The Remembrance is an ongoing heroic saga detailing Clan history from the time of the Exodus from the Inner Sphere to the present day. The Remembrance is continually expanded to include contemporary events. Each Clan has a slightly different version reflecting their own opinions and experiences. All Clan warriors can quote whole verses of this marvelous epic from memory, and it is common to see passages from the book lovingly painted on the sides of OmniMechs, fighters,and even battle armor.

Here are some exerpts....

Hark, children of the Clans,
to the wisdom of Kerensky and your forebears.
Know what has come before;
remember it and you strive toward the future.
- Passage 1, Verse 1, Lines 1-4

General Aleksandr Kerensky
Where nature's laws threatened the weary;
when food, water, even air itself ran low,
it took just a command, a word, a smile,
from the General to light the way.
He was comfort, stern courage, compassion
to our sires as he led them from the fires
that grew and fed on those they left behind.
- Passage 2, Verse 14, Lines 18-24
- Passage 1, Verse 1, Lines 1-4

The Hidden Hope
The just deaths of the traitors frightened some
there among the darkness and alien stars.
A few lost heart and began with quavering resolve
to question the Great Father's plan.
With stern compassion he spoke and all was revealed;
how their destiny was the Hidden Hope
of all mankind and how their son's sons
would one day return to the Inner Sphere
bringing back the enlightenment of the Star League
to those unfortunates they had left behind.
Such was their right, such is our legacy of blood.
- Passage 3, Verse 22, Lines 1-11

And Nicholas stood with the first gathering of Khans
to draw up the tenets of what made a warrior.
Wars have often killed the innocent,
ruined entire societies.
Not within the Clans.
Wars were for warriors to wage
and that innocents not suffer at the hands of trueborns.
- Passage 10, Verse 5, Lines 1-6

Clan Society
Five, Nicholas proclaimed, was the foundation
upon which our true society was to be built.
Laborers to till the land, to do the tasks:
They shall have our undying gratitude,
for they are the muscle behind us all.
Merchants to buy and sell with fairness:
They shall have our commerce and respect,
for they are the bones upon which we are built.
Technicians to build and fix the machines:
They shall have our admiration:
for they are the fingers with which we grasp life.
Scientists to create and discover:
They shall have our awe and our attention,
for they are the mind of our society.
And above all the Warriors who protect:
They shall have our cooperation and our worship,
for they are the blood and soul of us all.
- Passage 67, Verse 26, Lines 21-37

For the day will come and our kin will stand
on Terra's firm soil, ready to rebuild
the Star League with their hearts and hands.
But who shall lead? Upon whose shoulders
will the burden lie? The answer is the test;
the test is the journey. Whichever Clan
carves its way through the barbarians
to reach that fabled cradle of us all
shall be the vehicle of the League's rebirth. Upon
the Star League throne shall sit that Clan's
wisest Khan. So should it be - So shall it be.
- Passage 72, Verse 22, Lines 14-24

Birth of the Clans
From Kerensky's Stars came the Eight Hundred
beneath a banner of Truth and Righteous Light
to lift up those who had suffered and to smite down
with fearful vengence those who had ruled
in the name of Vanity or Greed.
The thunder of their Battlemech's feet, the lightning
from their weapons, and the blood spilled in their name
created the Clan Spirit, the forge upon which
we have fashioned ourselves to be the weapon
of the resurrected Star League,
honed to a razor's edge by the Trials,
by the Rememberance, and by the Words
of the Great Kerenskys, our sires, our saviors.
- Passage 98, Verse 24, Lines 8-20

All praise the art of Batchall and Bidding
for it proves our love of peace and tradition.
- Passage 118, Verse 3, Lines 11-12

Clan Wolverine "The Not-Named Clan"
Like a poisonous weed, the Not-Named fostered
thoughts and actions against the Clans, calling them
"Independance" and "Freedom", not realizing
their every act chained them to the corruptions
that brought down the noble Star League
and set the Inner Sphere aflame.
But the Clans survived by condemning
them to a bitter annihilation.
Led by Clans Wolf and Widowmaker,
the Grand Council wiped clean the records,
obliterating with the warm blood
of its tragically doomed warriors
every mention of the Not-Named Clan.
- Passage 149, Verse 55, Lines 21-33

