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Basic info

	First appearance: Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game) Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game) (VIDEO GAME)

Known Facts (45)

Journey to the Promised Land (1) ť

Killed a number of Tarisian Outcasts

Rakghouls Study (2) ť

Killed a number of Scientists
Killed Soylon

Reconstruction Efforts (1) ť

Republic Operatives killed at least 60 Rakghouls

Early Warning (1) ť

Voidhound's Followers killed at least 20 Rakghoul

The Corpse Counters (3) ť

Rakghouls killed 5 Republic Archaeologists
Rakghouls killed Elihsu
Republic Operatives killed at least 10 Rakghouls

Pirate Medicine (1) ť

Republic Operatives killed at least 20 Rakghoul

Burial Grounds (1) ť

A number of them were killed by Republic Operatives

The Junction (1) ť

Barsen'thor's Followers killed at least 20 Rakghoul

Catalyst (1) ť

Fought Republic Operatives

AWOL (1) ť

A number of them were killed by Republic Operatives

Mission to the ChemWorks Factory (1) ť

Republic Operatives killed at least 20 Rakghoul

Rakghoul Invasion (8) ť

A number of them were killed by Taris Expeditionary Forces
Killed a number of Taris Expeditionary Forces
Wounded Taris Expeditionary Forces
Killed a number of Taris Resettlement Authority
Wounded Taris Resettlement Authority
Wounded Nelex
Barsen'thor's Followers killed 5 Rakghoul
Barsen'thor's Followers killed at least 15 Rakghoul

The Vault (2) ť

A number of them were killed by Death's Claw Hired Guns
Killed a number of Death's Claw Hired Guns

Rakghoul Release (2) ť

Killed all except one Project Quell Scientists
Republic Operatives killed at least 25 Rakghoul

Jedi Expedition to the Tularan Marsh (1) ť

Killed at least 3 Jedi Expedition Members

Mission to Transport Station 5 (4) ť

A number of them were killed by Imperial Recon Party
Killed a number of Imperial Recon Party members
Republic Operatives killed at least 8 Rakghoul
A Rakghoul known as Monstrous Tunnel Rakghoul was killed by Republic Operatives

Raid on Tularan Nuclear Power Plant (1) ť

Irradiated Rakghouls killed at least 20 Cozekk's Strike Team members

Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region (2) ť

A number of them were killed by Republic Operatives
Republic Operatives killed at least 5 Irradiated Rakghouls

Missing Link (4) ť

A number of them were killed by Deaths Claw Defenders
Killed a number of Deaths Claw Defenders
A number of them were killed by Republic Operatives
A number of them were killed by Republic Operatives

Future Threat (1) ť

Killed all 5 members of Commando Squad Seven

Operation Salvage (1) ť

Republic Operatives killed at least 30 Rakghoul

Suicide Mission (2) ť

Killed Cal
Republic Operatives killed at least 15 Rakghoul

Indelicate Operation (2) ť

Wounded Devon Race
A number of them were killed by Republic Operatives

The Search Begins (Taris) (1) ť

A number of them were killed by Republic Operatives

Summary

Rakghouls were a type of Sith-spawned mutants, engineered by the Sith Lord

Sith Lord
Miscellaneous
Ranks

Karness Muur. Desiring an army to rule over and seeking a way to cheat death as so many other Sith before and after him did, Muur forged a talisman that he poured his spirit and power into, one that eventually came to be known as the Muur Talisman. Muur's talisman could turn almost any sentient being near him into a mindless rakghoul which he could control, but he found that there were exceptions: Force-sensitives and certain alien species could resist the talisman's effects. Thus, Muur engineered the "rakghoul plague", a virus-like disease that could be spread by a rakghoul's bite or a scratch from its claws, and that subjected the victim to a slower transformation into a rakghoul. Jealous and fearful of his power, Muur's Sith rivals killed him, and over time, the Muur Talisman came to reside on the Outer Rim

