Calarth Piroc

Calarth Piroc was a Mandalorian supercommando who fought for Jaster Mereel and the True Mandalorians during the Mandalorian Civil War. He would later fight in the Clone Wars as a member of the Mandalorian Protectors under Spar. He wore dark green armor trimmed with blue highlights, although he would later repaint his armor with grey and yellow sigils.

Early Life
Calarth was born into Clan Piroc, a Mandalorian clan native to Concord Dawn. He grew up in a traditionalist Mandalorian family, intensely loyal to whoever held the title of Mandalore. His father was killed on a mercenary mission not long after he was born, leaving his upbringing to his mother and uncle. When he turned sixteen, he left Concord Dawn for the Mandalore System, where he took residence in Mandalore's capital city of Kedalbe.

Calarth also ventured to nearby Kalevala, home of the New Mandalorian political faction. There, he met a young woman who, while living to the pacifistic ideas preached on the world, longed to see more of the traditional Mandalorian culture, as well as the galaxy as a whole. Piroc spirited her to Mandalore, to the chagrin of the Duke of Kalevala, and married her.

Mandalorian Civil War
When the Death Watch broke away from Jaster Mereel's Supercommando Codex, Mandalore called loyal Mandalorians from across the sector to his banner, in order to combat the aggressive Tor Vizsla and his warmongering soldiers. Piroc joined the fighting on the side of Mereel, and quickly became one of the Mandalore's most trusted soldiers. Piroc fought with distinction on Korda 6, and backed Jango Fett as the new Mandalore in opposition to Montross. Piroc would continue to fight alongside Fett on many fronts throughout the war, and became one of the new Mandalore's most trusted confidantes, alongside Myles, Fett's de facto second-in-command.

Piroc was dispatched by the Mandalore to investigate rumors of a Death Watch presence on Mandalore. While their appearance on Mandalore proved to be little more than rumor, the appearance of the Death Watch on Galidraan took the True Mandalorians by surprise. Jedi intervention in the war was even more shocking. Piroc didn't make it back to Galidraan before a team of Jedi, led by Master Dooku, annihilated the True Mandalorian forces and sold Jango into slavery. Without a leader, the True Mandalorians fractured, with most returning to their home sector.

The Death Watch, however, proved to be very active over the next few years. Following the birth of Calarth's son, Phiht, Calarth's wife would be slain on Kalevala, in a Death Watch raid on the New Mandalorian stronghold. The tragedy broke Calarth, leading him to drink and neglect his son. He added yellow and grey trim to his armor, replacing the blue flashes he had worn in his service to Mereel and Fett, signifying his mourning and desire for vengeance.

His drinking habits would be broken with the sudden devastation of the remaining Death Watchmen above Corellia and the return of Jango Fett. Calarth was one of the first Fett approached to become a member of the Cuy'val Dar, one hundred of the galaxy's deadliest mercenaries and soldiers selected to train the elite commando units of a new army. Piroc accepted, on the condition he be allowed to bring his son to Kamino.

Over the next eight years, Calarth would train his son in the ways of war, alongside one hundred clone commandos assigned to him. While Piroc showed devotion to the commandos assigned to him, his son took priority. Unauthorized excursions to Mandalore and Concord Dawn with Mandalorian Ankoin Kuflin were viewed with disdain by Fett, although the Mandalore was willing to bend the rules for his loyal friend. When Phiht came of age thirteen, he left Kamino behind, as well as his father.

The Clone Wars
A few short months later, the Grand Army was deployed to Geonosis. Now that the army was activated and with Jango dead in the opening battle of the war, Piroc was left without a job. The soldier returned to Mandalore, and befriended several local constables and other Mandalorians, including Fenn Shysa and Tobbi Dala.

Into the mix stumbled a man who called himself Spar and claimed himself to be Jango Fett's son and heir. Immediately identified as an ARC deserter, Piroc schemed with Fenn Shysa to rebirth the True Mandalorians, in order to avenge Galidraan and combat the Jedi Order. They retained Spar's cover as Fett's son, to add legitimacy to the call to arms. Despite his previous allegiance to the Republic, Piroc quickly found himself on the side of the Separatists.

With their charade in place, Spar called the Mandalorians to arms. Two hundred answered the call, a force to be reckoned with, and Spar pledged the Mandalorian Protectors to Count Dooku and his Confederacy. Piroc personally summoned his son; Phiht refused to fight in the war, having settled comfortably into his new role as Journeyman Protector of Concord Dawn. Over comlink, Calarth disowned Phiht, and left to fight alongside the reborn supercommando forces.

Norval II
Piroc was brought into a bigger picture of the war with his introduction to Darth Sidious, alongside Fenn Shysa and Spar, by Count Dooku. It was revealed to them that the war had been masterminded by the Sith Lord, and he had plans for a Jedi-free galaxy following the war. Sidious selected Piroc to lead a team of supercommandos to the planet Norval II, to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala. He was given the remaining one hundred supercommandos and several hundred Battle Legionnaire droids for the assignment.

Upon their arrival, however, the assassination mission was quickly botched, and a trap sprung around the Mandalorian Protectors. A force of 20,000 clone troopers, led by twenty Jedi Knights and members of the Ailon Nova Guard, attacked the Mandalorian forces.

Despite the heroic and valiant efforts to overwhelm the Republic forces, Piroc's forces couldn't hold out against the clone army indefinitely. Nearly the entire complement of clone troopers was killed, as well as most of the Jedi and Ailon Nova Guard. Piroc was one of the last to fall in the Protectors' last stand. His only regret in his final moments was his estrangement of his son.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Breaking Darkness