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| caption            = "Lady Death" Paula Trevaline at age 34
 
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| name                = Paula Trevaline
 
| name                = Paula Trevaline
| birthdate          = [[2991]]
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| birthdate          = [[2991]]<ref>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 154: Age 34, source game year it was published was 3025</ref><ref name="OPP">''Opportunity''</ref>
| died                = [[3075]]
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| died                = [[3075]]<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 51: Under New Management - Gary Tiqualme announces murder of Paula Trevaline</ref>
 
| othernames          = Lady Death
 
| othernames          = Lady Death
| affiliation        = [[Tortuga Dominions]]<br/>
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| affiliation        = [[Tortuga Dominions]]
| profession          = Pirate
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| title              =
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| position            =
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| profession          = [[Pirate]]
 
| parents            = Katina (mother)
 
| parents            = Katina (mother)
 
| siblings            =  
 
| siblings            =  
 
| spouse              =  
 
| spouse              =  
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| children            = [[Carol Trevaline]]<ref name=TRO3075p78>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 78</ref> (rumored)
 
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'''Paula Trevaline''' (Born [[2991]]<ref>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 154 - Age 34, source game year it was published was 3025.</ref><ref name="OPP">''Opportunity''</ref> - Died [[3075]]<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'' p. 51 - Under New Management - Gary Tiqualme announces murder of Paula Trevaline.</ref>), who was better known as '''Lady Death''', whose arrogant and cruel ways were well known. She was known for the Bravado personality that allowed her climb the ranks of Pirate clan. Her principle goal was to accumulate as much wealth and power as possible at the expense of others. She delighted in humiliating her captives before executing them.
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'''Paula Trevaline''', who was better known as '''Lady Death''', whose arrogant and cruel ways were well known. She was known for the bravado that allowed her climb the ranks of pirate clan. Her principal goal was to accumulate as much wealth and power as possible at the expense of others. She delighted in humiliating her captives before executing them.
  
In her prime in [[3025]], she was tall and muscular, with waist-length red hair and gray eyes. She was known to coat her long fingernails with poison nail polish.<ref>''The Periphery'', p. 154 - Personal Profile of Lady Death Paula Trevaline.</ref>
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In her prime in [[3025]], she was tall and muscular, with waist-length red hair and gray eyes. She was known to coat her long fingernails with poison nail polish.<ref>''The Periphery'', p. 154: Personal Profile of Lady Death Paula Trevaline</ref>
  
==Character History==
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==History==
 
===Early Life and Rise to Power===
 
===Early Life and Rise to Power===
Trevaline was born on the Periphery world of [[Tortuga Prime]], the child of a reluctant pirate Gunnery Master<ref name="TP1Ep154"/> and a pharmacist he dragged to Tortuga and subsequently abandoned. In [[3000]] Paula's mother, Katina, was raped and murdered by Jack "Blackjack" Magee, a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] obsessed with her. Nine years old at the time, Paula witnessed the crime from the closet she was hiding in.<ref name="OPP"/> At age eleven, she had killed her first rival,<ref name="TP1Ep154"/> implied to be someone who had abused her.<ref name="OPP"/>
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Trevaline was born on the Periphery world of [[Tortuga Prime]], the child of a reluctant pirate Gunnery Master<ref name="TP1Ep154"/> and a pharmacist he dragged to Tortuga and subsequently abandoned. In [[3000]] Paula's mother, Katina, was raped and murdered by [[Jack Magee|Jack "Blackjack" Magee]], a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] obsessed with her. Nine years old at the time, Paula witnessed the crime from the closet she was hiding in.<ref name="OPP"/> At age eleven, she had killed her first rival,<ref name="TP1Ep154"/> implied to be someone who had abused her.<ref name="OPP"/>
  
