Darth Sidious's doctrine was conceived to replace the Rule of Two, a doctrine he considered to have fulfilled its purpose by placing him in power, his Rule of One first proposed in his writing Absolute Power, in which the Sith would be embodied by a sole reigning Dark Lord—Sidious himself—who would live forever as Emperor of the galaxy with no need to train a replacement, only capable executioners of his will talented in the Force as dark side agents. These agents learned a smattering of Palpatine's abilities, and did not even take a fraction of his authority.^[1]

Darth Tenebrous, a Dark Lord of Bane's Order prior to Darth Sidious, calculated that the rise of "One Sith," a Dark Lord so powerful he would have no need of replacement, was inevitable.^[2]

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• Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side (real-life book)
• "The Tenebrous Way"—Star Wars Insider 130

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