Alaric Ward

Alaric Ward
Personal
Also known as	Alaric Wolf
Born	3111
Affiliation	Clan Wolf
Career
Rank	ilKhan First Lord Archon (claimed)
Profession	MechWarrior
Family
Parents	Katherine Steiner-Davion, Victor Steiner-Davion, Vladimir Ward (geneparents)

Alaric Ward was a Clan Wolf MechWarrior who emerged during the Dark Age era. Initially known as Alaric Wolf, he won his prestigious Bloodname and the Khanship of Clan Wolf in 3143, when he assassinated his predecessor, Seth Ward, becoming ruler of the newly founded Wolf Empire.

Known within Clan Wolf for his aggressiveness, cunning, and intelligence, he was a highly skilled warrior with potent political instincts. His pragmatic leadership style often led his enemies to underestimate him, but he was also regarded as arrogant, sometimes displaying grandiose delusions.

Following the successful invasion of Terra in 3151 and the conclusion of the ilClan trial, circumstances gradually tempered his darker instincts, allowing him to evolve into a capable and respected statesman as both ilKhan and First Lord of the Star League.

History

Early years

Alaric was born in 3111 from the DNA of Katherine Steiner-Davion and Khan Vlad Ward. Unbeknownst to many, he was also implanted with the genes of Katherine’s brother Victor, as part of his mother’s plan to mold him into her ultimate tool of revenge against the Inner Sphere. Though he never met either of his fathers, he respected the achievements of both men and often pondered their influence on him.

His relationship with his mother, however, was tumultuous. While he did not meet her in person until he and his sibko were assigned to tend her residence, she exerted considerable influence over his development from afar, even more so once he was in her custody. Unfortunately for Katherine, her attempts to raise Alaric into the weapon she wanted led him to resent her influence and ultimately reject her vision for the Inner Sphere. During this time, he forged a strong bond with Chance Wolf, who would become his closest ally and confidant.

Despite his genetic peerage, Alaric had been held back on Tamar and thus tested out late from his sibko. When the time came for his Trial of Position in February of 3135, Alaric piloted a Blood Reaper, successfully killing three opponents and securing the rank of Star Captain. As circumstances would have it, no sooner did Alaric complete his trial than he was ushered to Terra along with a delegation from Clan Wolf to attend Victor’s funeral.

Later that year, in May, Alaric returned to Terra for the second time for the Exarch’s Ball and was introduced to the young scions of Inner Sphere nobility. Whilst not as socially adept as his peers, he proved able in his own right when he interceded in a dispute between Yori Kurita and Caleb Davion, facilitating a Trial of Grievance in which the two reenacted the War of 3039. Yori enlisted Alaric to aid her, placing him on the Steiner front in the simulated recreation overseen by Julian Davion, where he defeated both Jasek Kelswa-Steiner and Caleb.

Prefecture IX invasion

In October 3136, Alaric led his Trinary in a retaliatory strike against the Clan Jade Falcon world of Koniz after Jade Falcon forces had raided Clan Wolf territory for supplies. He confronted the defending Trinary — which included a pair of Jade Hawks, both of which were destroyed after inflicting heavy damage — before proceeding to raze the town of Ogstrenburg to the ground as punishment for the raids against Clan Wolf. He believed his superiority made him a god among men at this time.

In November, after returning from his mission on Koniz, he recovered from exhaustion on Domain. His mother, Katrina Steiner(-Davion) had come to take charge of his recovery. She informed him that he had been called to Khan Seth Ward and had been promoted to Star Colonel. They discussed the possibilities of this and she coached him on how to make an impression when meeting with the Khan.

On 15 December, Alaric met with Khan Ward and with two other Star Colonels, Bjorn and Donovan. The Khan introduced them to an emissary from Clan Wolf-in-Exile, Star Colonel Selvina Woods. She informed them that the Lyran Commonwealth had a mutual alliance which asked Clan Wolf to secure their border with the Free Worlds League. The Wolves' Khan marked this as the beginning of a process to merge the two packs of Clan Wolf into one Clan again. Alaric and the other assembled Star Colonels were asked to come up with the best way to accomplish this new "Exodus" in secret so that other bordering factions would not attack them while they were moving.

Alaric devised a plan which called on Clan Wolf to strike the former Republic of the Sphere's Prefecture IX in an attempt to strike at Terra. By sending forces as far as the world of Nusakan, he believed it would draw enough attention that the other factions would not notice Clan Wolf's exodus from the Occupation Zone.

