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Mereel, Jaster

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this Journeyman Protector from the planet Concord Down was an ugly youth who had killed another Protector in the line of duty. Even though the other man was a corrupt law enforcer, Mereel was imprisoned and forced to stand trial. He was found guilty of murder, and exiled from the planet. Over the years, Jaster eventually found a home with the remnants of the Mandalorian Shock Troopers, who took him in and trained him to be one of their best mercenaries. When Jaster was elected the leader of the Mandalorian Mercs, it was believed that Vizsla decided to split off from the group and form the Death Watch. In response, Jaster declared that his followers were the only True Mandalorians left in the galaxy. Vizsla tried to destroy the True Mandalorians on Concord Dawn, but Mereel and a small force managed to survive, thanks in part to the efforts of young Jango Fett. The Mandalorians regrouped, but Jaster felt pressure from hard-liners like Montross to eliminate the Death Watch and re-establish the superiority of the Mandalorians. It was during this time that Jaster created the Codex, the new tenets and canons of the supercommmandos who followed him into battle. Years later, during a mission to Korda 6, Jaster discovered that the request for aid had been a ruse created by Vizsla and the Death Watch. Vizsla lured the Mandalorians to Korda 6 and nearly eliminated them. Jaster and a handful of mercenaries survived, only to find that Montross had decided to take control of the Shocktroopers for himself. Montross fled, and Vizsla shot Jaster dead as he lifted off from the planet. Boba Fett later recovered Mereel's Mandalorian armor, using it as his own distinctive garb. For this reason, many rumors claimed that Boba Fett was actually Jaster Mereel. Boba Fett himself never set the record straight, preferring to cloud his true identity whenever and wherever possible.