Death and Absorption
About the fallen hero they gathered,
none able to give voice to his shock.
Khan Jerome Winson knelt, tears streaming,
to cradle Nicholas Kerensky's head.
To wipe the blood from the cold brow,
to close the lightless eyes. Peace, great hero.
Choked with sadness and anger
Khan Jerome Winson spoke. "Khan Cal Jorgensson,
I cry, not for myself, nor for others.
I weep for your Clan Widowmaker.
There is a price for such a crime
as you have committed. A price you
and your Clan will pay."
- Passage 154, Verse 34, Lines 16-28

The Rememberance
herefore the youngest of them all stood up,
And with a voice like amber wine she spoke:
"Great sir, now all is clear and seeming well,
Yet still there is but one remaining problem;
My children, sir, they as of yet unborn,
Shall never hear your words so pure an grand."
"You see", the great one spoke aloud, "It is
your humble kin for whom I write this book.
It is the Law, our honor bound in hide."
- Passage 156, Verse 4, Lines 24-32

Clan Trials
And Minaka Widowmaker spoke,
"I claim the Bloodname Vordermark;
it was my mother's and my mother's father's.
it is mine by association and blood pride."
The council was stunned and outraged
by her lack of respect for the Clan ways.
Then the ilKhan rose and spoke wise words.
"Such a claim is not freely granted, Minaka.
Although your blood may cry out Vordermark,
it is your muscle and mind that will make it so.
Remember the Rede of our past, Widowmaker,
and do not ask words to win what the Trial decides.
If strong, you will win the Right.
But do justice to our future
by remembering our past, young one.
Those are my words, that is my judgement."
- Passage 167, Verse 34, Lines 33-48

Comstar
And never forget that help may come
from the most unlikely of quarters
and success rest upon the shoulders
of those kept shadowed until the time of need.
- Passage 222, Verse 6, Lines 11-14

Operation Revival
Then the order came, "Furl the sails.
ready for jump, mighty warriors.
We journey back, we journey home,
carrying the flame of the Star League
back to the hearth. We face the ignorant
who believe themselves civilized and strong,
but they will soon discover otherwise.
We are the Clans, the Star League incarnate.
None can stand against us and survive."
- Passage 272, Verse 8, Lines 11-19

No natural calamities cost you.
There was no great disease, no famines;
no interstellar catastrophe to blame.
You have no excuse to explain.
How this, our rightful palace, has been fouled
with the dust of countless innocent dead.
The truth is that you are the descendants
of traitors who scurry about like rats
in the dark, fighting over petty kingdoms
at the foot of the empty throne.
Never recognizing that you have given up
the one true prize.
- Passage 285, Verse 15, Lines 21-32

Battle of Tukayyid
And so the Khans met in kurultai
to discuss the carving of Tukayyid.
As if it was some feast dish cooked
and tender, begging for the server's knife.
- Passage 327, Verse 3, Lines 5-8

Sons and daughters of the blood legacy,
inspire me as I sing,
of the deaths dealt out on Tukayyid
and of what our warriors faced and bravely fought:
Help me paint a portrait of an apocalypse.
- Passage 328, Verse 1, Lines 1-5

Blood Spirit:

The Grand Council, in arrogance, gave their decree:
Blood Spirit, you must conform to the Way of the Clans.
You have strayed from the Path; we will lead you back.
The flash of the blade, the striking knife, the traitor's stab!
On the Path our step is true - while other Clans falter.
We held out our hands, in the spirit of Kerensky's Dream,
And our brethren chose to treat the gesture as folly.
In isolations embrace, we forsake all and live for the future.
--the Rememberence - Passage 42, Verse 7, Lines 5-12 (Clan Blood Spirit)

Cloud Cobra:

