Category:Clan Prosstang

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 "The warrior within is greater than the warrior without." -- Kurstigo Ebrak be Pras'taung, ca. 3500 BBY, first recorded ancestor as founder of what became Clan Prosstang, in response to concerns at a conclave of clans about the dilution of quality of warrior skills with the increase of diverse species accepted into Mando'a culture.

 "It is true, a warrior is more than his armor and weapons. But he has no identity without them." -- Rafrego Solus be Pross'tang, 1482 BBY, founding ancestor of Prosstang Select Arms Manufacturing to conclave of clans facing war with the Sith.

 "Ner vode! Ner vod'ike! Ner verde! Ner dar'verde! We remember our forebears. They live in our thoughts. Our hearts. And today, in our deeds!" -- Jelkiga Prosstang, 642 BBY, clan leader to her people on the day of dedication for the construction of a chieftain memorial mausoleum.

 "There is nothing greater from our clan than the comprehensive genius of our line in finding, mining, and making real the dreams of our warrior people in Mandalorian iron...carry on, aliit'alor." -- Last words of Q'osstigo Prosstang, 38 BBY, Clan Prosstang Chieftain and chief executive officer of Prosstang Industries to his son and successor, Ferrigo Prosstang.

 "Gra'tuar, n--...gra'tuar...ner ad'!" -- Last words of Rappretto Prosstang, 38 BBY, Chieftain's Arm and chief financial officer of Prosstang Industries to his son and successor, Jannigo Prosstang.

"The Rafrego Solus-Linnago Velrrus Line are not the only Prosstangs who matter, di'kutike! We do not own a company, but we have worked just as hard to raise the Prosstang name for as many centuries as they have. WE seek to strengthen Mandalore and reclaim along with our esteemed cousins the Vizslas, Vhells, Krakkos, Dawals, and Kellovs the glory and fortune befitting our ancestors. Meanwhile, the lazy scions of the deceased Q'osstigo and Rappretto Prosstang bask like overfed vhe'viine'' on the drying racks of our graineries. Our ancestors helped build this clan - and this family!? Ferrigo and Jannigo Prosstang are irresponsibly plunging the economy and our name into the cesspit! Are we not entitled to the wasted riches and honor bestowed upon them and their litters?!? Are we more than stewards-in-waiting, vod'ike? Can we not raise the banner of strength, to conquer, to rule!? Par Kyr'tsad! Par Manda'yaim!''" -- Alvass Krea Prosstang, 34 BBY, at gathering of several families of the Clan Prosstang and others associated with the secret resurgence of the Death Watch movement on Concordia. Alvass Krea and many of his relatives affiliated with Death Watch died at a celebration nearly ten years later in an abandoned Prosstang Industries mine on Concordia.

"Is there anything more beautiful than these views, daughter? The galek- and veshok-forested hills of our manor, alive with beasts and groves bearing fruit for the enjoyment of our village and our people across the bends of the flowing Kelita?" -- Ferrigo Prosstang, 23 BBY, welcoming his oldest daughter Handalora to become reacquainted with their family estate nearly 200 kilometers north by northwest of Keldabe, Mandalore.

Origins & History The Clan Prosstang was a group of Mandalorian families, largely with humanoid ancestors known from oral histories to have located near Keldabe on Mandalore before the Great Sith War (before 4,000 BBY). Though always in greatest concentration near Keldabe, and more specifically at the Prosstang Estate, Prosstangs also dispersed to other habitable planets within as well as outside the Mandalorian system.



Among the more respected clans since the Great Sith War, the Prosstangs were known for breeding and raising fine soldiers that generally fought well among the ranks. Rarely outside of the clan lore were Prosstangs known for producing heroic, legendary leaders among warriors. The Prosstangs, however, became widely known among Mandalorians and more affluent traders in the Outer Rim for producing the finest weapons and armor, usually of beskar. This legacy was incorporated when Rafrego Solus be Pross'tang founded the company that would become Prosstang Select Arms Manufacturing, and later Prosstang Industries.



