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:''This article details the history of '''''Clan Blood Spirit'''''. For more information, see [[Clan Blood Spirit]].''
 
:''This article details the history of '''''Clan Blood Spirit'''''. For more information, see [[Clan Blood Spirit]].''
 
:''For the history of the Clans as a whole, see [[History of the Clans]].''
 
:''For the history of the Clans as a whole, see [[History of the Clans]].''
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==Operation KLONDIKE==
 
==Operation KLONDIKE==
Assigned to [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]] during [[Operation KLONDIKE]], the Blood Spirits were working alongside [[Clan Star Adder]], [[Clan Steel Viper]], and [[Clan Ghost Bear]] under the initial direction of Star Adder Khan [[Absalom Truscott]].  Disaster struck on first landing, however, when the Ghost Bears abandoned the planned landing site and grounded closer to the capital of the [[Nation of Hastur]].  This left the Star Adders facing forces from Hastur and the [[Ilkasur Shogunate]], with the latter comprising over a regiment of force. The Star Adders successfully drove off the attackers, but at heavy cost: Khan Truscott was slain.  The Blood Spirits and Steel Vipers landed and moved to intercept the withdrawing Shogunate forces, pinning them against a Trinary of pursuing Star Adders and breaking them quickly.<ref name=HOKp50-51>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 50–51: "Clan Blood Spirit Cluster"</ref>
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Assigned to [[Arcadia (Clan)|Arcadia]] during [[Operation KLONDIKE]], the Blood Spirits were working alongside [[Clan Star Adder]], [[Clan Steel Viper]], and [[Clan Ghost Bear]] under the initial direction of Star Adder Khan [[Absalom Truscott]].  Disaster struck on first landing, however, when the Ghost Bears abandoned the planned landing site and grounded closer to the capital of the [[Nation of Hastur]].  This left the Star Adders facing forces from Hastur and the [[Ilkasur Shogunate]], with the latter comprising over a regiment of force. The Star Adders successfully drove off the attackers, but at heavy cost: Khan Truscott was slain.  The Blood Spirits and Steel Vipers landed and moved to intercept the withdrawing Shogunate forces, pinning them against a Trinary of pursuing Star Adders and breaking them quickly.<ref name=HOKp50-51>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 50–51: "Clan Blood Spirit Cluster"</ref>
  
 
Khan Schmitt also attempted to fulfill her self-appointed role as peacemaker and keep her fellow Khans working together toward a common objective.<ref name=HOKp49>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 49: "Clan Blood Spirit Cluster"</ref> When a friendly fire incident led to a near state of war between Clans Star Adder and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bear]], Khan Schmitt managed to cool the situation down and get the Bears to finally cooperate with the other Clans on-planet.<ref name=HOKp53-54>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 53–54: "Bear Baiting and Snake Charming"</ref>
 
Khan Schmitt also attempted to fulfill her self-appointed role as peacemaker and keep her fellow Khans working together toward a common objective.<ref name=HOKp49>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 49: "Clan Blood Spirit Cluster"</ref> When a friendly fire incident led to a near state of war between Clans Star Adder and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bear]], Khan Schmitt managed to cool the situation down and get the Bears to finally cooperate with the other Clans on-planet.<ref name=HOKp53-54>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 53–54: "Bear Baiting and Snake Charming"</ref>
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In the time following KLONDIKE the Blood Spirits attempted to maintain the esprit de corps that bound all Clans. To this end, Khan Schmitt created the post of [[ilChi]]; these nineteen ambassadors would maintain open relations and facilitate mutual aid between the Spirits and the other Clans.<ref name=FMCC21>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 21</ref>
 
In the time following KLONDIKE the Blood Spirits attempted to maintain the esprit de corps that bound all Clans. To this end, Khan Schmitt created the post of [[ilChi]]; these nineteen ambassadors would maintain open relations and facilitate mutual aid between the Spirits and the other Clans.<ref name=FMCC21>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 21</ref>
  
Their dream did not live long. In [[2823]], [[Clan Wolverine]] was [[Trial of Annihilation|Annihilated]] for rebelling against Kerensky's vision; for expressing some sympathy for the Wolverines, the Blood Spirits found themselves a target as well. [[Clan Burrock|Burrocks]] called for the Spirits' Annihilation, and though the Grand Council voted down the measure, the Spirits were reprimanded and told to follow the Way of the Clans or else. Shocked, and realizing that the other Clans no longer respected one another, Khan Schmitt canceled the ilChi program.<ref name=FMCC21>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 21</ref>
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Their dream did not live long. In [[2823]] [[Clan Wolverine]] was [[Trial of Annihilation|Annihilated]] for rebelling against Kerensky's vision; for expressing some sympathy for the Wolverines, the Blood Spirits found themselves a target as well. [[Clan Burrock|Burrocks]] called for the Spirits' Annihilation, and though the Grand Council voted down the measure, the Spirits were reprimanded and told to follow the Way of the Clans or else. Shocked, and realizing that the other Clans no longer respected one another, Khan Schmitt canceled the ilChi program.<ref name=FMCC21>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 21</ref>
  
