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The Muur Talisman was a unique Sith Talisman created by the Sith Lord Karness Muur at a time near that of the Hundred-Year Darkness of 7,003 BBY. It had the unique ability to infect humanoids in the area into Rakghouls, and is believed to be the source of the entire Rakghoul Plague. Many non-human species, such as Snivvians, were immune to its power, as were Force-Sensitives. It also gave the wearer the ability to control Rakghouls, using the skills of the beast’s original form, and prevented the bearer from aging. It had the appearance of a golden scorpion, and could move of its own accord, to find a suitable target to latch onto.
Eventually, the Talisman was discovered in 3,965 BBY by a Mandalorian by the name of Pulsipher, who discovered some of its abilities before it abandoned him and Rakghouls devoured him when he arrived on Jebble. The Talisman wrapped itself to the throat of Celeste Morne, who discovered that the Talisman’s bearer was haunted by the Dark Side Spirit of Karness Muur himself. Intending to bring Jedi help to remove the Talisman, Zayne Carrick placed Morne in Dreypa’s Oubliette, a stasis chest that smothered the Muur Talisman’s power. Before Zyne could bring help, Jebble received a nuclear attack from Cassus Fett, burying the Oubliette, Morne, and the Talisman below a kilometer of ice.
The Oubliette was rediscovered by a mining expedition, and changed hands many times, the mystery of the sealed box that could not be opened driving the price high, until the Dark Times. After a war was fought over it, the crew of the Uhumele found it, but while trying to sell it, were betrayed and it fell into Vader’s hands on an unknown moon. Vader was able to open it, and when Morne, still alive, discovered the Sith Lord’s nature, dueled with him. When she was beaten, she chose to keep the Talisman’s power from Vader, and transformed his Stormtroopers into Rakghouls, who then chased the Sith Lord away.
Twenty years later, Vader knew Morne was still stranded, and tried to deal the Rebel Alliance a blow by baiting them to the moon where they would be killed or transformed into Rakghouls. Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa led the expedition, and after a battle with the former, Morne took a B-wing and left the moon.
One-hundred and forty years later, Morne, still as young as ever due to the Talisman’s power, joined Cade Skywalker, who eventually destroyed the Talisman using the Force ability known as Shatterpoint.
The Muur Talisman
The Muur Talisman enables Force-Sensitive bearers to infect all creatures within 6 spaces with the Rakghoul Plague (KotOR CG, page 223) as a full-round action. Make a Use the Force check, and substitute it for the normal +8 modifier of the disease as though all creatures within 6 spaces were bitten. Characters who are not humanoid or have the Force Sensitivity feat are immune. If successful, the creature is infected and the attack recurs every 5 rounds rather than every 5 minutes. Using the Talisman in this way increases the bearer’s Dark Side Score by 1. All Rakghouls are always Helpful towards the bearer, and can be directed by him/her, even to do things not in their nature (like wield blasters and protect others who aren’t infected) without a check of any type.
Additionally, the bearer does not age, and is capable of communicating with the Dark Side Spirit of Karness Muur.
If the Talisman is attached to a non-Force-Sensitive bearer, it can release him/her and search for another bearer to latch onto (treat as a Grapple attack). For game purposes, the Talisman is considered to have speed of 4 squares and a Grapple modifier of +10.
