Horse (Clan Jade Falcon)

Horse was a freeborn Clan Jade Falcon MechWarrior and Starcommander of the elite Jade Falcon cluster Falcon Guards. He was later reassigned to create and lead a trinary of elite freeborn warriors. In this process he was awarded the rank of Starcaptain. This unit receives its orders directly from Khan Marthe Pryde.

He is most notable for his constant service to the Jade Falcon leadership and for his role in the career of Aidan Pryde; arguably Clan Jade Falcon's most legendary MechWarrior.

Horse's real name is Tyle, but he dropped it, when he received the nickname "Horse" because of his bristling breath.

Sibko

Horse, being a freeborn, was prejudiced against by the trueborns that dominated the Clan leadership. Regardless of this, he attempted to join a freeborn training sibko, and was successful in his efforts. During his training, he met Aidan Pryde for the first time on the field of "battle", in the course of which he almost killed Aidan with a knife. Horse, however, lost the battle and went back to training.

Horse was successful in training, having remained in the sibko to a point where only four members were left. However, the normal arrangement was complicated by the entrance of a freeborn warrior called "Jorge". Jorge was actually Aidan in disguise, having been given a second chance by his sibko commander Ter Roshak at a Trial of Position. In marked contrast to their first meeting, the teo of them quickly came up with a strategy for passing their trials. They both succeeded, and were made full MechWarriors of Clan Jade Falcon.

Career

Horse and "Jorge", after various dull assignments, wound up on the planet of Glory, a desolate planet with strange topography. On-planet, however, the Jade Falcon base was attacked by Clan Wolf troops, and nearly fell due to sheer numbers. Horse and Aidan. however, served in the defense, and came up with the winning strategy that left the Wolves in a shambles. Aidan used his sudden good-standing to declare himself a trueborn, and therefore eligible for a Bloodname trial for the name of "Pryde". An investigation soon mounted, however, and Horse got subpoened for testimony on the planet of Ironhold. Once there, Aidan, his commanding officer Joanna, and Ter Roshak fought the verdict, and were ultimately successful. Aidan won his trial of Bloodname.

After Aidan's death on Tukayyid, Horse remained with his unit, the Falcon Guard. In this capacity, he served with Aidan's sibkin Marthe Pryde during the interbellum period (3052-3058), until given a special assignment by the Khan herself. He was to take a Trinary of Freeborn warriors to a remote Falcon outpost on the planet Huntress, capital of Clan Smoke Jaguar. However, he and his DropShip were shot down by the Jaguar forces on-planet, and Horse himself wound up the personal captive of the Galaxy Commander, Russou Howell. Horse was forced to go through humiliating treatment until he could formulate an escape to the Falcon outpost. Once there, he fought off a Jaguar attack until rescue by Falcon reinforcements.

Horse, after a period of time, wound up on the planet of Coventry during the Refusal War. He was a supporter of MechWarrior Diana Pryde's bid for a Bloodname, and even assisted in her training.

Steel Viper-Jade Falcon War

Clan Steel Viper used Diana's bid for a Bloodname as a pretext to attack the Jade Falcons, and took a number of worlds before a response was mounted. During this conflict Horse met Star Colonel Ivan Sinclair of the Steel Vipers in personal combat, which ended with both warriors 'Mechs disabled. He is last seen training with Diana Pryde after the defeat of the Vipers.

References

• Falcon Rising