Kaox Krul Kaox Krul , also known as The Marauder , The Dark Killer , and The Madman , was a Sith Lord and warlord of the New Sith Empire . He was a formidable warrior within the Brotherhood of Darkness and targeted as a threat by the Jedi near the end of the New Sith Wars . Krul was an avid supporter of Lord Kaan and had developed a mental link with the leader of the Brotherhood of Darkness , so that he could be summoned at great distances . As Krul fought with the Brotherhood , he became known for his brutality , hating the Jedi with a dark side - fueled passion . As the war pushed on , he was targeted for assassination by the Jedi Council , and the Jedi Crian Maru was assigned to hunt him down . In 1000 BBY , he was responsible for the destruction of the Duros colony on Harpori . Later that year , just before the Ruusan campaign , he was finally tracked down by Crian Maru and was subsequently killed during a Duel on Balowa . Biography . Early life . Kaox Krul was a devoted disciple of Lord Kaan , but his days before joining the Brotherhood of Darkness are largely unknown . Krul resented the Jedi for their devotion to peace and tranquility and believed them to be liars to their own true nature . Eventually , due to his talent in the Force , Krul was recruited by the Brotherhood to fight in the New Sith Wars . As a member of the lower echelons of the Brotherhood army , Krul fought in numerous conflicts , using his abilities in the Force and whatever weapons he could get his hands on . A mammoth of a man , Krul was an imposing figure on the battlefield , both very tall and heavily built . He was very formidable , and frightening to behold when angered , which aided him in exploiting his enemies ' fears to obtain victory . Eventually , Krul found himself in personal combat with an unknown Jedi . Krul ' s talent in the dark side allowed him to kill the Jedi , and he ripped the Jedi ' s lightsaber from his still - warm fingers , claiming it for his own . Krul replaced the weapon ' s lightsaber crystal with a synth - crystal that created a red blade . The Marauder . Equipped with his lightsaber , Krul began to make a name for himself on the battlefield . To remove what he called the " Jedi taint " of his acquired weapon , Krul began to slaughter members of the Army of Light with an unbridled ferocity . Krul ' s dark side fury during battle eventually caused him to be dubbed " The Marauder " . In campaigns during the New Sith War , Krul racked up more than a hundred kills with his lightsaber , causing the Jedi army to take special note of his formidable power . Elevating himself from a simple Sith warrior to a Sith Lord , Krul created a specialized suit of Sith armor . Protective padding and composite plates adorned with Sith symbols made up the armor , and they were arranged in a specific pattern of Krul ' s design . As a final addition to the suit ' s power , Krul used Sith alchemy to imbue the armor with dark side energy , providing " some protection from the abilities of the Jedi . " Krul found a worthy foe in the Jedi Karist Dem , and he grew to despise the Jedi over the course of the war . However , Krul ' s faith in the dark side proved successful , and he eventually overcame his rival on the battlefield . Krul slaughtered the Jedi warrior , as he was not known for his ability to turn opponents to the dark side . In fact , he had never been successful in turning one of his Jedi opponents away from the light side all the way up to his final battle . Krul ' s legend continued to grow when he personally killed the Wookiee diplomat Rojarra and led a team in slaughtering an innocent encampment of Duros on the planet Harpori , incidents about which he would later brag to himself . The hunt . Krul ' s reputation as a fearsome Sith warrior eventually led to the Army of Light assigning a Jedi to personally track him down and neutralize him . For this important task , a prestigious teacher at the Jedi Temple , Crian Maru , was assigned with bringing the violent warrior to justice . Along with her Padawan , Dree Vandap , Maru tracked the darksider in her ship , the " Golden Song " . For over a month Krul continued to wage campaigns of terror on Galactic Republic worlds , staying one step ahead of the Jedi Knight . Krul could sense Maru tracking him , however , and planned an ambush in the Balowa system . At the time of Krul ' s planned ambush , Kaan was summoning the Brotherhood to Ruusan to prepare for their final conflict with the Army of Light ; an order Krul ignored for the time being in order to eliminate his prey . As the Jedi freighter entered the system , Krul sneaked up behind the much slower ship in his sleek Sith fighter and prepared to open fire . Using the dark side to ensure that his aim was correct , Krul prepared to destroy his perpetual stalker . Unfortunately for Krul ' s planned attack , the Jedi sensed the maneuver and dodged the laser fire . However , some of Krul ' s lasers crippled the ship , and it began to spiral towards an uncharted jungle world . Yet Krul had planned to fly through the debris of the ship , and with the ship still somewhat intact , Krul ' s fighter collided with the large Jedi freighter , smashing the nose of his ship and disabling his own sensor array . Krul steered his damaged craft to the planet ' s floor as he watched the Jedi freighter