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*The ''[[Wars_of_Reaving_(timeline)|Wars of Reaving - Timeline]]'', a timeline that show the various years of the Wars of Reaving.
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*The ''[[Wars_of_Reaving_(event)|Wars of Reaving - Event]]'', a description of the event that servered the ties between the [[Invader Clans|Spheroid Clans]] and the [[Home Clans|Homeworld Clans]].
 
*The ''[[The_Wars_of_Reaving|Wars of Reaving - Sourcebook]]'', a sourcebook that describes the entire events and personalities of the Wars of Reaving.
 
  
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The Wars of Reaving was a civil war that started in [[3067]] between the [[Home Clans]] and [[Invading Clans]] during the midst of the [[Jihad]] era. Initially it was supposed to resume the Clan Invasion after the events of the [[Great Refusal]], but it never came to pass. Instead ilKhan Brett Andrews targeted the other Invasion Clans due to their "taint" from the Inner Sphere. This would eventually spill over to the other clans, lower-caste members, and even blood-heritages. The Wars of Reavings would end in [[3075]], culminating with the defeat of [[Clan Steel Viper]]. The was the most devastating war in the clan homeworlds that would alter the identity of Clan society as a whole forever.
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==What Started Before==
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[[File:Garret_Sainze.jpg ‎|right|thumb|135px|Garret Sainze, would have the shortest reign as ilKhan next to [[Elias Crichell]].]]
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In the early 3060s, the clans were still trying to recover after the loss of the [[Great Refusal]] to the Inner Sphere by taking advantage of the Wars of Possession. After hearing about the fall of the Second Star League and the dissolution of the [[Truce of Tukayyid]] in 3067 the Clans in the Homeworld debated the on how to react to the news. The Grand Council decided to elect an ilKhan to resume the Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Fire Mandrill SaKhan, Garret Sainze was elected as the ilKhan to carry out the invasion. However his tenure as ilKhan did not last long and his incompetence did not help matters as Scorpion Khan Ariel Suvorvov would later challenge him to a Trial of Refusal over his conduct.<ref>Wars of Reaving, p. 31</ref>
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==Rise of the Bloody ilKhan==
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After ilKhan Garret Sainze was killed in a Trial of Refusal against Clan Goliath Scorpion, Steel Viper Khan Brett Andrews was elected as ilKhan succeed him. His rise should have been used to resume the invasion of the Inner Sphere, but instead he would focus his attention on removing the Spheroid Clans through brutal methods. The brutality he imposed would level the Homeworld Clans on par with other madmen like [[Stefan Amaris]] and atrocities like the [[Kentares Massacre]].
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==Purging the Taint==
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During the skirmishes with his enemies, ilKhan Andrews witnessed how rival clans displayed dishonorable tactics like orbital bombardments or artillery strikes on his clan. While others were making contact with the Inner Sphere. It was this moment that led him to believe that Inner Sphere culture was tainting the clans from the inside. So he declared that in order to restart the Invasion of the Inner Sphere, the Clans must be free of taint by any means necessary. That also meant removing those clans who have made contact through the Inner Sphere such as the fighting them or merging with them. When Diamond Shark Khan Angus Labov opposed the idea, he was killed by the ilKhan as an example.
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He even ordered that the Spheroid Clan Blood Chapels be destroyed, as they have been corrupted due to their taint. Some of the Homeworld Blood Chapels did not survive the scourge of the Wars of Reaving, as they got bombarded as well.
