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THE TAUNG
The Taungs were an ancient species of humanoid simians. Indigenous to the Core World of Coruscant, the two-meter-tall, gray-skinned Taungs were warriors from youth, and viewed battle as a source of honor both for the individual and their gods. Famous for their struggles against the Human Battalions of Zhell prehistoric Coruscant's other major power the Taungs waged war against their enemies for hundreds of years. When a powerful volcano erupted and devastated the Zhell, spewing ash into the sky with such density it blocked out the light of Coruscant's sun, the Taungs labeled themselves the "Warriors of the Shadow", or Dha Werda Verda in their language. Despite their loss, the Zhell eventually managed to drive the Taungs from Coruscant, and the defeated Taungs fled to the planet Roon, located in the Outer Rim. There they remained for millennia, until legendary Mandalore the First led the Taungs to conquer a new world which they named Mandalore in honor of their leader, and the Taungs subsequently recast themselves as the Mandalorians or Mando'ade "Sons and Daughters of Mandalore."
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As the newly entitled Mandalorians, the Taungs set out to conquer the worlds around their new home, their nomadic nature and worship of war driving them crusading outward as they increased their territory. Under the rule of Mandalore the Indomitable, another Taung warlord following in the leadership tradition established by Mandalore the First, the Taungs began to take in beings of other species into their culture, transforming what it meant to be Mandalorian forever after. This willing acceptance of other beings peaked during the Mandalorian Wars, when Mandalore the Ultimate led the Mandalorians on a campaign against the military forces of the Galactic Republic. Though initially victorious, the intervention of the Jedi Knight Revan and his loyal Jedi followers turned the tide of the war against the Mandalorians, culminating with the devastation of the planet Malachor V. The Taung race had suffered heavy losses during the war, and by its end, were generally believed to have drifted into extinction, survived by the legacy of the Mandalorian culture they had passed on, that remembered the Taungs as the Progenitors.
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This is why majority of mandalorian helmets are T visors, for Taung
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As the newly entitled Mandalorians, the Taungs set out to conquer the worlds around their new home, their nomadic nature and worship of war driving them crusading outward as they increased their territory. Under the rule of Mandalore the Indomitable, another Taung warlord following in the leadership tradition established by Mandalore the First, the Taungs began to take in beings of other species into their culture, transforming what it meant to be Mandalorian forever after. This willing acceptance of other beings peaked during the Mandalorian Wars, when Mandalore the Ultimate led the Mandalorians on a campaign against the military forces of the Galactic Republic. Though initially victorious, the intervention of the Jedi Knight Revan and his loyal Jedi followers turned the tide of the war against the Mandalorians, culminating with the devastation of the planet Malachor V. The Taung race had suffered heavy losses during the war, and by its end, were generally believed to have drifted into extinction, survived by the legacy of the Mandalorian culture they had passed on, that remembered the Taungs as the Progenitors.
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This is why majority of mandalorian helmets are T visors, for Taung
MANDO'A
MANDO'A (PRONOUNCED MANDO-UH)
Mando'a, sometimes referred to simply as Mandalorian, was the primary language spoken by the Mandalorian culture. Elements of Mando'a were taken from the language of the ancient Taungs of Coruscant, from which the culture stemmed, evolving over time to become something unique.
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The origins of Mando'a were believed to have lain with the language of the Taungs, an ancient race of Humanoid simians that originated on Coruscant in the time before the Galactic Republic's formation. The Taungs were driven from Coruscant by the Human Battalions of Zhell after a lengthy war, and under the leadership of Mandalore the First, conquered a new planet they named Mandalore in their leader's honor, becoming the first Mandalorians—or Mando'ade, "Children of Mandalore" in Mando'a. Despite this direct lineage, and the fact that the Taungs spoke an archaic dialect that evolved into the later Mando'a, contemporary Mando'a contained unique elements unlike any found in other galactic languages. Mando'a had no grammatical cases, only two forms for a verb to take, a tense prefix system, and simplistic rules for forming adjectives from nouns and verb stems. Spelling and punctuation forms were optional, decided upon by the preference of the individual speaker—"jagyc" and "jagla", for instance, were both correct ways of saying "masculine."
