Conelrad Bendak

"My ancestors fought for Te Ani'la Mand'alor, for the glory of the Mando'ade. For a Mando like myself, what greater purpose is there?"

- Te Mirdala Mand'alor

Volk Bendak, later called Te Mirdala Mand'alor, and also known under the alias Atiniir Ala'verd, was a Mandalorian ranger and the founder of the Followers of Mandalore. He was a descendant of the miner-turned-Mandalorian Neo-Crusader Gorse Bendak, better known as Bendak Starkiller. He was known for being able to keep a level head in nearly any situation, and for preferring diplomacy to violence, though he was always ready for a fight.

Galidraan and Dathomir
Volk Bendak was born on Mandalore in 49 BBY as the only child of Marla and Brand Bendak who raised him as a Mandalorian. He was 158 generations separated from his ancestor, Gorse Bendak, and had small fraction of Taung in his bloodline.

At age five, his parents, both True Mandalorians, were killed in the Battle of Galidraan, along with many other Mandalorians. After the battle, the young Bendak was discovered by a group of Jedi, including Sorvae Mattac and Katalana Rohtul, that, disgruntled after the action on Galidraan, took Volk with them to Dathomir, where they formed the village of Aurilia. These Jedi raised Volk to be tolerant of their kind and taught him to fight with a lightsaber, which, while he didn't carry a lightsaber, greatly helped him against those who did. When Bendak reached age 15, the Jedi gave him his father's red and gold armor which they had taken form Galidraan and sent him off in an old CloakShape Fighter.

Onward to Mandalore
In 34 BBY, Bendak arrived on Mandalore and returned to his birthplace of Enceri, a small village near the yet-to-be-founded settlement of Kyrimorut. While there, he recovered some of the remaining artifacts at his family's home, a large, ancient, hollowed out, multi-level, but still living veshok tree with an attached vheh'yaim, and got his first glass of ne'tra gal and a hot bowl of Gi dumpling soup.

After leaving Enceri, he proceeded to Keldabe, where he was shocked and disgusted to find that the Mandalorian culture that his parents fought to protect on Galidraan had been replaced by a new faction of hypocritical pacifists under a blond Kalevalan, which caused him to quickly leave Mandalore and seek work on Nar Shaddaa as a bounty hunter, a profession in which he found success given his Mandalorian heritage and minimal lightsaber training.

Bounty Hunting
When he first got to Nar Shaddaa, he went straight to the Hutts for work, who redirected him to the bounty office, preferring to deal with experienced hunters. It was there that he got his hunting license and found his first bounty, a poacher from Kashyyyk. It wasn't anything particularly special, but it was a start, and the efficiency with which he completed it led to his next hunt. On his second hunt, at only age 16, he took a Republic bounty to eliminate a dangerous killer who had assassinated a senator.

It was this bounty that gained him notice from GenoHaradan, the organization that caused the death of the senator, who invited Bendak to join, seeing that he had the skill to take out one of their own. Bendak accepted the offer, knowing that it would help him get work.

During his time in GenoHaradan he became battle hardened, was responsible for the assassination of several prominent galactic figures, and did some things that he wasn't proud of. However, he continued to work for them until he ended up with several bounties on his own head, forcing him to retreat to Taris.

Joining the Cuy'val Dar
"Greetings, Volk Bendak, I am Jango Fett. Your services are required on Kamino. As payment, all bounties on your head will be erased, courtesy of the Kaminoans."

- Jango Fett's message to Bendak. At age 19, one year after having to disappear to a homestead on Talus in 31 BBY, he received a mysterious message from Jango Fett, a man he vaguely remembered from before Galidraan, asking him to join the Cuy'val Dar, under the condition that all bounties on his head would be cleared. It was an offer he could not refuse, and he packed up and moved to Kamino, where he found thousands of clones of Fett, as well as many other Mandalorians. For the first time in years, Volk Bendak felt at home. He continued to serve the the Republic until the end of the Clone Wars.

Preparing for Battle
While serving as a training sergeant, he specialized in tracking and technical training, Bendak's views, as far as training goes, were moderate, believing that Walon Vau was too harsh, but Kal Skirata was simply too nice, though he typically agreed with Skirata.