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During the Wars of Reaving in 3071, ilKhan Andrews and his Steel Vipers went so far as to remove the Inner Sphere taint, he ordered to have the grids between the Inner Sphere and Clan space destroyed. This would server communications between the demographic Clans for a long time.<ref name=Wor_98>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 98</ref>
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==Abjuration of the Spheroid Clans==
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The Diamond Sharks decided to make their first departure to the Inner Sphere in 3069. The sharks made deals with other clans in exchange for resources. Those who were left behind had to fight the other clans in their absence. The rest of their enclaves would be fought over by the remaining clans for the years to come.<ref>The Wars of Reaving, p. 45</ref>
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During the bombardment of the blood chapels in 3071, Clan Wolf would seize the Kerensky Blood Chapel and challenge all clan warriors to "Snatch the Legacy of Kerensky from the Wolf's jaws to prove themselves worthy of it." It was a brutal battle between all of the Clans, and the Ebon Keshik. Little did the other Clan's know, the Wolves secret goal was to send a force (under a Kerensky) to collect the genetic material of the Kerensky bloodname. When the battle was over, the Wolves detonated the Kerensky Blood Chapel with their scientists committing suicide and one of their warriors stating, "Kerensky's legacy does not deserve to be spoiled, by his ungrateful children." before dying. When the destruction of the Kerensky Blood Chapel was brought before the Grand Council, they decided to Annihilate the the Wolves, but instead the Council chose to abjure the Wolves instead.<ref name=WoR_66>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 66</ref>
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In 3071, the Bloody ilKhan tried to show their superiority over the Jade Falcons by reaving the Pershaw bloodname. However, Kael Pershaw would not allow this to happen. He would challenge a high-ranking Viper warrior to a Circle of Equals only to kill the warrior with a hidden side-arm. This was enough for the ilKhan to destroy the Pershaw Blood Chapel. After that, ilKhan Andrews would abjure the Jade Falcons from the clan homeworlds.
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Clan Ghost Bear finally decided to leave the Clan Homeworlds in 3071. On Arcadia, the Ghost were gather all of their civilian caste and warriors to make a jump to the Inner Sphere in their Jumpships. Clan Blood Spirit's Khan decided to strongarm the Ghost Bears into giving Arcadia to them, but SaKhan Aletha Kabrinski ignored the Spirit Khan's hails and cut the Khan off. When Aletha refused, the Blood Spirits decided to destroy an unarmed civilian craft, causing the Bears to attack the Warship in retaliation. When the warship was destroyed, the Bear Khan was satisfied with the attack, they made a final jump to the Inner Sphere, leaving a mortally wounded Spirit Khan in their absence.
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==Rise of the Stone Lion==
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[[File:Clan-Stone-Lion.png|right|thumb|135px|Clan Stone Lion, the legacy of Khan Stanislov N'Buta and vestiges of the Hell’s Horses.]]
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During the Wars of Reaving, ilKhan Andrews implicated charges that Clan Hell's Horses were susceptible to taint due to their presence in Inner Sphere. As he was about to instruct action against the Hell's Horses, one of their warriors stated that the Hell's Horses in Clan Space had never been to the Inner Sphere, so it made it hard for the ilKhan to take against them. Star Adder Khan, Stanislov N'Buta suggested an alternative, to claim all of the remaining Hell's Horses personnel and as isorla. But in a surprise twist, the Khan N'Buta would travel to Toshaka where he would encounter the Toshaka Stone Lion. Using this as an opportunity to grow his own power, N'Buta would create a new clan, [[Clan Stone Lion]] and relinquished control to the new clan with Magnus DelVillar as the Khan.
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==Beheading the Snake==
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[[File:Brett_Andrews2.jpg|right|thumb|135px|Brett Andrews, the instigator of the Wars of Reavings, would ironically get himself and his clan annihilated.]]
