True Mandalorians

The True Mandalorians was a coalition of Mandalorian warriors which opposed the reactionary Death Watch terrorist group during the Great Clan Wars. Originally comprising the Old Mandalorians — a segment of Mandalorian society committed to the continuation of the Mandalorian martial traditions, in contrast to the New Mandalorians that espoused pacifistic ideals and formed the contemporary government of Mandalore — the years preceding the Invasion of Naboo saw increasing polarization between the followers of the Supercommando Jaster Mereel, which adhered to a strict conduct as honorable mercenaries and a tolerant attitude towards the New Mandalorians, and those of Tor Vizsla, whose barbaric tendencies informed their virulent dedication to the deposition of the New Mandalorians and the restoration of Mandalore as a militaristic hegemon it had been during the Old Republic Era.
Tensions escalated as Vizsla's wing broke to form the Death Watch and conducted pre-emptive attacks on various targets, prompting Mereel and Duke Adonai Kryze to rally the standing army of Mandalore and a number prominent Mandalorian clans into the True Mandalorians in retaliation. As the resultant Great Clan Wars spread throughout the planet, and Mereel and Kryze were eventually killed by agents of the Watch, the mantle of leadership fell to Count Drezden Ordo, who managed to lead the True Mandalorians in a decisive victory over the Death Watch at the war's end, following which the coalition disbanded. Despite their nominal acceptance of the New Mandalorians, many True Mandalorians became disaffected with the post-war government, headed by the newly-invested Duchess Satine Kryze, when they decreed the retirement or exile of all Old Mandalorians, compelling many traditionalist clans, including those loyal to her father during the war, to depart from their ancestral homeworld.
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