During Bendak's time on Kamino, where he retained a private apartment up until the end of the Clone Wars, he came into contact with the young Boba Fett for the first time, whom he would later have more contact with many years in the future. Bendak minimally participated in the training of Delta squad, and was responsible for RC-1140's slicing proficiency, though training sergeant Walon Vau did most of the work, and may have been a factor in keeping the squad form developing suicidal tendencies because of Vau's harsh tactics, though he did believe that Vau was right to some degree, he thought he was frequently too brutal. Bendak was also the first to call RC-1207 "Sev", though he was surprised when the name stuck.

Bendak was directly involved in the training of Omicron Squad, who saw him as a father, Aurek Squad, Manka Squad, Hyperion Squad, and Ion Team, among others.

The Fighting Begins
In 22 BBY the Clone War began on Geonosis. Volk Bendak was stationed on Kamino when it started and was sent on a mission to Geonosis, to track the location of recent defector and clone template Jango Fett, but was sidetracked by the appearance of General Grievous, whom he later reported to the Republic High Command as a Krath war droid, who thought he had merely seen one of the new super battle droids and dismissed the subject.

Bendak was later commissioned as a secret agent and was sent on many missions to different planets over the course of the Clone Wars to perform reconnaissance including missions to Muunilinst, Kashyyyk, and others. This career continued until the Outer Rim Sieges, where, while performing routine reconnaissance and espionage with Omicron Squad, which he frequently worked with, and who saw him as a father, they were caught, and Bendak took a shell to the chest, damaging his Mandalorian armor beyond repair and near-fatally injuring him, though had he not been wearing the armor, he would have surely died.

After the injury, he was transported to Coruscant for medical care, where his heart and lungs were replaced with Neuro-Saav cybernetics. While recuperating, the Omicrons, his squad, who brought him a new suit of armor from Mandalore, made of Mandalorian iron.

While still on bed rest, but after moving to Kamino, the Clone Wars came to an end. After hearing the news, he painfully got on his feet, put on his old, ruined armor, packed his bags, and left Kamino with Omicron squad in a LAAT gunship. But not before stealing a vial of Jango Fett's DNA, and changing the Kamino mainframe to accept the members of Omicron Squad as trainers rather than clones.

A New Beginning
After leaving Kamino, Volk Bendak changed his name to Atiniir Ala'verd, Mando'a for enduring clever warrior, painted his new armor black and red, took Omicron Squad to Mandalore an instructed them to contact Jaing Skirata to get their accelerated aging halted, and moved back to Nar Shaddaa with a new YT-2000 freighter, where he found work as a bounty hunter once again, knowing that if he were ever caught, he would be charged with desertion, tampering with official records, and grand theft. He continued to work as a bounty hunter until 18 BBY, when he moved to Naboo after growing weary of all the killing,

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
After moving to Naboo, Bendak (as Ala'verd) applied for a job in the Royal Naboo Security Force as a security guard for Queen Kylantha and maintained a residence in Moenia, where he worked as a police officer in close association with Borvo the Hutt. After successfully thwarting an assassination attempt against the Queen, he was promoted to Security Officer and moved to Theed, but kept in touch with Borvo for many years. After one year, when his term of service was over, he left Naboo and went on to a series of odd jobs across the galaxy.

Odd Jobs
After leaving Naboo, Ala'verd moved to Roon and, while working as a technician for the Baobab Merchant Fleet, acquired several ancient Roonstones. Later, Ala'verd took up a more prestigious position in the merchant fleet and became a scout in the Rishi maze and was one of the few people to successfully leave Iego, but, later that year, he left that position and moved once again.

Arriving on Coruscant, Ala'verd decided to try his hand as a bodyguard to several Imperial officers and later, the actress Wynssa Starflare (with whom he had a relationship), and child-actor Garik Loran. This job ended the next year and Ala'verd went back to bounty hunting, the job he felt was best for him, based on his expertise.

