Bane (disambiguation)
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Bane may refer to:
Places
Music
Fictional characters and groups
Other fictional uses
Other uses
Places
- Bane, Iran, a city in Kurdistan Province
- Bane, LebanonBane, LebanonBane is a village located in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in north of Lebanon as a very holy and spiritually dearly held location – The Valley of Qadisha.There are approximately 15,000 Bane descendants living in Australia,...
, a village in Bsharri District - Bane, NigeriaBane, NigeriaBane is a village in Ogoni territory, in Rivers State, Nigeria. Located within the Ken-Khana kingdom, Bane was the birthplace of chief Jim Wiwa....
, a village in Nigeria - Bané DepartmentBané DepartmentBané is a department or commune of Boulgou Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Bané. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 22,923.-Towns and villages:* Bané...
, one of the 13 departments of the Boulgou Province of Burkina Faso
Music
- Bane (band)Bane (band)Bane, a hardcore punk band, began as a side project between Aaron Dalbec and Damon Bellardo. Aaron approached Matt Firestone to sing and they played under the moniker of Gateway for a few shows, before Firestone departed ways to focus on other projects...
, a hardcore punk band formed in 1995 - Bane, a Joey Arkenstat album produced in 2004 by Mike GordonMike GordonMike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
Fictional characters and groups
- Bane (comics)Bane (comics)Bane is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 , and was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan. Bane has been one of Batman's more physically and intellectually powerful foes...
, an adversary of Batman - Bane (Matrix character), a character in the Matrix film trilogy
- Bane (god)Bane (god)Bane , is the god of hatred, fear, and tyranny and one of the main evil gods in the fictional Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, Forgotten Realms....
, a deity in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe - Bane (Harry Potter), a centaur in the Harry Potter series
- Cad Bane, a bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe
- Darth BaneDarth BaneDarth Bane is a fictional character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. He is first mentioned in the novelization of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and is thereafter consistently referenced in Expanded Universe material. He is a major character in the Jedi vs...
, a Sith Lord in the Star Wars universe - Durin's Bane, a Balrog, a fictional being from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Bane the Druid, a Guardian in the Legacy of Kain franchise
- Bane (Sarah Jane Adventures)Bane (Sarah Jane Adventures)The Bane were a huge species of aliens. They worshipped the Bane Mother who was also their Queen. They were led by Mrs Wormwood.-Rivalry with Sarah Jane Smith:...
, an alien race in The Sarah Jane Adventures - Prince Bane, a cunning 10-year-old human prince from The Death Gate CycleThe Death Gate CycleThe Death Gate Cycle is a seven-part series of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The main conflict is between two powerful races, the Sartan and the Patryns, which branched off from humans following a nuclear/anti-matter holocaust...
series, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - Bane (Pearlpelt), the enormous white rat leader intent on genocide in The Underland ChroniclesThe Underland ChroniclesThe Underland Chronicles is a five-part series of fantasy novels by Suzanne Collins, first published between 2003 and 2007. It tells the story of a boy named Gregor and his adventures in a land called the "Underland", hidden under New York City...
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Other fictional uses
- "Bane" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1
- Isildur's Bane, a term for the One RingOne RingThe One Ring is a fictional artifact that appears as the central plot element in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy novels. It is described in an earlier story, The Hobbit , as a magic ring of invisibility. The sequel The Lord of the Rings describes its powers as being more encompassing than...
from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Other uses
- Bane (plant)Bane (plant)The term bane was originally used to refer to certain types of plant. In the Middle Ages, a number of plants of the genus Aconitum were thought to have poisonous or prophylactic qualities, which would have dire consequences or liminal ones, like "Wolfsbane" or "Aconite." Aconite is thoroughly...
, a poisonous plant, name from the original meaning. - Bane ethnic group of Cameroon