Arrif Bolts'kan

Born near Keldabe, Mandalore to Tos'ar Bolts'kan and Pralla Neviik in the Barony of Prosstang in 56 BBY, Arrif Bolts'kan was the second oldest of his parents' sons, and a member of the Clan Prosstang. At the age of sixteen, he was welcomed to apprentice to Ferrigo Prosstang, as a security officer-in-training for Prosstang Industries. Prosstang was Arrif's uncle on his mother's side (Pralla Neviik and Ferrigo's wife Lorakada were sisters), as well as a very distant cousin by blood. Arrif trained under his uncle, who confided in him that there were once many skills a Mandalorian needed to know to survive, and that Arrif would be learning many of them over the next four years. Ferrigo explained the teachings of his own master, Jaster Mereel, particulalry in regards to the Mandalorian Supercommando Codex, combat techniques and strategy. Within a year or two, Bolts'kan's training was supplemented with field experience. He met several of Ferrigo's contract mercenaries and bounty hunters who had fearsome reputations; most of them Mandalorians, specifically True Mandalorians, once mentored by Jaster Mereel. Among them, he refined his techniques, and he would also call Jango Fett, Beviin Kabur and Jannigo Prosstang his mentors.

Bolts'kan subcontracted on jobs for Prosstang Industries during his early years as a mercenary and bounty hunter. During the Clone War, as competition for work became more intensive, Arrif asked an