"The darkness is behind us, the light is ahead.
Strive toward it, for it is the Way."
Said our Founder, Nicholas.
"Be ever vigilant
And rely on your strengths:
Faith, which preserves us;
Knowledge, which gives us power;
Understanding, which lets us know our foes;
Courage, which lets us face the darkness without fear."
--The Rememberence Cloud Cobra

Coyote:

Master of man and machine, servitor to none,
the Coyote awaits.
Skilled and tenacious,
a predator without peer,
the Coyote strikes:
Fear in the hearts of its enemies,
Pain at their sides,
Death at their throats.
--the Rememberence - (Clan Coyote) Passage 44, Verse 2, Lines 25-31

Diamond Shark:

Khan KAREN NAGASAWA
Then Karen Nagasawa said,
"The past holds wise men as well as fools;
why then, do we listen only to the foolish
when we have another choice?"
- Passage 12, Verse 14, Lines 4-7 (Clan Diamond Shark)

As each warrior plays his role in battle,
so each caste plays its role for the Clan.
Growers of food and makers of 'Mechs,
those who discover and those who enrich,
all look for justice to the warrior who governs.
- Passage 96, Verse 12, Lines 1-5 (Clan Diamond Shark)

The Great Change
Bid the Sea Fox farewell;
noble he was, but not strong enough.
The diamond shark has devoured him;
the shark is the greater warrior.
- Passage 127, Verse 35, Lines 6-9 (Clan Diamond Shark)

Grace, honor and nobility; show these beforehand.
but when the battle begins,
attack with terrifying swiftness,
be the Diamond Shark, relentless and ruthless.
- Passage 127, Verse 42, Lines 16-20 (Clan Diamond Shark)

Fire Mandrill:

And Nicholas Kerensky did charge us, the Fire Mandrills;
As we have left behind the differences between nations,
So now we observe the Way of the Clans, of the family.
Carry your name, and your Names, proudly.
--The Rememberence - Passage 49, Verse 75, Lines 12-15 (Clan Fire Mandrill)

Ghost Bear:

Children of the Bear, hearken to my words:
Be always vigilant.
Learn for yourselves that which your forebears imparted
So easily and freely.
Demand of yourselves
The foresight of Jorgensson
And the courage of Tseng;
Through them, we are strong.
To them, a debt is owed,
Repaid through loyalty undying and Character unflinching.
-- From the Oath of Acceptance, Clan Ghost Bear

The kinship of spirits is vital;
Without this connection there
Can be no true understanding.
-- From the Oath of Acceptance, Clan Ghost Bear

Now is the time to prove
what we know to be true:
that we shall conquer all.
- Passage 155, Verse 2, Lines 45-48 (Clan Ghost Bear)

Drawing strength from each other, they survived;
Tseng and Jorgensson emerged from the snow,
and forged a Clan in the Ghost Bear's mold;
unity of purpose and strength of spirit,
no task undertaken lightly or left half-done.
To these ideals we hold true until we all shall fall.
- Passage 45, Verse 6, Lines 13-18 (Clan Ghost Bear)



The General's intent was clearly stated,
to depart and never return.
He forced none but swayed many;
this compassionate, brilliant man
had lead thousands to victory,
and he would again lead the long march.
- Passage 8, Verse 6, Lines 12-17 (Clan Ghost Bear)

Goliath Scorpion:

Life begun with blackest darkness.
Eyes thrown open with hottest fire.
Thoughts annealed with clearest vision.
Hearts confined with Best chains.
Strength renewed with surest spirit.
Absolution, the Scorpion's sting.
-- The Rememberence (Clan Goliath Scorpion), Passage 24, Verse 37, Lines 11-16

On the Black Seam they dance,
Moonlit steel gleaming in the twilight,
Black and gold, red and silver,
Their clothes stir the still night air,
Five steps taken, five cuts drawn,
The Scars of Moreau's tribulation,
These pay heed to our debt, to our past,
Reborn with the death of our Mother.
--The Rememberence (Clan Goliath Scorpion), Passage 316, Verse 12, Lines 1-8

Hell's Horses:

