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Mandalore
Mandalore is a planet home to a warrior culture known as the Mandalorians. Whereas many species and cultures don their name from their planets, the planet and the culture in fact are named after the progenitor of the culture. Originally settled by rogue warriors, the planet's colonization was led by a warlord known as the Mand'alor; while now a Mando'a word, the origins behind the original name "Mand'alor" are still debated by xeno-historians. The planet was named Mandalore after the original Mand'alor; historians debate as well whether the difference is spelling was to help aid a differentiation between the leader and planet, or the byproduct of a clerical error by the Republic. Regardless, Mandalore has been the name used by the planet's inhabitants ever since, becoming known as the warrior people, the Mandalorians.
The warriors that originally settled on Mandalore heralded from different warrior sects, a final sanctuary for exiles. As more and more exiles settled on the planet, fighting began taking place in the star system. Eventually, the armies of Mand'alor conquered the other sects and a treaty was signed to merge all the cultures into one. This accord took place on Mandalore's moon, and in response to this concord, the moon was renamed Concordia, an eternal reminder that these different sects became one, a harmony; the moon would become nexus for the isolationist House-like clan, Clan Bralor.
Clans and political factions known as Mandalorian houses spawned around this time, originally between the different warrior sects, though merging of the sects occurred over the course of the next few centuries. After a while, the Mandalorians were seen not as a coalescence of many exiled warrior sects, but as one people. Industrialization was lured to Mandalore through claims of supposedly near-invincible metal; by the time most companies realized it was a hoax, Mandalore already had its grip on industrialization. Eventually the Mandalorians expanded their territory, conquering the second planet in the Mandalorian system, Kalevala. Years later they colonized Concord Dawn, named after the initiative to continue the ways set during the Condordian accords. However, a people built on fighting were prone to internal conflicts. Several wars took place between Mandalore and Concord Dawn, as tensions built between whether Mandalore held full control over its sister star system.
During the sixth Concord Dawn war, a sect of Mandalorians banded together to form the Protectors. The Protectors enacted the will of the Mand'alor, swearing to follow every command given; this early zealotry in the Protectors led to public perception that all Mandalorians religiously followed the will of the Mand'alor.
Over the course of centuries, Mandalore became a staple in the Republic, an uneasy relationship forming. The Republic ceased to intervene at every conflict between the Mandalorian clans (as long as the surviving government remained loyal to the Republic), and the Mandalorians helped defend the Republic. Over a hundred years ago, during the Eighty-Sixth Concord Dawn War, the reigning Mand'alor was killed. Houses Kryze, Vizsla, and Genet were split on who the successor should be, all selecting their own candidate. Eventually House Genet choose to declare its clan leader as Mand'alor. In response, House Kryze and House Vizsla led an invasion of Concord Dawn to eliminate the heretical Mand'alor. House Genet fractured, with many of its people, except for ironically its namesake Clan Genet, fleeing out of Mandalorian Space; these rogue Mandalorians would eventually be known to the galaxy at wide as Mandalorian crusaders. House Kryze and House Vizsla then installed Clan Skirata as the new rulers of the Concord Dawn.
Mandalore's troubles were not over. The remnants of House Genet would eventually migrate to Ziost, and become part of the consortium that would become known as the Sacred Band of Ziost. When the Old Empire rose and attacked the Republic, Mandalore banded with Phindar and Bandomeer to forge the Border Alliance. Taking on the first wave of the campaign, the Mandalorians suffered greatly in the war. Fighting alongside others of the fledgling Border Alliance, Mandalore had front-row seats to the invading armies. However, through the cooperation of the Border Alliance, the Sith legions were fought back. However, it came with a cost. House Fett, one of the original four Mandalorian houses was practically eradicated, only Clans Fett and Tsuani of its fold surviving. The collapse of Fett was felt through Mandalorian society, a wake-up call that the Mandalorians were not invincible. Immediately Mandalore built strides to expand the Border Alliance in conjunction with Bandomeer. Mandalore became home to several training facilities for the Border Alliance, the planetary senator forging legislation to allow temporary transfers for soldiers to train at the Mandalorian complexes.
Unity and disfranchisement both occurred within the Mandalorian people. House Kryze and House Vizsla held an uneasy truce in its power struggles, forecasting that a new wave of war would occur, hoping to one day obtain revenge against its former House Genet brethren. However, decades went by with no conflict. The old guard retired and died, and a new generation came in. A new Mand'alor rose to power, one that had not seen war. A generation of complacency, in conflict with its own culture. Soon individuals began to rise, hoping to change the status quo and reclaim their birthright.