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To understand and be able to speak Mando'a was one of the Resol'nare, the six central tenets that an individual had to observe in their daily life should they wish to be a Mandalorian. This respect for the language, along with Mando'a's natural flexibility, meant that words drawn from other languages were a rarity, and Mando'a changed very little throughout the centuries in spite of the many languages the Mandalorians learned to speak, and the vast influence from alien cultures. If a new word for a thing or concept was needed, Mandalorians would typically draw upon the existing Mando'a vocabulary to form an appropriate term. Mando'a was an agglutinative language, meaning that many words were formed by combining two or more others, without changing their form, to create a new word with a new meaning. An example of this was the term dar'jetii, which is a combination of the Mando'a words dar, meaning "no longer", and jetii, the Mandalorian word for Jedi. Literally translated, dar'jetii meant "no longer a Jedi", but was mostly used contextually to mean "Sith." However, hut'tuun—the Mandalorian word for "coward"—found its roots in the common Mandalorian dislike for Hutts, specifically their tendency to hire others to handle their martial needs in their stead.
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Concordian, the language spoken on both the planet Concord Dawn and Mandalore's moon, Concordia, was a dialect of Mando'a. As such, though they differed in certain aspects, the two languages were mutually intelligible, meaning that they were similar enough that an individual speaking one could easily converse with someone speaking the other. The dialect spoken by the Human child Sasha ot Sulem in 3956 BBY, following the girl's kidnapping and her time living among the Mandalorians on Dantooine, was believed by the Jedi Knight Revan to be a jumbled off-shoot of Mando'a.
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Mando'a was a primarily spoken language, rather than a written one, and was thus an expressive language that was often thought of as easy to learn, a trait highly desirable in a culture that regularly adopted adults from numerous races and species. The language's grammar was relatively uncomplicated, but there were elements that necessitated adjustments for a speaker of Basic, including Mando'a's expression of tense, and its gender-neutrality. Because Mandalorians believed in living their history, along with the idea that a tomorrow was not always a certainty, past and future tense were colloquially done away with. Instead, the prefixes ru for "past", and ven for "future", were used in place of the more widely-used tense forms. There was also no passive verb form in Mando'a; a verb was either active or simply absent from the statement.
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Furthermore, infinitive verbs ended in -ir, -ar, -ur, -or, or -er. To produce the stem, removing the "r" at the end was all that was required. Ni vorer was incorrect, but Ni vore—meaning "I accept" and using the inflected form—was correct. Oftentimes, an apostrophe—known in Mando'a as a beten, or "sigh"—was used to separate the terminal vowel, indicating the slight glottal pause of some Mandalorian accents. Other uses for the beten were as an indication of a breath, for pronunciation, or a sign of a dropped letter or letters in a contraction. For instance, the sentence "I carry a saber" could be translated in Mando'a as the formal ni juri kad, or the pronunciation-marked ni jur'i kad, since the emphasis was placed on the second syllable in the word juri, and even the more commonly contracted ni jur'kad. Dropping a terminal vowel when conjugating was quite common, especially in Mandalorian poetry and song. Occasionally, certain verbs would be left out all together, and instead implied via word order. While this tendency to forgo certain words could be confusing to Basic speakers, and make the language appear abrupt, the militaristic Mandalorians had largely assumed the concise speech common in military orders. Whereas the literal translation for "It's good" would be bic cuyi jate, a Mandalorian was much more likely to just say jate, or "good", instead.
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Due to Mando'a's nature as a gender-neutral language, gender was implied by context. Buir meant both "mother" and "father", just as "son" and "daughter" were both represented by the word ad. When it was necessary to specify gender, the adjectives of jagyc or dalyc—male and female, respectively—would be added. This grammatical system was a rarity for a language spoken by beings who reproduced sexually.
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To form a question, the interrogative prefix tion was placed at the beginning of a sentence. While Gar verborad'ni meant "You are hiring me", the addition of the tion prefix placed before gar would turn the previous statement into the question, "Are you hiring me?" Another example of a meaningful prefix was ke, which was drawn from the Mando'a word for "order", or ke'gyce, and was placed at the start of a sentence to indicate a command. In order to create the negative form in Mando'a, the prefix n', nu, nu', or ne was added before either the sentence or the individual word. Ne'briikase meant "unhappy", while Nu'ni juri kad meant "I don't carry a saber". When forming a plural, -e was added to the end of words ending in consonants, while -se was added to the end of words ending in a vowel. As with most languages, there were exceptions to the rule, such as in the case of gett becoming gett'se. Originally, the indication of a plural was done with an -a suffix rather than an -e, a practice that went away over time.
