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Mandalore the Vindicated

Mandalore the Vindicated

Physical description
Species	Human^[1]
Gender	Male^[1]
Hair color	Black^[1]
Eye color	Brown^[1]
Skin color	Dark^[1]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Old Republic era^[2]
Affiliation	Mandalorians^[2] Sith Empire^[1]

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"Mandalore was slain recently and his killer, the new Mandalore, has taken his place. Whether or not he's another Imperial puppet remains to be seen but we must watch him closely."

―Jedi Master Gnost-Dural, on Mandalore the Vindicated —

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Artus was a Human male Mandalorian warrior who lived during the Great Galactic War, a galaxy-wide conflict between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire. Sometime after the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, the reigning Mandalore—seeking to regain support after being defeated during the Blockade of the Hydian Way—organized a competition for glory known as the Great Hunt, which was held on a galactic scale. Artus eventually became the Grand Champion of the Great Hunt, and challenged Mandalore to a duel in the gladiatorial arenas on the planet Geonosis.

He successfully killed the Mandalorian leader and took the title of Mandalore the Vindicated. He began to consolidate his power over the Mandalorian clans, destroying an uprising led by Jicoln Cadera, who believed the Mandalorians should support the Republic. After defeating Cadera's faction, Mandalore the Vindicated ensured that his Mandalorians remained allies of the Sith Empire.

1 Biography
2 Behind the scenes
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
- 5.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Artus, a Human male, was a Mandalorian warrior who lived during the Great Galactic War, which was a galactic conflict between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire. Seven years prior to the Sacking of Coruscant, the reigning Mandalore—who was a puppet ruler secretly serving the Sith Empire—was defeated during the Blockade of the Hydian Way. After this, Mandalore organized a galaxy-wide competition for glory, known as the Great Hunt. Artus fought during the competition, eventually becoming the Grand Champion of the Great Hunt.^[1]

Artus challenged Mandalore to a duel^[1] in the gladiatorial arenas on the planet Geonosis.^[2] He killed the Mandalorian leader and assumed the title of Mandalore the Vindicated. After defeating the Mandalore—who became known as Mandalore the Lesser—he began to consolidate his power over the Mandalorian clans. During this time, Mandalore defeated an uprising by a faction of Mandalorians led by Jicoln Cadera, who believed that the Mandalorians should follow the ways of Mandalore the Preserver^[1]—who fought during the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War three centuries prior^[3]—and support the Republic. After defeating Cadera's Mandalorians, Mandalore the Vindicated ensured that his Mandalorians remained well-paid, yet cautious, allies of the Sith Empire.^[1] Under his leadership, the Mandalorians prospered. However, several of his contemporaries believed that their Mandalore was not content with being an ally of the Sith, and secretly harbored greater ambitions.^[4]

Behind the scenesEdit

Mandalore the Vindicated first appeared in the video Timeline 4: The Empire Changes Strategy, which was released on the official website of the PC video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. He later received an entry in the "Biographies" section of the website's "Holonet" feature. On Mandalore's biographical entry, there are several phrases in Aurebesh. When translated, they read "Mandalore the Vindicated," "champion needed," and "Jedi merely first".

The Bounty Hunter player character in The Old Republic meets Mandalore onboard his cruiser, the Spirit of Vengeance, at the beginning of Act II of their storyline. Mandalore calls on the Hunter, the newly-crowned Grand Champion of the Great Hunt, to slay "the Ghost in the Darkness" - a massive terentatek in the jungles of Dromund Kaas - and bring back its heart as proof. Upon doing so, Mandalore offers to induct the Hunter into his clan and requests that the Hunter replace him on the Blacklist, an exclusive group of hunters made up of other Grand Champions, in order to ensure that a Mandalorian remains among their number. With a Mandalorian taking his place, he explains, he can return to "winning the Sith's wars for them". Whether the Hunter chooses to join or not is up to the player.^[5]