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Ion Rush (b ???? – d. ) was the gao-shiao-zhang (Lord General) of Warrior House Imarra and, thus, the spokesperson and Grand Master of the Blessed Discipline of Warrior Houses in the Capellan Confederation. As such, he was one of the Chancellor's most trusted advisers.[1] He was also noted for his role in the assassination of Chancellor Romano Liao.[2]
Biography
Ion Rush came to the fore following the Fourth Succession War and the almost complete devastation of Warrior House Imarra. During that battle on Sian, Rush was able to defend the members of House Liao, earning him the incredibly rare trust of Chancellor Romano Liao.[3]
On 20 April 3052, Rush met with Candace Liao aboard the DropShip Dao over Hexare. After determining that she wanted what was best for the Confederation, just as he did, he helped Candace get to Sian so that she could assassinate Romano and her lover, Tsen Shang.[4]
In 3057, Rush led all nine Warrior Houses into battle. The largely ceremonial gesture allowed the Warrior Houses to regain the prestige they had lost during the Fourth Succession War by liberating the ancestral fiefdom of Liao.[2]
In 3058, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao tasked Rush with going after the Sarna Supremacy.[5] The Capellans conquered their breadbasket world of Kaifeng and used it to manipulate the Chaos March state as they desired. Around the same time he informed the Chancellor of his previous ties to Duchess Candace Liao.[6]
During a meeting of his advisers, Sun-Tzu implied that Rush was known to leak information to Candace. This reminder of Rush's earlier treason inflamed Kali Liao. She had a bomb planted with the intent to assassinate Rush, though this failed. It was officially explained, including to Rush, as a gas leak.[7][8] Following the blast, he needed physical therapy.[9] In the end, he was augmented with myomer musculature, similar to that used in BattleMechs.[10] It could not, however, repair his damaged vocal cords, giving him a more gravelly voice.[11]
In 3062, in addition to assisting Talon Zahn in coordinating the Capellan-St. Ives War, Rush worked with Candace to minimize the damage from the Black May attacks.[12] On 25 July 3062, an assassin attempted to kill Sun-Tzu. Rush pushed Liao behind a credenza and dispatched the exoskeleton-suited, would-be assassin; but not before being shot twice in the arm himself[13] His actions brought him fully into the Chancellor's trust.[2]
Political views
Much as with Warrior House Imarra as a whole, Rush owed his loyalty first to the Confederation and second to any individual Chancellor. It was with this view that he believed Romano Liao needed to be removed from her position as Chancellor. He aided Candace Liao in her assassination of Romano in order to be rid of Romano's tyranny.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Threads of Ambition, pp. 1-10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation, pg. 59
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lost Destiny, pp. 214-215
- ↑ Lost Destiny, pp. 214-215. In this chapter, Rush stated that he won victories during the Andurien Crisis and later defeated a House Marik unit, however, later sources state that Imarra never left Sian.
- ↑ Threads of Ambition, pg. 8
- ↑ Threads of Ambition, pg. 93
- ↑ Threads of Ambition, pp. 110-112
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, pg. 73
- ↑ Threads of Ambition, pg. 181
- ↑ Threads of Ambition, pg. 265
- ↑ The Killing Fields, pg. 13
- ↑ The Killing Fields, pg. 91, 123-124
- ↑ The Killing Fields, pp. 181-182
Bibliography
- Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
- Lost Destiny
- The Killing Fields
- Shattered Sphere
- Threads of Ambition