crash into the jungle forest . Climbing out of his ship , Krul made his way to the crash point to eliminate the Jedi . From a tree above the crashed freighter , Krul watched as Dree Vandap climbed from the damaged ship . Jumping from the tree , Krul prepared to add another kill to his tally , but he was surprised when Dree countered his attacks . Before he could further duel the young Padawan , however , her master sped to the rescue on a speeder bike , knocking Krul to the ground and rescuing her apprentice . As the two Jedi sped away from the Dark Lord , Krul became infuriated and took up an unrelenting chase of the speeder bike . Using the Force to increase his speed Krul came within meters of the fleeing Jedi . Fearing he would be unable to keep up the pace , Krul swung his lightsaber at the speeder , cutting its main power cable . Unfortunately , the swing threw the Sith off - balance , and at his high speed , Krul tumbled to the jungle floor knocking himself unconscious . The severed power cable ensured that the speeder bike would eventually shut down , but the injury allowed the Jedi to move a great distance from their pursuer . Duel . Krul regained consciousness to find the Jedi long gone ; however , he resolved to hunt down and kill the Jedi pair . Tracking the group for two days , Krul eventually came upon the Jedi ' s disabled speeder and continued to track the Jedi through the jungle . Opening himself to the dark side , Krul sensed the Jedi hiding in a small cave and he made his way to the revealed location . When the Sith Lord arrived he saw that Crian was waiting for him near the lip of a deep jungle pool . The Marauder rushed to attack the waiting Jedi , and after a brief exchange of words , brought his lightsaber to bear against hers . As Krul and Maru dueled , Maru ' s Padawan appeared from the cave to make the fight two on one . Summoning the deeper reserves of his strength , he could block the strikes of his two opponents , but was unable to launch a meaningful attack at either . As the duel continued , Krul momentarily switched to a one - handed grip and Force pushed Maru into the lake before jumping behind her Rodian Padawan . Just barely keeping her off balance , Krul stabbed the Jedi from behind , killing her instantly . As Maru rose from the pool , she sensed the death of her Padawan , throwing her into a murderous rage . The duel continued for hours with neither opponent being able to get the upper hand . As both duelists tapped into the power of the dark side , the intensity of the battle burned the landscape around the jungle clearing . Krul ' s armor began to fall apart under the ferocity of Maru ' s attacks , and in an effort to gain a brief pause from the battle , Krul began to levitate himself over the jungle pool . Maru would not let Krul pause the fight and she jumped at her opponent . The two continued to fight as they levitated themselves above the water . In a last ditch effort to stop the furious Jedi , Krul asked her to join the Brotherhood , but the Jedi would not stop her assault . Krul managed to bring his lightsaber into Maru ' s chest just as the Jedi buried her blade in Krul ' s belly . Dying simultaneously , the two opponents plunged into the water . Aftermath . Following the deaths of the three warriors , the Jedi Knight Salen Toth arrived on the planet to answer the distress signal of the " Golden Song " . Arriving at the jungle pool , he found the dead body of Dree Vandap but was unable to locate Krul or Maru ' s bodies . Gathering the dead Padawan ' s remains he left the area , sensing the darkness of the pool . Due to the dark side induced deaths of Maru and Krul , the pool became a Dark side nexus . Personality and traits . Kaox Krul was a man driven by hatred . He was devoted to the dark side of the Force , and despised his opponents in the Army of Light with a rage fueled by the dark side . Although he followed the will of the dark side , he was equally devoted to his Dark Lord , Kaan . However , he had a mindset concentrated on murder and mayhem and the feelings were enough to override requests from his master . During his hunt for Maru and her Padawan , Krul demonstrated his proficiency in performing difficult Force techniques . His single - minded aggression allowed him to increase his speed tenfold and even levitate . Krul ' s mind was concerned with battle and warfare , and he found little time to dwell on much else . He was also not a complicated man , and unlike other darksiders , he did not delight in lording his abilities over beaten adversaries . One of Krul ' s regrets over his career was his seeming inability to turn his opponents in the Army of Light away from the light side and towards service of the dark . Krul finally succeeded in turning his opponent during his final battle with Crian Maru , but ironically , he died as a result . Behind the scenes . Kaox Krul was created by Bill Slavicsek for use in the short story , " Darkness Shared " , in " Star Wars Gamer 5 " . The story gave small glimpses on his background , but his story ended when he was killed at the end of the story . Krul had one further mention in 2005 ' s " The New Essential Chronology " . The book stated that Krul was a Sith Lord in the Brotherhood of Darkness during the New Sith Wars , but did not give any further explanation of his history .