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Adjectives and adverbs were formed by adding the suffixes -la or -yc to the end of pre-existing nouns. Di'kut, meaning "idiot" in Mando'a, could easily become di'kutla, meaning "idiotic". Comparatives and superlatives were formed in much the same way. When creating a comparative, the suffix -shy'a was added to the end of the standard adjective. For a superlative, the -ne suffix was added. An example would be the word dral, meaning "bright", becoming dralshy'a, or "brighter", and the word jate, meaning "good", becoming jatne, or "best". No distinction between adverbs and adjectives was made in Mando'a, and although a non-Mando'a speaker might make out a Mandalorian to be uneducated should he say in Basic, "The boys done good", it was much more likely that they were simply unfamiliar with Basic's past tense and adverbial forms. Mando'a also made less use of articles such as "the" and "an" than Basic, generally adding them only for emphasis
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a'den - rage
aranar - defend
atiniir - to endure, to stick with, to tough it out
baatir - to care, to worry about
betenor - to sigh
brokar - to beat
cuyir - to be, to exist
dinuir - to give
duraanir - scorn, hold in contempt
duumir - to allow
gaa'tayl - Help
ganar - to have, possess
hettir - burn
hibirar - learn
hukaatir - to cover
jehaatir - lie, untruth
jorhaa'ir - speak, talk
jorso'ran - shall bear (archaic imperative form)
jurir - bear arms, to carry something
jurkadir - attack, threaten, mess with;
kar'taylir - to know, hold in the heart
k'uur - Hush!
liser - to be able to, can
motir - stand
narir - to act, do, or put
naritir - insert, place, or put
nau'ur - light up, illuminate
nau'ur kad - to forge; Literally: light up a saber
nynir - to hit, to strike
oya - Literally: Let's hunt! Colloquially adapted as a positive and triumphant cheer with potential meanings including "Stay alive!", "Go you!", and simply "Cheers!"
parjir - to win, to be victorious
shabiir - screw up
shereshoy - a lust for life
shukur - to break
susulur - to hear, to listen
takisir - to insult
Tal'galar - to spill blood, to bleed
trattok'o - to fall, to fail, or collapse
udesiir - to relax, to rest, to be peaceful
usen'ye - rudest way to tell someone to go away; utilizes the same root as osik
verborir - to buy, to hire, to contract
vorer - to accept
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adenn - merciless
aruetyc - foreign, or even traitorous, but generally "not Mandalorian"
atin - stubborn or persistent
briikase - happy
bantov - nevertheless
dar - no longer
darasuum - eternal or eternally, forever
di'kutla - foolish, idiotic
dral - bright
dralshy'a - stronger, brighter
ge'tal - red
hettyc - burning
hut'uunla - cowardly
iviin'yc - fast, quickly
jate - good
jatne - best
kandosii - indomitable, ruthless; used colloquially as noble or classy as well; awesome
mesh'la - beautiful
mirdala - clever
naast - destroyer
ne'tra - black
nuhunla or nuh'la - funny
ori - big, extreme, very
pakod - easy
racin - pale
shabla - screwed up
shuk'la - crushed or broken
solus - one, alone, individual, vulnerable
sol'yc - first
talyc - bloody or bloodstained; can also be used to refer to meat cooked rare
teroch - pitiless
tome - together
troch - certainly (archaic)
ures - without, lacking
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Mando'a, sometimes referred to simply as Mandalorian, was the primary language spoken by the Mandalorian culture. Elements of Mando'a were taken from the language of the ancient Taungs of Coruscant, from which the culture stemmed, evolving over time to become something unique.
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The origins of Mando'a were believed to have lain with the language of the Taungs, an ancient race of Humanoid simians that originated on Coruscant in the time before the Galactic Republic's formation. The Taungs were driven from Coruscant by the Human Battalions of Zhell after a lengthy war, and under the leadership of Mandalore the First, conquered a new planet they named Mandalore in their leader's honor, becoming the first Mandalorians—or Mando'ade, "Children of Mandalore" in Mando'a. Despite this direct lineage, and the fact that the Taungs spoke an archaic dialect that evolved into the later Mando'a, contemporary Mando'a contained unique elements unlike any found in other galactic languages. Mando'a had no grammatical cases, only two forms for a verb to take, a tense prefix system, and simplistic rules for forming adjectives from nouns and verb stems. Spelling and punctuation forms were optional, decided upon by the preference of the individual speaker—"jagyc" and "jagla", for instance, were both correct ways of saying "masculine."