In January of 3137, Alaric began the Clan Wolf invasion by leading his Cluster to invade the water world of Yed Posterior at its capital city of Henderton. While there he faced a militia unit consisting of two infantry companies, a mobile armor company, and light to medium converted IndustrialMechs. Confident of victory, Alaric landed two Stars of BattleMechs and two Stars of Elemental battle armor, planning to use just one Star of 'Mechs with no intention to call in his reserve force; however, he did not plan for environmental hazards and the militia's trickiness. Using tunnels of the city, marine SalvageMechs came up from the sea, and inflicted heavy damage on Alaric's 'Mechs. Alaric ordered his DropShips to land and pillage the spaceport and other areas they had secured. On the second day of fighting, after taking considerable damage, they captured the planet; three battalions from two militias and a Wolf Hunters combined-arms battalion led by Colonel Anastasia Kerensky landed on the planet shortly after. On 14 January, Alaric's forces (which resorted to taking shelter in the city of Hesterton's tunnels) were forced to surrender after Kerensky decided to use all the forces in her command to attack. Being outmatched and outgunned, Alaric decided to learn from his father and would try to learn about his enemy to defeat them.

Bondsman to the Wolf Hunters

Kerensky had Alaric psychologically broken down after his surrender in an attempt to break him of his will and thoughts of invincibility. She told him she would take him on as her apprentice, and she said she wanted to fight him someday again as an enemy.

Kerensky took him to the world of La Blon where he was used as a source of information for the Prefecture's defenders. Alaric met Colonel Verena Wolf and he showed people the threat they all face. Here is where Alaric and Verena developed feelings for each other.

At the conference, Alaric provided an Opposing Force viewpoint for ideas to be bounced off. At one point, an Alkalurops militia Colonel by the name of Hardin took offense at the claim that his world was not worth protecting. Alaric pointed out that their world did not interest Clan Wolf because it was worthless to them. Offended to the point of outrage, Colonel Hardin assaulted Alaric, but Alaric backed down from responding, believing doing so would make him the guilty party of this fight and possibly stain his reputation. Colonel Verena intervened, defending Alaric by punching Hardin in the face and knocking him down. Alaric was touched by Verena's defense of him.

In February, the Wolf Hunters arrived at the recently conquered world of Unukalhai. There Alaric witnessed a battle between Star Colonel Donovan and Kerensky; in addition to reconquering the planet, Donovan wanted to recover Alaric as well. In the course of the battle, a key bridge in the area they were fighting in was destroyed, which forced Kerensky to surrender Alaric to him. Alaric was able to deduce from his vantage point that Kerensky deliberately lost the fight which prevented him from learning her tactics. Invoking the seldom used Right of Return, Alaric was returned to Clan Wolf with honor.

However, by invoking Right of Return, Alaric lost all his previous ranks and titles. In order to win his back his rank and freedom, Alaric was required to submit to being a bondsman to his rival, Donovan. With a temporary rank of Star Captain, he needed to use his next battle as a Trial of Position. Acting as Donovan's aide, Alaric advised to him that.

Return to the Wolves

Star Colonel Donovan announced that he would lead Clan Wolf's Alpha Galaxy in a bid to conquer Skondia and Nusakan. While Donovan's rival Star Colonel Hestia bid the 7th Battle Cluster against Star Colonel Edward's Third Battle Cluster for right to conqueror Alkalurops. Donovan gave Alaric command of the 4th Wolf Guard and 279th Battle Cluster to take Nusakan.

Alaric advised him that it was highly likely that Kerensky would set a trap for him on Skondia, and to bring more forces with him would be advisable.

However, Donovan dismissed this and left with only the 278th Assault Cluster and 13th Wolf Guard and bid down to a few Trinaries each to deal with the defenders.

On 10 March 3137, Alaric arrived in Nusakan's orbit with the 279th and kept the 4th Wolf Guard as his reserve.

Nusakan was defended by three military formations: the remains of the Stormhammers commanded by Colonel Carl Tucker, the mercenary unit Colton's Screaming Demons led by Colonel Aynn Colton, and Le Blon Djinn commanded by Colonel Verena.

Deciding Colonel Colton's unit was most venerable of the three, he made initial attack on her. He had an Aerospace Star strafe and destroy her entire light 'Mech Company. After this attack, he managed to convince her to fight him with her command lance.

