Following the war led by a Jedi-Republic Coalition against the Mandalorians, and the rise of the New Mandalorian government, Aka'liit (or the Mandalorian Faithful in Galactic Basic Standard) was formed by those within the Mandalorians whom desired to stay true to their warrior past. The split within the Faithful was finally realized upon the choosing of Jaster Mereel as Mandalore, as his vision of the Mandalorians as merely highly paid soldiers, did not sit well with those who would become the Death Watch.