Khan John Fletcher
From the fires of Eden came John Fletcher,
A true warrior, leader of men, not machines.
His wisdom became that of a new Clan
That challenged even the mightiest of 'Mechs.
-The Rememberence - Passage 13, Verse 1, Lines 1-4 (Clan Hell's Horses)

Ice Hellion:

In turn they tested each Clan namesake
In trial against the ice hellion's mettle.
Each chased the ice hellion, hunting it down.
All failed to match the predator's speed and grace.
Khan Cage smiled and said, "And that is how we shall be."
--The Rememberence - Passage 5, Verse 3, Lines 1-5 (Clan Ice Hellion)

Jade Falcon:

We are Jade Falcon, great among the Clans.
We are Warriors who fight with the strength of the falcon's claws,
and ascend to the heavens on the wings of the same.
We remember with clarity of falcon sight the Words of Kerensky.
Through the smoke of time he speaks to us, his chosen,
and urges us onward with the promise of Eden.
We will take what is ours by right,
that shining jewel Terra.
Not the vastness of space,
nor the Wolf's obstinate howl will stay us from our goal.
We are Crusaders, and will trample all who stand in our way.
--A Falcon Warrior (possibly Marthe Pryde)

With Falcon sight we choose our foes.
On Falcon wings we harry them.
With Falcon claws we smite our foes.
And with Falcon tenacity we win.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Jade Falcon), Passage 97, Verse 1, Lines 6-9

The Legend of Turkina:
Then Warrior Hazen grew cold,
Watching noble DeChevalier die.
She heard her mind whisper
Urging her to fly,
To forget her duty.
But with a defiant cry
Proud Turkina dove
From the realm of death
To seize Hazen's heart
And shake it free of fear
Leaving pure her soul
And her duty clear.
Passage 8, Verse 36, Lines 58-66 (Clan Jade Falcon)

Star Colonel AIDAN PRYDE
Remember those events that brought us these fifteen years of shame.
But remember also those who fell to restore the glorious Star League.
Above all, remember the blood legacy of Aidan Pryde, child of Kerensky;
he made the final sacrifice so that his Clan could continue.
For eternity shall we praise him;
in fifteen years shall we avenge him.
- Passage 417, Verse 29, Lines 74-79 (Clan Jade Falcon)

Nova Cat:

Khan PHILLIP DRUMMOND:
The wise Nicholas spoke to them all
through the haze of their anguish;
his passion flowed through the doubt,
his conviction tore at the fear
he was become the living legend.
Phillip listened and believed;
he would follow this great man
as he had followed the father
into Exodus, and hope.
- Passage 14, Verse 1, Lines 1-9 (Clan Nova Cat)

Khan SANDRA ROSSE
And in her vision the wolf howled,
but the Nova Cat paced steadily on,
undisturbed by the petty battles
others fought, trying to cage it within the bars of
thoughtless sameness. The Nova Cat gazed
straight ahead, its heart and mind devoted to
the Ways of Seeing, devoted to a more perfect life.
- Passage 50, Verse 5, Lines 26-32 (Clan Nova Cat)


A pouncing cat stalks the hunting cat,
with a roar, the two engage in a death's embrace,
the coiled serpent crushes both.
A pouncing cat stalks the hunting cat,
with care, the pouncing cat watches,
the coiled serpent crushes the hunting cat,
a new star is born.
- Passage 374, Verse 3, Lines 17-24 (Clan Nova Cat)

Sea Fox:

Show your opponent the honor deserving;
be secure in your own nobility.
This was the Founder's charge,
this was the totem of the Sea Fox.
- Passage 2, Verse 14, Lines 1-4 (Clan Sea Fox)

Smoke Jaguar:

Khan Franklin Osis
Remember Franklin Osis,
father of his Clan.
Three strengths he gave us:
The Jaguar's spring that brings the enemy down,
the Jaguar's claws that rend the enemy's heart,
the Jaguar's taste for the enemy's hot blood.
- Passage 104, Verse 18, Lines 5-10 (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

All praise the art of Batchall and Bidding
for it proves our love of peace and tradition.
- Passage 118, Verse 3, Lines 11-12

