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Line 13: | children = | children = }} }} − '''Richard Thurston-Moray''' better known as '''Stefan Amaris VII''', was supposedly a descendant of the real [[Stefan Amaris]] through his mistress [[Shera Moray]]. (Amaris had tried to have her and her child hunted down and killed, but a case of mistaken identity saw another woman with child killed on [[Slocum]] in [[2774]] while Moray and her child escaped.)<ref name=SLpp11-16>''Star Lord'' prologue, pp. 11-16</ref> It was noted, however, that there was a generation-long gap in the lineage;<ref name=JC>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 16</ref> see also Notes below on the credibility of his lineage. It has also been speculated that the series of events surrounding his ascent is so unlikely that it must have been engineered by either [[ComStar]] or [[Word of Blake]].<ref name=JC/> + '''Richard Thurston-Moray''' better known as '''Stefan Amaris VII''', was supposedly a descendant of the real [[Stefan Amaris]] through his mistress [[Shera Moray]]. (Amaris had tried to have her and her offspring hunted down and killed, but a case of mistaken identity saw another woman with child killed on [[Slocum]] in [[2774]] while Moray and her child escaped.)<ref name=SLpp11-16>''Star Lord'' prologue, pp. 11-16</ref> It was noted, however, that there was a generation-long gap in the lineage;<ref name=JC>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 16</ref> see also Notes below on the credibility of his lineage. It has also been speculated that the series of events surrounding his ascent is so unlikely that it must have been engineered by either [[ComStar]] or [[Word of Blake]].<ref name=JC/> ==History== ==History== Line 27:
Line 27: ==Notes== ==Notes== *Unlikely as his claims to be a descendant of the original Stefan Amaris seem to be, there is at least one significant piece of corroborating evidence suggesting it may be true:<br />[[Star Captain]] [[Dawn Moffat|Dawn]] had been cashiered and expelled from Clan Steel Viper on grounds of a botched attack against [[Cumbres]] in [[3057]], because she could not prove her barely believable story that an unknown third party (Stefan Amaris VII's forces) had unexpectedly attacked her raiding party. Threatened with execution should she enter Clan space again, Dawn became a member of Duncan's Demons. It was she who caught and personally killed him aboard his escape DropShip. Dawn then returned to Clan space with the head, presenting it as proof that she had indeed killed the last Amaris. She was reinstated as a Clan warrior and even went on to achieve a [[bloodname]], which implies that the frozen head did indeed prove her claims to be true. Given the circumstances, the proof must have been considered incontrovertible by the hostile Clan Steel Viper (genetic testing being the most likely venue). This implicitly means Thurston-Moray/Stefan Amaris VII was indeed a direct descendant of Stefan Amaris. *Unlikely as his claims to be a descendant of the original Stefan Amaris seem to be, there is at least one significant piece of corroborating evidence suggesting it may be true:<br />[[Star Captain]] [[Dawn Moffat|Dawn]] had been cashiered and expelled from Clan Steel Viper on grounds of a botched attack against [[Cumbres]] in [[3057]], because she could not prove her barely believable story that an unknown third party (Stefan Amaris VII's forces) had unexpectedly attacked her raiding party. Threatened with execution should she enter Clan space again, Dawn became a member of Duncan's Demons. It was she who caught and personally killed him aboard his escape DropShip. Dawn then returned to Clan space with the head, presenting it as proof that she had indeed killed the last Amaris. She was reinstated as a Clan warrior and even went on to achieve a [[bloodname]], which implies that the frozen head did indeed prove her claims to be true. Given the circumstances, the proof must have been considered incontrovertible by the hostile Clan Steel Viper (genetic testing being the most likely venue). This implicitly means Thurston-Moray/Stefan Amaris VII was indeed a direct descendant of Stefan Amaris. − *Some have pointed out than Richard Thurston-Moray's presence in ComStar, his work as archivist and his access to his ancestor's account is too convenient, and suggest he may have been an agent of, or manipulated by, a bigger faction, possibly the [[Word of Blake]]. This is supported by the fact that his forces attempted to discredit the Knights of the Inner Sphere in particular. Two years before, Sir [[Paul Masters]] had personally thwarted the Word of Blake's plan to factually annex [[Gibson]] (as described in the novel ''[[Ideal War]]'') and, having been instated as its new noble ruler, was the only person standing between them and the total control of the planet that they had made their new home.<ref name=JC /> + *Some have pointed out than Richard Thurston-Moray's presence in ComStar, his work as archivist and his access to his ancestor's account is too convenient, and suggest he may have been an agent of, or manipulated by, a bigger faction, possibly the [[Word of Blake]]. This is supported by the fact that his forces attempted to discredit the Knights of the Inner Sphere in particular. Two years before, Sir [[Paul Masters]] had personally thwarted the Word of Blake's plan to factually annex [[Gibson]] (as described in the novel ''[[Ideal War]]'') and, having been instated as its new noble ruler, was the only person standing between them and the total control of the planet that they had made their new home.<ref name=JC>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'' p. 16</ref> *It is unknown why, as his ancestor Stefan Amaris was the first of that name, Richard chose to add the number VII to his name, and not the II. *It is unknown why, as his ancestor Stefan Amaris was the first of that name, Richard chose to add the number VII to his name, and not the II.