By the age of seventeen Paula had been running the Dark Horse Pub in Outback on Tortuga for some time; the deed to the Dark Horse had been left to her by her father, who had nicknamed her "Peanut" - a nickname that had stuck, despite her objections. Well known as someone who shouldn't be crossed, Paula had no need of bouncers or other staff at the Dark Horse, and operated the pub until the 8th of September [[3008]] - the night Jack Magee walked in. Jack didn't recognise her, but flirted with her over the course of the evening while regaling everyone else in the pub with tales of his exploits. After the other patrons left, Paula poisoned Magee with Tortugan scorpion venom and revealed her true identity. Blackmailing Magee into revealing the activation code for his [['Mech]], Paula shot him in the head and took control of his 'Mech, a ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'' he had named ''Lady Red'' after Katina. Based on her life to date, Paula decided at that point that Lady Death was a much better name for she and her new 'Mech.<ref name="OPP"/> She would subsequently proceed on the path to becoming a pirate, climbing up its ranks.<ref name="TP1Ep154"/>
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By the age of seventeen Paula had been running the Dark Horse Pub in Outback on Tortuga for some time; the deed to the Dark Horse had been left to her by her father, who had nicknamed her "Peanut" - a nickname that had stuck, despite her objections. Well known as someone who shouldn't be crossed, Paula had no need of bouncers or other staff at the Dark Horse, and operated the pub until the 8th of September [[3008]] - the night Jack Magee walked in. Jack didn't recognize her, but flirted with her over the course of the evening while regaling everyone else in the pub with tales of his exploits. After the other patrons left, Paula poisoned Magee with Tortugan scorpion venom and revealed her true identity. Blackmailing Magee into revealing the activation code for his [['Mech]], Paula shot him in the head and took control of his 'Mech, a ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'' he had named ''Lady Red'' after Katina. Based on her life to date, Paula decided at that point that Lady Death was a much better name for her and her new 'Mech.<ref name="OPP"/> She would subsequently proceed on the path to becoming a pirate, climbing up its ranks.<ref name="TP1Ep154"/>
  
In [[3015]], she became Senior Mate on the Tortuga City's Council of the Damned.  During this year she had a fencing match with then-reigning monarch of the Pirates and the Dominion, Lord [[Kalvin Bar-Dyness]].  In this match, her skills allowed to achieve one of her life goals, becoming supreme leader of the Pirates of Tortuga Dominion.  She gave herself the title of [[Dame]] Murderess Extraordinaire.<ref name="TP1Ep154">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 154 - Early Life of Paul Trevaline.</ref>
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In [[3015]], she became Senior Mate on the Tortuga City's Council of the Damned.  During this year she had a fencing match with then-reigning monarch of the Pirates and the Dominion, Lord [[Kalvin Bar-Dyness]].  In this match, her skills allowed her to achieve one of her life goals, becoming supreme leader of the Pirates of Tortuga Dominion.  She gave herself the title of [[Dame]] Murderess Extraordinaire.<ref name="TP1Ep154">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 154: Early Life of Paul Trevaline</ref> After she became the leader of the Council, she had eight loyalists killed and their heads put on spikes in front of the building. She also ended the wasteful infighting between various pirate groups and consolidated them into a single force. Independent raids were prohibited on pain of death. This allowed her to use her forces more effectively.<ref name=ttst6>''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 6</ref>
  
 
===Early Piracy Career and Imprisonment===
 
===Early Piracy Career and Imprisonment===
During the first stretch of her career as Pirate Queen of the Tortuga Dominion, Trevaline employed her pirates in the [[Federated Suns]] and near-by Periphery nation states.  She continued to maintain her power with has been described as armies of cutthroat-like assassins.  However, she had been known to take down opponents to her rule with her poisoned nails.
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During the first stretch of her career as Pirate Queen of the Tortuga Dominion, Trevaline employed her pirates in the [[Federated Suns]] and near-by Periphery nation states.  She continued to maintain her power with what has been described as armies of cutthroat assassins.  However, she had been known to take down opponents to her rule with her poisoned nails.
  
