Duel on Kuar


 * "My warriors need another crusade. The Empress Teta system is in chaos, overstretched by their many conquests. The witch Aleema and her Jedi devotee Ulic Qel-Droma will fall under the fist of Mandalore."
 * &mdash; Mandalore the Indomitable

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.

After several small raids by the Mandalorians, Lord Mandalore eventually caught the attention of Ulic by destroying an important Carbonite Smelting Station in the Tetan system. This led to an offer of one-on-one combat by Lord Mandalore. The victor would get the forces of the other.

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.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War