Natasha Kerensky

A bio-engineered ("trueborn") Clan Warrior from Clan Wolf, although there are hints that her true origins may actually lie with Clan Widowmaker. She joined Wolf's Dragoons during their long-term intelligence mission into the Inner Sphere. Early on, the Dragoons became entangled in a House Marik civil war and her husband was killed in a hostage situation. This plunged her into a killing frenzy in a retaliation strike and pushed the already formidable MechWarrior to a cocky, sometimes almost suicidal lifestyle on and off the battlefield for decades to come. Natasha Kerensky quickly rose through the ranks of Wolf's Dragoons and before long formed the Black Widow Company, an elite unit within the elite Dragoons that quickly gained a reputation of its own. As commander of this unit, she also became known by her nickname of "The Black Widow", a living legend akin to the Bounty Hunter (whom she met at least once).

When the Clan invasion into the Inner Sphere took place, when she left the Dragoons to take her place amongst her fellow bloodnamed Clan Warriors. Upon Ulric Kerensky's elevation to ilKhan, she was named senior Khan of the Wolves, despite a dispute of legal status. She died in late 3057 during single combat against the Jade Falcon warrior Joanna on the planet Twycross.

Widely regarded as the best and deadliest MechWarrior of the 31st century, with the possible exception of Kai Allard-Liao.

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