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Callandre Kell | |
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| Personal | |
| Also known as | "Calamity Kell"[1] |
| Born | 3106[1][2] |
| Affiliation | House Kell |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Colonel[1] |
| Title(s) | Grand Duchess of Arc-Royal[2] |
| Profession | Armor commander |
| Family | |
| Parents | Martin Kell (father)[1] |
| Spouse | Keith Langenhaas[1] |
Callandre "Calamity" Kell was a descendant of Morgan Kell, cofounder of the famed Kell Hounds mercenary unit. She would eventually command the Hounds during the final years of the Dark Age era.[3]
Contents
History
Early Years
Callandre studied in the Nagelring Academy, on Tharkad. There, she met Julian Davion, a student exhange from the Federated Suns. They became friends (co-conspirators, per the official charges) having a romantic relationship. A rapidly escalating series of hijinks culminated into an escapade of both, hotwiring a Zeus for her and a Marauder II for him. A drunken joyride through Tkahrad City during a howling blizzard culminated into their infiltration into the Royal Palace, reaching the throne room, where both subdued thye two guard 'Mechs, being found at compromising poses of vulgar nature. That joke, which caused about 500,000 kroners in damage resulted in Julian's expulsion and Callandre's graduation delayed to 3130.[4] In 3140, she was sent to Federated Suns space by the Archon Melissa Steiner to try to recruit her old boyfriend Julian, without success.[5]
Commander of the Hounds
In 3142, Evan Kell was killed in the Battle of Timkovichi (3142) and Callandre succeeded him becoming Colonel of the few remaining Kell Hounds.[3] After Duke Vedet Brewer fled from Tharkad, Melissa put Callandre at the command of Tharkad's defenses against the Clan Wolf and Clan Jade Falcon attack, leading an effective during the Battle of Tharkad (3143).[6]
The next years, she led the Hounds launching guerrilla missions behind the Falcon lines, sowing chaos, and avoiding to get trapped. However, in 3146 the Hounds were scattered to the four winds after Clan Jade Falcon's brutal conquest of Arc-Royal. Late in the next year, Callandre sent a cryptic message on the back of transmissions leaving Jade Falcon space, asking the Hounds' surviving remnants to rendezvous "Where It All Began." She and her compatriots were thought to have retreated into the deep Periphery.[7]
IlClan Era
In exile, Kell's vehicle was redesigned to fit her new position. She and her Hounds deployed on Santana in June 3151, where she helped hunt guerrillas while overseeing the formation of a new government.[8]
Relationships
While studying at the Nagelring, Kell had a brief relationship with Julian Davion which had far-reaching consequences. That relationship conditioned the relationship between both, though later they only were friends, at most.[9] She later met the Captain of Kirkpatrick's Invaders Keith Langenhaas and married him... to divorce after two weeks, after realizing she could stand him. However, he remained deeply besotted by her and followed her, decided to regain her love... to Callandre's chagrin.[10]
Vehicles
Callandre was a trained 'Mechwarrior. In her hooliganism on Tharkad City she piloted a Zeus with the words Red Delta written, but she was mostly known as an exceptional tank pilot. Her favorite vehicle was the SM1 Tank Destroyer.[11][9] In the years in exile, a full refit created the SM5 Field Commander variant, first deployed in June 3151.[8]
Gallery
Callandre at age 39
Callandre at age 46
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 115, "Callandre Kell"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tamar Rising, p. 91 "Callandre Kell profile"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 180
- ↑ Battletech: Legends p. 161
- ↑ A Bonfire of Worlds p. 131
- ↑ A Bonfire of Worlds, p. 218
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 43
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Shrapnel Issue 5, "SM5 Field Commander"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Bonfire of Worlds, ch. 10
- ↑ Tamar Rising p. 70-71
- ↑ BattleTech Legends p. 161
Bibliography
- BattleTech Legends (sourcebook)
- A Bonfire of Worlds (novel)
- Era Report: 3145
- Fortress Republic (novel)
- Shattered Fortress (sourcebook)
- Shrapnel Issue 5
- Sword of Sedition (novel)