Keldabe

Keldabe was the capital city of the planet Mandalore, the cultural homeworld of the Mandalorian people, located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. Situated atop a flat granite hill forty-five degrees north of the planetary equator, the urban fort-town of Keldabe was almost completely surrounded by a bend in the Kelita River and the forests of Mandalore's north. Packed with an eclectic array of buildings of all shapes and material, ranging from durasteel to wood, Keldabe was a hub for life on Mandalore, and boasted landmarks such as the hundred-meter-tall tower of the MandalMotors company, along with the Oyu'baat, the oldest cantina on the planet. The Oyu'baat was a common gathering place for Keldabe residents and Mandalorian clan leaders, and twice a week Keldabe's streets were packed as Mandalorians bought and sold goods on market days.

Founded at a time prior to the Mandalorian Wars, Keldabe not only became Mandalore's planetary capital, but the governmental center for the surrounding Mandalore sector. Following the rise of the New Mandalorians, Keldabe stood alongside the pacifist faction's domed capital, Sundari, and during the later part of the Clone Wars, MandalMotors' Keldabe facilities were seized by Mandalore the Resurrector for use by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. As the Galactic Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire, an Imperial garrison was established just south of Keldabe at the City of Bone, leading to a noticeable presence of Imperial troops wandering the Keldabe streets while on leave. Around this same time, Keldabe was chosen by the members of Clan Skirata to be the point where they spread a nanovirus immunogen, knowing that Keldabe's role as a planetary hub would ensure the curative vaccine spread across Mandalore and protect it from Imperial viral weaponry. During the war with the Yuuzhan Vong, Keldabe and the surrounding area sustained damage when the extra-galactic aliens attacked Mandalore, leaving buildings scarred and the nearby woodland flattened for decades after.

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