1294. The history and traditions of the Mandalorians
[The plot of Planet Mandalore is about to begin. This two-in-one chapter mainly gives you a popular science introduction to the origin and culture of Planet Mandalore and the Mandalorians. After watching it, if you go watch the show "The Mandalorian", you may have many new experiences. 】
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Mandalore, a remote but legendary planet in the galaxy...
Mandalorians, a legendary race in the galaxy...
Almost everyone in the galaxy knows the reputation of the Mandalorians. Whenever the Mandalorians are mentioned, people will always think of the brave and capable mercenaries and their iconic armors.
The Mandalorian's armor is very unique and very retro. On the full-coverage helmet, there is a T-shaped slit for sight and breathing. Even with the development of technology and the addition of electronic imaging technology and various sensor technologies, this T-shaped gap still remains on the Mandalorian helmets, which seems to be their symbol.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
The Mandalorians are a very traditional race, and they do have very ancient traditions.
Few people know that the ancestors of the Mandalorians actually came from Coruscant, and few people know that the Mandalorians were not actually a widespread human race that now appears in the galaxy.
Prior to current recorded history, the planet Coruscant was not entirely ruled by humans. At that time, there were two major racial forces on Coruscant - The Zhell, composed of thirteen human tribes, and the Taungs, a brave and capable humanoid race.
Tao Ren's style and appearance are quite fierce. In fact, to a certain extent, he is very similar to the Predator we are familiar with, both in culture and appearance. However, Tao Ren's mouth is normal, not the four-petal mouth of the Predator. . [Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1]
There was a long-running war between the Philosophers and the Tau for control of the planet Coruscant.
During the course of the war, a devastating volcanic eruption almost destroyed all the settlements of the philosophers, and almost all the philosophers were wiped out. The Tao people once thought that they had won the war because the volcanic ash that blocked the sky covered the sky, so the Tao people started calling themselves Dhaerda Verda from that time. In the Tao people's language, this means "son of the shadow". .
And Dhaerda Verda has also become an epic poem sung by Tao people from generation to generation and continues to be passed down.
But human resilience is beyond imagination. After lingering in the underground world for several years, the philosopher made a comeback and defeated the Tao people in one fell swoop with a more tenacious and powerful attitude.
The Tao people, who were almost slaughtered and about to be exterminated, had no choice but to leave Coruscant and wander toward the edge of the galaxy.
The philosopher also officially became the master of the planet Coruscant. The 13 human tribes spread out and brought their culture, technology and genes to every corner of the galaxy, thus establishing the dominant position of the human race in the galaxy. But there is no need to say more about this.
Many of the Tao people who escaped from Coruscant and wandered around settled on the planet Loon in the outer ring.
However, the environment of the planet Loen is very harsh, and it is difficult for the Tao people to even survive, let alone develop and grow. This situation did not change until much later, during the reign of a Tao ruler named Mandalore I.
After persistent exploration and search, Mandalorian I finally found a livable planet in the outer ring star area in the northeastern part of the galaxy. There is no intelligent race on this planet, only a huge dragon-shaped creature living here.
So Mandalore I led his own tribe to immigrate to this planet, settle here, and after a long period of reproduction and expansion, finally brought the planet completely under his control.
By this time, time had come 7,000 years ago, and the Galactic Republic had been established 1
More than 8,000 years.
One side has become a homeless dog with no fixed place to live, while the other side has grown and expanded its power to the entire galaxy. In the war between the philosophers and the potters in ancient times, the victor and the loser were as different as each other.
In order to commemorate the great leader Mandalore I, future generations named this planet Mandalore. After that, all the Tao people leaders called themselves "Mandalor". In the Tao people's language, this means "the only ruler".
Other people called themselves Mandalorians, or Mando "ade", which means sons and daughters of Mandalore. From this time on, the name of Mandalorians became official. begin to exist.
And because the helmet worn by Mandalorian I had a T-shaped gap, this design was also used by subsequent Mandalores.
These are all tributes to Mandalore I, because without him leading the Tao people to settle on the planet Mandalore, the Tao people lingering on the planet Loon would have ended up being buried in the long river of history.
At that time, the Mandalorians who had established a foothold on the planet Mandalore were an alliance composed of a large number of warlord clans. In order to snatch limited resources and living space, the Mandalorians began to actively expand outwards.
The martial Mandalorian warriors wear strong armor and wield powerful weapons, making them invincible in every attack.
Initially, the expansion war of the Mandalorians was just an act of expansion. They expanded their power to several surrounding galaxies, and this expansion lasted for nearly 3,000 years.
It was not until later that they encountered an insectoid race, the Nevoota. There are not many records left about this race, but it is likely that they are a descendant of the Killik swarm that ruled the galaxy for thousands of years. .
In approximately 4024 BBY, a tragic war broke out between the Mandalorians and the Nievota. Facing the invasion of the Mandalorians, the bloodthirsty Nevotans launched an attack on the Mandalorians with almost overwhelming power.
The Nivotans were almost a hundred times more numerous than the Mandalorians, and they were tireless and fearless of death, causing extremely heavy losses to the previously invincible Mandalorians.
