When on the moon Dxun, Darth Bane stumbled upon a dormant colony of orbalisks. These parasitic creatures, exclusive to Dxun, feed by attaching themselves to a host. As a byproduct of their parasitism, the orbalisks form a dense plating that protects their host—an armor of exceptional strength even against lightsabers.
When a host is covered in orbalisks. the creatures grant damage reduction 10 to that individual. Unlike normal forms of damage reduction, the orbahsks’ protection applies even to lightsabers.
Long have the Jedi carried the shame of the Sith, for it was the Jedi’s inability to wipe out the infection within their ranks that allowed the first renegades to flee into exile, to form a twisted society, and to brew the utter wickedness that would eventually spread throughout the galaxy. Ever since that moment of mercy, the Sith have been a plague, leading to two full-blown Sith wars. It wasn’t until the Battle of Ruusan that the Jedi believed the Sith threat was at an end, for in this climactic battle, the Sith and the Jedi who fought them were utterly destroyed by a weapon of cataclysmic proportins. Believing they had ended the threat, even at such a great cost, the Jedi put the matter to rest.
However, one Sith survived: Darth Bane. An apprentice of a powerful Sith Lord, he managed to escape the devastation and fled the ruins of the world. During his flight, the specter of an ancient Dark Lord forced his vessel to crash-land on Onderon’s moon, Dxun. There he encountered the orbalisks, which quickly swarmed over his body, changing him into something more than Human. As he grappled with the transformation and the realizafon that he was the last of his kind, he was struck by an epiphany.
The Sith’s gravest weakness was that they inevitably tu rned against one another. The divisiveness that seemed always to result would prevent the Sith from getting the revenge they so craved. It was then, on thi small moon, covered with parasites that fused themselves to his body, that Darth Bane decreed, as the last of the Sith, henceforth there would be only two: a Master and an apprentice.
Darth Bane (Post Ruusan Reformation) (CL 20)
Threats of the Galaxy, page 84.
Medium Human Jedi 7 / Jedi Knight 5* / Sith apprentice 3 / Sith Lord 5
Destiny: 3; Force: 10, Strong in the Force; Dark Side: 22
Initiative: +20; Senses: Perception +21
Languages: Basic, Bocce, Ryl, Sith
Defenses: Fort 36, Ref 37 (flat-footed 33), Will 39; Block, Deflect
Hit Points: 194; Damage Threshold: 36
Immune: fear
Speed: 6 squares
Melee: lightsaber +25 (2d8+15) or
Melee: lightsaber +23 (3d8+15) with Rapid Strike or
Melee: lightsaber +20 (2d8+15) and
lightsaber +20 (2d8+15) with Double Attack
Base Attack: +20; Grapple: +25
Attack Options: Cleave, Double Attack (lightsabers), Great Cleave, Lightsaber Throw, Melee Defense, Power Attack, Rapid Strike, Running Attack, Severing Strike, Wicked Strike
Special Actions: Equilibrium, Juyo, Power of the Dark Side, temptation
Force Powers (known) (Use the Force +20): battle strike (2), dark rage, farseeing, Force grip, Force lightning (3), Force slam, mind trick, move object, rebuke (2), surge
Force Secrets: Devastating Power, Distant Power, Multitarget Power, Quicken Power
Force Techniques: Force Point Recovery, Improved Move Light Object, Improved Sense Surroundings
Abilities: Cha 20, Con 17, Dex 20, Int 17, Str 16, Wis 22
Special Qualities: fearless, temptation
Talents: Block, Deflect, Djem So, Equilibrium, Force Deception, Juyo, Lightsaber Throw, Power of the Dark Side, Severing Strike, Swift Power, Weapon Specialization (lightsabers), Wicked Strike
Feats: Cleave, Double Attack (lightsabers), Force Sensitivity, Force Training (2), Great Cleave, Melee Defense, Power Attack, Rapid Strike, Running Attack, Strong in the Force, Weapon Focus (lightsabers), Weapon Proficiency (lightsabers, simple)
Skills: Acrobatics +20, Deception +20, Endurance +18, Initiative +20, Knowledge (galactic lore) +18, Perception +21, Use the Force +20
Posessions: lightsaber (self-built), orbalisk armor (+10 armor and grants DR 10 that applies even to lightsabers), Sith robes
* Darth Bane was a member of the Brotherhood of Shadow, a dark side organization made up of renegade Jedi. While this group studied the dark side extensively, it passed down many of the fighting forms of the Jedi to its students.