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−	'''Snow Fire''' was the Draconis Combine Courtesan School name and alias under which a [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] operative infiltrated the palace of [[Yoguchi Kurita]], Coordinator of the [[Draconis Combine]], before going on to assassinate him in [[2850]]. Her true identity remains a state secret of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] to this day.	+	'''Snow Fire''' was the Draconis Combine Courtesan School name and alias under which a [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] operative infiltrated the palace of [[Yoguchi Kurita]], Coordinator of the [[Draconis Combine]], before going on to assassinate him in [[2850]]. Her true identity remains a state secret of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] to this day.
	==History==		==History==
	===Early assignment===		===Early assignment===
−	Born in the Lyran Commonwealth in [[2825]], she joined the Lyran Intelligence Corps and was assigned to the [[Lyran_Intelligence_Corps#Bodians|Bodians]]. After the end of her training she was planted in the [[Rasalhague Military District]] of the [[Draconis Combine]] where she spent several years as a low-grade geisha, secretly obtaining information from her clients. Under unknown circumstances she attracted the eye of one of the Coordinator's closest personal advisers, who bought out her contract and brought her to the Imperial Palace in [[Luthien]].<ref name=HSLC-61>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 61: "Operation Praying Mantis"</ref><ref name=HHS-43>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 43: "History of the Lyran Alliance - Second Succession War (2830-2864) - The Mantis Strikes"</ref><ref name=HKTDC-70>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 70: "History - Second Succession War - The Sting of Snow Fire - Divine Retribution"</ref>	+	Born in the Lyran Commonwealth in [[2825]], she joined the Lyran Intelligence Corps and was assigned to the Bodians. After the end of her training she was planted in the [[Rasalhague Military District]] of the [[Draconis Combine]] where she spent several years as a low-grade geisha, secretly obtaining information from her clients. Under unknown circumstances she attracted the eye of one of the Coordinator's closest personal advisers, who bought out her contract and brought her to the Imperial Palace in [[Luthien]]. <ref name=HSLC-61>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 61 - "Operation Praying Mantis"</ref> <ref name=HHS-43>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 43 - "History of the Lyran Alliance - Second Succession War (2830-2864) - The Mantis Strikes"</ref> <ref name=HKTDC-70>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 70 "History - Second Succession War - The Sting of Snow Fire - Divine Retribution"</ref>
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−	During this time Snow Fire served as a source of valuable information, sending and receiving coded messages to the highest ranks of the LIC under the guise of communicating with her mother.<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/>
		+	During this time Snow Fire served as a source of valuable information, sending and receiving coded messages to the highest ranks of the LIC under the guise of communicating with her mother.<ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/>
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	===Operation PRAYING MANTIS===		===Operation PRAYING MANTIS===
−	In [[2848]] Snow Fire received a coded message from Archon [[Claudius Steiner]] ordering her to carry out [[Operation PRAYING MANTIS]], along with the news of the complete destruction of the [[Fourth Royal Guards]] at the hands of Yoguchi's son [[Hugai Kurita|Hugai]].<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/>	+	In [[2848]] Snow Fire received a coded message from Archon [[Claudius Steiner]] ordering her to carry out [[Operation PRAYING MANTIS]], along with the news of the complete destruction of the [[Fourth Royal Guards]] at the hands of Yoguchi's son [[Hugai Kurita|Hugai]]. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/>
−	She spent a year and half steadily advancing her standing in the Imperial Palace and attempting to attract the eye of the Coordinator himself. She was successful and became Yoguchi's favorite concubine, when fate forced her to delay the operation. In the face of a highly successful [[Federated Suns]] offensive, Yoguchi chose to lead the defense of the world of [[Tishomingo]] himself, but greatly underestimated the size of attacking forces. With both House Davion and Kurita unaware he was alive, Yoguchi led resistance forces on-planet until his sister [[Roweena Kurita|Roweena]] suspected his survival and organized a successful rescue operation.<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/><ref name=HDTFS-73>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 73–74: "History - Second Succession War - Tishomingo - Did Snow Fire Have Help? - Miyogi's Marathon"</ref>	+	She spent a year and half steadily advancing her standing in the Imperial Palace and attempting to attract the eye of the Coordinator himself. She was successful and became Yoguchi's favorite concubine, when fate forced her to delay the operation. In the face of a highly successful [[Federated Suns]] offensive, Yoguchi chose to lead the defense of the world of [[Tishomingo]] himself, but greatly underestimated the size of attacking forces. With both House Davion and Kurita unaware he was alive, Yoguchi led resistance forces on-planet until his sister [[Roweena Kurita|Roweena]] suspected his survival and organized a successful rescue operation. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 73-74 "History - Second Succession War - Tishomingo - Did Snow Fire Have Help? - Miyogi's Marathon"</ref>
−	On Yoguchi's return in [[2850]], after his first night back on Luthien on December 12th<ref name=SSW-60>''Second Succession War'', p. 60: "Operation Praying Mantis"</ref>, Snow Fire quietly slit his throat with a Plasticine knife. After placing a hand-embroidered patch of the Fourth Royal Guard on his body, Snow Fire quietly took her own life with poison secreted in a hollow tooth.<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/><ref name=HDTFS-73/><ref name=HKTDC-70/>	+	On Yoguchi's return in [[2850]] after his first night back on Luthien, Snow Fire quietly slit his throat with a plasticine knife. After placing a hand-embroidered patch of the Fourth Royal Guard on his body, Snow Fire quietly took her own life with poison secreted in a hollow tooth.<ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/>