However, [[3042]], the [[9th FedCom RCT]] was dispatched to Periphery by [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] to hunt down Trevaline.   The conflict cost Davion over nine hundred infantry, a battalion of [[Combat Vehicle|Armor Vehicles]], and two companies of [[BattleMechs]]. However, in the end, they succeeding in capturing Lady Death and bringing her to justice on [[New Syrtis]].  There she was sent to a maximum-security prison for twenty-two years, until she managed to escape her captors in [[3064]] during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. <ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pp. 124-125 - Paula ''Lady Death'' Trevaline - The Lady Death - Brief history & update profile up to 3064 of Paula Trevaline.</ref>
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After [[3017]] she allowed independent pirate bands to use the world as a base as long as they followed three rules:
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# Pay her a quarter of their loot
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# Never work against her
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# Don't abuse her citizens
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If any of these rules were broken, the forces of all pirates on world would kill the rule breakers.<ref name=ttst6/>
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However, in [[3042]], the [[Ninth FedCom RCT]] was dispatched to the Periphery by [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] to hunt down Trevaline. The conflict cost Davion over nine hundred infantry, a battalion of [[combat vehicle|armor vehicles]], a [[Wing (Formation)|wing]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s (including two DropShips), and two companies of [[BattleMechs]]. However, in the end, they succeeded in capturing Lady Death and bringing her to justice on [[New Syrtis]].  There she was sent to a maximum-security prison for twenty-two years, until she managed to escape her captors in [[3064]] during the [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', pp. 124–125: Paula ''Lady Death'' Trevaline - The Lady Death - Brief history & update profile up to 3064 of Paula Trevaline</ref>
  
 
===Later Piracy Career===
 
===Later Piracy Career===
 
====Formation of Death's Consorts and the Pirates Haven Star Cluster====
 
====Formation of Death's Consorts and the Pirates Haven Star Cluster====
Once free of her imprisonment on New Syrtis, Trevaline returned to her old career of piracy.  She had learned bitter lessons from her fall from power in the Tortuga Dominion.  She headed to [[Verdigreis]], where she sent out a call for new recruits to join her.  From thousands of pirates who answered the call, she selected only the elite of these warriors to form her new pirate band, the [[Death's Consorts]].  She had other potential recruits go to the [[Pirate's Haven Star Cluster]] to meet her there.  She quickly commenced the first pirate raids with the Consorts against [[Althea's Choice]], where they resupplied themselves.
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Once free of her imprisonment on New Syrtis, Trevaline returned to her old career of piracy.  She had learned bitter lessons from her fall from power in the Tortuga Dominion.  She headed to [[Verdigreis]], where she sent out a call for new recruits to join her.  From thousands of pirates who answered the call, she selected only the elite of these warriors to form her new pirate band, the [[Death's Consorts]].  She had other potential recruits go to the [[Pirates Haven]] star cluster to meet her there.  She quickly commenced the first pirate raids with the Consorts against [[Althea's Choice]], where they resupplied themselves.
  
After arriving at the Pirate's Haven Star Cluster, she moved her forces to the only inhabitable planet in the system.  There she seized control of the planet and the cluster from the Pirate Lord, Bloody James Kaiten.<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 126 - Death's Consorts unit profile - Lady Death's career after imprisonment and her new realm.</ref>
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After arriving at the Pirates Haven star cluster, she moved her forces to the only inhabitable planet in the system.  There she seized control of the planet and the cluster from the Pirate Lord, "Bloody" James Kaiten.<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 126: Death's Consorts unit profile - Lady Death's career after imprisonment and her new realm</ref>
Pirates from her old holdings, as well other pirate bands, continued to flock to her banner in the Cluster.
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Pirates from her old holdings, as well other pirate bands, continued to flock to her banner in the cluster.
  
In the years after taking the Pirate's Cluster. She setup, and fortified her position, where she began to have her techs build their own light BattleMechs from supplies and parts acquired in raids over the years. The ''[[Brigand]]'' was used to make money as well as strengthen her pirate band. She designed it to have minimal armor in back, to guarantee that her [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] would keep fighting and not retreat.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 46 - Brigand - Lady Death has her own Light 'Mech produced in the Haven Star Cluster.</ref>  
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In the years after taking the Pirates Haven star cluster, she set up and fortified her position, where she began to have her techs build their own [[BattleMech#Light|light]] BattleMechs from supplies and parts acquired in raids over the years. The ''[[Brigand (BattleMech)|Brigand]]'' was used to make money as well as strengthen her pirate band. She designed it to have minimal armor in back, to guarantee that her [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] would keep fighting and not retreat.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 46: Brigand - Lady Death has her own light 'Mech produced in the Pirates Haven Star Cluster</ref>
  
