Zandous Ordo

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 * name=Zandous Ordo
 * image=
 * homeworld=Mandalore
 * birth=????
 * death=????, Kamino
 * species=Human
 * gender=Male
 * height=1.54
 * hair= Copper, brown
 * eyes= Browm
 * Weapon of choice= Verpine Shatter Rifle, Mandalorian Precision Rifle Mark II
 * era= 2nd Mandalorian War Era
 * affiliation= Mandalore, Kamino, Second Mandalorian War

Zandous Ordo was the Mandalore during the 2nd Mandalorian War and some years before that. Zandous was a fierce man, and knew invaders when he saw them. The Sith, lead by Evxa-Uun proposed a treaty to hand over Kamino and other Mandalorian owned planets. But stubborn like most of his kind, Zandous denied this offer and killed the Sith emissary. He sensed war would follow and mustered his men from outlying planets and saught the aid of the Jedi. The alliance they formed would last centuries after it was created, and Zandous had a powerful ally who had eternal hate for the Sith.

2nd Mandalorian War
What followed Zandous' refusal to surrender would eventually end in his death and the temporal fall of the Mandalorian's Outer Rim civilization. A few months after he denied the Sith Kamino and other Mandalorian owned planets, the Jedi arrived on Kamino with a force of 20, 000, lead by Aldun Zamorra and began to prepare for the eventual Sith attack. But sensing this, Evxa-Uun instead attacked Kamino II, a Mandalorian colony planet, and ravaged it. Taking his and the Jedi fleets, Zandous retaliated and destroyed the 7th Sith Armada with furious vengeance. Seventeen consecutive battles followed, and the Mandalore Alliance seemed to be winning. This all turned around when the Jedi halted at fuel planet Namaxxion. A trap set by the Sith was unleashed, the the station was destroyed by a massive Sith bombardment, which obliterated the Jedi force entirely. Aldun Zamorra was killed in the destruction of Namaxxion, and the Jedi were banished from the war. Knowing the Mandalorians would be weakened, Evxa-Uuun sent his powerful apprentice Alaceera Anui to offer the Mandalorians one last chance to surrender before the Sith destoryed the defence on Kamino. Zandous Ordo refused again, and ordered his Mando'ade Nightstalkers to shoot Alaceera Anui down. Angered by the loss of his powerful apprentice, Evxa-Uun attacked Kamino and practically destroyed the Mandalorian defences. Zandous Ordo and his Guard held at the citadel, and Evxa-Uuun confronted the Mandalore. After giving him one final chance to surrender, Zandous refused and Evxa struck him down with the power of the Dark Side. Zandous' close friend Zaron Fett tried to avenge his comrade by shooting Evxa, but the Sith Lord deflected his gunfire and slew him and the Guard with ruthless precision. Realising that Kamino was of no further use or problem, Evxa withdrew from the planet, never to be seen again.

Sucession
With the leaders of the two most powerful clans (Zandous Ordo and Zaron Fett) dead, the Mandalorians were leaderless. What followed was the formation of the Fett-Ordo Alliance, were the sons of Zandous and Zaron ruled together as comrades for centuries to come. The Mandalorians never grew as powerful as they were before the war.