Mandalore the Avenger Shae Vizla was a female Human Mandalorian who gained notoriety during the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire . A ruthless bounty hunter , Vizla was often employed by the Sith Empire , who made use of her martial skills when undertaking the most risk - intensive missions . She assassinated Republic Senator Keenig , was part of the Imperial force attacking the planet of Alderaan , and launched a strike on a Republic political envoy , during which Vizla ' s brother was killed by the Jedi Master Aurei Eadon , causing her to develop an intense hatred for the Jedi Order . When the Empire launched an attack on the galactic capital of Coruscant , Vizla was contracted to disable the planet ' s defense grid , located within the Jedi Temple . In conjunction with a frontal assault by the Sith Lord Darth Malgus , Vizla infiltrated the Temple , proceeding to kill several members of the Temple Security Force . She successfully completed her mission to disable the defense grid , allowing Darth Angral ' s Sith armada to strike at Coruscant , and when the attack was over , utilized her jetpack to fly away from the Temple . During the Cold War Vizla retired from Imperial service and settled with her clan on Rishi , cooperating with the Nova Blades pirates to maintain civil relations in Raider ' s Cove . When the Nova Blades aligned with the Order of Revan , Vizla , nicknamed " Torch " by the locals , broke ties with them and settled on the Tracyn Island to stay clear of the Revanites . Approached by an individual looking for intel on Revanites , Vizla challenged the intruder in combat and only provided the information after she was defeated in a sparring match . Refusing to let her clan join the all - out - war , Vizla nevertheless traveled to Yavin IV to join in a fight against reborn Revan himself . After the Eternal Empire of Zakuul invaded the galaxy and Mandalore the Vindicated was slain in battle , Vizla was chosen as the next Mandalore and reluctantly took up the title Mandalore the Avenger . She united some of the scattered clans and led them in their first fictory against Zakuul in many months . Receiving an offer from Theron Shan , the new Mandalore assembled her people for a raid on Darvannis weapons factory to re - arm themselves . With her second - in - command Khomo Fett she met the Commander of the Alliance that opposed Zakuul , assigning him to work with scout Torian Cadera . Disabling the factory ' s shield , perimeter guns and other defenses , the Mandalorians moved inside the factory itself , with Vizla leading the assault . They were able to claim a large amount of weapons and deal a sufficient damage to the factory before Vizla ordered an organized retreat . After the battle , the Mandalore assigned Torian Cadera to act as her representative and liason within the Alliance , later joining it herself and making their partnership official . Biography . Early work for the Sith Empire . Shae Vizla was a female Human Mandalorian warrior who spent her youth during the time of the Great Galactic War . In her younger years , she was earning a living as a ruthless bounty hunter , taking high - profile jobs in the pursuit of money , without a care for her employers goals . Following the return of the Sith Empire from their millennia - long era of seclusion , and the start of the Great Galactic War between the resurgent Sith and the Galactic Republic , the Sith Imperials formed an alliance with the Mandalorian warrior clans , one that remained strong under the reign of Mandalore the Vindicated . Vizla ' s brutal assassination of Senator Keenig caught the attention of Sith Lord Darth Malgus , beginning her a partnership with the Sith Empire . Her exceptional skill earned her a reputation that found Vizla commonly employed by the Imperials for heavy - risk operations of a large and important nature . Vizla ' s skill and efficiency led her to join the Empire ' s biggest campaigns against the Republic . In 3667 BBY , during the heat of the Great Galactic War , Shae Vizla took part in the Sith Empire ' s attack on the peaceful Core World of Alderaan . Led by Darth Malgus , Imperial forces numbering hundreds of Sith warriors , several thousand assault droids , and a multitude of Sith trooper s strong , invaded the arboreal world . Despite these odds , the Sith were held off by the combined forces of the Republic ' s special forces unit , Havoc Squad , and a cadre of Jedi Knights that included Satele Shan . Shan personally engaged Malgus , defeating and wounding the Sith Lord , leaving him beneath the rubble of a shattered rock face . However , Malgus escaped and returned to the war , and Shan theorized that it had been Vizla who was responsible for the Sith Lord ' s rescue . Three years later , in 3664 BBY , Vizla was tasked with assaulting a Republic political envoy . During the course of the attack , Vizla ' s brother was slain by Jedi Master Aurei Eadon . The Mandalorian mercenary challenged Eadon to a duel , seeking to avenge her brother ' s death , but Eadon refused . This event caused Vizla to develop an intense hatred for the Jedi , though she kept the reasons behind her bitter feelings to herself . The Sacking of Coruscant . In 3653 BBY , twenty - eight years after the start of the Great