Karness Muur

"&mdash;And though the enemy brought great numbers to the field of battle, for every number, there is a negative. Their strength became my own. Their minds became my own. All flesh is my flesh. None move, save I will it. This is the rule the Sith were promised, and I have made it real!"

- from the Codex of Karness Muur

Karness Muur was one of the earliest Sith Lords of the old Sith Empire, creator of the Muur Talisman and the Codex of Karness Muur.

Physical life
The Sith Lord Karness Muur created the Muur Talisman to turn those in close proximity into mindless thralls for him to command. When the Talisman was found not to work on Force-sensitives or certain alien species, Muur further engineered the Rakghoul Plague, an infection which could be spread by those already under his thrall. With an army of multiplying creatures, Muur intended to use to them to rule the galaxy. He also created the Codex of Karness Muur around this time, in which he illustrates the power of his beloved Talisman and its use for the Sith. During his life, he had an enemy, another Sith Lord named Dreypa who created an oubliette to capture and neutralize Karness and the power of his Talisman.

Muur was one of the Dark Jedi during the Hundred-Year Darkness and escaped death at Corbos. He arrived on Korriban with the survivors, including XoXaan.

Spiritual existence
When Muur died, the Talisman was able to sustain its creator's spirit, thus allowing Muur to continue with his schemes with the Talisman as his tool, long after his death.

The First WatchCircle envisioned him during a memorial service for fallen Jedi Raana Tey. In this vision Karness Muur was leading an army of rakghouls, which he kept organized allowing them to use weapons and vessels. He was seen wearing the Talisman on his chest, and had a curved-hilt lightsaber hanging from his belt. In the vision, he was accompanied by a hooded person wielding a red lightsaber.

A suitable host
He was seen in another vision by Celeste Morne, after she had pulled Zayne Carrick out of the Muur Talisman's grip. When she asked who he was, he simply answered "the future". Because she was Force-sensitive, Muur's spirit tried to take control over her. He planned to leave the Mandalorian-held planet Jebble and spread his Rakghoul Plague throughout the galaxy using her as a host. Thanks to Zayne Carrick, Celeste realized that she was being corrupted by the Talisman and its' creator's spirit and asked Zayne to end her life. However, Zayne gave her another option, encasing her in stasis in Dreypa's Oubliette; stopping Muur's machinations and delaying his plans until a solution could be found to counteract the power of the talisman.

Four millennia later...
For four thousand years, Muur was contained with his host within the oubliette. It was soon found by miners. but eventually, when Celeste was woken up from her long stasis, she and Muur learned that four millennia had past and that the Sith now ruled the galaxy. When Morne dueled Darth Vader, Muur sensed the greater power within the new Dark Lord and began taunting Morne to accept death to escape his grasp while he cling to Vader as his new host, to slay Vader's master. Not willing to allow Vader to be possessed by an ancient power, Morne transformed the clone troopers into rakghouls, forcing Vader to flee. Muur was furious that the Jedi could use his power.

Two decades later...
For nearly two decades, Muur and Celeste were trapped on the desert moon, with the former driving the latter insane. Muur made her believe that Zayne and Vader abandoned her on the moon. But Muur once again saw his chance of galactic domination when a Rebel squad came to the moon on false information of an Imperial weapon. Seeing Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo and sensing them for what they were, Muur had his Talisman release itself and leap at Leia but Celeste caught it, not willing to let another suffer for what she went through. She reattached the Talisman to her neck, thus reimprisoning Muur within her again. Together, they escaped the moon in an abandoned ship.

A century later
More than a century later, Celeste captured the Star Destroyer Iron Sun, transformed its entire crew into rakghouls, and took it into a fractured hyperspace lane in the Deep core. But Karness was patient and knew that he would have to possess someone more powerful eventually, and when he did, he promised Celeste would die.

When Cade Skywalker boarded the Iron Sun, Muur could sense the great power within him. Muur became even more intrigued when Cade used his dark-side powered healing abilities to cure himself of the rakghoul plague.

Behind the scenes
In Dutch muur means "wall".

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 25: Vector, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 27: Vector, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 28: Vector, Part 4
 * Star Wars Dark Times: Vector
 * Star Wars Rebellion: Vector
 * Star Wars Legacy: Vector