Presently, Mandalore is a core member of the Border Alliance, home to the auxiliary headquarters of the Border Alliance after Bandomeer. It also serves as the training nexus for several Republic militias. While the climate has suffered major storms in the last few decades, the terrain is currently hospitable. The planet is covered with forests, plains, jungles, deserts, seas, with polar ice caps. The capital of the planet of Mandalore is Sundari.
The warriors that originally settled on Mandalore heralded from different warrior sects, a final sanctuary for exiles. As more and more exiles settled on the planet, fighting began taking place in the star system. Eventually, the armies of Mand'alor conquered the other sects and a treaty was signed to merge all the cultures into one. This accord took place on Mandalore's moon, and in response to this concord, the moon was renamed Concordia, an eternal reminder that these different sects became one, a harmony; the moon would become nexus for the isolationist House-like clan, Clan Bralor.
Clans and political factions known as Mandalorian houses spawned around this time, originally between the different warrior sects, though merging of the sects occurred over the course of the next few centuries. After a while, the Mandalorians were seen not as a coalescence of many exiled warrior sects, but as one people. Industrialization was lured to Mandalore through claims of supposedly near-invincible metal; by the time most companies realized it was a hoax, Mandalore already had its grip on industrialization. Eventually the Mandalorians expanded their territory, conquering the second planet in the Mandalorian system, Kalevala. Years later they colonized Concord Dawn, named after the initiative to continue the ways set during the Condordian accords. However, a people built on fighting were prone to internal conflicts. Several wars took place between Mandalore and Concord Dawn, as tensions built between whether Mandalore held full control over its sister star system.
During the sixth Concord Dawn war, a sect of Mandalorians banded together to form the Protectors. The Protectors enacted the will of the Mand'alor, swearing to follow every command given; this early zealotry in the Protectors led to public perception that all Mandalorians religiously followed the will of the Mand'alor.
Over the course of centuries, Mandalore became a staple in the Republic, an uneasy relationship forming. The Republic ceased to intervene at every conflict between the Mandalorian clans (as long as the surviving government remained loyal to the Republic), and the Mandalorians helped defend the Republic. Over a hundred years ago, during the Eighty-Sixth Concord Dawn War, the reigning Mand'alor was killed. Houses Kryze, Vizsla, and Genet were split on who the successor should be, all selecting their own candidate. Eventually House Genet choose to declare its clan leader as Mand'alor. In response, House Kryze and House Vizsla led an invasion of Concord Dawn to eliminate the heretical Mand'alor. House Genet fractured, with many of its people, except for ironically its namesake Clan Genet, fleeing out of Mandalorian Space; these rogue Mandalorians would eventually be known to the galaxy at wide as Mandalorian crusaders. House Kryze and House Vizsla then installed Clan Skirata as the new rulers of the Concord Dawn.
Mandalore's troubles were not over. The remnants of House Genet would eventually migrate to Ziost, and become part of the consortium that would become known as the Sacred Band of Ziost. When the Old Empire rose and attacked the Republic, Mandalore banded with Phindar and Bandomeer to forge the Border Alliance. Taking on the first wave of the campaign, the Mandalorians suffered greatly in the war. Fighting alongside others of the fledgling Border Alliance, Mandalore had front-row seats to the invading armies. However, through the cooperation of the Border Alliance, the Sith legions were fought back. However, it came with a cost. House Fett, one of the original four Mandalorian houses was practically eradicated, only Clans Fett and Tsuani of its fold surviving. The collapse of Fett was felt through Mandalorian society, a wake-up call that the Mandalorians were not invincible. Immediately Mandalore built strides to expand the Border Alliance in conjunction with Bandomeer. Mandalore became home to several training facilities for the Border Alliance, the planetary senator forging legislation to allow temporary transfers for soldiers to train at the Mandalorian complexes.
Unity and disfranchisement both occurred within the Mandalorian people. House Kryze and House Vizsla held an uneasy truce in its power struggles, forecasting that a new wave of war would occur, hoping to one day obtain revenge against its former House Genet brethren. However, decades went by with no conflict. The old guard retired and died, and a new generation came in. A new Mand'alor rose to power, one that had not seen war. A generation of complacency, in conflict with its own culture. Soon individuals began to rise, hoping to change the status quo and reclaim their birthright.