Galactic War , Sith forces contacted the Republic , expressing a desire to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the war . As delegates from both sides met on the planet Alderaan to form a peace agreement , Shae Vizla was contracted by the Sith Empire to aid in their surprise assault on the galactic capital world of Coruscant . Tasked with neutralizing Coruscant ' s defense grid , located within the Jedi Temple , Vizla found herself again working with Darth Malgus , in addition to his Twi ' lek attendant , Eleena Daru . Once all three were in position at the Temple , and upon receiving Malgus ' order , Vizla infiltrated the ancient ziggurat via a high window over the Temple ' s main entrance . At the same time , a Republic shuttle that had been co - opted by the Sith slammed into the Temple ' s main hall and the Sith warriors within had rushed out to engage the Temple ' s Jedi defenders , in what may have been little more than a distraction designed to allow the Mandalorian infiltrator to go unnoticed . Inside , Vizla shot and killed several members of the Temple Security Force as she made her way to the security grid mainframe . There , she brought down Coruscant ' s defenses , and allowed for the Sith fleet commanded by Darth Angral to begin a planet - wide attack on Coruscant . Following the takedown of the defense mainframe , Vizla flew into the fray in the Temple ' s lower levels using her jetpack , where she was responsible for numerous other deaths , both Temple Security guards and Republic soldier s alike . In the aftermath of the battle for the Jedi Temple , and as the Sith stood victorious over the Jedi , Shae Vizla lingered outside the ruined entrance to the Temple , surveying the damage with her helmet off and held beneath her arm . When she was approached by Malgus , the two nodded to each other in turn . Recognized for her work , Vizla donned her helmet again , and flew away from the burning temple to await her payment from the Empire for services rendered . Retirement on Rishi . The Sacking of Coruscant led the Republic to sign the Treaty of Coruscant , marking the beginning of a Cold War , which lasted for over a decade . Vizla continued the mercenary work , over decades becoming a top - tier in her profession , and her list of victories eventually surpassed that of Mandalore the Vindicated himself . Following years of success , Shae started taking fewer and fewer contracts as she became the leader of Clan Vizla . Be the time hostilities between the Republic and the Sith Empire erupted in a new Galactic War , Vizla and her clan had almost completely withdrawn from galactic events , settling on the remote planet of Rishi . There , they established a base on the Tracyn Island , on which the warriors could train against each other in the arenas or against the local beasts in the wilderness . Vizla carefully avoided the war and distanced herself from other Mandalorians , although their presence on Rishi was not a secret to the locals , who nicknamed her " Torch " . Clan Vizla helped the Nova Blades pirates have a good relationship with the people of Raider ' s Cove and later , when the Order of Revan came to Rishi at some point after 3642 BBY , briefly allied with them . Vizla and her clan introduced the Revanites to Nova Blades and helped them win a few small engagements , but as their motives to manipulate the Empire - Republic war to their own end came to light , Vizla withdrew her clan from the partnership . By 3638 BBY the Revanites and the Nova Blades have amassed an entire fleet of warships on Rishi . An associate of Theron Shan and Lana Beniko who were working against the Revanites learned about the involvement " Torch " from the files of Dael Margok , the Nova Blades captain , and traveled to Tracyn Island to ask her for more information . The shuttle was shut down on the approach and Vizla observed as the outsider set foot on the island , sending a team of her warriors against them . To her surprise , the intruder prevailed and made it inside her Clan ' s compound , so Vizla set them against several of the beast her Clan had kept in there . The outsider prevailed once more and Vizla ordered a Mandalorian couple of Jos and Valk Beroya to test them in the arena . The two were defeated and Vizla , deciding that the fresh face was a worthy challenge for herself , met them at the nearby lava lake , refitted into a battleground . When asked for information about the Revanites and the Nova Blades , Vizla instead demanded a challenge and engaged the intruder . After a prolonged fight , Vizla was beaten , though she complimented her opponent on a decent fight , declaring that it felt good . Feeling that the information was earned , Vizla revealed the existence of the Revanite fleet on Rishi and provided her opponent with a speeder to take them back to Raider ' s Cove to replace the destroyed shuttle . Before departing , Vizla ' s opponent asked her to join the fight against the Revanites , but the Mandalorian passed , explaining that she had her fill of war and preferred going toe - to - toe against single strong opponents . Vizla ' s information soon caused the Battle of Rishi , in which the Revanite fleet was neutralized and a Coalition between Imperial and Republic forces was formed to take down