Aka'liit

The Aka'liit (Mando'a for the 'Clan of War'), also known as the Faithful, was an Old Mandalorian confederation that was founded after the Mandalorian Excision, which saw the near extinction of traditional Mandalorian clans at the hands of the Republic and the rise of the pacifistic New Mandalorians. What remained of these clans fled to Mandalore's moon, Concordia, where they formed a warrior colony that waged war against other Mandalorian and Concordian societies on the moon. The Aka'liit was eventually forced off world circa 200 BBY by another Mandalorian confederation, and the group began raiding aimlessly throughout the Mandalore system. One of the Aka'liit's most notable exploits during this time was their invasion of Ithull, which saw the Ithullan species almost driven into extinction. The Mandalorians pillaged the planet and left it behind, taking with them several Ithullan colossus wasps, which grew to be over a kilometer in length and could spend their entire lives in space as their massive bodies had a unique pressure system and gas respiration was not part of their metabolic process. The Mandalorians used the wasps to attack a fleet of Thyrsian Sun Guard ships that was patrolling for pirates on the Mandalorian Run. The wasps were all killed by the Thyrsian's turbolasers, and the Aka'liit was forced into a retreat, after which they established a town based around an ancient Neo-Crusader base on Mandallia, where they isolated themselves from other Mandalorians and instead preferred to involve themselves in the politics of the local Mandallian giants. They resurface around 60 BBY with Mand'alor Jaster Mereel as the Faithful's recognized leader, though it was dissolved after Clan Vizsla, a founding member of the Aka'liit, revolted against Mereel in what would become the Mandalorian Civil War. The Mandallian temple was destroyed and several skirmishes on Concordia and Concord Dawn were fought before the Aka'liit were declared no longer existing. In around 4 ABY, the Mandalorian pirate Naastau, whose history as a warrior dated back to the Great Clan Wars (44-32 BBY), gathered some fellow Mandalorian Supercommandos and reformed the Aka'liit as a secret brotherhood that fought to eradicate the Death Watch's remaining influence and also served the New Republic as mercenaries.