Five are our foundation,
one above the rest.
Four are the steppingstones,
the fifth the pinnacle.
The laborer, the technician, the scientist, the merchant,
these are the steppingstones
to the warriors' place.
As the insect feeds the bird,
as the bird feeds the wolf,
as the wolf feeds the smoke jaguar,
so all give life to the warrior
who sheds his blood for their glory.
- Passage 121, Verse 43, Lines 12-24 (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

In our days of wandering,
he gave us Hidden Hope;
our sacred duty calls us to return.
As our Father told us,
and his father before him,
ours is the redemption of the universe;
ours is the paradise of Terra;
ours is the war of liberation.
- Passage 204, Verse 6, Lines 2-9 (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

ilKhan Leo Showers
Remember Leo Showers,
Great Khan of Khans.
He showed us the way to destiny,
and gave his life to achieve it.
- Passage 215, Verse 31, Lines 22-25 (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

Mourn for our ilKhan, o warriors!
Cry curses to the heavens!
They have silenced the voice of the Crusaders;
let them be ash beneath out feet.
Make your hearts as proud as his,
make your blood as fierce,
make your blows as deadly to our enemies.
- Passage 215, Verse 31, Lines 26-32 (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

Fifteen years, fellow warriors. Fifteen years
we are to suffer in shame and silence,
listening to the crowing and laughter
of our enemies, who think us defeated.
But remember, warriors, we are the Clans.
What fails to kill us only makes us stronger.
And when future sibkos learn of us,
they will know the sixteenth year
as the Stacalkas-Nomen: The year
the punishment of our enemies began.
- Passage 329, Verse 53, Lines 141-150 (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

Snow Raven:

The snow raven wastes nothing. A scavenger par excellence,
it makes use of materials abandoned by others.
It works in harmony with other beasts
and is the perfect companion.
--The Rememberence Snow Raven

Star Adder:

Go, Star Adder;
You are the stalker, the hunter, the killer.
Your prey stands before you;
Show them the way
of the True Warrior
--The Rememberence Star Adder, Passage 5, Verse 17, Lines 20 - 24

Steel Viper:

Khan ELLIE KINNISON
From the ranks of the many she rose,
pre-eminent among all others.
Foe after foe fell before the young warrior
for destiny guided her sword.
When our Leader called, she rose
and became the head of the mighty Serpent.
She guided the Viper alongside the Wolf,
along the path of the True Vision.
Let us forever honor the First Khan, who showed the way.
Let us remain faithful to the True Path she marked for the Viper.
- Passage 3, Verse 5, Lines 6-15 (Clan Steel Viper)

With the truth of Kerensky's vision,
Khan Mercer brought harmony from discord,
and as the Founder had done before,
sought isolation to bring forth victory.
- Passage 171, Verse 27, Lines 16-19 (Clan Steel Viper)

Wolf:

The just deaths of the traitors frightened some
there among the darkness and alien stars.
A few lost heart and began with quavering resolve
to question the Great Father's plan.
With stern compassion he spoke and all was revealed;
how their destiny was the Hidden Hope
of all mankind and how their son's sons
would one day return to the Inner Sphere
bringing back the enlightenment of the Star League
to those unfortunates they had left behind.
Such was their right, such is our legacy of blood.
- Passage 3, Verse 22, Lines 1-11

The day will come when our descendants
return to claim what is our right.
With honor swelling their hearts they will crusade
against the dark emotions that have dimmed
the Inner Sphere for so long.
But with glory comes responsibility;
without a pure soul we cannot give sight
to their blindness, but will only blind ourselves.
- Passage 3, Verse 41, Lines 1-8 (Clan Wolf)

"The darkness is behind us, the light is ahead.
Strive toward it, for it is the way."
Said our Founder, Nicholas.
"Be ever vigilant
and rely on your strengths:
Faith, which preserves us;
Knowledge, which gives us power;
Understanding, which lets us know our foes;
Courage, which lets us face the darkness without fear."
- Passage 10, Verse 9, Lines 1-10 (Clan Wolf)

