Corso Marek

Corso Marek, was a male  who fought beside the  during the Mandalorian-Kadd'ej War. When his mother was killed during a pirate attack on, he was raised by an abusive father alongside his twin sister, Tiya. A meek individual, Marek was born into nobility and was found by most of his family as being unworthy of the name "Marek". He eventually left his father's home and got a job piloting, but was fired after mission gone awry. Marek eventually found himself in trouble on where he came in contact with a group of Mandalorians, led by Jai'ga Shan.

Under the guidance of Shan, Marek became a force to be reckoned with, a natural soldier with uncompromising loyalty to his fellow Mandalorians, eventually earning him the right to be the first in over five decades to be truly worthy of the title of Mandalore. Under the moniker Mandalore the Crusader, he promised to lead his people back relevancy in the eyes of the galactic community by restarting the Mandalorian crusades that once swept the galaxy.

Early life
Born under the name Corso Marek, a name he deemed was not worthy of knowing, this Near-Human was a meek and soft-spoken individual was born on "some backwater planet" to a man "who shouldn't have had kids". He had the tendency for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

His father, the was an abusive man who cared little for his son or daughter Tiya. One day when Corso came home from school his father was intoxicated on a variant of spice called and attempted to beat Tiya when she yelled at him but was thwarted by his son, who stood up to him for the first time in his life. The fifteen-year-old assaulted his father, but he soon realized his mistake and was beaten nearly to death by the man, hospitalizing the boy. The father lied to authorities when questioned, claiming that it was a vagrant.

Adult life
At some point he eventually left his father's home, scarred with memories of his childhood he would find himself in cantinas after a day's work drowning away his 'miserable existence'. One day in the year 222 ABY he was fired from his piloting job on after a shipment of materials was eaten by  due to his co-pilot's negligence. Disgruntled but soft-spoken, Marek begrudgingly accepted his severance pay and his former co-pilot gave him ride to.

He later regretted accepting the credits and gambled in a club owned by Garra Jallissii Abai, betting on a, hoping to make some credits off the fighter Sacull, the Lok Revenant. Betting more than he had, twelve hundred credits against the Blitz, Marek lost and was threatened with torture and death if he didn't pay. He managed to flee but was later caught up to.

A reason to live
"Who are you?" "No one worth your time." "Well, Mr. No-one-worth-your-time, can you help me with this."

- Corso and Jai'ga

Minutes after escaping the thug Blitz and his crew, Corso rested in an alley until he heard blaster fire and the occurring a street over. He only watched at first, however when the thugs caught up to him he decided to cross the street hoping to not get hit; when a grenade landed near him he was saved by one of the fighters, revealing himself to be Dyre, a. After the group of thugs joined in in the shooting, Dyre put a blaster in Corso's hand, he was hesitant but before the skirmish was over he was able to kill one of the enemies, albeit accidentally.

When the smoke settled he was berated for his hesitation by Dyre and few others, but was defended by the Mandalorian Jai'ga Shan, who in turn offered for him to come with them; he accepted, not wanting to be around if Garra decided to have him killed for his brief part in the destruction of the town.

The Mandalorians collected what they could in both weaponry and armor from the fallen and left the planet heading to, a temperate aboreal moon.

Joining the Mandalorians
"So you gonna tell me your name now?" "Yeah, Marek." "Marek? You got a first name?" "That'd be telling."

- Jai'ga and Marek

Over the course of the next few months, Marek was taught what it meant to be Mandalorian, how to handle weapons and speak the.

When the time came for his substitute 's final test; to hunt down and kill the mutant acklay in the marsh that that had escaped from a holding facility, the creature had already killed five Mandalorians before. The test was failed and Marek was almost dismissed as a Mandalorian by Dyre until Jai'ga told him to try again. With her blessing Corso ventured out and located the predator and subsequently killing it he returned with it's skull on his back and covered in blood. He was congratulated and a party was held later that night, welcoming their new brother.

During the feast Jai'ga asked to speak with him, the pair traveled in the nearby woods and hunted an that had eaten her the durasteel blade of her  which belonged to her father. When the pair located the canine, it was already in pain, the blade of the beskad was lodged within its stomach; Marek decide to euthanize her but not before giving her a name, Sol'yc, meaning "first" in &mdash;of innocent things to die by his hand. With the blade recovered, Jai'ga thanked him but admitted to not really needing his help, she just wanted his company and asked him to report to her quarters in an hour. When he arrived, Jai'ga immediately kissed him and they spent the night together.

The next morning, Marek made breakfast for her and was later awarded a suit of &mdash;once belonging to a proud Mandalorian warrior.

Becoming Mandalore
Years later in 229 ABY, Marek was promoted to lieutenant and sent on a mission to Had Abbadon where Ran Dyre attempted to kill him.

Return home
In late 234 ABY, Mandalore decided to visit Telos after hearing that his father was sick. He came in contact with his sister Tiya whom he had not seen in years.

Conqueror's return
A year later, the Crusaders were settled on Mandalore when an alien speaking archaic  arrived to challenge Marek, revealing himself to the warrior who disappeared millennia ago, Mandalore the Conqueror.

Appearances

 * Dunamis, Part 1
 * Dunamis, Part 2
 * Agon, Part 1
 * Agon, Part 2
 * Return of the Taung
 * Polemos