Antioch Bell

Antioch Bell
AntiochBell TBTp17.jpg
Personal
AffiliationFederated Commonwealth
Black Thorns
Career
ProfessionMechWarrior
Family
SiblingsTwo Sisters[1]

Antioch Bell was a member of the Black Thorns mercenary unit.[2]

History[edit]

Early History[edit]

Antioch Bell served in the Twenty Sixth Lyran Guards of the Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth for seven years.[1]He was dismissed from the unit for for withholding knowledge of a crime. [3] After his military service, he joined up with a group of his former comrades lead by a retired Lyran officer from the Twenty Sixth, Hauptmann Salander Morgain, and traveled to Borghese in hopes of forming a mercenary unit.[4]

Borghese[edit]

In 3055 on Borghese, he met Jeremiah Rose, commander of the Black Thorns, a mercenary unit that served as the planetary garrison force. Learning that Rose needed a scout, Morgain sent Bell to help the Black Thorns.[1] Tensions rose between the Black Thorns and the Preservationists, a pro-Clan faction[5] which Morgain was affiliated with as an enforcer. Morgain and his men, including Bell, were sent to hunt down the Black Thorns, eventually catching up with the mercenaries where a battle erupted.[6] After hearing Morgain gloat about his duplicitous plans, Bell saved Rose's life when he turned on Morgain and killed him with a shot to the cockpit of Morgain's Marauder II.[7] Bell then revealed Morgain's plans made with the Preservationists and their invitation to join up with Clan Jade Falcon forces.[8] Bell was then invited to join the Black Thorns.[2]

Member of The Black Thorns[edit]

Bell and the Black Thorns subsequently fought against Clan Jade Falcon Forces on Borghese,[9] later identified as the Ninth Talon.[10] After the Black Thorns completed their contract on Borghese, they took employment with the Draconis Combine and were sent to Wolcott as a garrison unit.[11] Bell was assigned to the command lance as Rose's bodyguard.[12] Bell took part in the mission to Courchevel and survived the fighting there against Clan Nova Cat.[13]

BattleMechs[edit]

Antioch Bell fought in a BNC-5S Banshee on Borghese and Courchevel.[7][14]

References[edit]

  1. a b c Main Event, p. 228
  2. a b Main Event, p. 296
  3. Main Event, p. 205
  4. Main Event, p. 285
  5. Main Event, p. 237
  6. Main Event, pp. 272–282
  7. a b Main Event, pp. 281–282
  8. Main Event, p. 287
  9. Main Event, pp. 305–330
  10. The Black Thorns, pp. 6–7, 28–32
  11. D.R.T., p. 45
  12. D.R.T., p. 114
  13. D.R.T., p. 275
  14. D.R.T., p. 140

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