Editing Salome Ward

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| image               = Salome Ward.jpg
| caption             = Salome Ward
| name                = Salome Ward
| birthdate           = [[2990]]
| died                = 19 June [[3055]]
| othernames          = Salome Ward-Kell
| affiliation         = [[House Ward]]
| rank                = [[Major]]<ref name=KHp27>''The Kell Hounds'', p. 27: "Kell Hounds: Mallory's World 3016"</ref>
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| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
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| spouse              = [[Morgan Kell]]
| children            = [[Phelan Kell]]<br>[[Caitlin Kell]]
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'''Salome Ward''' was the wife of [[Morgan Kell]] and the mother of [[Phelan Kell]], and a long-serving member of the [[Kell Hounds]].<ref name=TKHp18>''The Kell Hounds'', p. 18: "Salome Ward"</ref> 

==History==
===Early Life===
The eldest child of a family with nearly two thousand years of military service was born on [[New Exford]]. Salome Ward attended the [[Coventry Military Academy]], graduating with high marks in [[3012]]. Following her graduation, she applied for and was granted the position of liaison officer to the new [[Kell Hounds]] mercenary unit, and was granted the rank of [[captain]], commanding the First Battalion, First Company ("Relentless Wolves").<ref name=TKHp18/>

===The Kell Hounds===
Ward not only served with distinction with the Hounds, she also became involved in a relationship with the unit's commanding officer, Morgan Kell.<ref name=TKHp18/> 

In [[3013]], while in service to the [[Federated Suns]], the Hounds rescued the body of Prince [[Ian Davion]].

Now a [[major]] in [[3016]], Ward lead the Fire Lance of the First Battalion, First Company in the battle of [[Mallory's World]].<ref name=KHp27/> She witnessed Morgan saving the Hounds by engaging [[Yorinaga Kurita]] of the [[Second Sword of Light]] in single combat.{{cn}}

After that incident, Morgan reduced the Kell Hounds to a single battalion and went to the St. Marinus House, a monastery for MechWarriors on the planet [[Zaniah]]. For the following eleven years, Salome and [[Daniel Allard]] helped [[Patrick Kell]] keep the unit together. Salome deeply resented Morgan's abandoning the Hounds.

During this time, the Kell Hounds served in the [[Free Worlds League]] hunting pirates, and later worked for both the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the Federated Suns once again, participating in [[Hanse Davion]]'s [[Operation GALAHAD]]. 

In [[3027]], they again fought Yorinaga Kurita, this time on [[Styx]] during the rescue of [[Melissa Steiner]]. It was to be Patrick Kell's final battle, as he sacrificed himself to save the [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] Heir-Designate and his troops.

Morgan Kell emerged from retirement upon receiving word of his brother's death, rebuilding the Hounds back to regimental strength just in time for the [[Fourth Succession War]], again fighting against [[House Kurita]].

She and Morgan eventually renewed their relationship and married. Together they had two children.

===Later Career===
During the [[Clan invasion]] she received word of the "loss" of her son [[Phelan Kell|Phelan]] to what was later discovered to be [[Clan Wolf|Wolf Clan]] on [[The Rock]] in [[3049]]. Alongside Morgan and the Kell Hounds, she fought against the [[Clans]] at the [[Battle of Luthien (3052)|Battle of Luthien]]. She later met her son again on [[Arc-Royal]], this time as Khan Phelan Ward of the Wolf Clan.

===Death===
On 19 June [[3055]], Salome was killed in an explosion on [[Tharkad]] which also killed Archon Melissa Steiner and seriously injured Morgan Kell, among others. This attack was ordered by [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] and carried out by the assassin known in some circles as the [[Dancing Joker]]. 

===Marriage, Children, Ancestors===
She was married to [[Morgan Kell]], and bore him a son, [[Phelan Kell]], as well as a daughter, [[Caitlin Kell]]. She claims descent on both sides to Captain [[Michael Ward]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]].<ref name=LHc10>''Lethal Heritage'', ch. 10</ref> One of Michael's sons accompanied [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]], eventually founding the [[Ward (Bloodname)|Ward Bloodname]]. As a result, Salome and her children are distant cousins of the modern day [[Ward (Bloodname)|Ward Bloodhouse]]. This circumstance allowed Phelan to win a Bloodname, and eventually become a [[Clan]] Khan.

==BattleMechs==
Salome Ward spent nearly her entire career piloting a Star League-era ''[[Wolverine]]''.<ref name=KHp27/><ref name=TKHp18/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Kell Hounds]]''
* ''[[Lethal Heritage]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
* ''[[Natural Selection]]'' (novel)

[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Ward, Salome]]
[[Category:Kell Hounds Characters|Ward, Salome]]
[[Category:Notable Wolverine Pilots|Ward, Salome]]