By [[3067]], her band had benefited from the secession of the [[Calderon Protectorate]] from Taurian Concordat and the death of two of its worlds.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 199 - Formation of Calderon and death of two Concordat worlds allows for Lady Death's band to prosper.</ref> She began striking the Protectorate with the new Battle Armor her raiding forces had been fielding.<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 11 - Calderon Protectoate is hit by Lady Death's new Battle Armor which is been rumored by intel.</ref>
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By [[3067]], her band had benefited from the secession of the [[Calderon Protectorate]] from Taurian Concordat and the death of two of its worlds.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 199: Formation of Calderon and death of two Concordat worlds allows for Lady Death's band to prosper</ref> She began striking the Protectorate with the new Battle Armor her raiding forces had been fielding.<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 11: Calderon Protectorate is hit by Lady Death's new Battle Armor which is been rumored by intel</ref>
  
 
===The Jihad and Her Demise===
 
===The Jihad and Her Demise===
  
During the [[Jihad]], Lady Death led her Death's Consorts in assaulting her own former kingdom the Tortuga Dominion, destroying its current rulers the pirate band known as the [[Tortuga Fusiliers]].<ref>''Masters & Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'' p. 239 - Tortuga Prime - Lady Death & her Consorts retake Tortuga Dominion from Tortuga Fusiliers.</ref>. After reasserting her control over the Dominion, she then moved on to enter the service of the [[Malagrotta Cooperative]] with a Letter of Marque. Which she leads her people into fighting pirate invested Cooperative, as mercenaries.  However, in October, 3076, she is allegedly murdered by Cooperative elected leader [[Marion Whillshire]].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 51 - Under New Management - Announcement of Lady Death's murder by Malagrotta elected leader.</ref>
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During the [[Jihad]], Lady Death led her Death's Consorts in assaulting her own former kingdom the Tortuga Dominion, destroying its current rulers the pirate band known as the [[Tortuga Fusiliers]].<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 239: Tortuga Prime - Lady Death & her Consorts retake Tortuga Dominion from the Tortuga Fusiliers</ref>  After reasserting her control over the Dominion, she then moved on to enter the service of the [[Malagrotta Cooperative]] with a Letter of Marque. Which she leads her people into fighting pirate invested Cooperative, as mercenaries.  However, in October 3076, she was allegedly murdered by the Cooperative's elected leader [[Marion Whillshire]].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 51: Under New Management - Announcement of Lady Death's murder by Malagrotta elected leader</ref>
 
 
==Ranks and Titles==
 
  
{{S-start}}
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==BattleMechs==
{{S-bef|before=[[Kalvin Bar-Dyness]]}}
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* "Lady Death" piloted a ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'', which she acquired after she murdered its pilot, Jack Magee.<ref>''Opportunity (Jeff Kautz)'', p. 5</ref>
{{S-title|title=Leader of the [[Tortuga Dominions]]|years=[[3015]] &ndash; [[3042]]}}
 
{{S-aft|after=[[Twyla Sumeral|Twyla "The Major" Sumeral]]<ref>''Field Manual: The Periphery'', p. 130 - Tortuga Fusiliers - Twyla Sumeral and her former mercenaries take over control of the Dominion in 3054.</ref>}}
 
{{S-bef|before=''None''}}
 
{{S-title|title=Commanding Officer of the [[Death's Consorts]]|years=[[3064]] &ndash; [[3075]]}}
 
{{S-aft|after=[[Gary Tiqualme]]}}
 
{{S-bef|before=[[James Kaiten|''Bloody'' James Kaiten]]}}
 
{{S-title|title=Leader of the [[Pirates Haven Star Cluster]]|years=[[3064]] &ndash; ????}}
 
{{S-aft|after=Gary Tiqualme}}
 
{{S-end}}
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
Though not publicly known, Word of Blake had aided Lady Death in early 3060s just as she escaped New Syrtis.  However, the nature of this aid has never been specified.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'' p. 199 - Lady Death Trevaline has Word of Blake messenger flogged with message her debt paided in full.</ref><ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 111 - Rumor of Word of Blake operatives secretly meeting with Lady Death.</ref>
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Though not publicly known, Word of Blake had aided Lady Death in early 3060s just as she escaped New Syrtis.  However, the nature of this aid has never been specified.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 199: Lady Death Trevaline has Word of Blake messenger flogged with message her debt paid in full</ref><ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 111: Rumor of Word of Blake operatives secretly meeting with Lady Death</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Masters & Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
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* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Opportunity]]''
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* ''[[Opportunity (2008)|Opportunity]]'' (short story)
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
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* ''[[Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime]]''
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[[Category: Periphery Characters|Trevaline, Paula]]
 
