Editing Elizabeth Hazen

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| image               = Elizabeth Hazen BTLegends.jpg
| name                = Elizabeth Cynthia Hazen
| birthdate           = 5 April [[2741]]<ref name=H:OKp110>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 110: "Elizabeth Hazen Profile"</ref>
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| affiliation         = [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
| rank                = [[Khan of Clan Jade Falcon|Khan]]
| title               = [[Keeper of the Star League's Honor]]<ref name=JFSp8>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 8: "Elizabeth Hazen"</ref><br/>[[Knight of the Sword]]<ref name=JFSp8/>
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| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
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| siblings            = [[Lionel Hazen]]
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'''Elizabeth Cynthia Hazen''' was the founding [[Khan]] of [[Clan Jade Falcon]].  She is one of four founders recognized by the Jade Falcons, and is the most well-regarded by her [[Clan]].  She is also believed to have been the first to tame a [[Jade_Falcon_(species)|jade falcon]], a genetically engineered mix of the peregrine and the gyrfalcon, designed to combat native pests of the [[Clan Homeworlds]]. Hazen's jade falcon was named [[Legend of Turkina|Turkina]], a name that became the basis for the elite [[Turkina Keshik]] of the [[Clan Jade Falcon Touman|Clan Jade Falcon ''touman'']], while also defining much of the history and legend surrounding this Clan Founder.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 10: "Legend of Turkina"</ref>

==History==

===Early Life===
Elizabeth Cynthia Hazen was born on [[Terra]], in Alexandria, Virginia, on the continent of North America. When she came of legal age, she joined the [[SLDF]] and entered [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] training. By age 25 she was an officer who commanded a company in the elite [[Royal Black Watch Regiment]], assigned to guard the First Lord himself.

===Star League Service===
Hazen was not present the day the Usurper struck the [[House Cameron|Cameron]] line from continued existence. Visiting her brother Lionel in a hospital as he recovered from an [[aerospace fighter]] crash, the building came under attack by Amaris' troops. After all the able-bodied were herded from the building, forced to leave the sick and injured behind (including Lionel), the hospital was bombed before a stunned crowd of onlookers.<ref name=JFSp8/>

In the confusion of the coup, Elizabeth Hazen and many other loyal soldiers of the SLDF slipped away and formed a resistance movement called the ''Ghosts of the Black Watch'' that would continue to fight the Usurper for the next ten years until Kerensky's forces liberated Terra in [[2779]]. During this time she would gain an exhaustive knowledge of the cruelties particular to irregular warfare,<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 152: "Rules Annex, Clan Jade Falcon, Elizabeth Hazen"</ref> while tempering her warrior spirit into a keen edge in the long fight against the [[Stefan Amaris|Amaris]] occupiers. For her determined heroism during the war, she was awarded the [[Awards#Star_League|Star League Medal of Honor]] and was inducted into the [[Star_League_Defense_Force#Awards|Order of the Sword]], the last person to have either honor bestowed upon them by the soon to be defunct Star League.<ref name=JFSp8/>

During the final assault to retake [[Unity City (city)|Unity City]], Hazen and the last survivors of the Royal Black Watch served as General [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Kerensky's]] bodyguards after Major [[Absalom Truscott|Absalom Truscott's]] unit was badly damaged by the Amaris defenders. When the Imperial Palace gate was breached, Hazen was among several future Clan Khans who accompanied Kerensky as he was led to Amaris' private suite. Piloting her ''[[Highlander]]'' alongside General [[Aaron DeChavilier]] and Kerensky himself, Hazen confronted Amaris and raised her 'Mech's gun arm at him, but at Kerensky's order held her fire.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 105</ref><ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 107</ref><ref name=HLT2-8-HJ-EH-H-1>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 8: "Hard Justice"</ref>

Aleksandr Kerensky offered Elizabeth Hazen a role on his command staff, but she declined and tendered her resignation instead.  She traveled Terra alone seeking healing from the emotional scars of the war.  Her wandering took her to a monastery located in Hungary of Terra's Eurasian continent.  There, over the course of a few years, she learned the ancient art of Falconry that would come to be central to her legend later during the Clan era.<ref name=JFSp9>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 9: "Elizabeth Hazen"</ref>

===Exodus===
When Kerensky ordered the Exodus from the [[Inner Sphere]] in [[2784]], Elizabeth Hazen rejoined the SLDF, taking her open invitation to join the General's Command Staff, though some say due to her lover<ref name=FMCC91>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 91</ref> - Aaron DeChavilier's personal vist to Budapest.  This is one of the few times that Hazen's romantic life (or that of General DeChavilier) is hinted at.<ref name=JFSp9/>

