Star Wars Darth Bane Path of Destruction

by Drew Karpyshyn The Sith were in shambles. In-fighting among their ranks allowed the Jedi to thwart their dark plans. One last battle to end an era resulted in the extinction of the Sith. Or so it was believed - one Dark Lord survived. From the ashes emerged Darth Bane, the lone Sith who was able to foresee the inevitable doom of the misguided order, and learn from this costly lesson. He forged a new order of secretive Sith, plotting from the shadows, carefully rebuilding power a generation at a time for centuries until the revenge of the Sith could finally be achieved. Who was this Dark Lord, and what events forged the man who would split from the Sith ranks and entirely redefine the order?