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By [[3000]] the Crusader cause was on the verge of triumph as pro-invasion support reached overwhelming levels. But when Khan [[Nadia Winson]] of the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] put the motion to the Grand Council, Khan [[Kerlin Ward]] of Clan Wolf pulled off a victory for the Wardens. Arguing that the lack of useful intelligence made an invasion too risky, Ward convinced most of the Grand Council to support the formation of a mercenary unit intended to remedy this defect: [[Wolf's Dragoons]]. The Dragoons would serve each of the Great Houses and report back on their strengths and weaknesses, but this odyssey would take several years - possibly up to three decades - to complete. Despite protests from the Jade Falcons and Smoke Jaguars, and rebellious elements of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] nearly launching their own solo invasion, the Wardens had successfully staved off a Crusader assault upon the Inner Sphere for years to come.<ref name=TCWK17>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 17</ref>
 
By [[3000]] the Crusader cause was on the verge of triumph as pro-invasion support reached overwhelming levels. But when Khan [[Nadia Winson]] of the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] put the motion to the Grand Council, Khan [[Kerlin Ward]] of Clan Wolf pulled off a victory for the Wardens. Arguing that the lack of useful intelligence made an invasion too risky, Ward convinced most of the Grand Council to support the formation of a mercenary unit intended to remedy this defect: [[Wolf's Dragoons]]. The Dragoons would serve each of the Great Houses and report back on their strengths and weaknesses, but this odyssey would take several years - possibly up to three decades - to complete. Despite protests from the Jade Falcons and Smoke Jaguars, and rebellious elements of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] nearly launching their own solo invasion, the Wardens had successfully staved off a Crusader assault upon the Inner Sphere for years to come.<ref name=TCWK17>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 17</ref>
  
Even with the apparent defection of the Dragoons around [[3019]] and rumors of the new [[Federated Commonwealth]] superstate threatening to dominate the Inner Sphere, the Wardens, now led by [[Ulric Kerensky]], still managed to prevent a Grand Council 'go' vote on the invasion throughout the mid-[[thirty-first century]].<ref name=TCWK17>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 17</ref> But the Crusaders found a charismatic and fanatical spokesman of their own in Khan [[Leo Showers]] of the Smoke Jaguars, and during this era Showers and his allies steadily chipped away at Kerensky and the Wardens' support base in the Grand Council. Nonetheless, the Wardens managed to thwart Showers at every turn, until [[3048]] when fate delivered him the [[Outbound Light|intelligence coup]] he needed to tip the scales.<ref name=IC52>''Invading Clans'', p. 52: "Wolfnet Archive File:07765-ER3-21/3/7"</ref>
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Even with the apparent defection of the Dragoons around [[3019]] and rumors of the new [[Federated Commonwealth]] superstate threatening to dominate the Inner Sphere, the Wardens, now led by [[Ulric Kerensky]], still managed to prevent a Grand Council 'go' vote on the invasion throughout the mid-31st century.<ref name=TCWK17>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 17</ref> But the Crusaders found a charismatic and fanatical spokesman of their own in Khan [[Leo Showers]] of the Smoke Jaguars, and during this era Showers and his allies steadily chipped away at Kerensky and the Wardens' support base in the Grand Council. Nonetheless, the Wardens managed to thwart Showers at every turn, until [[3048]] when fate delivered him the [[Outbound Light|intelligence coup]] he needed to tip the scales.<ref name=IC52>''Invading Clans'', p. 52: "Wolfnet Archive File:07765-ER3-21/3/7"</ref>
  
 
===Operation Revival===
 
===Operation Revival===
 
After secretly interrogating the ''Outbound Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s personnel, Showers then presented his findings to the Grand Council. Swayed by his arguments that the Steiner-Davions were on the brink of recreating a new Star League without the Clans' input, and that the [[Clan Homeworlds]] themselves would be discovered and possibly attacked, the pro-Warden bloc collapsed, leaving only Clan Wolf to oppose the invasion. The Wolves narrowly lost a [[Trial of Refusal]] over the vote and with Leo Showers' subsequent election as [[ilKhan]] to oversee [[Operation REVIVAL]] the Warden cause appeared doomed.<ref name=IC52>''Invading Clans'', p. 52: "Wolfnet Archive File:07765-ER3-21/3/7"</ref>
 
After secretly interrogating the ''Outbound Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s personnel, Showers then presented his findings to the Grand Council. Swayed by his arguments that the Steiner-Davions were on the brink of recreating a new Star League without the Clans' input, and that the [[Clan Homeworlds]] themselves would be discovered and possibly attacked, the pro-Warden bloc collapsed, leaving only Clan Wolf to oppose the invasion. The Wolves narrowly lost a [[Trial of Refusal]] over the vote and with Leo Showers' subsequent election as [[ilKhan]] to oversee [[Operation REVIVAL]] the Warden cause appeared doomed.<ref name=IC52>''Invading Clans'', p. 52: "Wolfnet Archive File:07765-ER3-21/3/7"</ref>
  