And the ilKhan gave us his final words,
charging us to protect those
with whom we found refuge in our time of need.
In this, our final duty, we shall not fail.
- Passage 411, Verse 16, Lines 1-4 (Clan Wolf in Exile)

Khan Vladimir Ward
From a 'Mech grave he rose, snarling
ready to do battle for his vanquished Clan
stalking the Falcon Khans, who would remake us
his actions, the Wolf incarnate.
- Passage 412, Verse 10, Lines 9-12 (Clan Wolf)

We are Clan Wolf, children of Kerensky.
We carry the honor of his name on our shoulders,
as our fathers did before us.
The Rememberence speaks to us of the evil in man's will,
of the reasons for Exodus and the rights of the travelers.
Arcadia is our destiny and our right.
Enlightenment is our gift.
By the Bloodnames of the Founders we must return,
return and protect that which is unigue among the stars.
Terra awaits us as it was written.
We are the last of the Wardens.
The sole hope for the Earth.
- A Warden Wolf, possibly Ulric Kerensky or Phelan Kell

Where nature's laws threatened the weary;
When food, water, even air itself ran low,
It took just a command, a word, a smile,
From the General to light the way.
He was comfort, stern courage, compassion
To our sires as he led them from the fires
That grew and fed on those they left behind.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 2, Verse 14, Lines 18-24

The just deaths of the traitors frightened some
There among the darkness and alien stars.
A few lost heart and began with quavering resolve
To question the Great Father's plan.
With stern compassion he spoke and all was revealed;
How their destiny was the Hidden Hope
Of all mankind and how their sons' sons
Would one day return to the Inner Sphere
Bringing back the enlightenment of the Star League
To those unfortunate they had left behind.
Such was their right, such is our legacy of blood.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 3, Verse 22, Lines 1-11

There will be a time when our descendants
Return to reclaim what is our right.
With honor swelling their hearts, they will crusade
Against the dark emotions that have dimmed
The Inner Sphere for so long
. But with the glory comes responsibility;
Without a pure soul we cannot give sight
To their blind lives, but will only blind ourselves.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 3, Verse 41, Lines 1-8

The rebels, heeding neither strength nor sense,
Cowardly ambushed noble DeChevalier.
Although he fought like a lion, he died
And with his death came the cloud, and reason fled
Like a winter sun's feeble evening light
Above hopeless Eden and wicked Babylon.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 8, Verse 36, Lines 51-56

The darkness is behind us, the light is ahead.
Strive toward it, for it is the way."
Said our Founder, Nicholas.
"Be ever vigilant
and rely on your strengths:
Faith, which preserves us;
Knowledge, which gives us power;
Understanding, which lets us know our foes;
Courage, which lets us face the darkness without fear."

- Passage 10, Verse 9, Lines 1-10 (Clan Wolf)

Five, Nicholas proclaimed, was the foundation
Upon which our true society was to be built.
Laborers to till the land, to do the tasks:
They shall have our undying gratitude,
For they are the muscle behind us all.
Merchants to buy and sell with fairness:
They shall have our commerce and respect,
For they are the bones upon which we are built.
Technicians to build and fix the machines:
They shall have our admiration,
For they are the fingers with which we grasp life.
Scientists to create and discover:
They shall have our awe and our attention,
For they are the mind of our society.
And above all, the Warriors who protect:
They shall have our cooperation and worship,
For they are the blood and soul of us all.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 67, Verse 26, Lines 21-37

For the day will come and our kin will stand
On Terra's firm soil, ready to rebuild
The Star League with their hearts and hands.
But who shall lead? Upon whose shoulders
Will the burden lie? The answer is the test;
The test is the journey. Whichever Clan
Carves its way through the barbarians
To reach that fabled cradle of us all
Shall be the vehicle of the League's rebirth. Upon
The Star League throne shall sit that Clan's
Wisest Khan. So should it be - so shall it be.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 72, Verse 22, Lines 14-24

et all warriors bear their mark proudly,
taking what pride they can in their accomplishments;
for our lives should be full of glory, but short.
On the battlefield we are alone>
- Passage 74, Verse 26, Lines 1-4 (Clan Wolf)