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| − | '''Richard Thurston-Moray''' better known as '''Stefan Amaris VII''', was supposedly a descendant of the real [[Stefan Amaris]] through his mistress [[Shera Moray]]. (Amaris had tried to have her and her | + | '''Richard Thurston-Moray''' better known as '''Stefan Amaris VII''', was supposedly a descendant of the real [[Stefan Amaris]] through his mistress [[Shera Moray]]. (Amaris had tried to have her and her offspring hunted down and killed, but a case of mistaken identity saw another woman with child killed on [[Slocum]] in [[2774]] while Moray and her child escaped.)<ref name=SLpp11-16>''Star Lord'' prologue, pp. 11-16</ref> It was noted, however, that there was a generation-long gap in the lineage;<ref name=JC>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 16</ref> see also Notes below on the credibility of his lineage. It has also been speculated that the series of events surrounding his ascent is so unlikely that it must have been engineered by either [[ComStar]] or [[Word of Blake]].<ref name=JC/> |
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*Unlikely as his claims to be a descendant of the original Stefan Amaris seem to be, there is at least one significant piece of corroborating evidence suggesting it may be true:<br />[[Star Captain]] [[Dawn Moffat|Dawn]] had been cashiered and expelled from Clan Steel Viper on grounds of a botched attack against [[Cumbres]] in [[3057]], because she could not prove her barely believable story that an unknown third party (Stefan Amaris VII's forces) had unexpectedly attacked her raiding party. Threatened with execution should she enter Clan space again, Dawn became a member of Duncan's Demons. It was she who caught and personally killed him aboard his escape DropShip. Dawn then returned to Clan space with the head, presenting it as proof that she had indeed killed the last Amaris. She was reinstated as a Clan warrior and even went on to achieve a [[bloodname]], which implies that the frozen head did indeed prove her claims to be true. Given the circumstances, the proof must have been considered incontrovertible by the hostile Clan Steel Viper (genetic testing being the most likely venue). This implicitly means Thurston-Moray/Stefan Amaris VII was indeed a direct descendant of Stefan Amaris. | *Unlikely as his claims to be a descendant of the original Stefan Amaris seem to be, there is at least one significant piece of corroborating evidence suggesting it may be true:<br />[[Star Captain]] [[Dawn Moffat|Dawn]] had been cashiered and expelled from Clan Steel Viper on grounds of a botched attack against [[Cumbres]] in [[3057]], because she could not prove her barely believable story that an unknown third party (Stefan Amaris VII's forces) had unexpectedly attacked her raiding party. Threatened with execution should she enter Clan space again, Dawn became a member of Duncan's Demons. It was she who caught and personally killed him aboard his escape DropShip. Dawn then returned to Clan space with the head, presenting it as proof that she had indeed killed the last Amaris. She was reinstated as a Clan warrior and even went on to achieve a [[bloodname]], which implies that the frozen head did indeed prove her claims to be true. Given the circumstances, the proof must have been considered incontrovertible by the hostile Clan Steel Viper (genetic testing being the most likely venue). This implicitly means Thurston-Moray/Stefan Amaris VII was indeed a direct descendant of Stefan Amaris. | ||
| − | *Some have pointed out than Richard Thurston-Moray's presence in ComStar, his work as archivist and his access to his ancestor's account is too convenient, and suggest he may have been an agent of, or manipulated by, a bigger faction, possibly the [[Word of Blake]]. This is supported by the fact that his forces attempted to discredit the Knights of the Inner Sphere in particular. Two years before, Sir [[Paul Masters]] had personally thwarted the Word of Blake's plan to factually annex [[Gibson]] (as described in the novel ''[[Ideal War]]'') and, having been instated as its new noble ruler, was the only person standing between them and the total control of the planet that they had made their new home.<ref name=JC /> | + | *Some have pointed out than Richard Thurston-Moray's presence in ComStar, his work as archivist and his access to his ancestor's account is too convenient, and suggest he may have been an agent of, or manipulated by, a bigger faction, possibly the [[Word of Blake]]. This is supported by the fact that his forces attempted to discredit the Knights of the Inner Sphere in particular. Two years before, Sir [[Paul Masters]] had personally thwarted the Word of Blake's plan to factually annex [[Gibson]] (as described in the novel ''[[Ideal War]]'') and, having been instated as its new noble ruler, was the only person standing between them and the total control of the planet that they had made their new home.<ref name=JC>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'' p. 16</ref> |
*It is unknown why, as his ancestor Stefan Amaris was the first of that name, Richard chose to add the number VII to his name, and not the II. | *It is unknown why, as his ancestor Stefan Amaris was the first of that name, Richard chose to add the number VII to his name, and not the II. | ||