Death Watch

"We are the Death Watch, descendants of the true warrior faith all Mandalorians once knew."

- Pre Vizsla The Death Watch was a Mandalorian splinter group that opposed the pacifist government of Mandalore, led by Duchess Satine Kryze, during the Clone Wars. After failed attempts at taking over Mandalore, they became part of Darth Maul's Shadow Collective, which successfully took control of Mandalore during the war.

History
The Death Watch was a splinter faction in the Mandalorian culture who believed that the savage raider lifestyle was the truth path for the Mandalorians. the Death Watch set on taking over the Mandalorian government. At the time, the Death Watch were secretly led by Concordia's governor, Pre Vizsla. In order to get support for taking over the Mandalorian government, the Death Watch allied themselves with Count Dooku.

Individuals like Tor Vizsla who enjoyed preying on the weak and helpless were outraged and so they formed the Death Watch organization and launched a war against Mereel's followers. In the end Jaster Mereel's faction, called True Mandalorians, would prevail but the Death Watch managed to survive fading into the shadows waiting for a new time to strike. It would be under one of Tor's descendants Pre Vizsla that the Death Watch would make a second grasp at power by attempting to assassinate Duchess Satine Kryze, the ruler of the New Mandalorians. From the planet Mandalore's moon, Concordia, Vizsla's followers launched several attacks on Mandalore and the other worlds nearby. However the Death Watch would fail to win this fight as well and were defeated with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi's assistance. They would later come across the Sith Lord Darth Maul and his brother and apprentice, Savage Opress, whom they saved from freezing to death in an escape pod. After supplying Maul with a new set of robotic legs, they formed an alliance with the pair in order to retake Mandalore. This led to them allying themselves with the Black Sun, the Hutt Clan, and other criminal organizations before launching an assault on Mandalore.

The various criminal parties acted the part of invaders, while the Death Watch came the aid of Mandalore's citizens. However, after being accepted by the people, the Death Watch turned on and imprisoned their Sith associates. Maul and Opress later escaped, and Maul challenged Pre Vizsla to a duel for leadership of the Death Watch. Vizsla lost and was murdered by Maul, leading to a schism in the Death Watch, with those still loyal to Vizsla's memory becoming a rebel force while others amongst the Death Watch became Maul's honor guard. These two forces would later engage each other, with the loyalists gaining the aid of Obi-Wan; Maul's forces would also be attacked by Darth Sidious.