History Literature / DarthBane

* TheTeam: The five Jedi who fight Bane and Zannah in the climax of ''Rule of Two''.

* DentedIron: By ''Dynasty of Evil'', a combination of age, traumatic injury, and a lifetime of using the corruptive power of TheDarkSide has done a great deal of damage to Bane. While still a force to be reckoned with, he's not what he once was, even though he's only in his fifties.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dessel/Bane murdering his father through the Force definitely qualifies since he was an abusive bastard towards him after his wife had died during childbirth.

* ThatManIsDead: An unusual variant. Zannah goes by Rain as a child and goes back to using her birth name when she becomes Bane's apprentice.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Bane throws his lightsaber at a bunch of scavengers at one point. Having the Force helps.

%%* TheDragon:
%%** Darth Zannah is Darth Bane's.
%%** Hetton briefly becomes Zannah's.
%%** Set Harth also briefly becomes Zannah's.
%%** Darth Cognus [[spoiler: starts as Bane's but ends up becoming Zannah's.]]

** A Jedi makes the distinction between a Sith and a Dark Jedi. A Sith wants to take over the Galaxy, kill all the Jedi and crush all their enemies. A Dark Jedi is much less grandiose, generally concerned with wild hedonism. Shortly thereafter, we get a look at Set Harth, who is exactly that, and while he does last a long time, never becomes some galaxy-shaking threat like a proper Sith.

* KarmaHoudini: Set Harth gets away at the end of "Dynasty of Evil" with Andeddu's holocron, and the secrets of immortality. Zannah figures there's not much point going after him, and other works establish he does manage to last a good long while, transferring his essence to other bodies.

* WhipItGood: Githany's favorite weapon is a lightwhip.

* BadassNormal: Kelad'dan goes toe-to-toe with Johun - a Jedi - and nearly comes out on top.

* BigBad: Darth Bane himself.
* BigGood: Lord Hoth in ''Path of Destruction''.

* DavidVsGoliath: Darth Zannah vs Sarro Xaj.

* DeadpanSnarker: Bug in the comics.

* {{Determinator}}: Nothing stops Bane when he sets his mind to it.

* TheDragon:
** Darth Zannah is Darth Bane's.
** Hetton briefly becomes Zannah's.
** Set Harth also briefly becomes Zannah's.
** Darth Cognus [[spoiler: starts as Bane's but ends up becoming Zannah's.]]

* EvilMentor: Qordis and Kas'im, and later Bane himself.

%%* MeaningfulName:
** [[spoiler:The "Addendu" in Darth Andeddu derives from the word "addendum", which is defined as an item of additional material added to the end of a book or document. Darth Addendu discovered a way to add more years to the end of his life. [[GrandTheftMe Sort of]].]]

%%** [[spoiler:Darth Andeddu, who created a method to achieve immortality. [[GrandTheftMe Sort of]].]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** During the ten-year TimeSkip in "Rule of Two", Johun was assigned to Chancellor Valorum, and he spent more time learning politics than practicing with his lightsaber and Force abilities. As a result, when he and the other Jedi face off against Bane and Zannah in the climax, Johun himself is the weakest fighter in the room.
** Bane nearly abandons the Rule of Two in ''Dynasty of Evil'' because of the very ChronicBackstabbingDisorder it was meant to restrain: he fears that Zannah plans to let him die of old age and dark side corruption rather than kill him the way he planned it, and worries that with his body breaking down he doesn't have time to train a replacement, and so he researches a Sith sorcery ritual to pull a GrandTheftMe on her. Would ''you'' have expected ''personal trust'' from a cult fundamentally built on selfishness and the weaponization of negative emotions?

** PlayedWith regarding Bane's lightsaber, which skips a generation twice. It was originally a gift from Kas'im, who took it from his Master after killing him but never used it himself. [[spoiler: After Zannah kills Bane, she gives it to Darth Cognus to use until she creates her own lightsaber.]]
** [[spoiler: When Bane realizes he is close to death and the Jedi are on the verge of discovering them, he implores Zannah to kill him, take up the mantle of Darth Lord, and escape so the Sith Order will survive. She TakesAThirdOption.]]

* AVillainNamedKhan: ''Kaan'', but close enough.

* TheChick: Raska Lsu is the only woman among the team of Jedi who attack Bane and Zannah in ''Rule of Two''.

* TheLancer:
** Pernicar is Lord Hoth's in ''Path of Destruction''.
** Johun is Valenthyne's in ''Rule of Two''.

* LittleMissBadass: Young Zannah is a villainous version in ''Rule of Two''.

* LongGame: So long in fact that Bane was fully aware it could not be obtained in his life time, hence the Rule of Two he established.
* MadeOfIron: Bane.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Bane starts becoming one to dozens of plots in ''Rule of Two''.

* MasterSwordsman: Blademaster Kas'im, Jedi Battlemaster Raskta Lsu, and Bane.

* MeaningfulName:
** Darth ''Bane'', of course.
** Hetton named his ship the ''Loranda'' after his mother.
** [[spoiler:Darth Andeddu, who created a method to achieve immortality. [[GrandTheftMe Sort of]].]]

* MindRape: This is one of Zannah's most-utilized powers from her tutelage in Sith sorcery.

* MsFanservice: Zannah is very pretty and fully aware of it.

* NeckSnap: Overlaps with NeverBringAKnifeToAFistfight.

* TheRival: Sirak is this for Bane.
* RichBitch: Serra sort of starts out as this. She got better, [[spoiler: only to be killed by Darth Cognus.]]

* SlasherSmile: Cognus is very fond of these in ''Dynasty of Evil''.

* DentedIron: By ''Dynasty of Evil'', a combination of age, traumatic injury, and a lifetime of using the corruptive power of TheDarkSide has done a great deal of damage to Bane. While still a force to be reckoned with, he's not what he once was.