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To understand and be able to speak Mando'a was one of the Resol'nare, the six central tenets that an individual had to observe in their daily life should they wish to be a Mandalorian. This respect for the language, along with Mando'a's natural flexibility, meant that words drawn from other languages were a rarity, and Mando'a changed very little throughout the centuries in spite of the many languages the Mandalorians learned to speak, and the vast influence from alien cultures. If a new word for a thing or concept was needed, Mandalorians would typically draw upon the existing Mando'a vocabulary to form an appropriate term. Mando'a was an agglutinative language, meaning that many words were formed by combining two or more others, without changing their form, to create a new word with a new meaning. An example of this was the term dar'jetii, which is a combination of the Mando'a words dar, meaning "no longer", and jetii, the Mandalorian word for Jedi. Literally translated, dar'jetii meant "no longer a Jedi", but was mostly used contextually to mean "Sith." However, hut'tuun—the Mandalorian word for "coward"—found its roots in the common Mandalorian dislike for Hutts, specifically their tendency to hire others to handle their martial needs in their stead.
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Concordian, the language spoken on both the planet Concord Dawn and Mandalore's moon, Concordia, was a dialect of Mando'a. As such, though they differed in certain aspects, the two languages were mutually intelligible, meaning that they were similar enough that an individual speaking one could easily converse with someone speaking the other. The dialect spoken by the Human child Sasha ot Sulem in 3956 BBY, following the girl's kidnapping and her time living among the Mandalorians on Dantooine, was believed by the Jedi Knight Revan to be a jumbled off-shoot of Mando'a.
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Mando'a was a primarily spoken language, rather than a written one, and was thus an expressive language that was often thought of as easy to learn, a trait highly desirable in a culture that regularly adopted adults from numerous races and species. The language's grammar was relatively uncomplicated, but there were elements that necessitated adjustments for a speaker of Basic, including Mando'a's expression of tense, and its gender-neutrality. Because Mandalorians believed in living their history, along with the idea that a tomorrow was not always a certainty, past and future tense were colloquially done away with. Instead, the prefixes ru for "past", and ven for "future", were used in place of the more widely-used tense forms. There was also no passive verb form in Mando'a; a verb was either active or simply absent from the statement.
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Furthermore, infinitive verbs ended in -ir, -ar, -ur, -or, or -er. To produce the stem, removing the "r" at the end was all that was required. Ni vorer was incorrect, but Ni vore—meaning "I accept" and using the inflected form—was correct. Oftentimes, an apostrophe—known in Mando'a as a beten, or "sigh"—was used to separate the terminal vowel, indicating the slight glottal pause of some Mandalorian accents. Other uses for the beten were as an indication of a breath, for pronunciation, or a sign of a dropped letter or letters in a contraction. For instance, the sentence "I carry a saber" could be translated in Mando'a as the formal ni juri kad, or the pronunciation-marked ni jur'i kad, since the emphasis was placed on the second syllable in the word juri, and even the more commonly contracted ni jur'kad. Dropping a terminal vowel when conjugating was quite common, especially in Mandalorian poetry and song. Occasionally, certain verbs would be left out all together, and instead implied via word order. While this tendency to forgo certain words could be confusing to Basic speakers, and make the language appear abrupt, the militaristic Mandalorians had largely assumed the concise speech common in military orders. Whereas the literal translation for "It's good" would be bic cuyi jate, a Mandalorian was much more likely to just say jate, or "good", instead.
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Due to Mando'a's nature as a gender-neutral language, gender was implied by context. Buir meant both "mother" and "father", just as "son" and "daughter" were both represented by the word ad. When it was necessary to specify gender, the adjectives of jagyc or dalyc—male and female, respectively—would be added. This grammatical system was a rarity for a language spoken by beings who reproduced sexually.