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Although the Steel Vipers were successful in purging the Inner Sphere taint from the Clan Homeworlds by abjuring the Spheroid Clans, the Grand Council pointed out that there was one more enemy that needed to be purged - '''them'''. Ironically, through all the political maneuverings that ilKhan Andrews did to stay in power, he never though that he would be the one to cause his own undoing. In a last ditch effort, the Viper Khan would challenge the Adder Khan to a [[Circle of Equals]], where he dishonorably killed him and in turn, was beaten to death by his new predecessor. With the death of ilKhan Brett Andrews, he never saw the results of his purging and the destruction of his clan. Even though the Vipers fought has hard as they could, they were effectively overpowered and destroyed by the joint-taskforce of the remaining Home Clans. Despite the fact that Brett Andrews and his clan perpetrated the Wars of Reaving, one would think that he and his clan's genetic legacy would fade away due to their Inner Sphere taint, but like the Widowmaker and Burrock Clans before them, the Steel Viper Bloodnames would be taken by the Star Adders.<ref>The Wars of Reaving, p. 150-151 - "Focused Aggression"</ref>
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==Legacy==
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The Wars of Reaving took a devastating toll on the Clans as a whole, both economically and politically. Clan Brian Castes where severely depleted as they used their resources for the war. Most of the Blood Chapels of each clan were either damaged or destroyed as a way to rid Inner Sphere taint, some of the genetic repositories that never made it into the Inner Sphere were destroyed as well. Even civilians were not safe from the carnage of the Reavings either, as millions were killed on planet due to orbital bombardments. Some of them armed themselves against the clans they were fighting against on different worlds. Due to the role that the scientist caste played in [[The Society]] during the wars, the warriors had to purge their scientist caste. Clan society would be permanently split between the Home Clans and the Invaders. The four Invading Clans (along with the Hell's Horses, Diamond Sharks and Snow Ravens) would flee to the Inner Sphere and form their own Grand Council, excluding the Nova Cats and Exiled Wolves. The Home Clans, believing that their brethren have been corrupted by their contact with the Inner Sphere, created new philosophies calling themselves the [[Bastions]]<ref>Wars of Reaving Supplemental, pg.7</ref> and [[Aggressors]]<ref>Wars of Reaving Supplemental, pg.8</ref>. When it came to clan survivors, only 4 survived in the Homeworlds with Clan Stone Lion being the fourth. As for the other clan causalities: 7 would be abjured, 2 would be absorbed, and 2 would be destroyed. Clan Blood Spirit was the last Clan to survive in the Clan Homeworlds until they were found by Clan Star Adder and destroyed in 3084, permanently ending them as an entity.
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Despite the death of Clan Steel Viper and the role they played during the Wars of Reaving, their bloodnames live on in the Home Clans through Clan Star Adder. <ref>The Wars of Reaving, p. 194 - "Bloodnames of the Homeworld Clans</ref>
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As for the war itself, it actually completed the goal of the "Invading" Crusaders: To keep the Home Clans out of the Inner Sphere permanently.
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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The Wars of Reaving was a civil war that started in 3067 between the Home Clans and Invading Clans during the midst of the Jihad era. Initially it was supposed to resume the Clan Invasion after the events of the Great Refusal, but it never came to pass. Instead ilKhan Brett Andrews targeted the other Invasion Clans due to their "taint" from the Inner Sphere. This would eventually spill over to the other clans, lower-caste members, and even blood-heritages. The Wars of Reavings would end in 3075, culminating with the defeat of Clan Steel Viper. The was the most devastating war in the clan homeworlds that would alter the identity of Clan society as a whole forever.

