Graad was a Human male Mandalorian, who lived on the planet Mandalore—the cultural homeworld of the Mandalorians, located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories—by the start of the Second Galactic Civil War. Donning purple-plated Mandalorian armor, Graad attended a gathering of clan chieftains and other prominent Mandalorians at MandalMotors Hall in Keldabe, the capital city of Mandalore, in the year 40 ABY. A proponent of the kadikla movement, Graad spoke out in favor of focusing not on the war between the Galactic Alliance and the Confederation, but on rebuilding Mandalore in the wake of the damage incurred by the Yuuzhan Vong more than a decade prior. It was Graad's urging that convinced Mand'alor Boba Fett to recall two million Mandalorians living throughout the galaxy back to Mandalore