Duel on Kuar

Attempting to begin a new Crusade, the Mandalorian clans under their lord Mandalore the Indomitable at first sought to begin hostilities between themselves and the newly-resurgent Sith forces led by Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma in 3,996 BBY.

On the Deep Core world of Kuar, Ulic and Lord Mandalore met in order to determine who would gain primacy over the other's forces. Arrayed against one another were each side's armies, all awaiting the outcome of what surely must become a one-sided defeat for the Sith. Atop a massive superstructure of metal, ropes, and chains, Qel-Droma was forbidden from even touching solid ground, lest he forfeit the contest to Mandalore; the warrior chieftain himself rode a customized Basilisk War Droid, tiliting the odds severely in his favor.

In the end, however, Ulic won out due to superior skill and craft, with the beaten Mandalore the Indomitable thereby pledging his life, honor, and troops to Qel-Droma's cause.