Because of this badgering, an arrogant Colton sought to humiliate Alaric. Alaric, however, managed to down all her 'Mechs, thus retaining his rank as Star Colonel. He allowed her and her people to return to their forces and face him with the rest of the world's defenders.

Days later, Colonel Verena met with him and bargained hard with him. She threatened to crash her DropShip into his base to take him and his whole command out if he did not drop the use of aerospace fighters. Alaric wanted a Cluster on regiment battle, which would bring 35 of his BattleMechs against her 72 BattleMechs and support forces.

On the 19th, they met in an arctic region known as Mudana Refuge. There Alaric fought a tough battle, taking heavy damage and losses. They managed to destroy the Djinn and battered the rest of Verena's allied forces. Verena faced him in battle with a battered Mad Cat; ironically, her 'Mech was Alaric's old machine, which he lost after surrendering himself in Yed Posterior. Alaric shot her down a few moments later.

The next day, Anastasia Kerensky arrived to challenge him, only to find that he already ceded the planet to her because he and his forces had been recalled by Khan Ward. Impressed with her performance, Alaric took Verena as his bondwoman.

Steiner-Wolf invasion of the Free Worlds League

Alaric was deployed with a Clan Wolf force in the Free Worlds League in early 3138. His forces coordinated with Lyran representative Trillian Steiner and Duke Vedet Brewer; it became apparent that he and Brewer did not get along well. In February, his forces conquered the Free Worlds League planet of Gannett.

Alaric had a hand in the conquest of Helm. Alaric's forces slaughtered the Silver Hawk defenders after they failed to uphold their surrender and destroyed parts of the city of Helmsdown on 28 April.

Trillian Steiner convinced him and Duke Brewer that each was going beat the other in the race to Stewart to kill or capture Anson Marik.

With the death of Anson Marik and the disintegration of the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth in mid-3138, Jessica Marik was able to reestablish the Free Worlds League. The Wolves continued their invasion regardless, seizing yet more worlds over the next year and a half, with Alaric himself dealing a further blow to the resurrected League on September 23rd, 3139, when he trapped and slew Thaddeus Marik on New Olympia and secured that world for the Wolves.

Alaric's duel with Anastasia on Smolnik.

War with the Commonwealth

By May 3140, as the Wolf-Lyran forces were poised to strike at Atreus and other target systems, Khan Seth Ward decided that his Clan's alliance with the Lyran Commonwealth had outlived its usefulness. A ceasefire between Clan Wolf and the Free Worlds League was arranged, then the Wolves turned upon their former allies. During this offensive Alaric fought Anastasia Kerensky on Hyde in November 3141 and was forced to retreat, losing both the world and his lover Verena in the process. Though he had retaken the world by January 3142, shortly after the proclamation of the Wolf Empire Alaric discovered that his ambitions had only grown greater with his second defeat by Anastasia.

During the Wolf Empire's renewed advance into the Lyran Commonwealth Alaric was at the forefront again, exacting his revenge upon Anastasia Kerensky during the conquest of Smolnik in February 3143 when he defeated her and took the former Wolf Hunter Leader as his bondsman. Arriving with Beta Galaxy at Tharkad itself on 2 July, Alaric presented himself before Melissa Steiner and challenged her for possession of the capital and the continent of Bremen, leaving the rest of the world for Malvina Hazen's incoming horde. Dropping onto the capital on 15 July, Alaric's Beta Galaxy kept the defenders tied up in a two-day battle while Alpha Galaxy penetrated the palace and killed a defiant Melissa Steiner.

Touring the throne room alone together the day after, Seth Ward was upbraiding Alaric for his arrogance and for allowing the Falcons to take part of Tharkad when a hidden assassin struck at the Wolf Khan. Alaric killed the man easily, but used the assassin's poisoned knife to murder Seth Ward and then claimed that the Lyran operative had slain the Khan. In a moment of self-realization Alaric concluded that he could utilize the strengths of any or all of his geneparents — Vlad, Victor, and Katherine — as each situation demanded: he would be the most flexible, and most dangerous, warrior in the galaxy.

Khan of the Wolf Empire

On 24 August 3143, Alaric claimed the Bloodname Ward and was shortly after elected Khan of the Wolf Empire, both events being broadcast across his new realm. During a subsequent speech he proclaimed his heritage as a scion of House Steiner via Katrina Steiner, and on this basis officially laid claim to the office of Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth. A few days later, Alaric consulted with his mother about how to handle Anastasia Kerensky, a potential rival. When Katherine urged him to kill Anastasia, Alaric slew her instead, tearfully informing his mother that she had to die as she was the true rival to him, then he cut Anastasia's bondcord.