 
[[Category: Pirates|Trevaline, Paula]]
 
[[Category: Pirates|Trevaline, Paula]]
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[[Category: Tortuga Dominions Characters|Trevaline, Paula]]
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[[Category:Notable Banshee Pilots|Trevaline, Paula]]

Latest revision as of 05:14, 27 September 2023

"Lady Death" Paula Trevaline at age 34
Paula Trevaline
Character Profile
Also known as Lady Death
Born 2991[1][2]
Died 3075[3]
Affiliation Tortuga Dominions
Profession Pirate
Parents Katina (mother)
Children Carol Trevaline[4] (rumored)

Paula Trevaline, who was better known as Lady Death, whose arrogant and cruel ways were well known. She was known for the bravado that allowed her climb the ranks of pirate clan. Her principal goal was to accumulate as much wealth and power as possible at the expense of others. She delighted in humiliating her captives before executing them.

In her prime in 3025, she was tall and muscular, with waist-length red hair and gray eyes. She was known to coat her long fingernails with poison nail polish.[5]

History[edit]

Early Life and Rise to Power[edit]

Trevaline was born on the Periphery world of Tortuga Prime, the child of a reluctant pirate Gunnery Master[6] and a pharmacist he dragged to Tortuga and subsequently abandoned. In 3000 Paula's mother, Katina, was raped and murdered by Jack "Blackjack" Magee, a MechWarrior obsessed with her. Nine years old at the time, Paula witnessed the crime from the closet she was hiding in.[2] At age eleven, she had killed her first rival,[6] implied to be someone who had abused her.[2]

By the age of seventeen Paula had been running the Dark Horse Pub in Outback on Tortuga for some time; the deed to the Dark Horse had been left to her by her father, who had nicknamed her "Peanut" - a nickname that had stuck, despite her objections. Well known as someone who shouldn't be crossed, Paula had no need of bouncers or other staff at the Dark Horse, and operated the pub until the 8th of September 3008 - the night Jack Magee walked in. Jack didn't recognize her, but flirted with her over the course of the evening while regaling everyone else in the pub with tales of his exploits. After the other patrons left, Paula poisoned Magee with Tortugan scorpion venom and revealed her true identity. Blackmailing Magee into revealing the activation code for his 'Mech, Paula shot him in the head and took control of his 'Mech, a Banshee he had named Lady Red after Katina. Based on her life to date, Paula decided at that point that Lady Death was a much better name for her and her new 'Mech.[2] She would subsequently proceed on the path to becoming a pirate, climbing up its ranks.[6]

In 3015, she became Senior Mate on the Tortuga City's Council of the Damned. During this year she had a fencing match with then-reigning monarch of the Pirates and the Dominion, Lord Kalvin Bar-Dyness. In this match, her skills allowed her to achieve one of her life goals, becoming supreme leader of the Pirates of Tortuga Dominion. She gave herself the title of Dame Murderess Extraordinaire.[6] After she became the leader of the Council, she had eight loyalists killed and their heads put on spikes in front of the building. She also ended the wasteful infighting between various pirate groups and consolidated them into a single force. Independent raids were prohibited on pain of death. This allowed her to use her forces more effectively.[7]

Early Piracy Career and Imprisonment[edit]

During the first stretch of her career as Pirate Queen of the Tortuga Dominion, Trevaline employed her pirates in the Federated Suns and near-by Periphery nation states. She continued to maintain her power with what has been described as armies of cutthroat assassins. However, she had been known to take down opponents to her rule with her poisoned nails.