During the long Exodus tempers flared all throughout the massive SLDF fleet, but tensions boiled over in one especially terrible incident: The [[Prinz Eugen Mutiny]].  In September of [[2785]], nine vessels led by the ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship SLS ''[[Prinz Eugen]]'' decided to head back to the [[Inner Sphere]].  Major Hazen was appointed to bring the ships back into the fold and did so with ruthless efficiency.  Included in her force of 160 marines was [[Andery Kerensky]], on orders from General Kerensky himself to take part in the mission. Afterward, Major Hazen would stand at the head of the firing squad that executed the leaders of the mutiny, likewise accompanied by the younger Kerensky.<ref name=JFSp9/><ref>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 7: "Exodus"</ref><ref name=H:OKp16>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 16: "Major Elizabeth Hazen, Personal Journals, 28 September 2785"</ref>

{{Quote|I still don’t know precisely why General Kerensky asked me to bring his youngest son along, but perhaps it did him some good. I hope it did. He is nothing like his father or even his brother. He learned nothing during the occupation, except perhaps to hide… He feels too much. He doesn’t have the heart of a warrior.|Major Elizabeth Hazen, Personal Journals (excerpt), 28 September [[2785]].'''<ref name=H:OKp16/>}}

[[Image:Clan_Jade_Falcon.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Clan Jade Falcon, Elizabeth Hazen's own.]]

===Pentagon Worlds and the Clans===
Following Aleksandr Kerensky's death in 2801, she accompanied [[Nicholas Kerensky]] on his [[Second Exodus]] to the [[Kerensky Cluster]].  When he laid out his plans to create his new vision of an ideal warrior society, the [[Clans]], Elizabeth Hazen was chosen to be a founder of [[Clan Jade Falcon]], named for the animal with which she so much identified.

The [[Jade Falcon (species)|Jade Falcon]] species was bred on [[Eden]] in the early years of the Pentagon Worlds, to combat a winged predatory reptile that fed on livestock.  Elizabeth Hazen, then the [[Dagda (Clan System)|Dagda]] garrison commander, so when the species was imported there to perform a similar role, she obtained and tamed one of the first of these genetically engineered birds to hatch.  A mix of the peregrine and gyrfalcon, she would name her jade falcon Turkina, in honor of the powerful wife of an ancient Mongol Khan's wife, keeping it for many years during the colony era.<ref name=JFSp11>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 11: "Legend of Turkina"</ref>

When the colonists on [[Eden]] rioted in [[2801]] due to colonial hardships as well as factional jealousies, it radiated social shock waves throughout the [[Pentagon Worlds]]. General Kerensky ordered General DeChavilier and Major Hazen to quell the rebellion.<ref>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 9: "Serpent in Eden"</ref>  To begin an event that became known as the [[DeChavilier Massacre]], General DeChavilier was killed during an ambush set up by Liao insurgents on [[Eden]] who were fighting against a nearby enclave of Davion colonists.  Much is said in various Clan histories and [[Legend of Turkina|legends]] regarding this incident.  But what is known is that after her own 'Mech was downed by the rebels, a numb and nearly-defeated Elizabeth Hazen eventually broke away from her paralyzing grief and rose up in a violent rage.  She then used a ''katana'' as her primary weapon during a rampage that would see the distraught but galvanized Hazen mercilessly kill as many of the insurgents as she could find in revenge for her loved and beloved commander's death.  She would go on to lead the survivors in taking the rebel stronghold, her force slaying every rebel that they encountered.<ref name=JFSp11/><ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 20–21: "The Price of Liberty"</ref>

[[Image:Elizabeth Hazen JFSB.png|thumb|right|160px|Elizabeth Hazen during the DeChavilier Massacre]]

''Then Warrior Hazen grew cold''<br />
''Watching noble DeChavilier die.''<br />
''Urging her to fly,''<br />
''To forget her duty.''<br />
''But with a defiant cry''<br />
''Proud Turkina dove''<br />
''From the realm of death''<br />
''To seize Hazen's heart''<br />
''To shake her free of fear''<br />
''Leaving pure her soul''<br />
''And her duty clear.''<br />
:-''The Remembrance (Clan Jade Falcon), Passage 8, Verse 36, Lines 58-66.''<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 9: "The Legend of Turkina"</ref>

===Return to Eden and the Pentagon Worlds===
On 2 July [[2821]], the long-awaited assault on the Pentagon Worlds — and Eden in particular — became a reality.  Clan Jade Falcon was one of the four Clans selected for the Eden campaign, after the [[ilKhan]] held a small but fierce competition for that particular right.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 89: "Eden"</ref> Khan Elizabeth Hazen's tactical brilliance was as sharp or more so than many other Clan leaders, despite being the oldest Khan in [[Operation Klondike]] at age 80.

