Bane

Bane may refer to:

Places

• Bane, Iran, a city in Kurdistan Province
• Bane, Lebanon, a village in Bsharri District
• Bane, Nigeria, a village in Nigeria
• Bané Department, one of the 13 departments of the Boulgou Province of Burkina Faso

Music

• Bane (band), a hardcore punk band formed in 1995
• Bane, a Joey Arkenstat album produced in 2004 by Mike Gordon

Fictional characters and groups

• Bane (comics), an adversary of Batman
• Bane (Matrix character), a character in the Matrix film trilogy
• Bane (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 Bane, 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), an alien race in The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Prince Bane, a cunning 10-year-old human prince from The Death Gate Cycle series, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
• Bane (Pearlpelt), the enormous white rat leader intent on genocide in The Underland Chronicles.

Other fictional uses

• "Bane" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1
• Isildur's Bane, a term for the One Ring from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Other uses

• Bane (plant), a poisonous plant, name from the original meaning.
• Bane ethnic group of Cameroon

See also

• Baneh, Iran
• Bain (disambiguation)