Mandalore the Uniter

Mandalore the Uniter was the title adopted by the mercenary Aga Awaud when he became the leader of the Mandalorian warrior culture during the final century of the New Sith Wars. In 1058 BBY, he returned to the planet Mandalore and discovered that the galaxy-wide Candorian plague epidemic had killed his family and most of Clan Awaud and that raiders and pirates endangered starship travel through Mandalorian Space.

Seven years later, Awaud became the leader, or Mandalore, of his people and began the Return movement that aimed to recall Mandalorians to defend their original homeworld and its surrounding space. Mandalore the Uniter also initiated reforms in Mandalorian military structure and the manufacture of the culture's traditional armor. Under his rule and that of his successor Mandalores, Mandalorian Space became a powerful and influential regional entity offering protection to neighboring sectors, and his legacy in the Mandalorian history and culture eventually endured for more than one thousand years.

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