House Tetsuhara
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House Tetsuhara | |
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Family Profile | |
Title(s) | Martial family |
Affiliation | Draconis Combine |
House Tetsuhara is a proud samurai family who have a history of service as officers in the armed forces of the Draconis Combine.
Contents
History
Origins
The family's heritage is rooted in Africa on Terra and it was once known as Hayes, but changed its name when Jackson Hayes entered into the service of Coordinator Miyogi Kurita in the 2800s. Jackson Tetsuhara then settled on the world of Awano and made a great effort to live by the code of bushido.[1][2][3].
Succession Wars
Decades after Minobu's death, some of their children, including Kiyomasa Tetsuhara joined the Dragoons, while others stay behind with the Combine, dividing the clan in two branches.[4]
Dark Age
In the thirty-second century, Katana Tormark was heir of the Tetsuhara clan and joined first the Republic of the Sphere military to later defect and found the rogue group Dragon's Fury, and later the Combine Military. He piloted Katana Kat, the family hereditary Mech', after her defeat in athe Combine Civil War, the 'Mech was given to a distant but still-loyal scion of Tetsuhara Clan, Orestes Tetsuhara, seeing action in the Federated Suns front and the battle of New Avalon.[5]
Tetsuhara Family Tree
Family Heirlooms and Holdings
Tetsuhara family Katana
The head of the Tetsuhara clan inherits a Katana once gifted by Coordinator Miyogi Kurita to Jackson Hayes in 2865 for his faithful service. This legendary weapon, its 69cm blade still flawless even after the passing of almost three centuries, was also carried into battle by Minobu Tetsuhara, revered as having been one of the greatest samurai of his generation.[1]
BattleMechs
The family is in possession of the PNT-9R Panther Katana Kat, an heirloom 'Mech once piloted by Minobu Tetsuhara. During her campaign as leader of the Dragon's Fury, Katana Tormark loans the Panther to Brotherhood MechWarrior Abeda Measho.[6][7][8]
References
Bibliography
- Daughter of the Dragon (novel)
- Dragon Rising (novel)
- Heir to the Dragon (novel)
- MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards
- Wolves on the Border (novel)
- Wolf Pack (novel)
- Gambit: The Battle for Addicks!
- BattleTech: legends