Githany

"She was never able to see past herself. She never understood the dark side."

- Darth Bane

Githany, nicknamed Githa, was a Sith Lord who fought in the New Sith Wars. She wielded both a lightsaber and a lightwhip. Originally a Jedi who trained under Master Handa, Githany defected to the Brotherhood of Darkness, betraying her former lover, Kiel Charny, and delivering to Lord Kaan vital information concerning the battle strategy of the Army of Light. She manipulated the youth Darovit into murdering Charny with the Jedi General's own lightsaber, and then took the young boy as her apprentice. Despite her defection, she abandoned her fellow Sith Lords when she learnt of Kaan's desire to use the thought bomb, though the delay she experienced when trying to escape ensured that she perished along with her fellow Sith on Ruusan.

Jedi training
Githany was born an unknown world somewhere between two and three decades before the Ruusan campaign, and her parents gave her to the Jedi Order as a toddler .. She trained under the Cathar Jedi Master Handa alongside a fellow padawan named Kiel Charny, this being an era when multiple apprentices were still permissable.

During her training the young Padawan lost touch with the Force, unable to cope with something so vast, leading to her psyche creating walls to protect herself from such power. Only through the patient help of her Jedi Master she was able to break down these walls and continue her training. Later on, as she approached adulthood, Githany began to fall in love with Kiel Charny, another Padawan under Handa. Her Master discovered the affair and demanded that the two refrain from any further relationship. Githany refused and fled the Jedi, eventually joining the Sith.

Sith apprentice
"Welcome Githany. We've been waiting for you."

- Lord Kaan

Githany turned to the dark side, and joined the Brotherhood of Darkness. Upon her defection, she turned over valuable strategic information to the Brotherhood. Githany was then sent to the Sith Academy on Korriban where she began her training as a Sith adept. There, she quickly made allies with Bane using him to help defeat the top student at the school, Sirak. Sirak was killed by Bane in the insuing fight. Githany killed Yevra and Llokay, two other students that were aiding Sirak. Seeing potential in him, Githany secretly began to train Bane, even as every other Sith Master refused to do so. It was during this secret training that Githany began to develop feelings for Bane, even sharing a kiss with him. Though she would eventually betray Bane when he failed to live up to her expectations, she later allied herself again with him.

Dark Lord of the Sith
With the need for more Sith on Ruusan against the Army of Light, Lord Kaan called for all students on Korriban to be made into Dark Lords. On Ruusan, Githany was given the task of assassinating Darth Bane. She met up with him on the world of Ambria where she planned to poison him with synox poison on her lips. Disguised as a kiss, Bane was given three lethal doses of this poison. Bane had proven hard to kill and indeed survived. On Ruusan, Bane joined the Brotherhood and developed a plan to flush the Jedi out with a force storm. After the success of this powerful ancient ritual Lord Kaan led his forces into combat with the Jedi; Githany followed.



In the Seventh Battle of Ruusan she met her former lover Kiel Charny in combat and with the help of Darovit, she killed him. She took Darovit as a student, but he would later turn back to the light side when he proved unable to kill Hardin. The battle was lost. The Sith then retreated into a cave system, where under Kaan, they would attempt to rid the world of their foes in one fell swoop. The thought bomb was about to be unleashed, the remaining Lords gathered in a circle and began the ritual to release this power. Githany however managed to summon the will to break free of the ritual and run, realizing Bane was right about everything after seeing the madness in Kaan's desperate initiative, but it was too late. She was caught in the waves of Dark Side energy let loose from the bomb which caused her body to be sucked of life and reduced to ash.

Behind the scenes
One of the few female Dark Lords seen in the Expanded Universe, the character of Githany was created by author Darko Macan and debuted in the Jedi vs. Sith comic series in 2001. In the comic, her name is misspelled at least once as Ghitany.

Appearances

 * Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
 * Jedi vs. Sith