was rife with the evil Sith who were a constant thorn in the side of the Jedi. But greed & hunger for power were eating away at the Sith Order destroying it from within. In the midst of this rose a new Sith Darth Bane who recognized that the Sith Order would fall if nothing was done. Thus it was he who learning to cultivate patience & cunning hid from the strife until it was over & then rose to become the most powerful Sith Lord ever. This is the story of the transformation of Des a young miner into the legendary Sith Lord Darth Bane. Des
- like many of the disenfranchised who live on the Outer Rim
- is disillusioned with the stagnancy of the Old Republic. When the Sith unite to bring the Republic down Des is one of many to join their cause. His heroism & skill in battle
- along with his remarkable connection to the Force
- draw the notice of the Sith Masters & Des eventually finds himself studying at the Sith Academy on Korriban. He takes the name of Bane & amidst the deception & back-stabbing of the other students he learns to unlock his latent dark-side talents. As his power grows Bane realizes the Sith have lost their way. Under the leadership of Lord Kaan & his Brotherhood of Darkness the Sith have turned their back on the true nature of the dark side. Through manipulation cunning & strength Bane destroys Kaans Brotherhood & wipes out all the other Sith so he can found a new Order based on the rule of two: one Master one apprentice.