The Outer Rim
Galaxy
Territories

world of Taris
Taris
Planet
where the rakghoul plague ran rampant throughout the world's impoverished Undercity, creating vast numbers of rakghouls.
Different strains of the virus manifested in different breeds of rakghoul - the smallest and weakest traveled in enormous colonies, whereas larger, smarter rakghouls often hunted alone. The virus mutated fastest when infecting new species, and slowest when rakghouls reproduced with other rakghouls.
The people of Taris would manage to put an end to the rakghoul presence on their world at some point prior to the year 19 BBY, and by the days of the Second Imperial Civil War, rakghouls were believed to be extinct.
However, with the Muur Talisman lay the ability to create new rakghouls, and the galaxy would see the return of the rakghoul when the oubliette belonging to the Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa was uncovered by Darth Vader

Darth Vader
(Human)
Character
Major Characters

, and the Jedi Knight

Jedi Knight
Miscellaneous
Ranks

Celeste Morne who had entombed herself and the talisman within for safekeeping nearly four thousand years prior, was revived. Morne battled Vader, but was no match for the skills of the Sith Lord and his stormtroopers

Imperial Stormtrooper
Organization
Galactic Empire Military

, so she called upon the talisman's power to turn the stormtroopers into rakghouls; outnumbered, Darth Vader fled, stranding Morne on the desolate moon she had awakened on with only rakghouls and the spirit of Karness Muur for company.
Several years later, Morne and the talisman would escape the moon aboard a Rebel Alliance

Rebel Alliance
Organization
Rebel Alliance

shuttle, turning the crew of an orbiting Imperial-class Star Destroyer

Imperial-class Star Destroyer
Starship
Starship Models

into rakghouls during her escape. Later, after her ship had been taken aboard a Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer, Morne turned the crew of the Iron Sun into subservient rakghouls with the power of the Muur Talisman. Morne and her rakghoul crew later came into contact with former Jedi

Jedi Order
Organization
Galaxy-Wide Organizations

Cade Skywalker

Cade Skywalker
(Human)
Character
Major Characters

, who convinced Morne to join him in his campaign against the current Dark Lord of the Sith

Dark Lord of the Sith
Miscellaneous
Ranks

, Darth Krayt (A'Sharad Hett)

Darth Krayt (A'Sharad Hett)
(Human)
Character
Major Characters

, after curing the rakghoul plague he had been infected with using his unique healing ability. During their attack on Krayt's forces, Krayt was killed and Morne convinced Skywalker to end her life and her suffering under Karness Muur's constant psychic presence. Skywalker then destroyed the Muur Talisman as it attempted to bind itself to a new host, effectively putting an end to the primary source of rakghouls.

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Known specimen


Ripclaw	Skull Eater

All the planets they inhabited

Taris

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SWM Knights of the Old Republic	Codex : Locations	Codex : Locations	Codex : Bestiary	Codex : Bestiary	Codex : Bestiary
Rakghoul	Sinking City (Taris)	Tularan Marsh (Taris)	Bogstalker	Nekghoul	Rakghoul
KOTOR48	CODEX_LOCATION_00013250	CODEX_LOCATION_00009841	CODEX_BESTIARY_00013415	CODEX_BESTIARY_00013538	CODEX_BESTIARY_00013514
	Tags (3) Taris \| Pirate \| Galactic Republic	Tags (3) Taris \| Pirate \| Galactic Republic	Tags (2) Bogstalker \| Taris	Tags (3) Nekghoul \| Jedi Order \| Sith Order	Taris
	Events (2) Destruction of Taris \| Taris Resettlement Initiative	Events (2) Destruction of Taris \| Taris Resettlement Initiative	Events (2) Destruction of Taris \| Taris after Destruction		Destruction of Taris

Codex : Lore	Codex : Lore	Codex : Lore	Codex : Lore	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
Environment of Taris	Rakghoul Disease	Republic Reconstruction	The Promised Ones	Republic Resettlement Zone \| Lower City Ruins (010)	Republic Resettlement Zone \| Lower City Ruins (020)
CODEX_LORE_00013506	CODEX_LORE_00013359	CODEX_LORE_00013210	CODEX_LORE_00013468	TARISR_00013217	TARISR_00013218
Tags (3) Taris \| Malak \| Scientist	Tags (3) Sith Lord \| Taris \| Reconstitued Sith Empire	Tags (8) The Outer Rim \| Taris \| Coruscant \| Malak \| Galactic Republic \| Reconstitued Sith Empire \| Republic Senate \| Revan's Sith Empire	Tags (4) Tarisian Outcasts \| QM-35 \| MAGTR-A01 Assassin Droid \| Taris	Tags (5) Taris \| Kira Carsen \| Jedi Padawan \| Jedi Order \| Republic Operatives	Tags (7) Taris \| Kira Carsen \| Jedi Padawan \| Jedi Order \| Skull Eater \| Rakghoul \| L1 Jedi Dual Lightsaber \| Republic Operatives
Destruction of Taris		Events (3) Taris Resettlement Initiative \| Jedi Civil War \| Destruction of Taris	Events (3) Journey to the Promised Land \| Destruction of Taris \| Taris after Destruction	Reconstruction Efforts	Reconstruction Efforts

