lighthousesociety

In a bygone era, mandalorians used to settle disputes before a council of peers. From insults and disagreements to removing a person of authority, no blood needed to be shedded if you can convince others that you were in the right. We may never know exactly how, as outsiders put it, regressed into using duels to settle things between mandalorians. I have a theory or two, but perhaps we now settle things with martial skills to apply a simple concept. That if you truly believe in something, you best be ready to stake your life for it. If you must speak, speak truthfully. For it would be a waste to die to defend a lie. If you must act, do so standing up. For mercy and forgiveness is a gift that not one is entitled to. That’s what I faced when I stood before Alor. A young warrior, who I had wronged as all of his companions who joined us on Kashyyyk, perished from my poor leadership. While I stand by that the many lives we lost on that world were not my intent, I still failed to guide them