Following this, the other Clans, predominantly the Burrocks and [[Clan Mongoose|Mongoose]], targeted the Spirits with near constant raids, and the Spirits eventually lost their holdings on [[Albion (Clan System)|Albion]] and [[Homer]]. Reduced to a single planet—[[York (Clan System)|York]]—the Spirits' former regard for their fellow Clans was replaced with a bitter hatred. The death of ilKhan Kerensky in [[2834]] was blamed by the Spirits upon the other Clans, and a series of furious counterattacks ended the raiding but cost the Spirits Khan Schmitt and left them a small and weak Clan.<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 22–23</ref>
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Following this, the other Clans, predominantly the Burrocks and [[Clan Mongoose|Mongoose]], targeted the Spirits with near constant raids, and the Spirits eventually lost their holdings on [[Albion (Clan)|Albion]] and [[Homer_(Clan_planet)|Homer]]. Reduced to a single planet - [[York (Clan)|York]] - the Spirits' former regard for their fellow Clans was replaced with a bitter hatred. The death of ilKhan Kerensky in [[2834]] was blamed by the Spirits upon the other Clans, and a series of furious counterattacks ended the raiding but cost the Spirits Khan Schmitt and left them a small and weak Clan.<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 22–23</ref>
  
 
==Isolation==
 
==Isolation==
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On August 6 3072, Clan Star Adder sent several WarShips to York. They began an orbital bombardment that lasted for more than three weeks. At the end of it, York was in shambles with ninety percent of industry destroyed and three quarters of its civilian population dead. The debris and ash thrown into the atmosphere resulted in a "nuclear winter" that began to destroy the biosphere.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 105</ref>
 
On August 6 3072, Clan Star Adder sent several WarShips to York. They began an orbital bombardment that lasted for more than three weeks. At the end of it, York was in shambles with ninety percent of industry destroyed and three quarters of its civilian population dead. The debris and ash thrown into the atmosphere resulted in a "nuclear winter" that began to destroy the biosphere.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 105</ref>
  
The Spirits sent forces to Arcadia to seize enclaves from other Clans in 3073. What they found instead was a barren world, stripped of nearly all usable material, stacked with civilian bodies and home to only a few humans who wandered the wastes. These people were largely insane. (Later investigation suggested that these unfortunates were the survivors of testing by [[The Society]].)<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 122</ref> After being ambushed by a few Steel Viper positions, the Spirits bombarded those locations by WarShip and left the remaining parts of Albion to [[Clan Cloud Cobra]].<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 123</ref> Also in 3073 the Spirits hit [[Niles (Clan System)|Niles]] and took Clusters from Clan Hell's Horses and Clan Fire Mandrill as ''isorla''.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 133</ref>
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The Spirits sent forces to Arcadia to seize enclaves from other Clans in 3073. What they found instead was a barren world, stripped of nearly all usable material, stacked with civilian bodies and home to only a few humans who wandered the wastes. These people were largely insane. (Later investigation suggested that these unfortunates were the survivors of testing by [[The Society]].)<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 122</ref> After being ambushed by a few Steel Viper positions, the Spirits bombarded those locations by WarShip and left the remaining parts of Albion to [[Clan Cloud Cobra]].<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 123</ref> Also in 3073 the Spirits hit [[Niles (Clan)|Niles]] and took Clusters from Clan Hell's Horses and Clan Fire Mandrill as ''isorla''.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 133</ref>
  
 
The Blood Spirits took control of Tokasha factories. In 3074 forces from Clan Steel Viper arrived and challenged for the entire world. The fighting was intense, with Omicron, Omega, and Zeta Galaxy facing off against four Viper Galaxies. Though they fought well, the Spirits lost. The ilKhan then announced that the surviving Spirit warriors could join [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|his ''touman'']] or die. Most chose to die.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 138–139</ref>
 
The Blood Spirits took control of Tokasha factories. In 3074 forces from Clan Steel Viper arrived and challenged for the entire world. The fighting was intense, with Omicron, Omega, and Zeta Galaxy facing off against four Viper Galaxies. Though they fought well, the Spirits lost. The ilKhan then announced that the surviving Spirit warriors could join [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|his ''touman'']] or die. Most chose to die.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 138–139</ref>

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