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
Republic Resettlement Zone \| Lower City Ruins (040)	Republic Resettlement Zone \| Lower City Ruins (050)	The Sinking City \| Republic Reconstruction Grounds (080)	The Sinking City \| Republic Reconstruction Grounds (090)	The Sinking City \| Republic Reconstruction Grounds (100)	The Sinking City \| Crash Site - Burial Grounds (010)
TARISR_00013728	TARISR_00013729	TARISR_00009052	TARISR_00009053	TARISR_00013303	TARISR_00013320
Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul
Early Warning	Early Warning	The Corpse Counters	The Corpse Counters	The Corpse Counters	Burial Grounds

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
The Sinking City \| Crash Site - Burial Grounds (020)	The Sinking City \| Crash Site - Burial Grounds (030)	The Sinking City \| Dynamet Research Level (010)	The Brell Sediment \| ChemWorks \| The Junction (110)	The Brell Sediment \| ChemWorks \| The Junction (120)	The Brell Sediment \| ChemWorks \| The Junction (140)
TARISR_00013321	TARISR_00013322	TARISR_00013375	TARISR_00013647	TARISR_00013648	TARISR_00013650
Tags (3) Taris \| Forklift-Dozer \| Heavy Construction Crane \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris	Taris	Tags (3) Taris \| Binary Load Lifter \| Hovercart \| Rakghoul	Tags (5) Taris \| L4 Electroblade \| Barsen'thor's Followers \| Qyzen Fess \| Trandoshan \| Rakghoul
Burial Grounds	Burial Grounds	Pirate Medicine	The Junction	The Junction	The Junction

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
The Brell Sediment \| ChemWorks Factory (010)	The Brell Sediment \| ChemWorks Factory (020)	The Brell Sediment \| ChemWorks Factory (040)	Republic Resettlement Zone \| Expeditionary Forces HQ (040)	Republic Resettlement Zone \| Expeditionary Forces HQ (070)	Republic Resettlement Zone \| Expeditionary Forces HQ (080)
TARISR_00013411	TARISR_00013412	TARISR_00013414	TARISR_00013651	TARISR_00013654	TARISR_00013655
Taris	Tags (2) Taris \| Hovercart \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris	Taris \| Rakghoul	Tags (2) Taris \| Rakghoul \| Binary Load Lifter
Mission to the ChemWorks Factory	Mission to the ChemWorks Factory	Mission to the ChemWorks Factory	Rakghoul Invasion	Rakghoul Invasion	Rakghoul Invasion

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
Republic Resettlement Zone \| Expeditionary Forces HQ (090)	Republic Resettlement Zone \| Expeditionary Forces HQ (100)	The Brell Sediment \| Lake Brell (020)	The Tularan Marsh \| Shattered Pipeworks (010)	The Tularan Marsh \| Project Quell Research Lab (020)	The Tularan Marsh \| Project Quell Research Lab (030)
TARISR_00013656	TARISR_00013657	TARISR_00013441	TARISR_00009853	TARISR_00011946	TARISR_00013447
Tags (3) Taris \| Rakghoul \| Ripclaw \| Binary Load Lifter	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris
Rakghoul Invasion	Rakghoul Invasion	AWOL	Rakghoul Release	Rakghoul Release	Rakghoul Release

