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Even the [[Blackout]] didn't stop her Clan's prosperity. When Khan Pryde asked her for a solution to the turmoil in commerce and business, Marena proposed the creation of the [[VaultShip]]s, loaded with multiple liquid assets and very well protected, traveling around Clan space, loaning them or using them for trading and to update the Kerensky Registry. The VaultShips proved to be an astonishing success.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 42</ref> | Even the [[Blackout]] didn't stop her Clan's prosperity. When Khan Pryde asked her for a solution to the turmoil in commerce and business, Marena proposed the creation of the [[VaultShip]]s, loaded with multiple liquid assets and very well protected, traveling around Clan space, loaning them or using them for trading and to update the Kerensky Registry. The VaultShips proved to be an astonishing success.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 42</ref> | ||
| − | However, [[Malvina Hazen|Malvina Hazen's]] rise to power made life a living hell for Marena. The profitable machine she had built began crumbling before her eyes after Malvina began demanding more and more money for her wars of conquest. Only Marena's financial acumen enabled her to keep the [[Clan Jade Falcon Touman|Falcon ''touman'']] supplied, but her disdain for the [[Warrior Caste]] ripened over the years.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 43</ref> | + | However, [[Malvina Hazen|Malvina Hazen's]] rise to power made life a living hell for Marena. The profitable machine she had built began crumbling before her eyes after Malvina began demanding more and more money for her wars of conquest. Only Marena's financial acumen enabled her to keep the [[Clan Jade Falcon Touman|Falcon ''touman'']] supplied, but her disdain for the [[Warrior Caste]] ripened over the years. She apparently obeyed Hazen, but in fact she protected those merchants threatened and, when Malvina mobilized all her ''touman'' to the [[Battle of Terra (3151)|Battle of Terra]], and ordered Marena to send all VaultShips to Sudeten, Mraena only gave excuses, refusing to comply. Malvina ordered Marena killed, in vain.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 43</ref> |
| − | Following the near-total destruction of the | + | Following the near-total destruction of the Falcons on [[Terra]] in early [[3151]], Marena, onboard [[VaultShip Alpha]], jumped to [[Alyina]], where she heard news about the chaos erupting into the former Falcon's occupattion zone. After sending Alpha's Trinary to annihilate Alyina's garrison, she took posession of the world, broke with the Clan, took the title of ''Syndic'' and decided to create a new state, the Alyina Mercantile League. |
| + | After traveling to [[Twycross]], she recruited its leader, Merchant [[Geran (Clan Jade Falcon)]], and Clan Sea Foxes as allies. Easily, Marena too convinced the planet [[Waldorff]] leaders to join her. She asked all VaultShips to come to Alyina, but [[VaultShip Gamma]] refused, through all others obeyed her, filling Alyina with her riches. When the critical military weakness of the League became evident, Marena, hearing Geran's advice, decided to recruit [[mercenary]] units, contracting the [[Lone Wolves]] and much other units. A unit, the [[Treat of Doom]] broke the contract, which enraged Marena, but eventually decided not to cancel the contracts with all the other units. She didn't want to groom another military caste, but tasked her military leader, [[Margolian]], to create an AML permanent military, promoting him to [[Star Colonel]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 43-46</ref> | ||
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| + | Marena later negotiated with nearby worlds, incorporating more to the League. Her main interest was [[Blackjack]], for housing military academies and ''sibkos''. | ||
| + | Marena, after hearing about the formation of the [[Clan Jade Falcon Remnants]] on [[Sudeten]], led by [[Jiyi Chistu]], she contacted him. When he, now proclaimed Khan, asked her to submit to him, she laughed about it, and offered him to command all her military assets, but as her subordinate. He refused, but a conflict between both protostates didn't began. In fact, Marena used the Remnants to get rid of those unwilling to accept her new order, sending a full [[JumpShip]] to Sudeten with those.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 55</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 00:23, 11 July 2023
Marena | |
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| Born | 3095[1] |
| Affiliation | Alyina Mercantile League; Clan Jade Falcon (former) |
| Career | |
| Title(s) | Syndic |
| Profession | Merchant |
Marena was a Clan Jade Falcon lower casteman who served as her Clan's Merchant Factor during the later Dark Age era and became the founder of a proto-state founded upon commerce, the Alyina Mercantile League.