In the three years that followed, Khan Ward consolidated his hold on the Wolf Empire. Native resistance to his rule proved surprisingly light; it is unknown whether this was due to the revelation of his Steiner descent or simply the people deciding that a strong Clan Khan would offer more protection from the Free Worlds League or Malvina Hazen. By recruiting heavily from among the native population Ward was also able to replace his Clan's losses while giving his Lyran-born subjects a motive to serve the Empire instead of causing rebellion.

Beyond the Wolf Empire's borders, Alaric largely ignored the weak Lyran Commonwealth and maintained the ceasefire with the Free Worlds League, instead concentrating his energy towards two other opponents. Against the Republic Remnant, Ward arranged for his forces to mount constant raids, blooding cadets and new warriors in the process. As for the Jade Falcons, when Trillian Steiner leaked word to him of Malvina's impending assault upon Hesperus and its vast factories, Ward acted swiftly. In January 3145 Ward and Hazen fought for possession of the world until fresh LCAF units arrived and forced both Clans to withdraw. Ward stoically accepted this loss; in his mind denying the factories to the Chinggis Khan was victory enough, and he even congratulated Steiner for her successful ploy.

In 3146, after Clan Wolf-in-Exile was defeated by the Jade Falcons and forced to leave their home base of Arc-Royal, Alaric send them an offer of amnesty, inviting them to rejoin their Clan; however, very few exiles accepted his offer. By 3150, when the Wall of Fortress Republic fell, Alaric led the invasion of Republic space, conquering all the planets in their way to Terra easily. Also, he launched a successful invasion of Skye. As Alaric appeared to lead the invasion, the Falcons fought with great ferocity, expecting to find and kill him... in vain. In fact, Alaric was not in the system: the transmissions he did were recorded messages. However, Alaric led in person the invasion of the Republic's world of Denebola and Alula Australis, where he killed the leader of the defenders in a duel.

The year before, Alaric had assisted to a Trial of Bloodright on planet Zosma. The winner, later known as Marotta Kerensky impressed him for his calmness and cunning. For this, in 3150, he requested Marotta to help him to plan the final battle for Terra. Marotta, at the contrary than other Wolf officers involved, did not believe their Clan had the numbers of troops to take Terra and defend it against the other Clans, mainly the Jade Falcons. His suggestion was an unexpected one: to recruit Wolf's Dragoons to join their former Clan in the battle. Alaric not only agreed with Marotta, he also sent him to recruit the Dragoons, a mission in which he succeeded.

The Path to ilClanship

An assassination attempt on Wolf and Jade Falcon leadership was proposed by Damien Redburn. With the approval of Devlin Stone, the plan was put in motion, but backfired after Damien was killed by Wolf forces. This would cause Devlin to contact Alaric Ward about terms of surrender, but he refused unless Malvina was brought in as well. Stone would be forced to accept Ward's terms, to his dismay. While meeting both Khans, Devlin Stone would announce his surrender, however having already angered Alaric, the Wolf Khan insisted that he should disband the Republic, which the former Exarch would do with hesitation.

Alaric would propose one final Trial to Falcon Khan Malvina, the right to become the ilClan of the Star League and ilKhan of the Clans. With an offer like this, Malvina gladly accepted the Trial that would change the history of both Terra and humanity.

ilKhan and First Lord

After successfully defeating the Jade Falcons for Terra, Alaric would declare himself ilKhan of the Clans and First Lord of the reborn Star League. He would even go so far as to mark this occasion by wearing a tailor-made, Star League olive-drab uniform and holding a media event to mark his claims,

Tying Up Loose Ends

He visited the apartment of the Jade Falcon’s Khan, where she was unsurprisingly bitter about her loss to the Wolves, and suspicious of this entire turn of events. Even as Alaric tried to reassure her that she still had a place in the new order of things, Hazen rebuffed him. Having finally exhausted his patience, Alaric dropped the niceties and ordered Malvina to release Cynthy, a girl whom Malvina had kept in her entourage as a “pet,” and hand her over to the proper authorities so she could receive appropriate care, which drove Malvina into yet another bout of rage. Alaric ignored her and exited the room. Moments later, Cynthy would kill Malvina.