What Started Before

Garret Sainze, would have the shortest reign as ilKhan next to Elias Crichell.

In the early 3060s, the clans were still trying to recover after the loss of the Great Refusal to the Inner Sphere by taking advantage of the Wars of Possession. After hearing about the fall of the Second Star League and the dissolution of the Truce of Tukayyid in 3067 the Clans in the Homeworld debated the on how to react to the news. The Grand Council decided to elect an ilKhan to resume the Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Fire Mandrill SaKhan, Garret Sainze was elected as the ilKhan to carry out the invasion. However his tenure as ilKhan did not last long and his incompetence did not help matters as Scorpion Khan Ariel Suvorvov would later challenge him to a Trial of Refusal over his conduct.[1]

Rise of the Bloody ilKhan

After ilKhan Garret Sainze was killed in a Trial of Refusal against Clan Goliath Scorpion, Steel Viper Khan Brett Andrews was elected as ilKhan succeed him. His rise should have been used to resume the invasion of the Inner Sphere, but instead he would focus his attention on removing the Spheroid Clans through brutal methods. The brutality he imposed would level the Homeworld Clans on par with other madmen like Stefan Amaris and atrocities like the Kentares Massacre.

Purging the Taint

During the skirmishes with his enemies, ilKhan Andrews witnessed how rival clans displayed dishonorable tactics like orbital bombardments or artillery strikes on his clan. While others were making contact with the Inner Sphere. It was this moment that led him to believe that Inner Sphere culture was tainting the clans from the inside. So he declared that in order to restart the Invasion of the Inner Sphere, the Clans must be free of taint by any means necessary. That also meant removing those clans who have made contact through the Inner Sphere such as the fighting them or merging with them. When Diamond Shark Khan Angus Labov opposed the idea, he was killed by the ilKhan as an example.

He even ordered that the Spheroid Clan Blood Chapels be destroyed, as they have been corrupted due to their taint. Some of the Homeworld Blood Chapels did not survive the scourge of the Wars of Reaving, as they got bombarded as well.

During the Wars of Reaving in 3071, ilKhan Andrews and his Steel Vipers went so far as to remove the Inner Sphere taint, he ordered to have the grids between the Inner Sphere and Clan space destroyed. This would server communications between the demographic Clans for a long time.[2]

Abjuration of the Spheroid Clans

The Diamond Sharks decided to make their first departure to the Inner Sphere in 3069. The sharks made deals with other clans in exchange for resources. Those who were left behind had to fight the other clans in their absence. The rest of their enclaves would be fought over by the remaining clans for the years to come.[3]

During the bombardment of the blood chapels in 3071, Clan Wolf would seize the Kerensky Blood Chapel and challenge all clan warriors to "Snatch the Legacy of Kerensky from the Wolf's jaws to prove themselves worthy of it." It was a brutal battle between all of the Clans, and the Ebon Keshik. Little did the other Clan's know, the Wolves secret goal was to send a force (under a Kerensky) to collect the genetic material of the Kerensky bloodname. When the battle was over, the Wolves detonated the Kerensky Blood Chapel with their scientists committing suicide and one of their warriors stating, "Kerensky's legacy does not deserve to be spoiled, by his ungrateful children." before dying. When the destruction of the Kerensky Blood Chapel was brought before the Grand Council, they decided to Annihilate the the Wolves, but instead the Council chose to abjure the Wolves instead.[4]

In 3071, the Bloody ilKhan tried to show their superiority over the Jade Falcons by reaving the Pershaw bloodname. However, Kael Pershaw would not allow this to happen. He would challenge a high-ranking Viper warrior to a Circle of Equals only to kill the warrior with a hidden side-arm. This was enough for the ilKhan to destroy the Pershaw Blood Chapel. After that, ilKhan Andrews would abjure the Jade Falcons from the clan homeworlds.

Clan Ghost Bear finally decided to leave the Clan Homeworlds in 3071. On Arcadia, the Ghost were gather all of their civilian caste and warriors to make a jump to the Inner Sphere in their Jumpships. Clan Blood Spirit's Khan decided to strongarm the Ghost Bears into giving Arcadia to them, but SaKhan Aletha Kabrinski ignored the Spirit Khan's hails and cut the Khan off. When Aletha refused, the Blood Spirits decided to destroy an unarmed civilian craft, causing the Bears to attack the Warship in retaliation. When the warship was destroyed, the Bear Khan was satisfied with the attack, they made a final jump to the Inner Sphere, leaving a mortally wounded Spirit Khan in their absence.

Rise of the Stone Lion

File:Clan-Stone-Lion.png
Clan Stone Lion, the legacy of Khan Stanislov N'Buta and vestiges of the Hell’s Horses.

