Clan Deshra

"Would you have really done it?" "What, attacked Sundari? If Kryze and her sheb'urcyine didn't let you go, then yes. Absolutely yes. And the whole clan would've had my back. There's nothing you don't do for family."

- Ezgi and Edeema Deshra

Clan Deshra was a Mandalorian clan that existed prior to the Galactic War. Members of the clan reverse-engineered alien technology to develop their own retribution feedback shields almost a standard century before the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire broke out, and sold the shields to the highest bidder.

During the war against the Eternal Empire of Zakuul, Clan Deshra rallied to the call of Mandalore the Avenger, and committed their formidable forces to the fight for freedom. After a hard fought struggle, the Eternal Empire was eventually defeated, and the united front Clan Deshra presented during the war soon broke up naturally during peacetime. Several members joined the Mand'alor in allying with Hylo Visz's anti-piracy endeavors, while others set out in search of alternative opportunities with the Republic or Sith Empire.

Nearly two millennia later, an epidemic of the Candorian plague spread across the galaxy. One of many worlds afflicted, Mandalore was devastated by the deadly illness. Furthermore, a weakened Mandalore sector had come under attack by raiders from the lawless regions of space that surrounded it to such a degree that Mandalorian vessels were forced to form defensive caravans in order to move about. To combat this state of affairs, the Manda'lor of the era, Mandalore the Uniter, began a movement that would come to be known as the Return, in which he called upon Mandalorians living throughout the galaxy to come to the aid of Mandalorian space. Many in Clan Deshra answered, settling down on Mandalore and its moon, Concordia. Several members of the Deshra clan took up residence in and around Keldabe, at the same time as the Deshra family farm was established in the north-eastern regions of Concordia.

By 77 BBY, the Concordian farmstead was owned by Suvar and Jani Deshra. The two had a daughter they named Edeema, and though they raised her in the hopes that she would one day inherit the family farm, Edeema instead dreamed of Mandalore. As an adult, Edeema left the Deshra farm behind with her parents' blessing, joining several members of her extended family in Keldabe. She became a successful mercenary, earning no shortage of credits or stories with which to regale her proud family, whom she returned to visit often. In 49 BBY, while overseeing a job in the small town of Shoriya, Edeema met the New Mandalorian merchant trader Caul Itera. Edeema and Caul fell in love, starting a brief but heated affair that resulted in the birth of their daughter, Ezgi Deshra.

Behind the scenes
Clan Deshra was first introduced to the canonical Star Wars universe in the Galactic Starfighter expansion for the massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

The clan was later chosen by writer Mia Mesharad to be the family behind her own work's primary protagonist, Ezgi Deshra. Clan Deshra was selected for its established history in the Star Wars canon, while also providing an opportunity expand on that history in a significant way. Ezgi and her aunt, Vhala Deshra, reintroduced the clan to the late Republic era in  Welcome to Mandalore , while Edeema Deshra made her first appearance in the subsequent story,  The Nar Kreetan Job .

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter
 *  Welcome to Mandalore 
 *  The Nar Kreetan Job