Revan himself . Learning about this , Vizla traveled to the moon of Yavin 4 , where she arrived just in time to join an unlikely union of people such as Grand Master of the Jedi Order Satele Shan and a member of the Dark Council member Darth Marr in a stand against Revan himself . A prolonged fight ensued , in which Revan was defeated and subsequently became one with the Force , though this also led to the revivial of the Sith Emperor . Vizla then departed from Yavin , though not before renegotiating her Imperial contract with Darth Marr , telling him to let her know where the next fight will be . Mandalore the Avenger . The Coalition led by Darth Marr continued their hunt for the former Sith Emperor , which led to the first skirmish with the Eternal Fleet and the subsequent Zakuul an Eternal Empire conquest of the galaxy . The Mandalorians fought back and Clan Lok was hit hard in return , as Mandalore the Vindicated himself led his forces on the frontlines and was ultimately killed in combat with the Skytrooper s . After the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire signed treaties with the Eternal Empire , many of the Core Worlds were blockaded by the Eternal Fleet and the Star Fortress es , trapping almost half of Mandalorian clans on those worlds . Most of the other clans had scattered , with Clan Vizla surviving better than most . Her reputation legendary even by Mandalorian standards , Shae Vizla was chosen by leaderless Mandalorians as their new commander and ' Mandalore the Avenger ' , a title she reluctantly accepted . The new position was not an easy one for Vizla , who spend most of her life as a lone hunter and had very little experience leading people , much less an entire culture . She had to quickly adapt to bring together her people who were beaten down after years of opposing Zakuul , yet her very first battle as Mandalore the Avenger was the clans ' first victory in six months . In 3632 BBY Vizla was contacted by an old acquaintance Theron Shan from the Mestani sector , who offered her and the clans a chance to strike against Zakuul by assembling a raid on Darvannis weapons factory , a target by taking which Mandalorians could re - arm themselves for the first time in years . Assembling a dozen of clans , including Fett , Chorn , Beroya as well as her own , Mandalore Vizla traveled to Darvannis and laid siege to the factory , placing rotating assault teams of two hundred commandos each around it . There , Vizla and her second - in - command Khomo Fett were joined by the Commander of the Alliance that opposed Zakuul - Vizla ' s old acquaintance from Rishi . Vizla asked the scout Torian Cadera to join the Commander in the recapturing of the factory ' s perimeter guns , while the forward team led by Breyer Chorn went to take down the energy shield . That wave of assault alone took the lives of twenty - eight warriors , but in the end the factory ' s shields went down and the inner ring of defenses suffered severe damage . The light day coming to close , Mandalorians held a Mandalorian Death Ceremony for the fallen , while celebrating their own survival during the night . The next morning , Shae Vizla and Khomo Fett planned an assault on the factory ' s power stations , after which they were ready to move inside the factory itself . Vizla shared her battle plan with the Alliance Commander , who added to it by providing the factory ' s inner schematics , recently procured by Theron Shan . Vizla gave a rallying cry to her warriors and went to lead the assault herself , while Torian Cadera and the Commander went to retrieve the GEMINI Prime , the reason the Alliance decided to attack the factory in the first place . Inside the factory , the Mandalorians encountered resistance , but were able to claim a large amount of weapons and deal a sufficient damage to the factory before Vizla ordered an organized retreat . In the aftermath , Vizla assigned Torian Cadera to act as her representative and liason within the Alliance , while sharing with the Commander her concern that her warriors would want to reclaim their honor fighting more than droids in the near future . After the Alliance Commander was able to strike a massive blow against the Eternal Empire by dethroning Emperor Arcann , the Mandalorians became eager to join their cause . Having her people ' s support , Vizla decided to make the partnership official and traveled to the Alliance base on Odessen , formally adding her strength and that of her warriors to the Alliance ' s cause . The Mandalorians , led by Torian Cadera , would go on to fight in the liberation of Voss and defend the Alliance base during Vaylin ' s Assault on Odessen . Personality and traits . With long red hair , fair skin , and hazel - colored eyes , Vizla ' s soft features belied her physical prowess , which she preferred to enhance with the use of customized armor . Vizla was an extremely skilled warrior , as noted by the Sith Lord Darth Malgus , and was capable of gracefully wielding her armor ' s numerous weapons while maintaining flight via her jetpack during battle . She was comfortable removing her helmet while in the presence of others , but was not so forthcoming as to tell Darth Malgus her name during the times in which they worked together . A Mandalorian mercenary , Shae Vizla fought for the promise of credits , selling her martial services for money with little care for the interests and goals of her employers . However , she possessed a personal hatred for Jedi , that stemmed from the death of her brother at the hands of Jedi Master Aurei Eadon . Vizla was closed - lipped on the reasons behind her feelings toward the Jedi ; despite her hatred , following the sacking of their Coruscant temple , Vizla dispassionately surveyed the damage that had been inflicted by the Sith . In her later years Vizla gained a dislike for war , considering it to be boring , as she preferred to fight battles that were interesting instead of random killing . Her fate for the Jedi has also subsided , and she had no problem working alongside one of them when required . After becoming the new Mandalore , her goals focused on ensuring the Mandalorian ' s survival , leading her to have concerns about her right hand Khomo Fett as she knew he would want to bring back glory days of the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders . Equipment . Shae Vizla wore Mandalorian armor of a primarily gray coloration , over a black flight suit . Her full - faced helmet differed from tradition in that it did not feature a T - shaped visor . Vizla made use of a jetpack possessing two individual thrusters that allowed her periods of sustained flight , and owned at least two blasters , including one blaster pistol that fired red bolts of plasma , that she was known to wield with deadly accuracy . In addition to boots and a utility belt , Shae Vizla also benefited from her armor ' s gauntlet s , the left of which was equipped with a hologram projector . Both gauntlets housed miniature flamethrowers capable of producing powerful streams of fire , and each was mounted with wrist rocket launcher s that fired deadly projectiles . Behind the scenes . Shae Vizla was introduced in the promotional material for " " video game . She first appeared in the " Deceived " cinematic trailer released June 1 , 2009 , in which she had no lines of dialogue , and was not initially named . A bounty hunter wearing armor similar to Vizla ' s , though not initially identified as her , was also seen in the second of " The Old Republic " trailers entitled " Hope " , released on June 14 , 2010 . The character remained unnamed until an update on " The Old Republic " website featuring a Gentle Giant Studios statue of the bounty hunter with a promotional blurb revealing her name , and it was only with the release of " The Journal of Master Gnost - Dural " that Vizla ' s appearance in the " Hope " trailer was confirmed . She later appeared in the " " novel , while expanded on the events shown in the " Deceived " trailer . Shae Vizla was also featured in various promotional images as is the archetype character for " The Old Republic " bounty hunter class , though in some of the concept art she is depicted holding a blaster rifle , a weapon not available to the Bounty Hunter class in - game . Despite her prominence in the pre - release material , Vizla was completely abscent from the game at the time of its launch in December , 2011 and did not make another appearance until the release of the " " expansion three years after that . Her appearance in the expansion was foreshadowed in a short story " Bedtime on Concordia " released on the game ' s website , which mentioned that Vizla withdrew from the major galactic events at some point in the past . Voiced by Sumalee Montano , Shae Vizla appears as a final boss of the " Blood Hunt " flashpoint ; along with Jos and Valk Beroya she is the only in - game boss who does not die in - story after being defeated in a promiment group encounter . She also returns for the fight against Revan on Yavin 4 at the end of the expansion ' s story . Vizla was then featured prominently in the " " Chapter XIV : Mandalore ' s Revenge , which established her as the new Mandalore and debuted the new look of her armor . During the chapter the player can make a Dark Side choice not to share the factory plans with Vizla , which causes significant Mandalorian losses during the attack on the factory , after which player can make another Dark Side choice to undermine her authority in front of the Mandalorians . Both her original armor and Mandalore the Avenger ' s armor are available to players from the Cartel Market packs . Shae Vizla was made available as a companion character exclusively to players who were subscribed on October 25 , 2016 in the " " expansion . She can be used in - game by eligible characters starting at level 1 , but story - wise she only joins the player ' s Alliance after the completion of " " Chapter XIV . If the player made dark side choices in it , Vizla will note that her position with the clans is weak and joining the Alliance is only way for her to prove her strength . Shae Vizla also possesses a surname similar to Tor and Pre Vizsla , established members of the Mandalorian Clan Vizsla . To date , there has been no confirmation of any link between the characters , and Shae ' s surname lacks the letter " s " present in the names of the other two individuals . Curiously , the name of Gen Vizla , another member of Shae ' s Clan Vizla is spelled " Vizsla " in German and French versions of the game client .