The Iron Covenant

[Romul Saxon]

"Survival is not endurance. A spark in a closed room eventually runs out of air. To live beyond our lifetimes, we must become the wind that carries the flame."
- Zavar Kelborn, Call to Banners

NARRATIVE OVERVIEW

For nearly a half-century, the genocide of our people has gone unanswered. The Sith, architects of our greatest defeat, walk unafraid in the galaxy. So long as our vode’s blood is unavenged, we have no honor as Mandalorians.

The Iron Covenant emerges from the ashes of the Mandalorian Enclave, their cradle the frozen world of Kestri. A pact wrought in steel carries a legacy and burden of the Mando’ade and their failures. United in their desire to avenge what they had lost, their eyes are set on the Sith powers in the galaxy currently unchallenged.

Many who have wronged the Mando'ade walk in the galaxy. The Sith Order stands unchallenged behind their Blackwall. The Galactic Empire (or so it seems) rots in the core, the heritage of the Brotherhood of the Maw who slew the Quartermaster. The Sith Holy Worlds are ruled over by Darth Carnifex. All of these are targets for destruction by the Iron Covenant.

The galaxy underestimates the Mandalorians. Most have forgotten them. Those who do remember do not respect them. And cowards, traitors to their heritage, hold power in Mandalore. Swearing to rid the galaxy of their ancient foe or die trying, the Iron Covenant must against all odds and outnumbered wage war against the Sith and bring them to their knees.

THREAD LIST

These are the backbone of the Saga. Participation directly shapes the Covenant's story and its canon outcome. Staff will not pre-script the endings. What happens in a given thread is what happened.

A Saga is primarily story-driven. All writers who participate can influence the story, direction and overall outcome of a Saga's narrative. In addition to participating, you are encouraged to devise your own missions and additions to the Saga's narrative. Ask yourself: how will you become a legend?

Chronicles
Major Saga-defining story events.

ACT I

• Chapter 1: Call to Banners | x | Campaign
  • A night of revelry and preparation as the Mythos Fleet prepares to embark from Kestri
• Chapter 2: Iron Remembers | x | Junction/Skirmish
  • A small strike force probes the Blackwall of the Sith Order, striking at the industrial world of Seswenna.
• Chapter 3: The Dagger Unsheathed | x | Mission
  • A recon strike force is sent to map out targets on the shipbuilding world of Humbarine in the Core, ostensibly to prepare for an invasion against the Dark Empire.
• Chapter 4: Operation: Silent Scales | x | Mission
  • A strike force is sent to the far-off world of Cularin to retrieve Oggmiri force-lizards as specimens for the Iron Covenant's anti-force user tecnology
• Chapter 5: Return the Blade - Invasion of Humbarine | x | Invasion
  • The recon strike force, discovered by the Sith, is extracted from Humbarine. The Iron Covenant fights tooth and nail to rescue their own.
• Chapter 6: Feast of the Fallen | x | Campaign
  • In the wake of Humbarine, the Iron Covenant gathers aboard the Hammer-hand's ship for revelry and honoring the dead.
• Chapter 7: Retrieve the Fallen | x | Mission
  • A mission to retrieve the fallen bodies of Mandalorian warriors who sacrificed their lives on Humbarine.

ACT II

• Chapter 1: The Hunt | x | Mission
  • A strike team descends on Felucia to capture Rancors for a new Mandalorian unit.
• Chapter 2: The Brawl | x | Skirmish
  • The Sith send agents to strike Mandalorians at Abregado-Rae, probing their defenses.
• Chapter 3: Solstice of the Mando'ade 2026 | x | Event
  • The return of an annual event, the largest celebration of Mandalorian culture.
• Chapter 4: Double Tap: TSC Invasion of Abregado-Rae | x | Invasion
  • The Sith's invasion of Abregado-Rae

Passages
Objective-focused missions on an often-smaller scale.

Act II

• The Fresia Connection | x | Mission
  • Siv Dragr, Zandra Ruus, and Ferrin Dorn are sent to Fresia to meet a mysterious contact key to the resistance against the Sith.

Lays
Private threads that enrich the narrative of the Saga.

CHARACTER GOALS & FACTION OBJECTIVES
Faction Objectives (Subject to Modification)

• Desecrate the Sith Holy Worlds
• Break the Blackwall of the Sith Order
• Rid the Core of the Dark Empire
• Recover lost/stolen Mandalorian artifacts

Possible Character Objectives

• Avenge personal losses from the Sith Genocide of Mandalore, or the Second Great Hyperspace War
• Connect to your Mandalorian heritage
• Glory and spoils
• This is your character; define your own personal objectives!

These are the Covenant's goals for this Saga. Flagship threads and major arcs contribute toward completing them.

SPOILS
Below is a list of each Saga mission and its respective spoil. You earn spoils simply by participating in their associated thread. To claim a spoil, simply comment that you are claiming X spoil from the given thread below. This is done largely for factory permission purposes and does not need faction staff approval to use spoil; commenting in it of itself will serve as any necessary permission.

ACT I​

Thread​	Spoil​
I. Call to Banners​	Tracynaumiit Storyfire Brand​
II. Iron Remembers	Talyc'kal Vibroknife​
III. The Dagger Unsheathed	Prudi'kad Tactical Ship​
IV. Operation: Silent Scales	Oggmiri Karoya's Mantle​
V. Return the Blade: Invasion of Humbarine	Mandalorian Recon Helmet Haran'val Mark​
VI. Feast of the Fallen	Hammer-hand's Drinking Horn​
VII. Retrieve the Fallen	Ru'vecuyani Hand Cannon

 

[Siv Dragr]

Claiming spoils from Call to Banners, Iron Remembers, and the Dagger Unsheathed

 

[Seva Beroya]

Claiming spoils for my various characters for Call to Banners, Iron Remembers and Dagger Unsheathed.