After Clan Wolf was added to the invasion force, however, the Wardens would receive an unexpected change of fortune. Khan Kerensky ensured that the Wolves became the most successful of the [[Invader Clans]] during the first year of REVIVAL, outdoing the Crusaders in their own cause and making it likely that Clan Wolf would seize [[Terra]] first, resulting in a Warden ilKhan. Sensing as much, ilKhan Showers tried to stymie the Wolves' advance and eventually arranged for a [[Grand Kurultai]], presumably as part of this effort. Whatever Showers intended would remain unknown, as the [[Free Rasalhague Republic|Rasalhagian]] convoy carrying their Elected Prince blundered into the Clan fleet at [[Radstadt]], and Showers was killed when [[Tyra Miraborg]] rammed her fighter into the ''[[Dire Wolf (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|Dire Wolf's]]'' bridge.<ref name=TCWK20>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 20</ref>
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After Clan Wolf was added to the invasion force, however, the Wardens would receive an unexpected change of fortune. Khan Kerensky ensured that the Wolves became the most successful of the [[Invader Clans]] during the first year of REVIVAL, outdoing the Crusaders in their own cause and making it likely that Clan Wolf would seize [[Terra]] first, resulting in a Warden ilKhan. Sensing as much, ilKhan Showers tried to stymie the Wolves' advance and eventually arranged for a ''[[Grand Kurultai]]'', presumably as part of this effort. Whatever Showers intended would remain unknown, as the [[Free Rasalhague Republic|Rasalhagian]] convoy carrying their Elected Prince blundered into the Clan fleet at [[Radstadt]], and Showers was killed when [[Tyra Miraborg]] rammed her fighter into the ''[[Dire Wolf (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|Dire Wolf's]]'' bridge.<ref name=TCWK20>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 20</ref>
  
 
Ulric Kerensky's subsequent election as ilKhan, intended as a Crusader bid to replace him with a sympathetic Wolf Khan and sideline him as an opponent, backfired when instead the Warden [[Natasha Kerensky]] succeeded him to the post. The addition of Clans [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cat]] and [[Clan Steel Viper|Steel Viper]] to the invasion force also aided Warden goals; while the Cats were Crusaders and the nominally Warden Vipers were also pro-invasion, each shared an invasion corridor with a historic enemy and the resulting conflicts further undermined the Crusaders' two leading Clans. Meanwhile the Ghost Bears were also shifting towards a Warden standpoint.<ref name=TCWK20>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 20</ref>
 
Ulric Kerensky's subsequent election as ilKhan, intended as a Crusader bid to replace him with a sympathetic Wolf Khan and sideline him as an opponent, backfired when instead the Warden [[Natasha Kerensky]] succeeded him to the post. The addition of Clans [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cat]] and [[Clan Steel Viper|Steel Viper]] to the invasion force also aided Warden goals; while the Cats were Crusaders and the nominally Warden Vipers were also pro-invasion, each shared an invasion corridor with a historic enemy and the resulting conflicts further undermined the Crusaders' two leading Clans. Meanwhile the Ghost Bears were also shifting towards a Warden standpoint.<ref name=TCWK20>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 20</ref>
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===The Great Refusal===
 
===The Great Refusal===
During the eve of the Great Refusal, ilKhan [[Lincoln Osis]] and the rest of the [[Invader Clans]] tried to force the remaining Home Clans to fight against the Inner Sphere's re-formed Star League Defense Force led by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. This plot would be prevented by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] who announced that they have abandoned their Crusader ways and embraced the Warden philosophy. The Ghost Bears would withdraw from the Great Refusal. The other Warden Clans would follow suit and chose not to participate in the Great Refusal, leaving the remaining Crusader Clans to fight the Inner Sphere on their own. With the defeat of the Crusader Clans and the death of the Smoke Jaguars, the Warden philosophy would be seen as victorious.
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During the eve of the Great Refusal, the ilKhan [[Lincoln Osis]] and the rest of the [[Invader Clans]] tried to force the remaining Home Clans to fight against the Inner Sphere's re-formed Star League Defense Force led by [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. This plot would be prevented by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] who announced that they have abandoned their Crusader ways and embraced the Warden philosophy. The Ghost Bears would withdraw from the Great Refusal. The other Warden Clans would follow suit and chose not to participate in the Great Refusal, leaving the remaining Crusader Clans to fight the Inner Sphere on their own. With the defeat of the Crusader Clans and the death of the Smoke Jaguars, the Warden philosophy would be seen as victorious.
  
 
===Post–Wars of Reaving===
 
===Post–Wars of Reaving===
After the Wars of Reaving, the remaining Home Clans saw that the old Crusader-Warden split was tainted after the Invader Clans' contact with the Inner Sphere, believing them to be corrupted. The two viewpoints died off and in its place was the Bastion-Aggressor philosophy. Both espoused the invasion of the Inner Sphere but differed on when the invasion would resume. While those Spheroid Clans do not call themselves "Wardens" by any means, in the Inner Sphere in the [[thirty-second century]], the notion of protecting the Inner Sphere lives on within those Clans, proving that the Warden viewpoint is still espoused in spirit if not in name.
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After the Wars of Reaving, the remaining Home Clans saw that the old Crusader-Warden split was tainted after the Invader Clans' contact with the Inner Sphere, believing them to be corrupted. The two viewpoints died off and in its place was the Bastion-Aggressor philosophy. Both espoused the invasion of the Inner Sphere but differed on when the invasion would resume. While those Spheroid Clans do not call themselves "Wardens" by any means, in the Inner Sphere in the 32nd century, the notion of protecting the Inner Sphere lives on within those Clans, proving that the Warden viewpoint is still espoused in spirit if not in name.
  
 
==Legacy==
 
==Legacy==
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==See also==
 
==See also==
* [[Bastions| Bastion Clans]]
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[[Bastions| Bastion Clans]]<br>
* [[Aggressors|Aggressor Clans]]
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[[Aggressors|Aggressor Clans]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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