Meeting the Arkanian
While on a bounty hunt on Taris in 16 BBY, after starting a bar fight in a cantina to cover his trail, Ala'verd met his future wife, a young Arkanian Offshoot by the name of Asadia Carrick, who also happened to be his bounty, but rather than taking the opening to capture his bounty, he was stunned by her fighting proficiency and beauty, he immediately knew that he could not go through with this bounty. Instead of attacking his bounty he called in a favor from an old friend, Borvo the Hutt.

As it would take some time for Borvo to erase the bounty, Ala'verd had to figure out a way to protect her from other hunter without gaining her hate, the only way was to capture her, but then prove that he had no intent to collect the bounty on her head. He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her out of the bar through the backdoor, and locked her in the lounge of his ship. As he suspected, she met him with hate when he tried to speak to her, but he invited her into the cockpit of his YT-2000 to prove his true intentions, that he was taking her to his old hideout on Talus.

After discovering that he really wasn't going to collect the bounty on her, Asadia Carrick lightened up to Ala'verd, especially after discovering his efforts to clear her name. She asked why he would do such a thing for such a person (having a suspicion as to why), and he simply said in his Mandalorian way, "You've got great fighting skills".

While hiding with his "bounty" on Talus, waiting for Borvo to clear Asadia Carrick's name, they grew closer, which was not a problem for Atiniir.

After their period of hiding was over, Ala'verd and Asadia entered a business partnership in bounty hunting, with the Arkanian being a master of disguise and stealth, and Ala'verd being an expert in combat, computers, and tracking.

This partnership became more and mare romantic as it progressed, and after only a few months, the two were married on Naboo, by the Queen herself (thanks to Bendak's personal service to her). Afterward the two moved back to Bendak's hideout on Talus (with Volk now going by Bendak once again), and the two started a family, having two children, Aran, Mando'a for guard, born in 16 BBY, and Edessa, Arkanian for triumph, born in 15 BBY. Volk joined the Fed-Dub security force to bring in a steady income.

Encounter with the Empire
Bendak's quiet, peaceful life ended abruptly when, while investigating a crashed munitions freighter in 14 BBY. His past finally caught up with him when he was apprehended by stormtroopers and sent to the Imperial prison on Dathomir with a sentence for 15 years. While imprisoned he found himself conspiring with some Rebel sympathizers, including a smuggle named Ferren Dell, and they hatched an escape plan. Bendak attempted to slice the prison's computers, but ended up starting nearly a full-scale battle which cost him his left arm, but managed to steal a shuttle and escape to Kashyyyk with his new rebel friends, after less than a year of imprisonment.

After parting ways with the rebels, he replaced his lost arm with a metallic prosthetic, which he later armored with beskar, and purchased a Y-8 mining ship from the CEC on Kashyyyk and headed back to Talus, longing to see his family once again.

Going Back to Mandalore
It was 14 years before the Battle of Yavin when Bendak returned home, his children now two and three years old, and moved his family back to the old home on Mandalore, since Talus was no longer safe for them. At the Bendak family vheh'yaim, he found Omicron squad taking care of the ancient home, now using Bendak as their last name, happy to see them and considering them a part of his family, he accepted them into his new family.

Te Shekemir be Mand'alor
In 14 BBY, at 35 years old, less than a year after returning home to the impoverished Imperial era Mandalore, Bendak arranged a meeting with Mandalore Fenn Shysa to discuss his idea, a new incarnation of Mandalorians under an organization called the Followers of Mandalore, not a military organization, but a way to bring in new Mandalorians to the cause, and to Shysa's own resistance effort. Mandalore Shysa liked the idea, and let Bendak go on with his plans, with the title Al'Ori'Ramikade, "Commander of the Supercommandos.

As Al'Ori'Ramikade, Bendak joined forces with three other Mandalorians, Ijaat Meerel, Talon Vechter, Nico Fett, and another, who were appointed to his council as advisers and equals. After some time, the latter stopped appearing at meetings, and was later considered a deserter by the council. Later many more Mandos joined the cause and the council was expanded to a group of ten.

The Followers of Mandalore continued to operate until 5 BBY when Shysa requested all of the Followers' forces to aid the protectors in the coming war. After the Followers of Mandalore's dissolution, Bendak remained friends with the members of the council, secretly maintaining the group as a sort of secret service loyal to the ways of Mandalore the Preserver and Mandalore the Indomitable, and.

