Pulsipher Pulsipher was a member of the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders whose fascination with Force artifacts led him to unearth the powerful Sith relic known as the Muur Talisman during the Mandalorian Wars . Originally assigned as the assistant to the notorious Mandalorian scientist Demagol , Pulsipher reluctantly aided in Demagol ' s experiments on captured Jedi , believing the doctor ' s efforts to discover the source of Jedi abilities to be pointless — Pulsipher believed that the Force was a myth and Jedi powers were derived from magical possessions , and he became fixed on one in particular : the Muur Talisman , which be believed to be on the Outer Rim world of Taris . Pulsipher gathered a survey team and went to Taris in search of the artifact after the Mandalorians captured the world , and managed to unearth the Talisman deep within the planet ' s Undercity . However , after bringing the Muur Talisman back to the Mandalorian staging point of Jebble , Pulsipher realized exactly what he had gotten into . The Talisman , moving with a mind of its own , bonded with Pulsipher and transformed the Mandalorians around him into mindless rakghoul beasts that he controlled . Pulsipher embraced the power of the Talisman as a way to earn respect and unite all under the Mandalorian banner , but was killed by the mutants he once commanded when the Talisman abandoned him for a more suitable host , Jedi Shadow Celeste Morne . Biography . A Human male , Pulsipher served in the rampaging army known as the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders during their war with the Galactic Republic several millennia before the Battle of Yavin . After several years of cold conflict , Mandalore the Ultimate began the attack on the Republic in earnest in 3963 BBY . As the Mandalorians sped towards the Outer Rim Republic planet Taris , the Mandalore assigned Pulsipher to be an assistant to the notorious scientist Demagol in his experiments upon captured Jedi in an outpost on the airless world of Flashpoint — the two often clashed in their efforts to study the source of Jedi Force powers , as Pulsipher believed their abilities stemmed from their possessions . Pulsipher was present when former Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and rogue Mandalorian warrior Rohlan Dyre successfully faked a Republic attack , captured Demagol and convinced the Mandalorians to abandon their outpost , and was among those who escaped Flashpoint . Pulsipher was later reassigned to the Mandalorian rallying point of Jebble , where he was given his own laboratory at the top of the planet ' s Ice Citadel and toiled in vain to earn the same type of respect from Mandalore the Ultimate that Demagol had . Searching for something to make his name , Pulsipher deciphered a series of half - purged Jedi transmissions convinced Pulsipher that the rakghoul - infested wasteland known as the Undercity might contain an ancient Sith artifact : the Muur Talisman , which was enough for Pulsipher to gather a survey team and travel to Taris in the shuttle " Mar ' eyce " . After arriving on Taris , and after extensive mining activity in the Undercity ' s depths , Pulsipher found his prize : the Muur Talisman , buried under meters of rock piled up by a cave - in decades before . Pulsipher also managed to find several other Sith artifacts , including the life - preserving Dreypa ' s Oubliette , which he added to his haul . Thrilled with his find , Pulsipher gathered his team and returned to Jebble , finding only disrespect from the " real " Mandalorian warriors who welcomed him home . Pulsipher believed the Muur Talisman contained some sort of power , but was not sure exactly what it did — he learned when Jedi Shadow Celeste Morne , who was tracking the Muur Talisman and had stowed away on the " Mar ' eyce " , attempted to mind trick Pulsipher into throwing the artifact out the ship ' s airlock . Pulsipher ' s rejection of Morne ' s Force suggestion and resolution to keep the Talisman for himself triggered something in the ancient amulet , as the previously lifeless medallion began to move and fuse itself to Pulsipher ' s arm . Briefly overcome by the Talisman ' s power , Pulsipher killed one of his crewmembers with a single touch , and was frightened to realize he could no longer remove the Muur Talisman from his left hand . Afterward , several of his survey team had to help a weakened Pulsipher to the Ice Citadel , which had become the Neo - Crusaders ' headquarters on a world that was a staging point for millions of newly enlisted Mandalorian warriors . Although Pulsipher was hoping to quickly remove the Talisman and feel better , but he soon realized that the real power of the Talisman had already been unleashed , when the Mandalorians who had been with him on the " Mar ' eyce " began transforming into rakghouls and quickly spreading their plague to the people around them . The Mandalorian rakghouls — whom , as the holder of the Muur Talisman , Pulsipher commanded — quickly ripped through the uninfected Mandalorians on Jebble and converted them into mindless beasts . No longer afraid of the Talisman ' s power , Pulsipher instead saw a way that he could complete the Mandalorian crusade and bring every living being into his clan . However , he could tell that he had only scratched the surface of the Talisman ' s power . A stray transmission led him to Zayne Carrick , who had stowed away with Morne on the " Mar ' eyce " , and Pulsipher had his rakghouls capture the former Padawan in the hopes that Carrick could help him unlock the true potential of the artifact . Carrick refused to play along , and as Pulsipher threatened to place him in suspended animation within Dreypa ' s Oubliette , the Talisman began to move and separated itself from his body . No longer in possession of the Muur Talisman — which moved onto a more worthy host , Celeste Morne — Pulsipher was swiftly ripped apart by the same rakghouls he commanded only moments before . Personality and traits . Always finding himself in the shadow of Demagol or master strategist Cassus Fett , Pulsipher was driven by his desire to prove his worth and earn the respect of Mandalore the Ultimate . Pulsipher was best known to most Mandalorian warriors as Demagol ' s assistant and not as a " real warrior , " a label at which he chafed — Pulsipher saw his pursuits as just as important as military conquests , and that finding the Muur Talisman was an even greater prize than seizing Taris itself . His relationship with Demagol was an often hostile one , as while they shared an interest in the powers of the Jedi , Pulsipher believed their abilities came from magically - imbued objects , an idea that Demagol ridiculed . In turn , Pulsipher , who did not believe the Force existed at all , derided Demagol ' s experiments on Jedi , which he saw as completely pointless . Pulsipher ' s fascination with Jedi possessions drove him to pursue the Muur Talisman , taking it as self - evident that seizing the Jedi ' s magical tools would ultimately give the Mandalorians victory . After seizing and bonding with the Talisman , Pulsipher was initially frightened by the amulet ' s power , but soon began to see its potential as a tool to achieve the goal of unifying all beings under the Mandalorian banner and finally earning the trust and respect of the Mandalore . Despite that , Pulsipher never understood the true power or properties of the Muur Talisman , and died being ripped to shreds by a group of rakghouls he believed he still controlled after the Talisman deserted him . Pulsipher had blond hair that was thinning out by 3963 BBY , along with gray eyes and light skin . Behind the scenes . Pulsipher first appeared in " " , an issue of the " " comic book series , written by John Jackson Miller and released in 2006 . The name " Pulsipher " was an invention of Miller ' s , a result of him putting together " some creepy - sounding syllables . " After a brief appearance in " Flashpoint " , Pulsipher later reappeared as a major supporting character in the later story arc " " , which ran in 2008 . During his appearances in " Knights of the Old Republic " , Pulsipher was illustrated by Dustin Weaver and Scott Hepburn .