Unidentified Mandalorian chieftain

"There's never been a war we haven't fought in."

- The Mandalorian chieftain

This Mandalorian chieftain was present during a meeting of numerous Mandalorian clan chiefs, mercenaries, and company heads with Mand'alor Boba Fett. Gathered at MandalMotors Hall in the city of Keldabe, Mandalore's capital, the chieftain opened the meeting with the question of who the Mandalorians would be fighting for in the growing war between the Galactic Alliance and the fledgling Confederation.

History
"This isn't our fight. Mandalore's got its own troubles." "The war's escalating. Their troubles might come and find ''us."

- Boba Fett and the Mandalorian chieftain

A humanoid Mandalorian, this male came to become the chieftain of his clan at some point prior to the year 40 ABY. In 40 ABY, he gathered with a number of other chieftains, clan leaders, and Mandalorian company CEOs at a meeting of the clans held in Mandalore's capital city of Keldabe, at MandalMotors Hall. There, in addition to the other clan leaders and numerous other Mandalorian mercenaries, bounty hunters, and any other Mandalorian who had been interested in attending, he questioned the Mand'alor, Boba Fett, as to what role the Mandalorians would take in the growing conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the Confederation. The chieftain believed that the Mandalorians should be involved, fighting on one side or the other—though he asserted no preference for either government—if for no other reason than because they always had some part in galactic warfare throughout history. When Fett suggested that Mandalore stay out of the war, the chieftain warned that the war may end up coming unwillingly to them.

He would later be drawn into a discussion with the gathered clan leaders and soldiers when Neth Bralor suggested Mandalore look after itself and focus on rebuilding in the wake of the Yuuzhan Vong attack on the planet during the Yuuzhan Vong War. Minutes later, when the Mandalorian known as Graad suggested that Fett should recall a number of Mandalorians from diaspora throughout the galaxt, the chieftain and nearly all of the assembled Mandalorians looked to Fett for his response—one that would come in favor of Graad's suggestion.

Personality and traits
"So, Mand'alor, are we going to fight or what?"

- The chieftain

The Mandalorian chieftain believed that the Mandalorians' place was fighting in the galaxy's wars, and he appeared to be proud of their legacy of being a presence in every major war in history. He was a politically wary man, as well, unconvinced that if Mandalore declared itself neutral of the rising civil war, it would be enough to keep them from being caught up in the hostilities.

Physically, the chieftain possessed a beard which he shaved in an ornate fashion, and an eye patch which he wore over one eye.

Behind the scenes
This unnamed Mandalorian chieftain made his first—and to date, only—appearance in Star Wars canon in the 2007 Legacy of the Force novel, Sacrifice, by author Karen Traviss.

Appearances

 * Sacrifice