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.

Jedi training
Githany was once a Jedi Knight under the study of Master Handa. During her training the young girl 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 countinue her training. Later on, as she approached adulthood, Githany began to fall in love with Kiel Charny, a fellow student. 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 valuble strategic information to the Brotherhood. Githany was then sent to the Sith Academy on Korriban where she began he training as a Sith adept. There, she quickly made allies with Bane using him to help defeat the top student at the school, 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 expectaitons, 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 assasinating Darth Bane. She met up with him on the world of Ambria where she planned to poison him with synox posion 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 comabt and with the help of Darovit, she killed him. She took Darovit as a student, but he would later turn back to the light 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 maddness 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.

Githany wielded a lightwhip as her main weapon in battle.

Behind the scenes

 * Githany's name is sometimes misspelled as Ghitany.
 * Along with Belia Darzu, Lumiya, Darth Maladi, Darth Talon, Darth Traya and Darth Zannah, Githany is one of the few female Sith Lords in the Expanded Universe.
 * Despite being female, Githany is consistently referred to as Lord rather than Lady.

Contradictions between sources
In Jedi vs. Sith, Githany knows Darth Bane wants to institute the Rule of Two and desires to be his apprentice; in Path of Destruction, Bane withholds his plans from her.

In Jedi vs. Sith, after being struck by the thought bomb, Githany, as her body falls apart, manages to reach Darth Bane and begs to be his apprentice even as she collapses. In Path of Destruction, she dies as soon as she is hit by the thought bomb.

Appearances

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