Neo-Mandalorians

The Neo-Mandalorians, also called New Mandalorians, are a unique group on New Mandalore. While others have split into various warrior factions, competing for strength, Neo-Mandalorian philosophy dictates that strength is found in the opposite of fighting. To this end, they are a pacifistic group of people, though they are not unable to defend themselves. Unlike many of their brethren, they have all grouped together into the greatest city on New Mandalore, with the best defensive technology on the planet and a willingness to defend themselves.

Neo-Mandalorians value art, beauty and the exploration of philosophical viewpoints. Many Neo-Mandalorians seek to travel amongst the stars before returning home, even after completing their adulthood pilgrimage. Even more are traders, travelling artists and entertainers in order that they may learn and understand, with how great their thirst for knowledge is.

Despising base instincts, Neo-Mandalorians practice the idea of dispelling negative and excessive emotions, and often in many cases, can appear stoic and emotionless to non-Mandalorians. However, their passions lie just beneath the surface, often expressed in their art, music, designs and even the creativity they have in weapons and armour. Unlike their brethren, adults have a set of ceremonial robes that are to be kept, adjusted, tailored and regularly redesigned, much like the armour of others.

Without following a militaristic or tribal structure, Neo-Mandalorians follow a feudal elective way of doing things; there is one Guardian above all the Clan Protectors, who is chosen from among those protectors. Important families rise with economic and political strength fairly often, resulting in there being many more small and hungry clans within the Neo-Mandalorian structure.

For the Neo-Mandalorians, to live is to love life itself, and to that end, to take it is a terrible crime. They still value strength, but they see strength in self-control and one’s willingness to defend what they love - to this end, there are still some leftover warrior traditions, with all children taught to fight from a young age but with the strong lessons of restraint instilled at the same time.

Neo-Mandalorians are far more communal than their warlike cousins, and their sprawling megacity stands as their true homeworld; rarely will one go to another part of New Mandalore except on clan business, or due to summons from Mand’alor.