Short-Lived Peace
The Bendaks enjoyed peace in the quiet village of Enceri, Mandalore, with Volk occasionally taking high-credit bounties. In 1 ABY, he took a bounty for a medical corporation that offered him a large vial of kolcta, a miracle substance that could reverse aging if ingested, worth around 500,000 credits, as a reward. He brought it home for his wife to take a spoonful, as a Arkanian Offshoots only lived for about 65 years. He also ingested a small amount, as such an opportunity only cones around once in a lifetime. He Kept the rest around the house just in case anyone ever lost an arm or leg.

In 8 BBY, Volk and Asadia had a third child, named Tracyn, Mando'a for fire. He also began training his children, Aran, now 8, and Edessa, now 7, to fight and wear Mandalorian armor.

At one point Volk wanted to bring home a strill, but his wife, Asadia, couldn't tolerate the smell and instead wanted to get a felinx, which Volk said was too dumb. In the end they got a strill named Cabur, which Volk agreed to wash.

The Call of the Emperor
Around six years before the Battle of Yavin, in the middle of the night, the Bendak residence was visited by Darth Vader, who abducted Volk, taking him to Byss. Before the Emperor, Bendak was told that he must work as an assassin for the Empire, or his family must pay, he had no choice but to do the work, but this work left him miserable and broken. Over time, his sadness turned to anger, which became hatred toward the Empire, which in turn, made him a deadly force.

After four years, Bendak couldn't handle it anymore, and desperately turned to the Rebel Alliance, begging for help, who helped protect his family, at the cost of their home, which had to be abandoned for the time.

For Mandalore
In 0 BBY tensions were growing between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance, which culminated with the destruction of the Death Star. Following his forced service to the Empire, Bendak had no problem engaging them in combat, and helped in many post-Yavin battles for the Alliance

In 3 ABY, Bendak worked as a mercenary to help fund Fenn Shysa's effort to liberate Mandalore from the Suprema, and later aided in the destruction of the City of Bone, and the Suprema, who died with his slave trade. A year later, Bendak fought valiantly against Nagai and the Tofs, when they attacked the Rebel Alliance and Mandalore.

Over the following years, Volk Bendak served as a ranger for the Mandalorian Protectors, and a soldier for the Rebel Alliance.

The New Republic
In 5 ABY, Volk Bendak fought for the Mandalorian Protectors in the Battle of Mindor, and afterward joined the New Republic military to help return the Republic to the galaxy, promising his family he would be back soon. While fighting for the New Republic, he fought in the Battle of Coruscant, where he nearly lost his life, but in the end, the Republic was successful.

After the battle, Bendak called his family and invited them to New Republic Coruscant, where he planned to speak to high command about his "debts" to the Empire, and the protection of his family. Given his service to the New Republic, high command guaranteed him and his family safety from the wrath of the Empire.

After his meeting with the New Republic High Command, in 6 ABY the Bendaks went back to Mandalore, where they continued to live in peace for many years, Bendak continuing work as a bounty hunter part time, and Asadia opening a cantina called Buy'ce Gal (she spoke little Mando'a, so the name was Volk's idea).

Bringing the Galaxy to Mandalore
"Do you want to visit a planet with thousands of years of history? Do you want to sample unique culture and cuisine? Then you should visit Mandalore! With a history of over 4,000 years and a truly one-of-a-kind society, visit Mandalore before Mandalore visits you!"

- Bendak's billboards, seen across the galaxy around 7 ABY

Following the Battle of Coruscant, Mandalore Shysa tasked Bendak with bring tourism to Mandalore, given his history as a master recruiter and propagandist, in order to get the planet of of it's still deep poverty. These efforts were somewhat of a success, and Mandalore's economy was greatly boosted by visitors to Keldabe.

Happiness At Last
In 10 ABY, when he was chronologically 59, but biologically only about 40, Bendak finally found time to spend at home with his family. Having a position on the Mandalorian government, he no longer needed to work as a bounty hunter.