The war lasted for three years and ended with the Mandalorians' victory and the annihilation of the Nievota people.
But the price of this victory was very high. The population of the Mandalorians dropped sharply and they had to temporarily recuperate. And because the war was so bloody and cruel, those Mandalorians who survived believed that they finally won the victory because of the blessing of gods.
So such an image of a god evolved from war began to appear in the minds of the Mandalorians. This image was embodied into the image of a mighty warrior wearing heavy armor and a helmet with a T-shaped slit on his head.
As a result, Kad Harangir, the God of Destruction, came into being. In fact, the image of Kad Harangir comes largely from the man who led the Mandalorians 3,000 years ago. Mandalore I who came to the planet Mandalore.
There are positives and negatives. The Mandalorians also created another evil god, the god of sloth, Arasuu. He is the old enemy of Kader Harangir, the god of destruction. He is an evil existence that lures people towards laziness. .
After this, the Mandalorians will hold rituals before going out to fight, trying to gain the power of Kader Harangir, the god of destruction, and repel the temptation of Arathum, the god of sloth.
From then on, the Mandalorian warriors called themselves the "Mandalorian Crusader" (Mandalorian Crusader), and their armor was also called the "Crusader Armor" (Crusader Arr).
The Crusader armor on each soldier is different, and their own personality is also displayed on the armor. Mandalorians often like to install part of the powerful enemies they have killed as totems on their armor, as a symbol of being blessed by the God of Destruction. At the same time, they also believe that such totems are helpful in defeating enemies.
Avoid the temptation of the God of Sloth.
That's why in the episodes of "The Mandalorian", we can see that the Mandalorians have an almost paranoid worship of their armor. This is why.
It was also from this period that the Mandalorians' external expansion wars began to take on a very strong religious character, and at the same time there was a hint of romanticism.
The spread and assimilation of religion also began to take effect. In the previous expansion wars, the hostile races of the Mandalorians all ended in genocide without exception. However, after that, a very small number of powerful races began to be recognized by the Mandalorians because of their participation in the war. At the same time, They themselves also adopted the Mandalorian religion and culture, thus becoming the Mandalorians in addition to the Tao race.
A more typical example is the giant race on the planet Mandalia.
Around 4000 BBY, the leader of the Mandalorians was a Tao named Mandalore-The Invincible. Mandalore-The Invincible is even more crazy and brutal. Under his rule, the Mandalorian Crusaders are expanding faster and faster, and are directed towards the inner and core circles of the galaxy.
It was also at this time that the Mandalorians had small-scale contact with the Galactic Republic for the first time, and both sides became aware of each other's existence.
However, at the same time, the Sith Empire, which was also undergoing expansion activities, also had preliminary contact with the Mandalorians.
The core of the Sith Empire, the planet Korriban, is also roughly in the northeastern part of the Milky Way, but the planet is even more remote, even close to the edge of the Milky Way.
Therefore, as both the Mandalorian and the Sith Empire continued to expand, communication between them gradually began.
The powerful Sith Lords of the Sith Empire admired the powerful Mandalorian Crusaders very much and wanted to incorporate them into their own army.
Therefore, the Sith Lord Ulric Quel-Droma (Uliate), and this title later replaced Mandalore as the title of the leader of the Mandalorians.
Somewhat ironically, this first Ultimate Mandalorian was a human. In a structure where the Tao people account for almost 99% of the Mandalorian population, a human like him who has accepted the ways of Mandalore is a rare among the rare.
In fact, the fallen Taoren could not stop a human like him.
In the following time, the Ultimate Mandalorian stopped all external expansion actions and concentrated on developing the economy and recuperating, so that the war-torn Mandalorians could once again prosper.
Because in this war, the Tao people, the most important race of the Mandalorians, almost all their younger generations were killed or injured, and this race also began to decline.
The Ultimate Mandalorian was also very open-minded. He relaxed the restrictions of the Mandalorians and began to recruit and accept people of other races to join the Mandalorian family. It was also from this era that Mandalorians were no longer a title for Tao people, but a collective name for all people who accepted the ways of Mandalore.
In the episodes of "The Mandalorian", those people who always say "Thisistheay" (this is the right way) refer to such a thing.
If we want to be more specific, Thisisthay is talking about the religious thought of the Mandalorians who advocate war, worship the strong, and worship the god of destruction, Kader Harangir.
This very enlightened Ultimate Mandalore was actually technically a Tao - Mandalorian. In the long history of the Mandalorians, he, like Mandalorian I, was one of the few great men remembered for non-war factors. The series of reform measures he made actually laid the cultural foundation for the subsequent Mandalorians.
His most trusted confidant is the great strategist Cassus Fett, who is also a human. He also proposed a series of reforms, one of which was to rebuild the Mandalorian Crusade and unify the Mandalorian Crusade armor.
The armor of the rebuilt New Mandalorian Crusaders has been redesigned and adopts a similar appearance to the legendary God of Destruction, Kader Harangir. The most conspicuous one is the T-shaped helmet gap.
from now on
From then on, the T-shaped helmet gap and this unified armor style were no longer exclusive to Mandalorian as the ruler, but became a symbol of all Mandalorians.