History
Marena was a trueborn warrior of Clan Jade Falcon. At a young age, she knew she would never be a warrior because she simply didn't care for it. While others in her sibko fought and trained, she played politics, made deals, and gathered meager resources for herself. When she washed out, her sibkin sneered at her – but by the time she had risen to the leader of all Clan Jade Falcon's merchant caste, her sibkin were all dead. Marena never liked the warriors because they wasted the resources she gathered, and prosperity came from commerce. She admired the Sea Foxes, and more than once she tried to get herself harvested by them; the only time the issue came to a Trial, the Falcons won, deepening her loathing of them.[2]
Marena rose to Merchant Factor in 3130. Luckily for Marena, who had a very independent attitude, her Khan, Jana Pryde, gave the merchants a free hand so long as they didn't ruin her Clan, which allowed Marena great liberty.[3]
Even the Blackout didn't stop her Clan's prosperity. When Khan Pryde asked her for a solution to the turmoil in commerce and business, Marena proposed the creation of the VaultShips, loaded with multiple liquid assets and very well protected, traveling around Clan space, loaning them or using them for trading and to update the Kerensky Registry. The VaultShips proved to be an astonishing success.[4]
However, Malvina Hazen's rise to power made life a living hell for Marena. The profitable machine she had built began crumbling before her eyes after Malvina began demanding more and more money for her wars of conquest. Only Marena's financial acumen enabled her to keep the Falcon touman supplied, but her disdain for the Warrior Caste ripened over the years. She apparently obeyed Hazen, but in fact she protected those merchants threatened and, when Malvina mobilized all her touman to the Battle of Terra, and ordered Marena to send all VaultShips to Sudeten, Mraena only gave excuses, refusing to comply. Malvina ordered Marena killed, in vain.[5]
Following the near-total destruction of the Falcons on Terra in early 3151, Marena, onboard VaultShip Alpha, jumped to Alyina, where she heard news about the chaos erupting into the former Falcon's occupattion zone. After sending Alpha's Trinary to annihilate Alyina's garrison, she took posession of the world, broke with the Clan, took the title of Syndic and decided to create a new state, the Alyina Mercantile League. After traveling to Twycross, she recruited its leader, Merchant Geran (Clan Jade Falcon), and Clan Sea Foxes as allies. Easily, Marena too convinced the planet Waldorff leaders to join her. She asked all VaultShips to come to Alyina, but VaultShip Gamma refused, through all others obeyed her, filling Alyina with her riches. When the critical military weakness of the League became evident, Marena, hearing Geran's advice, decided to recruit mercenary units, contracting the Lone Wolves and much other units. A unit, the Treat of Doom broke the contract, which enraged Marena, but eventually decided not to cancel the contracts with all the other units. She didn't want to groom another military caste, but tasked her military leader, Margolian, to create an AML permanent military, promoting him to Star Colonel.[6]
Marena later negotiated with nearby worlds, incorporating more to the League. Her main interest was Blackjack, for housing military academies and sibkos. Marena, after hearing about the formation of the Clan Jade Falcon Remnants on Sudeten, led by Jiyi Chistu, she contacted him. When he, now proclaimed Khan, asked her to submit to him, she laughed about it, and offered him to command all her military assets, but as her subordinate. He refused, but a conflict between both protostates didn't began. In fact, Marena used the Remnants to get rid of those unwilling to accept her new order, sending a full JumpShip to Sudeten with those.[7]
References
Bibliography
- Tamar Rising
- A Question of Survival (novel)
- Lone Wolf and Fox (novel)