Commisioned by the New Jedi Order
In 11 ABY, Bendak was commissioned by Luke Skywalker and the Jedi Praxeum to find the whereabouts of Revan, who had disappeared after destroying Darth Malak. He was to bring back what ever remained of Revan and the Jedi Exile in the Unknown Regions. When Bendak asked why he was picked, Skywalker said that it was because he needed someone who was a skilled fighter and tracker, understood Jedi, and was not force-sensitive, as where ever Revan was, it was likely strong in the dark side of the force. As payment for this task, Skywalker offered him a captured Imperial prison ship, which would be suitable for the long trip, 150,000 credits, and a Jedi holocron.

The Incredible Journey
Though hesitant to leave for such a long trip, he agreed, and after three weeks of preparation, he assembled a team, consisting of Omicron Squad, his family, and a battalion of New Republic soldiers, as well as Ferren Dell (who actually later turned out to be force-sensitive) and his crew. They also loaded Bendak's Y-8, Dell's converted Trade Federation MTT, Sunflare, and a rag-tag complement of starfighters aboard the old prison ship, christened the Je'karta Naast, Mando'a for "Vengeful Destroyer", and embarked to Taris.

After long searches on Taris, they discovered an ancient flight recorder, directing them to Dantooine, where Ferren found the first Star Map. The next maps were rediscovered on Tatooine, Kashyyyk, Manaan, an Korriban, the last of which led them to an unknown world, uncharted for thousands of years. They reported this information to Skywalker, and then continued to the unknown world.

On this planet, the team uncovered an ancient droid, T3-M4, which they brought back to the ship to, hopefully, get more answers. They managed to hack the droid's encryption and get it functional, but were unable to get any information out of it.

After quite some time, they arrived on Csilla for supplies, where they questioned some of the Chiss officials as to whether they had any records regarding Revan, but found no answers. Before leaving Csilla, Bendak was able to crack the droid's records with the help of a Squib on Dell's crew. After unlocking the droid's files, they convinced it to program the navicomputer with the last location of Revan known to the droid.

The droid's directions led the team further past the Unknown Regions, and past the edge of the galaxy, and into Companion Grek and to a strange jungle planet, littered with starship remains. T3-M4 led Bendak's team to a derelict Dynamic-class freighter. They followed footprints from the freighter to an ancient temple, after pulling away the sealed door, they found a tomb with a female skeleton next to it. Inside the tomb, lay the mummified corpse of Revan. The group took both corpses back to the ship, and departed the planet, after charting its location on the navicomputer.

Bringing the corpses back to Yavin, they handed them over to Luke Skywalker, who, after recovering Revan's robes and gathering DNA samples for testing, housed them in one of the ancient temples on Yavin 4.

Resuming his Career
After receiving the Je'karta Naast, Bendak felt a burning desire to return to his old profession as a mercenary, his adult children joining him in the family "trade".

In 15 ABY, Bendak started a small bounty hunting operation called the "Official Mandalorian Bounty Hunting Association", but after a very short run, the group disbanded beacause of the Mandalorians many disagreements.

Later, Mandalore Shysa requested that Je'karta Naast be added to the Mandalorian fleet as a destroyer, and Bendak found himself in a position as a fleet commander for the next few years.

The End of the Shysa Administration
Tragically, in 20 ABY, Mandalore Fenn Shysa was killed on Shogun, and there was some question as to who would be Mand'alor, some wanting the position to go to Bendak. In the end, Boba Fett returned to Mandalore later as the new Mandalore, Fett remembered Bendak from Kamino as a level-headed leader, and re-appointed him as an adviser.

As the third in the line of command, behind Goran Beviin (whom he frequently called "Gorn"), Bendak was in a high place of command, he continued the maintain the Followers of Mandalore as the secret police, known only to Bendak and Mandalore.

The Yuuzhan Vong Invasion (27 - 40 ABY)
Twenty-seven years after the Battle of Yavin, a race of extra-galactic warriors called the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the galaxy, Bendak aided Fett in gaining the upper hand over the invaders by gathering intelligence under the ruse of alliance.

Bendak, in 'Je'karta Naast'' played a major part in the war, fighting the Vong in orbit of many planets. Bendak and the Followers of Mandalore also helped greatly in many ground battles.