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
The Tularan Marsh \| Verdant Marshes (010)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 (010)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 (020)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 \| The Archive (010)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 (080)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 \| Zone Zero (005)
TARISR_00013449	TARISR_00013451	TARISR_00013452	TARISR_00013457	TARISR_00013466	TARISR_00013481
Tags (3) Taris \| Ferrazid Hound \| Rakghoul \| Tiffan Nye	Taris	Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Tags (5) Taris \| Imperial Transport (Sith Empire) \| Imperial Army (Sith Empire) \| Rakghoul \| Recon \| Sniper	Taris \| Rakghoul
Events (3) The Rescue \| The Archive \| Chasing History	Mission to Transport Station 5	Mission to Transport Station 5	The Archive	Events (2) Mission to Transport Station 5 \| The Arrangement	Events (3) Chasing History \| Mission to Transport Station 5 \| The Vault

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 \| Zone Zero (010)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 \| Zone Zero (020)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 \| Zone Zero (040)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 \| Zone Zero (050)	The Tularan Marsh \| Transport Station 5 \| Zone Zero (055)	The Tularan Marsh \| Rakghoul Lair (020)
TARISR_00013461	TARISR_00013462	TARISR_00013464	TARISR_00013746	TARISR_00013755	TARISR_00013537
Taris \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Tags (6) Taris \| Republic Operatives \| Jedi Order \| Jedi Padawan \| Kira Carsen \| L1 Jedi Dual Lightsaber \| Rakghoul	Tags (3) Taris \| Plug-6 Dropship \| Rakghoul \| Death's Claw	Tags (4) Taris \| Death's Claw \| Death's Claw Armor A19.3 \| L3.1.2 Rifle \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul
Events (2) Mission to Transport Station 5 \| The Vault	Mission to Transport Station 5	Mission to Transport Station 5	The Vault	The Vault	Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
The Tularan Marsh \| Rakghoul Lair (030)	The Tularan Marsh \| Rakghoul Lair (050)	The Tularan Marsh \| Infected Excavation Site (010)	The Tularan Marsh \| Infected Excavation Site (020)	The Tularan Marsh \| Derelict Swoop Tracks (050)	The Tularan Marsh \| Derelict Swoop Tracks (060)
TARISR_00013539	TARISR_00013542	TARISR_00013543	TARISR_00013544	TARISR_00013554	TARISR_00013555
Tags (2) Taris \| Rakghoul \| Jedi Order	Taris \| Rakghoul	Tags (3) Taris \| L4 Electroblade \| Nekghoul \| Rakghoul	Tags (2) Taris \| Rakghoul \| Nekghoul	Tags (3) Taris \| Death's Claw \| Portable Shield Projector \| Rakghoul	Tags (4) Taris \| Rakghoul \| Death's Claw \| Death's Claw Armor A19.3 \| L5M Rifle
Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region	Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region	Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region	Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region	Missing Link	Missing Link

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)	SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
The Tularan Marsh \| Abandoned Power Plant (010)	The Tularan Marsh \| Abandoned Power Plant (020)	The Tularan Marsh \| Abandoned Power Plant (030)	The Sinking City \| Sliding Plate (036)	The Sinking City \| Sliding Plate (040)	The Search Begins (025)
TARISR_00013556	TARISR_00013557	TARISR_00013558	TARISR_00013574	TARISR_00013516	TARISR_00006646
Taris \| Rakghoul	Tags (2) Taris \| Rakghoul \| Nekghoul	Tags (3) Taris \| Rakghoul \| Nekghoul \| L4 Electroblade	Tags (3) Taris \| Rakghoul-infected \| Republic Trooper Armor A03.2 \| Rakghoul	Taris \| Rakghoul	Tags (6) Taris \| Voidhound \| Rakghoul \| Republic Operatives \| Twi'lek \| KD-36 Bioweapon Dispersal Drone \| SEN-A01M Probe Droid
Missing Link	Missing Link	Missing Link	Suicide Mission	Events (2) Indelicate Operation \| Suicide Mission	The Search Begins (Taris)

SWTOR : Communications	SWTOR : Communications	SWTOR : Missions
Cera \| Finding Peace	Doctor Ryamn \| Doctor Death's Claw Says Hi	Disease Control
COMM_00013358	COMM_00013394	MISS_00006735
Tags (2) Cera \| Taris Resettlement Authority	Tags (6) Ryamn \| Twi'lek \| Death's Claw \| Medic \| Doctor \| Taris	Celanon
Events (2) Burial Grounds \| The Corpse Counters	Pirate Medicine

Full unit name: Rakghoul (Creature) Last updated: 13.10.2024 11:06:22