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Presently, Mandalore is a core member of the Border Alliance, home to the auxiliary headquarters of the Border Alliance after Bandomeer. It also serves as the training nexus for several Republic militias. While the climate has suffered major storms in the last few decades, the terrain is currently hospitable. The planet is covered with forests, plains, jungles, deserts, seas, with polar ice caps. The capital of the planet of Mandalore is Sundari.
Culture
To the galaxy at large, two lines of though predominate perception about the Mandalorians. One believes the Mandalorians are the pinnacle of combat, to be feared. The other believes Mandalorians to be exaggerated. In truth, the Mandalorians are just a people, just like everyone else. They value honor and family. The Mandalorian hierarchy holds Mand'alor at the top, followed by the House leaders (the title of which has varied over the centuries, from alor to duke/duchess), then by the clan leaders of the subsequent clans. However, while this hierarchy is taught, it is not always valued. Not all Mandalorians respect Mand'alor and the House leaders, sometimes declaring themselves as Mand'alor in their stead. Mand'alor does not hold supreme authority it once held.
Combat exists as a pinnacle of the Mandalorian culture, due to its origins. The nature of combat varies between person to person, based on interpretation. Some view combat as a means of defending one's self and ensuring the protection of interests and culure and family. Others see it as a necessity, a means of testing one's potential or, in more extreme cases such as seen in House Genet, survival of the fittest. Due to the nature of combat in their culture, some disputes are settled in one-on-one combat, also known as the Mandalorian code. However, other disputes have been known to become more violent, leading to wars between clans and Houses.
While propaganda and legends view the Mandalorian martial arts as the best in the galaxy, that is not exactly accurate. In truth, the Mandalorian martial arts are a coalescence of different combative styles found in different cultures, a byproduct of the merging of different warrior sects centuries ago. The key in their arsenal in managing to defeat different opponents is less in the superiority of the martial arts, but the diversity found in the Mandalorian martial arts. This has spawned multiple schools of combat on Mandalore, with some focusing on marksmanship, while others, including House Genet, focus on swordsmanship; both tend to promote hand-to-hand combat as well.
In part of its role in the war against the Sith dominion, and due to its seat as a training center, there has been a rise in feelings of elitism towards other parts of the Republic and the Border Alliance. This in return has led to many planets viewing Mandalore as arrogant and barbaric. Still, many Mandalorians believe that combat should done directly, and not underhanded, though underhandedness is sometimes used. Its membership in the Republic has also bred views of unity in not just family and clan, but also with one's nation, the Republic (or at least the Border Alliance, in some cases).
No official Mandalorian religion has graced Mandalore. Sects have adopted the world, or born on the planet, such as the Transhodan Scorekeeper or the Mandalorian god Kad Ha'rangir, but no planetary religion has ever been officially recognized. A Force movement known as the Mandalorian knights rose during the Thirty-Third Concord Dawn War, but fell from power during the Thirty-sixth Concord Dawn War.
"Mandalorian crusader" is a term used vulgarly by non-Mandalorians to refer to House Genet and other Mandalorians disgraced from Mandalore, who no longer operate in the Republic. However, the term is rarely used by Mandalorians themselves, viewing the so-called Mandalorian crusaders inappropriate to all non-Republic Mandalorians, as not all non-Republic Mandalorians are part of the Ziost schism.
Mandalore is controlled by House Kryze and House Vizsla along with other elements of planetary government, though corruption has tainted the government over the years. House Genet, a Concord Dawn-based House, originally held dominance in Concord Dawn and responsible for causing many of the Concord Dawn-based wars. House Genet eventually fell from grace and fled to Sith Space where it helped found the Sacred Band of Ziost; its namesake, Clan Genet, remained loyal to the Mandalorian people, migrating to Concordia. House Fett was the fourth Mandalorian House, which collapsed during the last war; only Clan Fett and Clan Tsuani of that fold survived. Other clans include Ordo, Skirata, and Wren.
Combat exists as a pinnacle of the Mandalorian culture, due to its origins. The nature of combat varies between person to person, based on interpretation. Some view combat as a means of defending one's self and ensuring the protection of interests and culure and family. Others see it as a necessity, a means of testing one's potential or, in more extreme cases such as seen in House Genet, survival of the fittest. Due to the nature of combat in their culture, some disputes are settled in one-on-one combat, also known as the Mandalorian code. However, other disputes have been known to become more violent, leading to wars between clans and Houses.