The Second Galactic Civil War (40 - 50 ABY)
For years, Bendak had suspected that the Sith would return and history would repeat in a new Galactic Civil War, this time finally came in 40 ABY. Despite being chronologically 99 years old, and biologically 65, he fought valiantly in the campaign against Darth Caedus, including the Batle of Nickel One.

At the end of the war, a deadly nanovirus was released on Mandalore that targeted the Fett genome, and in 50 ABY, Fett, with persuasion from his lieutenants, stepped down as Mand'alor, no longer being able to visit Mandalore, and the job wes handed over to Goran Beviin.

Te Mirdala Mand'alor (52 - 64 ABY)
"Adate be Manda'yaim, ni ganar te buy'ce be Mand'alor!"

- Volk Bendak declaring himself the new Mandalore.

Only two years into Beviin's leadership, Bendak, on a trip to Dxun, found the original mask of Mand'alor in an old, ruined base. This discovery meant that he was the new, true Mandalore.

Returning to Mandalore he declared his discovery to the people of Mandalore in MandalMotors hall in Keldabe. While many were shocked, none, not even Beviin, could argue that the position was rightfully his.

He fashioned himself a new suit of armor based on the ancient style of Mandalores the Indomitable and Ultimate from his old, broken armor of his youth, and christened himself Mandalore the Clever, Te Mirdala Mand'alor.

Under the rule of Te Mirdala Mand'alor, the Mandalorians were returned to power equaling that of Mandalore the Ultimate's time, and was effectively the most powerful Mandalore on the galactic scene since Mandalore the Ultimate's time as well. They separated from the Galactic Alliance, as Mandalore saw corruption growing in the Daala administration.

War, War Never Changes
In 53 ABY, the Mandalorians under Mirdala began a quest for conquest, and eventually to take down the corrupt Galactic Alliance and Imperial remnant (against the visions of Darth Traya, many years earlier). This time however, Mandalore planned to win the war through alliance with other planets rather than subjugation. Mandalore nearly always at the helm of Je'karta Naast with his strill, Cabur at his side.

Revolution
"People of Mandalore, hear me, our geriatric leader is guilty of dereliction of duty! Don't you see? We are more powerful than we have been for 4,000 years! We could have near instant galactic conquest, but our Mandalore carries out this grueling war. I say we take down Mandalore the Clever, and take down the position of Mand'alor. In its place we will rule ourselves equally, and the rest of the Galaxy will be ruled by us!"

- Dort Druben rallying Mandalorians to his cause.

In 64 ABY, twelve years into Te Mirdala Mand'alor's rule, a group of revolutionaries, led by an usurper named Dort Druben, calling themselves Mandalorians Separatists threatened Mandalore's rule, promising quicker galactic conquest to those who followed.

After a battle between the Mandalorians Separatists and the Mandalorians with the Followers of Mandalore, these usurpers gained power from Te Mirdala Mand'alor and declared Mandalore and all his supporters Dar'manda and exiled them all to Dxun, where they immediately began planning to regain power from the Aruetiise.

Civil War
"Aruetiise, stand down now or be annihilated, it is time power is returned to Mand'alor!"

- Te Mirdala Mand'alor's forces to the Neo-Mandalorian government in MandalMotors Hall.

In 65 ABY, the Mandalorians under Te Mirdala Mand'alor stormed Keldabe and took power back from the Neo-Mandalorian traitors, who had been attempting to conquer the galaxy in less time than Mandalore, leading to heavy losses.

After a battle briefer than the one the previous year, power was returned to Mand'alor.

Returning Peace
After conquering many planets scattered across the galaxy, always sure to steer clear of Coruscant, and secretly removing Galactic Alliance Chief-of-State Natasi Daala from her position, Mandalorian forces, slowed their advance, and eventually halted their conquest in 72 ABY, with Te Mirdala Mand'alor revealing that his purpose behind the conquest was to expand the ranks of the Mandalorians exponentially, this effort was successful, and the Mandalorians remained powerful within their territory for many years.