The Mandalorian Excision, in which the Galactic Republic launched orbital strikes destroying the administrative and defensive bastions of the historically dominant Mandalorian warrior clans, as well as the agricultural and wilderness areas on which many Mandalorians depended for survival, led to the rise of the peace-embracing New Mandalorian government. Several decades into the aftermath of the devastation, Jelkiga Prosstang-Velrrus, as a reformist Chieftain born after the Excision, adopted a pragmatic, peaceful and outwardly conciliatory approach toward the peoples of the Sundarian Region who had been calling for peace for decades in the aftermath of the destruction, and perhaps before. A driven visionary, Jelkiga, despite vocal protests among the Clan Prosstang leadership, reorganized and rebranded Prosstang Select Arms Manufacturing, which had been ailing since the Excision and rise of the New Mandalorian Government to become Prosstang Industries. She commanded the Clan Councilmembers to train themselves and their children to conceive, design and make new products, using innovative processes and using an expanded range of raw materials from sources outside of Mandalorian Space.

 ''"This shift in our public policy as a clan and industrial power of Mandalore toward one of peace and conciliation will enable Prosstang Industries to recover, strenghten and expand into new markets -- building wealth for all in the Clan Prosstang. Make no mistake, adike, we all have warrior hearts. And some among you and your families remember the beauty of war. But what has resulted from the greed and lust of the so-called greatest clans of Mandalore in seeking the the full-scale destruction and subjugation of others? Devastation. Tragedy. We were not directly hit by the treachery of the Republic, ner vode, but as sure as I stand before you as Chieftain of Clan Prosstang...I tell you, as Mando'ade, we are responsible to our fellow Mandalorians of any background or political belief as well as to each other and ourselves. I will suffer some of you in your derision. I have expected it. But I will not allow the irresponsible among you to continue to foster a decline of our clan by seeking the overthrow of this government while our business fails. And our communities diminish. For our time, we have other work to do. We must participate fully in the rebuilding of Mandalore and other worlds we know as home; Concord Dawn, Gargon, Ordo, Fenel. Mark my words. In the faces we wear before the New Mandalorian Government and others who do not know the fire in our hearts, we shall show them only what they need to see. That we can help them, support them, and sell to them what they ask for. In the darkness of shadow, be the humble Mando'verd'lakade of Mandalore, the righteous ones whose blades avenge those who are weak, exploited, maimed, or put to death by tyrants."'' -- Jelkiga Prosstang-Velrrus to the Clan Prosstang Council, 652 BBY <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Despite many protests within the Clan Prosstang, for her corporate reforms and provision of material and financial aid in the rebuilding efforts throughout Mandalorian Space, Jelkiga was recognized and entitled by the Duke Fraask Nantel, head of the New Mandalorian Government as Baroness be Prosstang. This title was thereafter hereditary to the Clan Prosstang Chieftain, until the formation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY.

<h4 style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Common Clan Folklore

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">The dominant history of the clan origin is that a group of humans, lost in their way from the Corellian sytem found their way to Mandalore between 4,000 and 5,000 BBY. The Taung were said to have rather easily captured and enslaved the disoriented and exhausted humans, who were at first mistaken for descendents of the great nemesis race of Zhell humans from Coruscant. Over time, the descendents of these Corellians brought forward willingly their cunning, charm, technical expertise and a variety of durable products and weapons made to serve the Taung. As the Mandalorians were regularly agitated into war, the now-freed descendents demonstrated a particular talent for crafting personal weapons of the highest quality, especially vibroblades and swords of varying design. Around the time of the Great Sith War, it was said by many Taung warrior-leaders that the clan of human weapons crafters long-ago-arrived from Corellia were the Pride Where Hilt and Blade Meet. Hence the name Pras'tang. From that time forward they were accepted as Mandalorians, along with descendents of other beings who embraced the Resol'nare, the six central tenets of the way of Mandalorian life.

