A hunting lodge was situated within the Olankur area of the northern continent of the planet Mandalore. By 19 BBY, a year, the hunting lodge had sat unoccupied for a duration; a coating of dust covered the lodge's coarse table and other level areas, and various dead insects were scattered across the window ledges. During that year, shortly after the Galactic Empire ascended to authority and began setting up an Imperial garrison on Mandalore, Mand'alor Fenn Shysa, the current ruler, convened with Mandalorian soldier Kal Skirata at the deserted lodge to deliberate on matters regarding Mandalore's destiny given the Empire's presence. They conversed over drinks, and even though Skirata could not assist Shysa, their parting was friendly.
The Olankur hunting lodge made its initial Star Wars canon appearance in the 2009 novel Imperial Commando: 501st written by author Karen Traviss.