Muur Talisman The Muur Talisman was the first of the three Great Amulet s created by the Sith Lord Sorzus Syn . Designed for her fellow Lord Karness Muur , the Talisman had the ability to turn other beings into mindless thralls that were at the possessor ' s command . It was a powerful object of great antiquity and was mentioned in many Sith holocrons dating from before the Golden Age of the Sith . At some time the Talisman was buried in the Undercity of the planet Taris until 3965 BBY when the Mandalorian Pulsipher lead an excavation party to retrieve it . Upon its exposure , the Talisman latched onto female Jedi Master Celeste Morne and began to corrupt her before Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick sealed her and the Talisman in Dreypa ' s Oubliette where they both remained for about 4 , 000 years until 19 BBY . History . Origins . The Sith alchemist Sorzus Syn created the Muur Talisman for the Sith Lord Karness Muur , to enable him to create rakghoul s and to sustain his essence , granting him spiritual immortality . When his physical body died , the Talisman would seek out the most powerful Force user to act as his vessel and conduit . For centuries the Muur Talisman remained in obscurity . Many Sith Lords — including Naga Sadow — tore at each other to find it and claim its power for themselves , but the Talisman was never found , as if the Force itself did not want it found . At some point , its last owner had been crushed in a cave - in in the Undercity of Taris where the talisman remained for at least hundreds of years , spreading the rakghoul plague amongst the Outcast . As of 3963 BBY the Jedi Covenant speculated that the Talisman could be located in the Taris ' s Undercity . Jedi Master Xamar of the First WatchCircle was attempting to locate the artifact when they were forced to leave the planet following Zayne Carrick ' s escape . Rediscovery . Later , after the Mandalorian invasion of Taris , the Covenant witnessed a vision of impending doom related directly to the talisman and Zayne , Darth Vader , Luke Skywalker and Cade Skywalker . Celeste Morne was sent to continue the search on Taris , but arrived just in time to witness a Mandalorian excavation party led by Pulsipher retrieve the talisman . Pulsipher headed for Jebble and before he landed , he opened the case holding the Talisman , under the hidden eyes of Celeste Morne , Zayne Carrick and Marn Hierogryph , stowaways on Pulsipher ' s ship , the " Mar ' eyce " . Pulsipher stated his theories that the key to the Force are the objects , not the people and planned on unlocking the device ' s power to negate the Jedi ' s powers to further their victory . Celeste tried to make him throw it out the airlock , but under the Talisman ' s influence he was able to counter her mind trick . It attached to Pulsipher ' s arm and it began controlling him , even turning him on a fellow Mandalorian , leaving some glowing red marks on his comrade ' s armor chest plates . Those marks later turned the Mandalorian into a rakghoul and the plague spread throughout the Mandalorian ranks . The rakghoul plague spread faster than usual , transforming the victims into smarter , organized rakghouls , wearing Neo - Crusader armor and using weapons against Zayne and Celeste as the two Jedi attempted to stop the plague and warn the Mandalorians and Republic of the threat . When Pulsipher captured Zayne to interrogate him for the Talisman ' s secrets , it sensed the Padawan ' s Force - sensitivity . The Talisman detached from the Mandalorian , turned the rakghouls on Pulsipher , and attempted to attach itself to Zayne . As Celeste struggled to pry off the Talisman to save Zayne she called out to the talisman ' s attention by telling it she was a Jedi . Immediately , the Talisman attached itself to her neck . In that moment Celeste saw Muur ' s spirit appear where he told her that he was the future and she was his . Celeste then discovered that the Talisman gave her the ability to control the rakghouls . A suitable host . Celeste began to fall under the Talisman ' s evil corruption and sensed the plague ' s immense potential along with the presence of the spirit of Karness Muur in the Talisman . She pleaded with Zayne to end her life while she could still control herself , but the rogue Padawan had a better idea . He enclosed Celeste in an oubliette of the Sith Dreypa , hoping to bring her to Covenant researchers on Odryn to remove the Talisman . However , Cassus Fett bombarded Jebble with nuclear missiles and Zayne presumed Celeste dead and the Talisman destroyed . The Jedi Covenant assumed Zayne was corrupted by the Talisman and killed Celeste . Copies . When Zayne and his friends journeyed to the planet Odryn , Jarael , disguised as Celeste , and the Moomo Brothers pretended to carry the Muur Talisman , in order for them , Zayne , and Gryph to gain entrance to the Sanctum of the Exalted . A replica of the Talisman containing Zayne ' s lightsaber was crafted to improve on the image that Zayne was a Dark Jedi when Xamar brought him into the Draay Estate . However , Haazen immediately saw through the charade . Four millennia later . By 1 , 400 BBY , the oubliette was found by ice miners of Jebble . It was passed down by many owners , through blood and trade before it came into the hands of the crew of the " Uhumele " who were willing to trade it . But the Talisman and its wearer were freed from stasis by the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Vader who was looking for a way to overthrow the Emperor . But Celeste Morne attacked Vader and , using the power of the Talisman , turned his clone troopers into rakghouls , forcing Vader to escape and leave Celeste along with rakghouls and the spirit of Karness Muur on the unknown moon . Another century later . The Talisman had stayed on Celeste ' s neck for a very long time , even right into her trip into the Deep Core . She was determined to make sure that the Talisman possessed no one else . Thus , she eventually used its powers once again when she joined Cade Skywalker ' s entourage to kill Darth Krayt . She turned many Imperials at the Had Abbadon base into rakghouls to act as her bodyguard while they waited . Muur , in the meantime , played with the minds of her companions , giving Shado Vao a vision of him slaying Celeste and the Talisman possessing him . Emperor Roan Fel desired the Talisman to further his goals but a few of his Knights were losing faith in him . Soon , Muur ' s whispering annoyed Cade to the point where he threatens to send Celeste and the Talisman into a black hole . Destruction . Krayt took the bait , and traveled to Had Abbadon with his most trusted Sith Lords . The resulting battle saw the mortal wounding of Darth Krayt and the death of Celeste Morne . With Morne dead , the Talisman attached itself to Cade . But Cade proved to be above its influence , and used the Force to destroy it and Muur forever resulting in the extinction of the rakghouls and the end of the rakghoul plague . Abilities . Through use of dark side alchemy , any non - Force - sensitive that was struck by the Talisman became infected with the rakghoul plague and transformed more quickly than from rakghoul bites in the Under City of Taris . In addition to that under the command by a Force - user the Talisman could transform into rakghouls all suitable beings in much wider radius . The power of the Talisman also allowed its claws to become legs for mobility and bound itself to anyone who called to it . The Talisman also stopped all aging in its host , as exemplified by the lack of aging on the part of Celeste Morne from 19 BBY to 137 ABY . But the greatest secret concerning the Talisman was that it housed the spirit of Karness Muur , who could speak to nearby Force - sensitives and appear as an apparition to whomever was possessed by the Talisman . Behind the scenes . The Muur Talisman is also the logo for the metaseries . However , starting with the Dark Times section of the metaseries and continuing to , the logo was printed upside down for all issues . It is likely this was not a coincidence . In " Star Wars Galaxies " , the Muur Talisman is obtainable through the " Champions of the Force " trading card game as a loot card , when used it activates a buff . This should be however considered non - canon , as Talisman never left Celeste Morne .