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<h4 style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">A Less Often Subscribed Tale

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Though little physical evidence bears witness to the limited oral history passed from elder females born of Prosstang lineage and married into other clans, a folklore persists relating to an alternative origin of the Prosstang name. It has been said in this particular folklore that young females of an extended family of Corellian humans became concubines to Taung warriors prior to the Great Sith War in exchange for building trust and favorable treatment and opportunities for increased wealth; and their offspring collectively became known as Pride of the Taung, or Prasz'taung. For a few hundred years, the Taung generally regarded the half-breeds of the Prasz'taung and their diluted descendents (who beyond that first generation of offspring, were not allowed by proclamation to interbreed with Taung) as incompetent to support Mandalore in battle, and less capable than full-blood Taung in meeting the daily needs of a clan-based hunting and gathering society. Years of servitude, though technically freed, enabled the eventual and deeper integration into Mandalorian society of the people who would eventually become the Clan Prosstang.

<h2 style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.0pt">Families of the Clan Prosstang <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Many variations on the Prosstang name may be found among families in Mandalorian space, including those described above. Additionally, there were many families of minor status related by marriage, bloodlines and adoption (rather infrequently) that generally made their original connections with the Clan Prosstang in or near Keldabe, Mandalore. This changed over time, as with most Mandalorians who generally expanded their reach and influence to acquire wealth, land, resources or employment. By the time of the Clone War, and thereafter, families of Clan Prosstang could be found throughout the galaxy. Notably, the ruling Rafrego Solus-Linnago Velrrus Family Line within the Prosstang Family generally regarded continuing bloodlines as critical in maintaining status and rule as a Chieftain Family, and even in policy of Clan identity - so adoption was a rarity within that line, where wardship or mentorship was encouraged instead. Many 'inferior lines' within the Prosstang Family, and indeed many families of the Clan Prosstang did not feel as strongly about bloodlines, succession and adoption. Many of the families listed below intermarried into other clans and at times renounced or informally shifted their affiliations to those other Mandalorian clans.

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<h2 style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.0pt">Present Clan Leadership & Territories Held

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">From 38 BBY to the period of the Clone War and beyond, the head of the Clan Prosstang as Chieftain was Ferrigo Prosstang, of the Rafrego Solus-Linnago Velrrus Family Line. As Chieftain, Ferrigo Prosstang was Governor, or Baron of Prosstang, a small territory with plentiful natural resources, originally granted by the Taung to Kurstigo Ebrak be Pras'taung. The territories held within the governance of Prosstang expanded gradually over the millenia to include roughly 400 square kilometers (160 square miles, or nearly 100,000 acres) of rolling, forested terrain, flat areas with agricultural soils, and some craggy bluffs overlooking the Kelita River and its tributaries. The Prosstang Estate, or Prosstang Town, is located approximately 200 kilometers north-by-northwest of Keldabe, Mandalore. Recognized by the New Mandalorian government until its demise in 20 BBY as Baron be Prosstang, Ferrigo Prosstang frequently deputized his knighted first cousin, Lord Jannigo Prosstang to handle clan matters in his absence. After the Clone War began, several clones of Jango Fett, a friend, fellow Mando'verd and one-time Mandal'or were adopted by members of the Clan Prosstang. Ferrigo Prosstang adopted a clone with an uncanny ability to recall Jango Fett's memories of Ferrigo, who called himself Boomdodger. Boba Prosstang was another Fett clone adopted by a Prosstang family that was aligned with Death Watch, in opposition to the Rafrego Solus-Linnago Velrrus Line.

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<h2 style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.0pt">Notable Individuals of Achievement within the Clan Prosstang

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Many families within the Clan Prosstang were noted in Mandalorian history for their resourcefulness and innovation. A few of these families and individuals are listed below, with a brief explanation of their important achievement(s).

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