Dar'manda

Dar'manda
General information
Organization type	Gun runners
Leader(s)	Indigo Bask Sunn†
Headquarters	Mek-Sha
Location(s)	Mek-Sha Fortune's Folly
Other information
Affiliation	Mandalorians Hidden Chain(formerly)

"Hard work will see ample reward."

―A Dar'manda banner on Ruhnuk

The Dar'manda was a band of ex-Mandalorian gun runners and one of the five ruling organizations on Mek-Sha after Huttbreaker's Rebellion.

History

Indigo and the Dar'manda on Mek-Sha

The group was led by Indigo in 3627 BBY. The Dar'manda were based out of the space station Mek-Sha, acting as one of the ruling organizations after their role in the Huttbreaker's Rebellion. During the renewed conflict between Galactic Republic and Sith Empire, the Commander of the Eternal Alliance arrived to assist Republic forces and enlisting the help of the space station's lead factions, finding the Dar'manda a possible ally. The Dar'manda offered to cut a deal with the Commander on Mek-Sha but refused to take a side in the renewed conflict off the station. The group was known to have an intense rivalry with another one of Mek-Sha's factions, the Harido Wald, whom the Dar'manda believed was severely squeezing their profits.

Dar'manda aboard the Fortune's Folly.

A year later, members of the group led by the Recruitment officer Bask Sunn, joined up with Heta Kol's organization known as the Hidden Chain. They aided Kol with their starship, the Fortune's Folly, in an attack on the Spirit of Vengeance II, and helped make off with the banner of Clan Cadera.

Dar'manda at the Hidden Chain base on Ruhnuk

Following the attack on the Spirit of Vengeance II, Shae Vizla landed on Mek-Sha and took out nearly half the Dar'manda trying to discover the whereabouts of Heta Kol, but ultimately came up with nothing. Hylo Visz remarked in a conversation with the Alliance Commander that Indigo probably didn't even know his people were involved with the Hidden Chain, as he was never a hands-on manager for the group. Despite them operating without his knowledge, Dar'manda under the Hidden Chain used banners bearing his face.

After the Hidden Chain's escape from Ruhnuk, Heta Kol declared that Dar'manda were no longer part of the Hidden Chain, due to the actions of Bask Sunn during the duel with Shae Vizla. Indigo, who disapproved of Sunn, was happy to learn of his death and decided to use the opportunity to reach out to Sunn's clients.

Behind the scenes

The Dar'manda first appeared in the 2019 Onslaught expansion to the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic.

If Bask Sunn was not killed on Ruhnuk by the Alliance Commander, then during the Hidden Chain meeting, Heta will inform the others of Bask's actions, and proceed to have the others kill his Dar'manda guards and then throw him out of the airlock, subsequently killing him.

Appearances

• Star Wars: The Old Republic Cartel Market (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith
• "Bottled Fury" on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link)

Sources

• Behind The Scenes Of World Design on The Old Republic's official website (backup link) (First mentioned)
• Cartel Market Additions: Game Update 6.2.1 on The Old Republic's official website (backup link)

External links

• Brian Hagan (@fulcrum919) on ArtStation: Old Republic Art, Part 1 (backup link)

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