After 3017 she allowed independent pirate bands to use the world as a base as long as they followed three rules:

  1. Pay her a quarter of their loot
  2. Never work against her
  3. Don't abuse her citizens

If any of these rules were broken, the forces of all pirates on world would kill the rule breakers.[7]

However, in 3042, the Ninth FedCom RCT was dispatched to the Periphery by First Prince Hanse Davion to hunt down Trevaline. The conflict cost Davion over nine hundred infantry, a battalion of armor vehicles, a wing of aerospace fighters (including two DropShips), and two companies of BattleMechs. However, in the end, they succeeded in capturing Lady Death and bringing her to justice on New Syrtis. There she was sent to a maximum-security prison for twenty-two years, until she managed to escape her captors in 3064 during the FedCom Civil War.[8]

Later Piracy Career[edit]

Formation of Death's Consorts and the Pirates Haven Star Cluster[edit]

Once free of her imprisonment on New Syrtis, Trevaline returned to her old career of piracy. She had learned bitter lessons from her fall from power in the Tortuga Dominion. She headed to Verdigreis, where she sent out a call for new recruits to join her. From thousands of pirates who answered the call, she selected only the elite of these warriors to form her new pirate band, the Death's Consorts. She had other potential recruits go to the Pirates Haven star cluster to meet her there. She quickly commenced the first pirate raids with the Consorts against Althea's Choice, where they resupplied themselves.

After arriving at the Pirates Haven star cluster, she moved her forces to the only inhabitable planet in the system. There she seized control of the planet and the cluster from the Pirate Lord, "Bloody" James Kaiten.[9] Pirates from her old holdings, as well other pirate bands, continued to flock to her banner in the cluster.

In the years after taking the Pirates Haven star cluster, she set up and fortified her position, where she began to have her techs build their own light BattleMechs from supplies and parts acquired in raids over the years. The Brigand was used to make money as well as strengthen her pirate band. She designed it to have minimal armor in back, to guarantee that her MechWarriors would keep fighting and not retreat.[10]

By 3067, her band had benefited from the secession of the Calderon Protectorate from Taurian Concordat and the death of two of its worlds.[11] She began striking the Protectorate with the new Battle Armor her raiding forces had been fielding.[12]

The Jihad and Her Demise[edit]

During the Jihad, Lady Death led her Death's Consorts in assaulting her own former kingdom the Tortuga Dominion, destroying its current rulers the pirate band known as the Tortuga Fusiliers.[13] After reasserting her control over the Dominion, she then moved on to enter the service of the Malagrotta Cooperative with a Letter of Marque. Which she leads her people into fighting pirate invested Cooperative, as mercenaries. However, in October 3076, she was allegedly murdered by the Cooperative's elected leader Marion Whillshire.[14]

BattleMechs[edit]

  • "Lady Death" piloted a Banshee, which she acquired after she murdered its pilot, Jack Magee.[15]

Notes[edit]

Though not publicly known, Word of Blake had aided Lady Death in early 3060s just as she escaped New Syrtis. However, the nature of this aid has never been specified.[16][17]

References[edit]

  1. The Periphery, First Edition, p. 154: Age 34, source game year it was published was 3025
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Opportunity
  3. Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 51: Under New Management - Gary Tiqualme announces murder of Paula Trevaline
  4. Technical Readout: 3075, p. 78
  5. The Periphery, p. 154: Personal Profile of Lady Death Paula Trevaline
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 The Periphery, First Edition, p. 154: Early Life of Paul Trevaline
  7. 7.0 7.1 Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime, p. 6
  8. Field Manual: Periphery, pp. 124–125: Paula Lady Death Trevaline - The Lady Death - Brief history & update profile up to 3064 of Paula Trevaline
  9. Field Manual: Periphery, p. 126: Death's Consorts unit profile - Lady Death's career after imprisonment and her new realm
  10. Technical Readout: 3067, p. 46: Brigand - Lady Death has her own light 'Mech produced in the Pirates Haven Star Cluster
  11. Field Manual: Updates, p. 199: Formation of Calderon and death of two Concordat worlds allows for Lady Death's band to prosper
  12. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 11: Calderon Protectorate is hit by Lady Death's new Battle Armor which is been rumored by intel
  13. Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 239: Tortuga Prime - Lady Death & her Consorts retake Tortuga Dominion from the Tortuga Fusiliers
  14. Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 51: Under New Management - Announcement of Lady Death's murder by Malagrotta elected leader
  15. Opportunity (Jeff Kautz), p. 5
  16. Field Manual: Updates, p. 199: Lady Death Trevaline has Word of Blake messenger flogged with message her debt paid in full
  17. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 111: Rumor of Word of Blake operatives secretly meeting with Lady Death

Bibliography[edit]