Romulus Raidoner Mandalore
"A simple man earning a living in the galaxy"
Romulos Mandalore is the only Mandalorian to attain the power of the Force through artificial means. He survived his early years to meet Darth Sinistros, and not only survive, but become a powerful Jedi in the process. Romulos proudly founded the Mandalore family in the Kuat system and paved the way for it to spread its influence as a valuable asset to his fellow mandalorians.
Romulos was born to wealthy Mandalorian parents on the planet Judecca. His father worked as a successful bounty hunter while his mother remained on Judecca to take care of little Maximus.
During this time, Darth Sinistros was searching for a way to create Force Sensitive Mandalorians. He had already tried unsuccessfully to influence the midichlorians in adults and decided to attempt the procedure on children instead.
Sinistros found Romulos by researching the Mandalorian Clan bloodlines and discovered a child there on Judecca. It was simple for the powerful Sith to engineer an "accident" that resulted in Romulos's parent's deaths. Sinistros simply bide his time and waited until the local police left the boy alone and snatched him away and fled the planet in favor of a more remote location.
Romulos awoke to find the terrifying Sinistros hovering over him, his face hidden by the bright surgery lighs above his head. The boy was lucky since Sinistros took advantage of romulos's comatose state and administered the midichlorian-altering drug. Other than a faint buzzing at the back of Romulos's skull, the boy felt fine. He could even feel the faint sense of approval from his kidnapper, but later felt that he had simply been imagining things.
Deciding that the boy needed training in both his Mandalorian heritage and in the Force, Sinistros left Romulos with Tiberius, patriarch of the Tang'va dynasty and the self-proclaimed emperor of Kamino Prime.
Tiberius was a harsh teacher, but a fair one. He trained Romulos in the secret arts of Shadow Stalking, a form where one took advantage of both the Force and the stalking abilities of the user.
Romulos stayed with Tiberius until he reached the age of eighteen standard years and left Kamino Prime for life outside the planet's atmosphere. He went to the Mandalorian homeworld of Concord Dawn and met Makurth Mandalore's future mother.
Romulos returned to Kamino Prime in time to witness the destruction of the Tang'va and Tiberius at the hands of the empire. Romulos was discovered and captured by the imperials. There it was decreed by the imperial senate that Raidoner would be integrated into the dark studies of the sith. The sith taught Romulos the skills of combining starship combat with his Force abilities. Romulos after deceiving the empire and their sith teachings managed to escape and blend in the galaxy.
Romulos spent several months on Concord Dawn, earning the right to bear Mandalorian armor and dating Makurth's mother. After Romulos succeeded in The Seven Trials of Mandalore, he left Concord Dawn, and unknowing left a pregnant woman in his wake. He would not know of the existence of his son until the boy joined the ranks of the empire nearly twenty years later.
Romulos scoured the galaxy, hunting bounties and working for various bosses until he earned enough credits to by a FireSpray and work freelance. Eventually he learned of his direct lineage to Mandalore himself and bide his time until he could found a new segment of a Force Sensitive Mandalorian family.
He tried several times on different planets, but the results were the same. Each time the Mandalore family rose, some other threat would completly obliterate the small group. He would later discover that it was his own son destroying these splinters of the Mandalore family line.
Romulos later took on an apprentice and met his son, Makurth "Zak" Mandalore and often the two of them teamed up for missions and Clan battles. The two would later go on and create the Mandalore Family with Raidoner as Patriarch.
Romulos scouted for prospects both in the galaxy and in the Brotherhood to join his Mandalorian family. They began to grow quickly and became a force of their own in the Galaxy.
Neither father or son suspected how deep the secrets of their family ran and there were a few that the Mandalores themselves were unaware of. Luckily, none of these secrets were lethal to the young family and the patiently awaited the return of Darth Sinistros in order to avenge his parents and rid the galaxy of the presence of the sith.
Romulos is rather even tempered for a Mandalorian and displays the typical Mandalore father's attributes to fellow family members. He is willing to patiently hunt for information in the worst of situations and standfastly wait for his brothers to reach the same conclusion that he has.
As a leader, Romulos has little patience for fools and has no trouble eliminating those who are from his own family if need be.
