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Shandra Dinour | |
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| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Clan Goliath Scorpion |
| Profile | |
| Profession | Khan |
Shandra Dinour was the second Khan of Clan Goliath Scorpion.[1]
History[edit]
A new Khan, Shandra Dinour, would replace Elam as leader of the Goliath Scorpions and play an important role in shaping their future character.
Extraordinary Visions and Final Days[edit]
As the Golden Century progressed, the Goliath Scorpion touman found itself with a large influx of warriors, more than they could equip. Loremaster Moreau suggested a new test to thin out the ranks. Each of the young warriors would subject themselves to the sting of a goliath scorpion to prove their worthiness physically and mentally, but also as an echo of certain ancient Terran warrior rituals. While this proved an excellent way to weed out the weak, it killed too many warriors, endangering the Clan's genetic stability. Khan Shandra Dinour was intrigued by the reported visions that the survivors had witnessed, but still considered the cost too high to continue using the ritual.[1]
After a two-year effort ordered by Khan Dinour, the Goliath Scorpion scientists invented a less-deadly alternative, necrosia. A green luminous liquid, it had the hallucinogenic "vision" effects of the scorpion venom, but without an overwhelming fatality rate. It soon became very popular with the young warriors, who claimed it allowed them to see the future when looking at things from the past.[1]
In 2845, Loremaster Ethan Moreau spoke to the Scorpion Bloodnamed warriors, telling them about a vision that he had of the future. He said he was shown a great vision of how the Goliath Scorpions would restore the Star League. He instructed each of the warriors present to go to Tokasha, one of their colony enclaves, and scour the planet for a cache left behind by the Not-Named Clan, and that this would be the first key to their eventual dominance. The warriors searched Tokasha for years, making their Clan neighbors upset at their disregard for boundaries, but finding no cache.[1]
When Khan Dinour caught word of how a cache captured by Clan Ice Hellion fit Loremaster Moreau's description, she immediately offered a batchall to obtain it. After a successful Trial of Possession by the Scorpions, the Ice Hellion Khan Grosse Lienet issued a counterchallenge. A year of struggle ensued with no clear victor. Then in early 2851, elements of Clan Fire Mandrill attacked in an attempt to wrest control of the facility away from the two distracted combatants. Angered at the intrusion, the Scorpions and Hellions teamed together to drive off the Fire Mandrills. In one fateful battle between Goliath Scorpion and forces of Mandrill Kindraa Mattila-Carrol, Loremaster Moreau's 'Mech became stuck in a swamp area; he realized he could no longer fight and asked hegira of his opponents. A young warrior approached and killed Ethan Moreau with a gauss rifle shot to the head of his Black Knight. Kindraa Mattila-Carrol would never be forgiven for this dishonorable action, but the damage could not be undone. Ethan Moreau, Loremaster and Gunslinger, was dead.[1][2][3]