Death Watch

The Death Watch, or Kyr’tsad, was formed as a direct result of Jaster Mereel’s Supercommando Codex. Standing in staunch opposition to it and viewing it as sacrilege against the Mandalorian way of life, to this day the Death Watch have a bitter relationship with the ‘True’ Mandalorians. However, since the formation of New Mandalore and the many changes with their people, their views have drifted further.

The Death Watch are highly individualistic, a trait that has brought them into conflict with almost any other group in some way or another. They see the True Mandalorians as heretical fools, the Neo Mandalorians as the end result of the Supercommando Codex, the Crusaders as little more than a militia that will accept anyone and the Children of the Watch as unintelligent drones.

Due to this, many leave New Mandalore, causing their overall strength to wane. Most Mandalorians than a person in the wider galaxy meet will be from the Death Watch, and many times they will be acting as enforcers, thugs, bounty hunters and other forms of paid killers. It is even said that a splinter group have taken sides in the force wars, but such rumours appear unverified.

For a Death Watch member, to live as a Mandalorian is to adhere to a brutal and violent life, with a sense of honour that is far looser and rooted in the older ways compared to the True Mandalorians. More than that, who can become a Mandalorian is highly selective, especially when it comes to foundlings. However, once one has accepted the life and proven themselves worthy, they are to be an individual.

Death Watch rarely work in groups beyond New Mandalore. Their philosophy values individual strength and cunning, and single combat is viewed in higher regard with them than any others.