Othar
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Othar | |
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| Affiliation | Wolf Empire |
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| Profession | Star Colonel |
Othar was a Star Colonel in the Wolf Empire Touman and the highest-ranking officer left in the Empire when Khan Alaric Ward and nearly all of Clan Wolf's warriors invaded Terra in 3151.[1]
Contents
History
Dark Age Era
Othar hadn't even passed his Trial of Position when the Blackout happened. His first assignment was a garrison Cluster.[2]
Othar never obtained a Bloodname, and when Wolf Khan Alaric Ward took all the Wolf Touman to Terra, Othar was left behind, the only high-ranking officer in all the Wolf Empire.[3]
ilClan Era
On 4 June 3151, on Gienah, Othar received a message from Terra announcing the Wolves victory in the Battle of Terra, with his Clan becoming the ilClan. The same day, along with his friend, the solahma trainer Star Captain Ricard, assisted in the first Trial of Position of a Wolf warrior of the ilClan. The young Radu achieved three victories, obtaining the rank of Star Captain.[4]
On 18 June, Othar asked to see Radu in his office. There, he informed both Radu and Ricard of the victory on Terra. Ricard feel himself excited, but Radu was more angry and depressed for having lost his chance to fight on Terra. However, Othar gave him immediate work: he took Radu to see the Wolf Mercant Factor and informed the youngster of his plan to raise new Clusters to defend the Empire, with Radu commanding the first one. The young Star Captain protested, saying Othar was usurping the ilKhan's authority, but Othar didn't change his plans.[5]
Othar began the work of creating two new galaxies, Rufus Galaxy and Lupus Galaxy, from scratch. Radu became his right hand, and Ricard, the left one, overseeing training. After hearing a Mercenary raid on Midkiff had been repulsed by Star Commander Kiley (Clan Wolf), a young warrior fresh of her Trial of Position, ordered her to came to Gienah. She arrived the 25 July, and after receiving her, he made her explain her experience to other warriors in training, to motivate them, and later informed her of the critical situation on the Empire, and his intention to gave her one of the new Clusters.[6]
Later, Other ordered Star Captain Judah, which was training a Cadet Cluster in New Olympia, to activate it as a formal Cluster... but his message arrived too late: The Mercenary group, Wolf's Dragoons, in which was their first shot of their private war against the Empire, had attacked New Olympia and taken all cadets as bondsmen.[7] The 15 September, Othar, along with Radu, travelled to the planet Shasta, to oversee a new Cluster's formation, right in time to see them crush another mercenary raid. Othar congratulated the Cluster's leader, Star Colonel Leap (Clan Wolf), and informed him of his Cluster's new denomination: they will be the Ninety-Second Wolf Guards.[8]
The same day, Othar received an unexpected visit: the one of Clan Sea Foxes SaKhan Petr Kalasa. He informed Othar that the Clan Protectorate forces which had invaded the Empire were defending it, and offered to stop an invasion, in exchange for the control of all Empire's HPGs, both working and nonfunctional. Othar agreed to consider it.[9]
Personality
In some aspects, Othar was a typical Wolf warrior, but in others, he was slighty different: he didn't detest the solahma, or the lower castes, being surprisingly courteous with them. But his main characteristic was his anger at having being left behind, and especially Alaric Ward's abandonment of the Empire.[10][11]
BattleMech
Othar's original 'Mech is unknown, but he became dispossessed after being left behind. He didn't find a replacement until 28 March 3152: a Blood Reaper, but he lost it in Zeta's assault on Gienah.[12]
Notes
- Ironically, Othar share several features with his adversary, Wolf's Dragoons leader Henry Kincaid: both were originally unremarkable warriors, raised to command by virtue of being the highest ranking officer left behind. Both resented having being denied the right to fight in Terra (or prevent its people fighting, in Hack's case), deeply resented Alaric Ward, and both refused to promote themselves to a higher rank.[13][14]
References
- ↑ Restocks of Core Products; Major Update of Coming Releases
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 240
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 9
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 9-18
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p.44-45
- ↑ Redemption Rites p. 84-89
- ↑ Redemption Rites p. 95
- ↑ Redemption Rites p. 124-126
- ↑ Redemption Rites p. 131
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p.42
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p.329
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 238
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 48
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 282