After discussing the matter with Stephanie Chistu, who was now poised to become the next Khan of the Jade Falcons, Alaric agreed there was no helping Malvina, and wished the prospective Khan well. Following her official ascension to the office, Alaric gave her Tara Campbell of the Northwind Highlanders as a symbol of goodwill and allowed the Falcons to assume the position once occupied by their ancestors in the Royal Black Watch Regiment as bodyguards to the ilClan. He also honored his promise to the Fidelis, restoring Clan Smoke Jaguar under the leadership of Prohaska Moon, while allowing those who did not wish to return to the Clans to peacefully depart. The new Jaguars would retain their role as autonomous special forces, just as the Fidelis had done for the Republic.

Delegations from the other Clans arrived on Terra to formally install Alaric as the new ilKhan and to preside over the final internment of the body of Aleksandr Kerensky. Most agreed, in principle at least, to honor their obligations to the new ilClan, with both the Sea Foxes and Snow Ravens fully committing to both the ilClan and the new Star League. However, Clan Hell’s Horses outright refused to acknowledge Alaric’s authority, while the Ghost Bears stressed that, while he could count on the Clan’s loyalty, the Rasalhague Dominion as a whole would need to hold a referendum on joining this new Star League, which Alaric begrudgingly accepted.

Alaric was far less accommodating when it came to the Wolf’s Dragoons. General Brubaker and his crew would ask the new ilKhan why he wanted the Dragoons to pull back as the Jade Falcons were being repelled. Dropping the façade, Alaric revealed his contempt for the Wolf’s Dragoons, denouncing them for their betrayal of the Clans during Operation REVIVAL. When they demanded payment, Alaric handed over a wooden box containing thirty pieces of silver. Brubaker swore revenge, but the ilKhan was confident that the losses he had purposely inflicted on the Dragoons would render them ineffectual for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, he took the opportunity to officially revive the Star League Defense Force.

With everything else settled, there was one final matter to attend to. Accompanied by Chance Vickers, Alaric visited the hospital where Devlin Stone was currently on life support. The former Exarch was in failing health and not expected to live more than a few months at most. Alaric wanted to take the opportunity to gloat and extract whatever secrets he could from the dying man. Instead, it was Devlin who took the opportunity to gloat, claiming credit for all of Alaric’s achievements in his Terran campaign, asserting that the Wolves had only won the way they did because Devlin allowed them to. At first, Alaric attempted to dismiss Stone’s claims, but as the exchange dragged on, Alaric was increasingly rattled. While he could not be sure any of what Stone was saying was true, he could not prove they were false either, undermining the self-belief on which Alaric had thrived all of his life. Stone asked Alaric how long the First Lord expected his new Star League to last, given the opposition he would no doubt face as the Inner Sphere took stock of the situation, to which Alaric had no real answer. Recognizing the effect the words were having on her Khan, Chance seized the opportunity to smother the cackling old man to death with a pillow. Alaric returned to the waiting car alone while Chance took care of things, no longer sure as to what the future would bring.

A League of Uncertainty

Attempting to stay the course he had plotted, Alaric sought to forcibly assimilate the former Republic into Clan Wolf, despite concerns from both Sea Fox and Snow Raven, who believed the Inner Sphere would only accept their rule if their needs were respected. The new ilKhan, however, was determined to bring Terra to heel at any cost, resulting in civil unrest and armed resistance from Republic remnants led by Jonah Levin and Tucker Harwell.

Unfortunately, his plans were compromised from the beginning. Expected reinforcements from the Wolf Empire never materialized, with all communications being intercepted by an unknown third party. Star Colonel Othar, believing his Khan had abandoned the empire, took to try and defend their territories from attacks on all sides, including from the reorganized and vengeful Wolf’s Dragoons. Simultaneously, the Rasalhague Dominion held its plebiscite on the issue of joining the new League, a measure approved by a narrow majority of the population. Recalling that a similarly contentious referendum had led to the admission of the Rim Worlds Republic centuries earlier, sowing the seeds of the Amaris Civil War in the process, Alaric rejected the results, stating that the Dominion would be barred from entry until they had a definitive popular mandate to do so. This unexpected rejection plunged the Dominion into a brief but bloody period of civil war.