From Kerensky's Stars came the Eight Hundred
Beneath a banner of Truth and Righteous Light
To lift up those who had suffered and to smite down
With fearful vengeance those who had ruled
In the name of Vanity or Greed.
The thunder of their BattleMechs' feet, the lightning
From their weapons, and the blood spilled in their name
Created the Clan Spirit, the forge upon which
We have fashioned ourselves to be the weapon
Of the resurrected Star League,
Honed to a razor's edge by the Trials,
By The Remembrance, and by the Words
Of the Great Kerenskys, our sires, our saviors.
- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 98, Verse 24, Lines 8-20

All praise the art of batchall and bidding
For it proves our love of peace and tradition.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 118, Verse 3, Lines 11-12

Like a poisonous weed, the Not-Named fostered
Thoughts and actions against the Clans, calling them
"Independence" and "Freedom," not realizing
Their every act chained them to the corruptions
That brought down the noble Star League
And set the Inner Sphere aflame.
But the Clans survived by condemning
Them to a bitter annihilation.
Led by Clans Wolf and Widowmaker,
The Grand Council wiped clean the records,
Obliterating with the warm blood
Of its tragically doomed warriors
Every mention of the Not-Named Clan.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 149, Verse 55, Lines 21-33

About the fallen hero they gathered,
None able to give voice to his shock.
Khan Jerome Winson knelt, tears streaming,
To cradle Nicholas Kerensky's head.
To wipe the blood from the cold brow,
To close the lightless eyes, Peace, great Hero.
Choked with sadness and anger
Khan Jerome Winson spoke. "Khan Cal Jorgensson,
I cry, not for myself, nor for others.
I weep for your Clan Widowmaker.
There is a price for such a crime
As you have committed. A price you
And your Clan will pay."
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 154, Verse 34, Lines 16-28

And never forget that help may come
From the most unlikely of quarters
And success rest upon the shoulders
Of those kept shadowed until the time of need.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 222, Verse 6, Lines 11-14

Then the order came, "Furl the sails.
Ready for jump, mighty warriors.
We journey back, we journey home,
Carrying the flame of the Star League
Back to the hearth. We face the ignorant
Who believe themselves civilized and strong,
But they will soon discover otherwise.
We are the Clans, the Star League incarnate.
None can stand against us and survive."
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 272, Verse 8, Lines 11-19

No natural calamities cost you.
There was no great disease, no famines;
No interstellar catastrophe to blame.
You have no excuse to explain
How this, our rightful palace, has been fouled
With the dust of countless innocent dead.
The truth is that you are the descendants
Of traitors who scurry about like rats
In the dark, fighting over petty kingdoms
At the foot of the empty throne.
Never recognizing that you have given up
The one true prize.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 285, Verse 15, Lines 21-32

Tyra of the Rasalhague led,
Forth her fiery flying Drakons,
Gallant in bronze. A warrior woman whose hands
Were unskilled in the ways of hearth and home,
In skills of war she was hard and trained
To leave behind the airy winds and fight
Where the void is eternal and life fleeting.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 294, Verse 8, Lines 17-23

Tyra and her warriors fought
Like crazed demons above Radstadt
When her fighter was crippled by ours,
And her life leaked away into the endless night,
She chose to die
And sent her fighter like a spear
Through the Dire Wolf, claiming as isorla
Our mighty ilKhans life. Sing of our loss, warriors!
Sing, but of Tyra also,
For though an enemy, her courage none can deny.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 294, Verse 8, Lines 24-33

And so the Khans met in kurultai
To discuss the carving of Tukayyid.
As it was some feast dish cooked
And tender, begging for the server's knife.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 327, Verse 3, Lines 5-8

Sons and daughters of the blood legacy,
Inspire me as I sing,
Of the deaths dealt out on Tukayyid
And of what our warriors faced and bravely fought;
Help me paint a portrait of an apocalypse.
-- The Remembrance (Clan Wolf), Passage 328, Verse 1, Lines 1-5