Caldoren Frenla

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**Caldoren Frenla** was a male Mandalorian human verd'alor of Clan Frenla. He was known for his role in the Tion-Corporate Uprising as a war leader in the Old Coalition, bringing about the downfall of Ushara the Hutt's Protectorate.

## Biography

### Early life

Caldoren was born in 228 ABY and grew up on his homeworld of Deikon, a planet ruled by Mandalorians, where he was taught the warrior ways of his people. From an early age, he was tutored by an old Weequay soldier named Nexero Vohdek, and the two became inseparable friends.

In 242 ABY, at fourteen years of age, he and Vohdek went on a training mission supposedly intending to rough up some gangster thugs on Ventooine, a spice smuggling planet in the Outer Rim. However, en route Vohdek pretended that the ship was malfunctioning and "went down" on Dxun instead.

The elder Mandalorian sent young Caldoren toward a supposed colony for fuel, and once Frenla was safely out of sight in the dense jungle, Vohdek gunned the engines and flew off with the ship to complete his mission on Ventooine- the entire reason for Frenla coming along had been to send him on his first Beast Hunt in order to test his warrior skills all along. Verven had been given orders to leave the young Mandalorian on Dxun and pick him up on his way back from Ventooine, which would be two days at the very least. If Caldoren survived the Beast Hunt, then he would have passed his first test. If Caldoren died, Verven was to leave him; his family had no use for the corpse of a weakling.

When Vohdek returned, he found no trace of Caldoren. As he searched the jungle a short ways in, he was jump-attacked by a wild-looking man using only a vine rope and a sharpened stick for weapons. Caldoren had nearly killed Vohdek when the soldier gasped that it had been a test.
The two returned home with proud success.

It was not long after that Caldoren was proclaimed *verd'alor* ("leader-warrior") of his clan.

### Blockade and Chuu'ski Revolt

The newly arisen Chancellor Ushara Tavlijiis Orrt and his Republic, heavily corrupted by the Hutt Cartel, began sanctioning Mandalorian Space in 250 ABY. A year later, the Mandalorian capital and the hyperspace lane leading into the Mandalorian sector were blockaded.

The same year, Clan Frenla's colonial vassals, the Chuu'ski of Deikon, declared themselves free and began warring against their Mandalorian overlords while most of the seasoned warriors of the Clan were away deliberating with the Republic.

Caldoren returned and settled the matter with fire, but not before many family members and friends had already been killed, including his aging father, mother, and one sister. The other sister survived, but barely.

### Red Manta and fall of Ushara

With the aid of the Black Sun Syndicate and other powerful galactic players, the Mandalorian clans and their allies in the Tion and Corporate sectors rose up in defiance. The resulting union, called the Old Coalition, was headed by the Vigos of the Black Sun and Mandalore the Elder, with Caldoren himself serving as a close lieutenant.

The Protectorate soon responded with what Ushara thought to be an indefatigable all-out assault.

With the Protectorate offensive deep into the Corporate Sector and Outer Rim, Mandalore devised a quick plan of action. Gathering the bulk of his forces on Rhen Var, he allowed the assault to push through the Droid Ascendants and into the depths of his territory. Caldoren was among those tasked with shutting the trap with speedy efficiency. At the Battle of Farana, his elements of the Coalition shattered a Hutt fleet and sent the remainder packing to Coruscant.

Frenla was later present in the March to 112 Typreion Tower and the arrest of Ushara.