Most pressingly, however, was the looming threat of House Liao. Far from the hermit kingdom Alaric's grandfather, Hanse Davion, had once carved apart, the Capellan Confederation was now ascendant across the rimward regions of the Inner Sphere and was poised to pounce on Terra itself if not halted. Chancellor Daoshen Liao had long despised the Republic of the Sphere; now deprived of his chance to kill Devlin Stone, he nevertheless intended to claim as much of the late Exarch’s territories as possible, and would gladly destroy the new Star League in its infancy if given the chance. Recognizing that the needs of the ilClan outweighed his desires, Alaric suspended all efforts to assimilate the people of the Republic. This proved to be a turning point; not wanting his people subjected to the whims of the vengeful Daoshen and convinced that Alaric was an acceptable alternative, Jonah Levin called for all rebels to lay down arms, which most did, and was safely escorted out of ilClan territory. With the home front finally secured, Alaric and his allies began preparing for an all-out war with the Capellans.

Trial of Birthright

Unwilling to be locked into the same state of siege that had consumed Stone’s Republic in its final years, Alaric declared his intention to go on the offensive. While the decision was unanimously supported, there was contention over how the offensive would be carried out, and by who. The decision to place the new SLDF in the hands of the mercurial Anastasia Kerensky and to incorporate ex-Republic forces into its ranks was met with fierce opposition from Clan Wolf hardliners, who found a spokesman in Star Colonel Mathi Vickers, who threatened to undermine the ilKhan’s authority. Tensions came to a head at a meeting of the Star League Council, where Mathi demanded the SLDF be turned over to trueborn Clan warriors, something which Anastasia and Loremaster Noritomo Helmer vehemently opposed.

Sensing they were at a dangerous but pivotal moment, Alaric watched as Lt. Darren Kerensky, a trueborn Wolf now enlisted in the SLDF, openly challenged Mathi to defend the honor of his comrades and himself, stipulating that should he prove successful in a trial of combat, it would set the precedent that all would be allowed to serve in the new SLDF, regardless of origins. Alaric was momentarily indignant at the young man’s audacity but recognized that he had little choice and agreed to allow this new Trial of Birthright. Alaric was a spectator to the following bloody melee, witnessing the young Kerensky overcome Mathi before personally executing the rogue Star Colonel when he attempted to kill the victorious Darren. Suitably impressed and sensing the potential in Darren, Alaric adopted him into the Ward bloodname. In doing so, Alaric made Darren his de facto heir apparent. While momentarily harassed by memories of his departed mother, Alaric was able to clear his head and turned his attention toward the long-awaited counteroffensive, allowing him to slip back into the arena he was most comfortable in.

Star League Strikes Back

On the anniversary of humanity’s first interstellar voyage to Tau Ceti, ilClan forces emerged from Terra. They went on the offensive across every Capellan-occupied system within one jump of the system, with Alaric overseeing operations personally from the refurbished McKennas Pride, and taking to the field to wrest control of Keid, House Liao’s coreward most holding, and later Liberty. Having overextended their reach to accommodate Daoshen’s ambitions, the Capellans were now in total disarray.

Over three successive waves of counterattacks, the ilClan erased the gains the Capellan Confederation had made over the previous two decades, reorganizing the center of the Inner Sphere into a new Star League Protectorate. After Daoshen authorized a nuclear strike on the former command center of General Kerensky on New Earth, Alaric authorized Clan Snow Raven to assassinate the Chancellor. On June 20th, 3152, Snow Raven launched a surprise attack on the Liao forward capital, vaporizing the city and the Chancellor along with it. With that act, the ilClan declared victory. Alaric would take the opportunity to issue the Liberty Proclamation, outlining his vision for the new Star League, before returning to Terra in triumph.

BattleMechs

Alaric Wolf was a noted Mad Cat pilot and used one during his campaign on Prefecture IX in 3137 and again on a campaign in Free Worlds League space. He was later strongly associated with the Mad Cat Mk IV configuration A with a pair of both ER Large Lasers and ATM 9 launchers. his example on the battlefield led to many other Clan Wolf warriors to migrate to piloting the Mad Cat Mk IV design.

Notes

• Clan Jade Falcon had kept the Jade Hawk design a secret from outsiders. Alaric Wolf was among the first to confront this 'Mech on 22 October 3136.
• The Wolf units in the novel Wolf Hunters, 13th Wolf Guard and the 4th Wolf Guards, are assumed to not be the same as the 13th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile) and 4th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile).

Gallery

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  Alaric Ward from ER:3145

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  Ward from BT:Legends

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  Ward's Savage Wolf A Wepwawet from BT:Legends

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