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To form a question, the interrogative prefix tion was placed at the beginning of a sentence. While Gar verborad'ni meant "You are hiring me", the addition of the tion prefix placed before gar would turn the previous statement into the question, "Are you hiring me?" Another example of a meaningful prefix was ke, which was drawn from the Mando'a word for "order", or ke'gyce, and was placed at the start of a sentence to indicate a command. In order to create the negative form in Mando'a, the prefix n', nu, nu', or ne was added before either the sentence or the individual word. Ne'briikase meant "unhappy", while Nu'ni juri kad meant "I don't carry a saber". When forming a plural, -e was added to the end of words ending in consonants, while -se was added to the end of words ending in a vowel. As with most languages, there were exceptions to the rule, such as in the case of gett becoming gett'se. Originally, the indication of a plural was done with an -a suffix rather than an -e, a practice that went away over time.
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Adjectives and adverbs were formed by adding the suffixes -la or -yc to the end of pre-existing nouns. Di'kut, meaning "idiot" in Mando'a, could easily become di'kutla, meaning "idiotic". Comparatives and superlatives were formed in much the same way. When creating a comparative, the suffix -shy'a was added to the end of the standard adjective. For a superlative, the -ne suffix was added. An example would be the word dral, meaning "bright", becoming dralshy'a, or "brighter", and the word jate, meaning "good", becoming jatne, or "best". No distinction between adverbs and adjectives was made in Mando'a, and although a non-Mando'a speaker might make out a Mandalorian to be uneducated should he say in Basic, "The boys done good", it was much more likely that they were simply unfamiliar with Basic's past tense and adverbial forms. Mando'a also made less use of articles such as "the" and "an" than Basic, generally adding them only for emphasis
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a'den - rage
aranar - defend
atiniir - to endure, to stick with, to tough it out
baatir - to care, to worry about
betenor - to sigh
brokar - to beat
cuyir - to be, to exist
dinuir - to give
duraanir - scorn, hold in contempt
duumir - to allow
gaa'tayl - Help
ganar - to have, possess
hettir - burn
hibirar - learn
hukaatir - to cover
jehaatir - lie, untruth
jorhaa'ir - speak, talk
jorso'ran - shall bear (archaic imperative form)
jurir - bear arms, to carry something
jurkadir - attack, threaten, mess with;
kar'taylir - to know, hold in the heart
k'uur - Hush!
liser - to be able to, can
motir - stand
narir - to act, do, or put
naritir - insert, place, or put
nau'ur - light up, illuminate
nau'ur kad - to forge; Literally: light up a saber
nynir - to hit, to strike
oya - Literally: Let's hunt! Colloquially adapted as a positive and triumphant cheer with potential meanings including "Stay alive!", "Go you!", and simply "Cheers!"
parjir - to win, to be victorious
shabiir - screw up
shereshoy - a lust for life
shukur - to break
susulur - to hear, to listen
takisir - to insult
Tal'galar - to spill blood, to bleed
trattok'o - to fall, to fail, or collapse
udesiir - to relax, to rest, to be peaceful
usen'ye - rudest way to tell someone to go away; utilizes the same root as osik
verborir - to buy, to hire, to contract
vorer - to accept
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adenn - merciless
aruetyc - foreign, or even traitorous, but generally "not Mandalorian"
atin - stubborn or persistent
briikase - happy
bantov - nevertheless
dar - no longer
darasuum - eternal or eternally, forever
di'kutla - foolish, idiotic
dral - bright
dralshy'a - stronger, brighter
ge'tal - red
hettyc - burning
hut'uunla - cowardly
iviin'yc - fast, quickly
jate - good
jatne - best
kandosii - indomitable, ruthless; used colloquially as noble or classy as well; awesome
mesh'la - beautiful
mirdala - clever
naast - destroyer
ne'tra - black
nuhunla or nuh'la - funny
ori - big, extreme, very
pakod - easy
racin - pale
shabla - screwed up
shuk'la - crushed or broken
solus - one, alone, individual, vulnerable
sol'yc - first
talyc - bloody or bloodstained; can also be used to refer to meat cooked rare
teroch - pitiless
tome - together
troch - certainly (archaic)
ures - without, lacking
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CLANS
In the Mandalorian culture, families were referred to as clans. Each clan worked under a particular "house," or political faction. For example, members of Clan Wren were allied with House Vizsla. Some other clans include, Clan Awaud, Clan Eldar, Clan Kryze, Clan Rook, Clan Saxon, Clan Vizsla, and Clan Mudhorn. Members of the Mandalorian Guard were recruited from every clan.
CULTURE RANKS
MAND'ALOR
Mand'alor is the leader of the Mandalorians
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ALOR'E COUNCIL
The Alor'e Council is composed of each of the leaders of each clan, otherwise known collectively as the Alor'e. This Council serves in an advisory role to the Mand'alor.
