Unidentified Sith Lord ( Darth Bane ' s first Ruusan victim ) A Human male served as a Sith Lord in Dark Lord of the Sith Skere Kaan ' s Brotherhood of Darkness during the final years of the New Sith Wars . In 1002 BBY , the man underwent training at the Sith Academy on the planet Korriban , and was promoted with his fellow students to the rank of Sith Lord in 1000 BBY . While he was on the planet Ruusan , the man fought during the fifth battle of the Ruusan campaign and was heavily wounded after the forces of the Army of Light defeated the Sith . The Sith Lord Darth Bane , who did not participate in the battle , found the man dying and being comforted by the native Bouncer s . After speaking with Bane about the preceding skirmish and the status of the Sith Order , the Sith Lord was killed when Bane used his boot to crush the man ' s skull against the rocks upon which he was propped . Biography . During the New Sith Wars , in the year 1002 BBY , a Human male underwent training as an apprentice at the Sith Academy on the planet Korriban . Two years later , the man was promoted to the rank of Sith Lord in Skere Kaan ' s Brotherhood of Darkness , due to the increasing need for Sith Lords to combat the Jedi Order ' s Army of Light . He , along with most of the other apprentices at the Academy , was sent to the planet Ruusan , and eventually participated in the campaign ' s fifth battle , which resulted in a loss for the Brotherhood . During the conflict , the Sith Lord ' s lightsaber was destroyed and he was grievously injured in his stomach area , although he managed to support himself by resting on some rocks . Four Bouncer s — members of a telepathic species native to Ruusan — also began projecting thoughts of peace and serenity in the injured man ' s mind . The man encountered the Sith Lord Darth Bane , who had been one of his fellow students on Korriban , after the latter arrived on Ruusan near the site of the battle . Realizing that a report from Kaan stating that Bane had perished was untrue , the man expressed his delight in being able to die in what he felt was a glorious fight , a feeling with which Bane did not agree . The man tugged at Bane ' s heel as he turned to leave , but Bane lifted his boot and stomped the man ' s head in the rocks that were propping him up , revealing to the man before killing him that he had claimed the title of " Darth , " which had been banned by Kaan in an attempt to prevent infighting in his organization . Bane went on to manipulate Kaan into destroying the Brotherhood of Darkness , and secretly established a new order of Sith Lords , limiting the Sith to a Master and an apprentice . Personality and traits . The Sith Lord was a light - skinned Human male who had a red circular tattoo which covered part of his forehead . He also had blue eyes , wore a set of Sith robes , and used a lightsaber during combat . The man believed that it was an honor to die as a result of participating in the conflict with the Jedi , and attempted to implore Bane into aiding him . In Bane ' s estimation , the man was so much of a lesser Sith that the former did not bother to learn the latter ' s name . Powers and abilities . While the Sith Lord was sensitive to the Force , he was one of the Korriban Sith Academy ' s lesser apprentices , which was noted by Darth Bane . While he was able to survive the fifth battle ' s conclusion , the man did not do so without receiving a mortal wound . Behind the scenes . The Sith Lord was introduced in the second issue of the " " comic miniseries , written by Darko Macan . He was penciled in the comic by Ramón F . Bachs . The character was later featured in Drew Karpyshyn ' s novel " " , which expounded on the background of the titular character . The events of the Sith Lord ' s death at Bane ' s hands were identical in the comic and the novel . However , the novel presented a few differences , such as the length of the conversation between the Sith and Bane , and some differences in the physical condition of the Sith Lord .