Daniel Peterson

Daniel Peterson
Personal
Also known as	Ezekiel Crow Ritter Michaelson
Born	7 October 3089
Died	15 August 3134
Affiliation	The Republic of the Sphere
Profile
Profession	Paladin of the Republic
Family
Parents	Michael Peterson (father) Celia Stevens (mother)

Daniel Peterson (3089 – 3134, aged 45 years), later known as Ezekiel Crow, was a Republic of the Sphere MechWarrior, Paladin, and traitor. Crow is described as having brown hair, dark blue eyes, and of being average height and build. He speaks with no discernible accent and is said to posses an "undeniable presence".

Character brief

Early Life

Peterson was raised on Liao in the city of Chang-an.

Betrayer of Liao

The most infamous crime in Peterson's life was his participation in the capellan attack of Liao. In 3110, a company of Death Commandos, supplemented by two battalions of the Holdfast Guard landed in the Liao system. They inflicted massive losses on property in the city of Chang-an, killing every soldier or civilian they found. This attack was later known as the "Night of Screams" in the Confederation, while in the Republic of the Sphere it was named the "Massacre of Liao". And the person who help them to land undetected was Daniel Peterson. It appears he doesn't know the capellan intentions, but between the victims, ironically and tragically, were his two fathers. After discovering that this had led to his own parents' deaths, he fled the planet and vanished only to be reborn as Ezekiel Crow. The reasons after Peterson's act are unknown, and the circumstances about how he "disappeared" and reappeared as a Ezequiel Crow are a complete mystery, but probably his later master Jacob Bannson was behind.

Paladin of the Republic

By the age of forty, the new "Ezekiel Crow" had already led a distinguished career. He was a graduate of the Northwind Military Academy; served as Planetary Legate for the planet of Foot Fall and led a successful effort against smugglers and terrorists in Prefecture V; he had been decorated with Knighthood; brokered a peace in the Liao Conservatory Rebellion; and finally made a Paladin of the Sphere for his service to the Republic.

In November of 3132 Crow was dispatched to the planet of Northwind in Prefecture III. His mission was to bolster and observe defenses on Northwind as the world was considered vital in the protection of Terra.

In June of 3133 the Steel Wolves, under the leadership of Galaxy Commander Anastasia Kerensky, would invade Northwind and make an immediate play for the planetary capital of Tara. Crow would be instrumental in helping Countess Tara Campbell orchestrate a defense of the planet. He would become a close confidant of hers and a lover. He and Campbell would meet with Anastasia in a failed negotiation attempt to delay a final confrontation but this only angered Kerensky and precipitated the battle. Crow fought alongside Northwind's troops in the battle on the Plains of Tara, just north of the capital. During the fighting he would engage Anastasia Kerensky in his Blade until her Ryoken II was disabled by a lightning strike.Kerensky's defeat helped turn the tide, driving the Steel Wolves off-world.

Black Paladin

Among the Paladins, a notable figure is the "Black Paladin", Ezekiel Crow. As a Paladin of The Republic, he betrayed the very Republic he had sworn to defend a second time, on the planet Northwind. Countess Tara Campbell of Northwind and of the Highlanders, unaware of his intentions, had fallen for him. Shortly after his betrayal on Northwind, he attempted to assassinate Paladin Jonah Levin on Terra, and interfered with Terra's planetary defense against the Steel Wolves. His attempt was foiled when Countess Northwind defeated him and destroyed his 'Mech. Unbeknownst to her, he did not die; with Bannson's help, he returned, with a fake identity and the face scarred, to his homeworld of Liao. In an attempt to redeem himself, he ended up on the Republican world of Liao, fighting against a Capellan Confederation assault and died there, refusing to eject from his exploding mech.

Battlemechs

The iconic 'Mech Peterson used usually is a light Blade. At his command, he defeated Anastasia Kerensky,s Ryoken II in Northwind, but his mech was destroyed by Tara Campbell. After returningt to Liao and confessing his real identity, Peterson was assigned to a heavy Tundra Wolf, as one of the best mechwarriors on the planet, fighting for the republic, but it was critically damaged in combat, and Peterson, who refused to eject, died when his mech blowns.

Bibliography

• A Silence in the Heavens (Nove)
• Truth and Shadows (Novel)
• By Temptations and By War (Novel)
• Ezekiel Crow's Dossier