- Date
- 1010 BBY
- Continuity
- Legends
- Location
- Somov Rit
A Human girl known as Rain was born on Somov Rit in 1010 BBY. She would survive the final years of the New Sith Wars and become Darth Zannah, the first apprentice in Darth Bane's new Sith lineage. Her childhood story is closely connected to the use of young Force-sensitive recruits in the armies converging on Ruusan.
Early life before the battlefield
Rain was raised among relatives including Darovit and other cousins. The source records her family background and childhood relationships before she was caught up in galactic war. Although her later identity became feared, the child who entered the war was not born into a Sith apprenticeship.
War reaches family networks
A Jedi recruiter later encountered Rain and her relatives as the Army of Light searched for Force-sensitive participants. The recruitment of children shows how military crisis can draw deeply into family life and into institutions intended to care for and train the young.
The making of another identity
After the catastrophe at Ruusan, Rain crossed paths with Darth Bane and took the Sith name Zannah. This later conversion should not be projected back into the date of her birth. Her historical importance comes from what happened during and after the final campaign.
Anthropological assessment
Rain's story illustrates childhood under militarization. It raises questions about recruitment, guardianship, and the way young survivors can be incorporated into the ideological projects of powerful adults.
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Was Rain already Darth Bane's apprentice in 1010 BBY?
No. She became his apprentice during the aftermath of the Ruusan conflict in 1000 BBY.
Sources and continuity
Primary story: Drew Karpyshyn, Darth Bane: Path of Destruction; Darth Bane: Rule of Two. Additional source and continuity details. The entry is Legends; the selected illustrations are not literal reproductions of each event.
Legends · Late New Sith Wars
Rain's birth before Darth Zannah
Story evidence and chronology
Rain was born on Somov Rit around 1010 BBY and later became Darth Zannah, Bane's first apprentice. The significance of her birth is chronological. The destruction of family life during the final New Sith Wars and her later Sith training should be treated as subsequent developments, not innate traits at birth.
Society, coercion and institutional change
A future political identity can obscure a child's earlier community and vulnerabilities. Biography should not replace Rain's family relationships with the adult persona of Zannah. Conflicts around her later transformation raise separate questions about displacement, mentorship and coercion.
Sources, limits and artwork
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