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WAR MASTER - AKAAN KALYR
The War Masters are the Generals that the Mand'alor depends on to lead the Mandalorians in battle. They are generally some of the most experienced and respected Mandalorians.
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FIELD MARSHAL - VHETIN KARJR
Field Marshals are tasked with commanding and directing entire areas of a battlefield, especially in a conflict which is spread over a large area. They are skilled in combat, tactics, and leadership. In ages past, they were recognizable by their golden armor.
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RALLY MASTER - BUTAHYA KALYR
Rally Masters are responsible for commanding multiple units, generally composed of a clan or more. In ages past, they traditionally wore crimson armor.
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VERD - WARRIOR
Warriors, otherwise known as Verd in Mando'a are those Mandalorians who have passed a verd'goten. This was a test of skill that one must pass in order to be considered an adult among the Mandalorians
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NEW BLOOD - FOUNDLING - EVAAR'TAL
These are the people new to the Mandalorian ways. It can refer to those who are still in training. Children of Mandalorians. It was also quite common for Mandalorians to adopt those who had been orphaned by war.
Mand'alor is the leader of the Mandalorians
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ALOR'E COUNCIL
The Alor'e Council is composed of each of the leaders of each clan, otherwise known collectively as the Alor'e. This Council serves in an advisory role to the Mand'alor.
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WAR MASTER - AKAAN KALYR
The War Masters are the Generals that the Mand'alor depends on to lead the Mandalorians in battle. They are generally some of the most experienced and respected Mandalorians.
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FIELD MARSHAL - VHETIN KARJR
Field Marshals are tasked with commanding and directing entire areas of a battlefield, especially in a conflict which is spread over a large area. They are skilled in combat, tactics, and leadership. In ages past, they were recognizable by their golden armor.
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RALLY MASTER - BUTAHYA KALYR
Rally Masters are responsible for commanding multiple units, generally composed of a clan or more. In ages past, they traditionally wore crimson armor.
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VERD - WARRIOR
Warriors, otherwise known as Verd in Mando'a are those Mandalorians who have passed a verd'goten. This was a test of skill that one must pass in order to be considered an adult among the Mandalorians
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NEW BLOOD - FOUNDLING - EVAAR'TAL
These are the people new to the Mandalorian ways. It can refer to those who are still in training. Children of Mandalorians. It was also quite common for Mandalorians to adopt those who had been orphaned by war.
VERD'GOTEN
The Verd'goten is a Mandalorian's manhood test. Taken at age thirteen, the event sees the youngster being sent to hunt giant predators and challenging random criminals across their clan's territory to an honor duel, all to put their family's tutelage to the test. Vyrhawks were the most commonly targeted in these tests, and their claws (and/or the wounds made from them) where taken as killtags; most successful tests were then celebrated for days with tournaments, feasts, and very heavy drinking between the clan's leadership, which happened a lot as your average clan had thousands of families, each producing children eager to adorn that iconic armor, often proudly adorning their clan symbol and/or family sigil on their helmet or shoulder plate.
MANDALORIAN ARMOR MATERIALS
DURASTEEL
Durasteel was an incredibly strong and versatile metal alloy, created from carvanium, lommite, carbon, meleenium, neutronium, and zersium. It was capable of withstanding blistering heat, frigid cold, and monumental physical stress, even when very thin. Because of these properties, durasteel was used for everything from smelting pots for other less hearty metals to spacecraft hulls. However, it could still corrode in the same manner as lesser steel alloys, and likewise required maintenance. Durasteel containers were commonly seen throughout the galaxy.
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DURAPLAST
Duraplast was a white metal that was very durable, which made it suitable for uses that required a durable material, such as protective equipment. It was much stronger than many other metals, and was thus widely used throughout the galaxy by Imperial and New Republic Navies. The main element used in synthesizing duraplast was carbon.
Duraplast was also used in armor, such as Katarn-class commando armor and variants of Mandalorian armor, and was capable of offering protection up to light grenades, Verpine shatter gun rounds, medium slugs, and light laser cannon rounds. Duraplast could also be reinforced to be extremely resistant to EMP and ion cannon warfare.
Duraplast also offered very strong protection against lightsabers.