====Eden: Landing and Sarbat Khanate Conflicts====
During the course of the campaign she led her Clan through a string of victories against numerically superior forces.  In action against the [[Sarbat Khanate]], Khan Hazen's Falcons would clash with elements of [[Clan Hell's Horses]], who had been ordered by the ilKhan to support the Jade Falcons' push during the early stages of the campaign.  After one particularly nasty incident where Sarbat Khanate forces were able to take advantage of the two brawling Clans and inflict more casualties than usual, Khan Hazen would swear not to work with what she scornfully called an "amateur" force ever again.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 91: "Petrograd Bay: the Falcon Stoops"</ref>

====Eden: Novy Moscva====
Khan Hazen and her Jade Falcons fought bravely and with great skill during the battle for Novy Moscva against the [[Levic Ascendancy]], a proto-state that was regarded as being the premier power in the Pentagon Worlds.  They would actively hold down the outlying industrial areas of the city while the Wolves harried the Ascendency Military Force (AMF) in the city's central areas,<ref name=H:OKp96>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 96: "The Battle of Novy Moscva"</ref> a task that saw great cooperation between the two Clans, but with occasional incidents of the competition between them getting out of hand. One incident specifically happened between the infantry points of Star Captain [[Carl Icaza]] and MechWarriors of Star Captain Franklin Ward where disciplinary actions had to be implemented due to the Wolf MechWarriors literally overstepping the Jade Falcon infantry in order to roust enemy infantry positions that had been called for and designated as Icaza's targets.  Five Wolf MechWarriors were whipped after agreement by Khan Hazen and Wolf saKhan [[Elise Fetladral]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 14: "Carl Icaza"</ref>  But with small incidents like these, the rivalry that would grow through the ages between these two powerhouses was likely born on Eden.<ref name=JFSp13>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 13: "Carl Icaza"</ref>

====Dagda: Falcons on the Hunt====
Khan Hazen's Falcons would be activated again, along with [[Clan Wolf]], to finish the stalled Dagda campaign.  Together, both Clans would take part in one of the most infamous battles of Operation Klondike: The [[Siege of the Black Brian]].  After personally leading the fight to clear out all of the hostiles lurking in the labyrinth of tunnels deep below the huge [[Castle Brian]], Khan Hazen was greeted upon her return to the surface several weeks later by a gathering of all twenty Clans in celebration of their collective victory. Operation Klondike was a complete success; but in total truth, it would only be completely finished after several more months of sporadic fighting, signaling the final gasps of all organized resistance to the return of Kerensky's children.<ref name=H:OKp87>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 87: "The Siege of the Black Brian"</ref>

===Post–Operation KLONDIKE Discipline===
Khan Hazen would appoint [[Lisa Buhallin]] as her [[saKhan]] at the close of the campaign in [[2822]], finally sharing the load of leadership within the Jade Falcons.<ref name=H:OKp110/>

After [[Operation KLONDIKE]], many Jade Falcon warriors were disappointed by Nicholas Kerensky's choice to bond his genetic heritage to [[Clan Wolf]].  They questioned his vision and some even suggested that the Jade Falcons leave the Clans. Khan Hazen let this situation build for nearly a year. When IlKhan Kerensky announced a visit to the Jade Falcons, she and saKhan [[Lisa Buhallin]] decided on drastic action. In what was to be known as [[The Culling]], loyal Jade Falcon warriors acting on orders from the Khans swiftly eliminated all dissenters.  The ringleaders were put to death, and less vocal supporters were beaten and exiled to colonies or otherwise severely punished. When Nicholas Kerensky arrived, the Clan may have been smaller than it was before, but the ones who remained were a much more unified and fanatical force.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 15: "The Culling"</ref>

==Legacy==
As stated, Elizabeth Hazen is the most respected and revered of the four founders of Clan Jade Falcon, a group that also includes [[Lisa Buhallin]], [[Carl Icaza]] and [[Daniel Mattlov]].

The [[Legend of Turkina]] perpetuates the story of this Khan through each generation of young warriors in her clan. Her lines in the Jade Falcon Remembrance<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 8: ''The Remembrance''</ref> likewise speak of the reverence with which her memory is held.

Khan Elizabeth Hazen set a harsh example for her clan’s continuing ultraconservative leadership in the coming eras.  Clan Jade Falcon warriors after her time brook no rebellion from their lower castes and historically react in violent fashion if pushed, as they did towards their rebellious colonists in the Kerensky Cluster during the [[Golden Century]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 18: "Golden Century"</ref>

==Notes==
Elizabeth Hazen is noted to have piloted a ''[[Black Knight]]'' in battle at most engagements.<ref name=JFSp11/> During the final battles on Terra, she employed a ''Highlander''.<ref name=HLT2-8-HJ-EH-H-1/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Elizabeth Hazen OPKlondike.jpg|Elizabeth Hazen at age 80 in [[2821]], from ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike|Hist:Op Klondike]]''
Elizabeth Hazen BTLegends.jpg|Hazen from ''[[BattleTech: Legends|BT:Legends]]''
Highlander 732B (E Hazen) BTLegends.jpg|Hazen's HGN-732b ''Highlander'' from ''BT:Legends''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech: Legends]]''
* ''[[The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''

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