“There are always two of them, no more and no less. Teacher and pupil". There are always two Sith, and even such a small number can alarm the Jedi Order. But why aren’t there ten or a hundred of them? After all, there was a time when the adepts of darkness numbered in the thousands. Striving for absolute power, they gathered huge armies and built powerful empires. But such is the nature of the dark side - the Sith are not capable of acting together for long. Everyone sees himself as a ruler and longs to rise above the rest. Civil strife invariably ruined the common cause, and the Jedi completed the defeat. But there was one dark lord who realized that it was not numerical superiority, but sophisticated cunning that had the best chance of success. It is not armies and navies, but intrigue and patience that destroy any obstacles. It will take years, perhaps centuries, but eventually the Sith will rule the galaxy. This ruler was called Darth Bane, and his plan was brilliantly realized a thousand years later...