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MANDALORIAN IRON/BESKAR
Mandalorian iron, also known by its Mando'a name of beskar, was an extremely durable iron ore whose only known source was the Outer Rim world of Mandalore and its moon, Concordia. The Mandalorian warrior culture that inhabited Mandalore mined their planet for beskar, using it in the creation of weapons, armor, and starships, occasionally even selling the rare and valuable metal on the galactic market. The introduction of certain additives during the smelting process served to increase the strength of the natural ore, and Mandalorian metalsmiths guarded the secrets of forging beskar from outsiders, passing along the techniques from one generation of metallurgists to the next, strictly within the Mandalorian community. A versatile metal, Mandalorian iron could be melded into multiple alloys and forged into various configurations.
Durasteel was an incredibly strong and versatile metal alloy, created from carvanium, lommite, carbon, meleenium, neutronium, and zersium. It was capable of withstanding blistering heat, frigid cold, and monumental physical stress, even when very thin. Because of these properties, durasteel was used for everything from smelting pots for other less hearty metals to spacecraft hulls. However, it could still corrode in the same manner as lesser steel alloys, and likewise required maintenance. Durasteel containers were commonly seen throughout the galaxy.
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DURAPLAST
Duraplast was a white metal that was very durable, which made it suitable for uses that required a durable material, such as protective equipment. It was much stronger than many other metals, and was thus widely used throughout the galaxy by Imperial and New Republic Navies. The main element used in synthesizing duraplast was carbon.
Duraplast was also used in armor, such as Katarn-class commando armor and variants of Mandalorian armor, and was capable of offering protection up to light grenades, Verpine shatter gun rounds, medium slugs, and light laser cannon rounds. Duraplast could also be reinforced to be extremely resistant to EMP and ion cannon warfare.
Duraplast also offered very strong protection against lightsabers.
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MANDALORIAN IRON/BESKAR
Mandalorian iron, also known by its Mando'a name of beskar, was an extremely durable iron ore whose only known source was the Outer Rim world of Mandalore and its moon, Concordia. The Mandalorian warrior culture that inhabited Mandalore mined their planet for beskar, using it in the creation of weapons, armor, and starships, occasionally even selling the rare and valuable metal on the galactic market. The introduction of certain additives during the smelting process served to increase the strength of the natural ore, and Mandalorian metalsmiths guarded the secrets of forging beskar from outsiders, passing along the techniques from one generation of metallurgists to the next, strictly within the Mandalorian community. A versatile metal, Mandalorian iron could be melded into multiple alloys and forged into various configurations.
MANDALORIAN ARMOR COLORS
Gray = Mourning a Lost Love or Family member
Red = Honoring a Parent or leader
Black = Justice
Gold = Vengeance
Green = Duty
Blue = Reliability
Orange = A lust for life (for Freedom)
White = Cin Vhetin; A fresh start (lit. White Field) or Purity
Purple = Luck
Pink = Respected or Respecting Someone
Brown = Valor
Maroon (Brownish Red) = Power
Erin (Light Green) = A Lust for Peace
Scarlet - Crimson (Dark Red) = Defiance or Relentlessness
Silver = Seeking Redemption
Yellow = Remembrance
Teal (Greenish Blue) = Healing
Bronze = Nobility - Noble (Intentions) or High Status
Cyan (Light Blue) = Loving or in love maybe Married
Tan (Light Brown) = Loyalty
Magenta (Bright Pink) = passion or passionate
Pine (Dark Green) = Guarding or Protecting
Navy (Dark Blue) = Fighting for a Cause
Red = Honoring a Parent or leader
Black = Justice
Gold = Vengeance
Green = Duty
Blue = Reliability
Orange = A lust for life (for Freedom)
White = Cin Vhetin; A fresh start (lit. White Field) or Purity
Purple = Luck
Pink = Respected or Respecting Someone
Brown = Valor
Maroon (Brownish Red) = Power
Erin (Light Green) = A Lust for Peace
Scarlet - Crimson (Dark Red) = Defiance or Relentlessness
Silver = Seeking Redemption
Yellow = Remembrance
Teal (Greenish Blue) = Healing
Bronze = Nobility - Noble (Intentions) or High Status
Cyan (Light Blue) = Loving or in love maybe Married
Tan (Light Brown) = Loyalty
Magenta (Bright Pink) = passion or passionate
Pine (Dark Green) = Guarding or Protecting
Navy (Dark Blue) = Fighting for a Cause