While propaganda and legends view the Mandalorian martial arts as the best in the galaxy, that is not exactly accurate. In truth, the Mandalorian martial arts are a coalescence of different combative styles found in different cultures, a byproduct of the merging of different warrior sects centuries ago. The key in their arsenal in managing to defeat different opponents is less in the superiority of the martial arts, but the diversity found in the Mandalorian martial arts. This has spawned multiple schools of combat on Mandalore, with some focusing on marksmanship, while others, including House Genet, focus on swordsmanship; both tend to promote hand-to-hand combat as well.
In part of its role in the war against the Sith dominion, and due to its seat as a training center, there has been a rise in feelings of elitism towards other parts of the Republic and the Border Alliance. This in return has led to many planets viewing Mandalore as arrogant and barbaric. Still, many Mandalorians believe that combat should done directly, and not underhanded, though underhandedness is sometimes used. Its membership in the Republic has also bred views of unity in not just family and clan, but also with one's nation, the Republic (or at least the Border Alliance, in some cases).
No official Mandalorian religion has graced Mandalore. Sects have adopted the world, or born on the planet, such as the Transhodan Scorekeeper or the Mandalorian god Kad Ha'rangir, but no planetary religion has ever been officially recognized. A Force movement known as the Mandalorian knights rose during the Thirty-Third Concord Dawn War, but fell from power during the Thirty-sixth Concord Dawn War.
"Mandalorian crusader" is a term used vulgarly by non-Mandalorians to refer to House Genet and other Mandalorians disgraced from Mandalore, who no longer operate in the Republic. However, the term is rarely used by Mandalorians themselves, viewing the so-called Mandalorian crusaders inappropriate to all non-Republic Mandalorians, as not all non-Republic Mandalorians are part of the Ziost schism.
Mandalore is controlled by House Kryze and House Vizsla along with other elements of planetary government, though corruption has tainted the government over the years. House Genet, a Concord Dawn-based House, originally held dominance in Concord Dawn and responsible for causing many of the Concord Dawn-based wars. House Genet eventually fell from grace and fled to Sith Space where it helped found the Sacred Band of Ziost; its namesake, Clan Genet, remained loyal to the Mandalorian people, migrating to Concordia. House Fett was the fourth Mandalorian House, which collapsed during the last war; only Clan Fett and Clan Tsuani of that fold survived. Other clans include Ordo, Skirata, and Wren.
Infobox
Coordinates: O-7
Hyperlane: N/A
Climate: Temperate, cool.
Terrain: Forests, deserts, plains, jungles, seas, sporadic mountains/volcanoes
Rotation: 19 standard hours with a year of 366 local days.
Inhabitants: Primarily humans, with a few other immigrated species, including Transhodan; collectively known as Mandalorians
Resources: Few scattered metal deposits.
Government: Pyramid-shaped government with Mand'alor as ruler, followed by the Mandalorian Houses, and then the Mandalorian clans. Senate representation in the Republic. Several other planetary offices.
Technology: Galaxy standard.
Satellites: Orbited by moon Concordia; neighbor to planet Kalevala
Intent: I sought to create a coalesced article regarding Mandalore and the Mandalorian people on the site, to help people transition to new Canon, along with the inclusions of the Sixth Timeline history. It is also to help never members be able to get a taste of the Mandalorians and be interested in writing one. Especially as I hope to keep this up-to-date, to help keep the Mandalorian aspects on the site accurate. I also wanted to help stress that this Mandalore is pre-desertification.
Hyperlane: N/A
Climate: Temperate, cool.
Terrain: Forests, deserts, plains, jungles, seas, sporadic mountains/volcanoes
Rotation: 19 standard hours with a year of 366 local days.
Inhabitants: Primarily humans, with a few other immigrated species, including Transhodan; collectively known as Mandalorians
Resources: Few scattered metal deposits.
Government: Pyramid-shaped government with Mand'alor as ruler, followed by the Mandalorian Houses, and then the Mandalorian clans. Senate representation in the Republic. Several other planetary offices.
Technology: Galaxy standard.
Satellites: Orbited by moon Concordia; neighbor to planet Kalevala
Intent: I sought to create a coalesced article regarding Mandalore and the Mandalorian people on the site, to help people transition to new Canon, along with the inclusions of the Sixth Timeline history. It is also to help never members be able to get a taste of the Mandalorians and be interested in writing one. Especially as I hope to keep this up-to-date, to help keep the Mandalorian aspects on the site accurate. I also wanted to help stress that this Mandalore is pre-desertification.
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