Old Age
Around 78 ABY Realizing that he was aging, Bendak began training his grandson, Kad, to succeed him, if all went according to plan.

During the time of peace after the end of New Mandalorian Wars, Bendak returned to his family home in Enceri, and spent the last years of his life with the four generations of Bendaks now living there.

In 113 ABY, when he was biologically 107 years old Bendak quietly died in his sleep, passing the position of Mandalore on to his grandson, who was killed only a few years afterward, and was replaced by Chernan Ordo.

Personality and Traits
Volk Bendak was a warrior, and in true Mandalorian fashion, enjoyed the fight, but he also preferred to take the most likely path to victory rather than fighting for the fight's sake. He disliked Jabba the Hutt and prefered Borvo the Hutt, a much friendlier individual, as far as Hutt crime-lords go. Bendak valued honesty above all else and never lied about anything of significance. He also never stole from anyone other than the Empire, since they frequently made it necessary. Bendak was never a particularly social individual and generally only spoke when necessary.

Bendak idolized both Mandalore the Ultimate and Mandalore the Clever, and eventually worked to continue the crusades of the Ultimate in galactic conquest.

When forced to work for the Empire, he became much more brutal due to the grief the situation caused him, but he went back to his old self after being reunited with his family.

Bendak was a family man, and his loyalty lay first with his wife, children, and even Omicron squad.

Equipment
Volk Bendak wore standard Mandalorian armor throughout his life, and from the end of the Clone Wars on, carried an E-11b blaster rifle. After time in the RSF, Bendak carried a modified Power 5 heavy blaster pistol, modified with Verpine, Mandalorian, and Arkanian technology. He was also known to carry a custom Veshok wood disruptor rifle that belonged to Gorse Bendak.

After leaving Kamino, he used a YT-2000, which was replaced with a Y-8 Mining Ship, named the Beskar Buzzard after escaping Dathomir. In 13 ABY he acquired an old Imperial prison ship as payment from the New Jedi Order, which he named the Je'karta Naast.

During his travels across the galaxy, Bendak amassed a large collection of relics and antiquities which he added to his families, already large collection and housed aboard his Y-8 Mining ship, and later his homestead.

Skills and Abilities
Volk Bendak was an average human being, in relatively average physical condition. After the Clone Wars, his stamina was increased by the cardio-respiratory implant he received after being near-fatally wounded in the Outer Rim Sieges of the Clone Wars.

His life was greatly extended by his cardio-respiratory package as well as a small amount of kolcta that he ingested in 1 ABY, which caused him to age more slowly and look progressively younger than his true age, aging at about 2/3 the normal aging rate.

Bendak spoke fluent Mando'a, as well as Huttese, Bocce, and Arkanian.

Over the course of his career, Bendak developed several connections in high places, including Borvo the Hutt, Queen Kylantha of Naboo, Luke Skywalker, and Mandalores Fenn Shysa, Boba Fett, and Goran Beviin.

Asadia Carrick
Volk Bendak first met Asadia Carrick on a bounty hunt, when she was the bounty. He fell in love at first sight, but, for obvious reasons, she was harder to convince. After clearing her name with the help of Borvo the Hutt, they began dating and were later married. Bendak cared about her and their children more than anyone else, and was nearly driven insane when he was forced to work for the Empire under the threat of the death of his family.

Borvo the Hutt
Bendak first met Borvo while working for the Royal Naboo Security Force in Moenia, and the two became close friends and business partners, both calling in favors from each other on several occasions.

Ferren Dell
During his time imprisoned on Dathomir, Bendak conspired with several rebel sympathizers, one of whom was Ferren Dell, a smuggler from Telos IV and a sergeant in the Rebel Alliance. Although the two were friends, they had little in common, with Dell being an easy-going smuggler and Bendak being a disciplined, somewhat uptight soldier. Despite being allies, the two never got along well, essentially only similar by sharing a common enemy, the Empire.

Behind the Scenes
Volk Bendak is the fan-created character of Connor Montgomery and is intended as the backstory for his real-life Mandalorian armor. Volk is the phonetic spelling of the Russian волк, meaning wolf, and relates to the name Connor meaning "wolf-kin".