Chapter 17: The Apostate

A Mandalorian teenager is given his helmet by the Armory during an induction ceremony.
But a gigantic sea monster appears, devouring some Mandalorians and harming the many other Mandalorian warriors who were taking part in the ceremony.
Din Djarin arrives, along with Grogu. He manages to slay the monster and then goes to the Armorer's forge, who reminds him that he is no longer a Mandalorian because he removed his helmet and worse, did so willingly. Din Djarin assures him that he can find the path to redemption if he can return to the planet Mandalore and bathe in the "living waters" beneath the mines. The Armourer, who believes that the mine no longer exists and that the surface of the planet has been crystallized and contaminated, however, nods in agreement that "Such is the way."

Din Djarin and Grogu land on the planet Nevarro to find their friend Greef Karga, now High Magistrate of the now prosperous place. Together they defeat a band of pirates. In the main square of the city, there is the carcass of the IG-11 robot, a hero of the planet's recent history, transformed into a statue. Din Djarin wants to recover it to make it his assistant in his quest to Mandalore. He reconnects him, but IG-11 immediately shoots at them following his original orders and they have to neutralize him. They then take him to the Anzellans, the small beings of Babu Frik's species, who explain that the robot's memory circuit is fried. Din Djarin goes to find the part to repair it. After defeating another squad of pirates in orbit around Nevarro, and after jumping through hyperspace to escape their captain, he lands on a planet in the Mandalore system, Kalevala, where there is a palace in which Bo-Katan Kryze reigns alone on her throne, abandoned by her troops, disillusioned. She asks him if he is still in possession of the Black Saber, which he confirms, and reminds him that everything was destroyed on their home planet. He tells her about his quest for redemption and she calls him crazy. She indicates him however where the mines are. He answers her that he will go there and that he will then know if their planet is really "poisoned."

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