During the Wars of Reaving, ilKhan Andrews implicated charges that Clan Hell's Horses were susceptible to taint due to their presence in Inner Sphere. As he was about to instruct action against the Hell's Horses, one of their warriors stated that the Hell's Horses in Clan Space had never been to the Inner Sphere, so it made it hard for the ilKhan to take against them. Star Adder Khan, Stanislov N'Buta suggested an alternative, to claim all of the remaining Hell's Horses personnel and as isorla. But in a surprise twist, the Khan N'Buta would travel to Toshaka where he would encounter the Toshaka Stone Lion. Using this as an opportunity to grow his own power, N'Buta would create a new clan, Clan Stone Lion and relinquished control to the new clan with Magnus DelVillar as the Khan.

Beheading the Snake

Brett Andrews, the instigator of the Wars of Reavings, would ironically get himself and his clan annihilated.

Although the Steel Vipers were successful in purging the Inner Sphere taint from the Clan Homeworlds by abjuring the Spheroid Clans, the Grand Council pointed out that there was one more enemy that needed to be purged - them. Ironically, through all the political maneuverings that ilKhan Andrews did to stay in power, he never though that he would be the one to cause his own undoing. In a last ditch effort, the Viper Khan would challenge the Adder Khan to a Circle of Equals, where he dishonorably killed him and in turn, was beaten to death by his new predecessor. With the death of ilKhan Brett Andrews, he never saw the results of his purging and the destruction of his clan. Even though the Vipers fought has hard as they could, they were effectively overpowered and destroyed by the joint-taskforce of the remaining Home Clans. Despite the fact that Brett Andrews and his clan perpetrated the Wars of Reaving, one would think that he and his clan's genetic legacy would fade away due to their Inner Sphere taint, but like the Widowmaker and Burrock Clans before them, the Steel Viper Bloodnames would be taken by the Star Adders.[5]

Legacy

The Wars of Reaving took a devastating toll on the Clans as a whole, both economically and politically. Clan Brian Castes where severely depleted as they used their resources for the war. Most of the Blood Chapels of each clan were either damaged or destroyed as a way to rid Inner Sphere taint, some of the genetic repositories that never made it into the Inner Sphere were destroyed as well. Even civilians were not safe from the carnage of the Reavings either, as millions were killed on planet due to orbital bombardments. Some of them armed themselves against the clans they were fighting against on different worlds. Due to the role that the scientist caste played in The Society during the wars, the warriors had to purge their scientist caste. Clan society would be permanently split between the Home Clans and the Invaders. The four Invading Clans (along with the Hell's Horses, Diamond Sharks and Snow Ravens) would flee to the Inner Sphere and form their own Grand Council, excluding the Nova Cats and Exiled Wolves. The Home Clans, believing that their brethren have been corrupted by their contact with the Inner Sphere, created new philosophies calling themselves the Bastions[6] and Aggressors[7]. When it came to clan survivors, only 4 survived in the Homeworlds with Clan Stone Lion being the fourth. As for the other clan causalities: 7 would be abjured, 2 would be absorbed, and 2 would be destroyed. Clan Blood Spirit was the last Clan to survive in the Clan Homeworlds until they were found by Clan Star Adder and destroyed in 3084, permanently ending them as an entity.

Despite the death of Clan Steel Viper and the role they played during the Wars of Reaving, their bloodnames live on in the Home Clans through Clan Star Adder. [8]

As for the war itself, it actually completed the goal of the "Invading" Crusaders: To keep the Home Clans out of the Inner Sphere permanently.

References

  1. Wars of Reaving, p. 31
  2. The Wars of Reaving, p. 98
  3. The Wars of Reaving, p. 45
  4. The Wars of Reaving, p. 66
  5. The Wars of Reaving, p. 150-151 - "Focused Aggression"
  6. Wars of Reaving Supplemental, pg.7
  7. Wars of Reaving Supplemental, pg.8
  8. The Wars of Reaving, p. 194 - "Bloodnames of the Homeworld Clans

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