The Crusades
After Viszla’s death, the Darksaber was interred by the Jedi in their temple on Coruscant, and as time passed the relationship between the Order and Mandalore Viszla had come to represent broke down. Descendants of House Viszla infiltrated the Jedi Temple and secreted the Darksaber away back to Mandalore, where it quickly became a symbol of the legitimacy of rule. It also became a symbol of resistance against the Jedi and the Old Republic itself, as Mand’alors led their people on the great crusades against the Jedi across generations of conflict—evolving their way of life and traditions to shape how they combatted the warrior monks of the Order.