	===Aftermath===		===Aftermath===
−	The death of Yoguchi so soon after his miraculous return shook the Draconis Combine. Claudius Steiner himself never lived to see the success of Operation Praying Mantis, dying under clouded circumstances the [[2849|year]] prior.<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/><ref name=HDTFS-73/><ref name=HKTDC-70/>	+	The death of Yoguchi so soon after his miraculous return shook the Draconis Combine. Claudius Steiner himself never lived to see the success of Operation Praying Mantis, dying under clouded circumstances the [[2849|year]] prior. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/>
−	The Combine's official story was that Yoguchi was killed while heroically fighting against a whole team of assassins. The truth was known only to House Kurita's inner circle, which felt great shame at the actual circumstances. Yoguchi's successor, his brother [[Miyogi Kurita|Miyogi]], felt honor-bound to avenge this insult, which led to the [[Hesperus#Sixth, seventh and eighth battle|largest Kurita offensive]] against the Lyran's center of 'Mech production [[Hesperus II]] and the loss of the last active Successor State [[WarShip|WarShips]] until the arrival of the [[Clans]].<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/><ref name=HDTFS-73/><ref name=HKTDC-70/>	+	The Combine's official story was that Yoguchi was killed while heroically fighting against a whole team of assassins. The truth was known only to House Kurita's inner circle, which felt great shame at the actual circumstances. Yoguchi's successor, his brother [[Miyogi Kurita|Miyogi]], felt honor-bound to avenge this insult which lead to the largest Kurita offensive against the Lyran's center of 'Mech production [[Hesperus II]] and the loss of the last active Successor State [[WarShip|WarShips]] until the arrival of the [[Clans]].<ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/>
−	The fact that Snow Fire was able to remain undetected whilst maintaining contact with her "mother" led to a large and varied array of conspiracy theories about how she was able to complete her mission. Some point to [[ComStar]] shielding the messages from House Kurita, the later knowledge that ComStar was actively fanning the flames of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] lending credence to this theory. Others point to Yoguchi's alienation of the [[Internal Security Force]] when he placed the organization under the command of the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]; allowing his murder was their way of retaliating. Rumors also exist that Snow Fire possibly received aid from a [[MIIO]] deep cover agent known as "The Footman" who was also operating in the Imperial Palace at the time.<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/><ref name=HDTFS-73/><ref name=HKTDC-70/>. Yet another rumour, gleaned from the private diaries and letters of [[Roweena Kurita]], suggests that the latter was deeply in love with some unnamed person who could have been Snow Fire, and that the courtesan rejected her advances. As a result, Roweena may have turned a blind eye to any actions of Snow Fire, in the knowledge that she would soon die by her own hand.<ref name=HKTDC-71>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 71: "Aftermath"</ref>. In any event, it is likely that one or other faction within the Combine government allowed her, either by action or inaction, to complete her mission.<ref name=SSW-88>''Second Succession War'', p. 88: "Yoguchi Kurita"</ref>	+	The fact that Snow Fire was able to remain undetected whilst maintaining contact with her "mother" lead to a large and varied array of conspiracy theories about how she was able to complete her mission. Some point to [[ComStar]] shielding the messages from House Kurita, the later knowledge that ComStar was actively fanning the flames of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] lending credence to this theory. Others point to Yoguchi's alienation of the [[Internal Security Force]] when he placed the organization under the command of the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]; allowing his murder was their way of retaliating. Rumours also exist that Snow Fire possibly received aid from a [[MIIO]] deep cover agent known as "The Footman" who was also operating in the Imperial Palace at the time. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/>
−	The fact that her true love was apparently a member of the destroyed 4th Royal Guard lent her actions the air of tragic romance and helped inspire countless paintings, dramas, and ballads about her actions and possible origins and reasons across the entire [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=HSLC-61/><ref name=HHS-43/><ref name=HDTFS-73/><ref name=HKTDC-70/>	+	The fact that her true love was apparently a member of the destroyed 4th Royal Guard lent her actions the air of tragic romance and helped inspire countless paintings, dramas, and ballads about her actions and possible origins and reasons across the entire [[Inner Sphere]]. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/>
−	While it was long assumed that Snow Fire acted at the behest of the Lyran government, another possibility was discovered in 3052 following the [[Battle of Luthien (3052)|Clan assault on Luthien]]. Shortly before Snow Fire joined Yoguchi's household, she met with a [[Free Worlds League]] trade attaché, Emun Moray, who was later identified as [[SAFE|SAFE's]] station chief on Luthien. Snow Fire, it would appear, served as a double-agent on SAFE's behalf, and it was hypothesized that the Free Worlds sacrificed her in Praying Mantis, in the process framing the Lyran Commonwealth for Yoguchi's death. The result was that House Steiner was preoccupied with a vengeful House Kurita for the next fourteen years, leaving [[House Marik]] free to prosecute its own war against [[House Liao]] without the distraction of a second front.<ref name=HHK-51>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 51: "ISF Report 0077367 - 11 June 3052"</ref> At least one source in the Free Worlds League (albeit [[Laurent InfoMedia|a publisher of "revisionist" or "fringe" materials]]) supported this thesis as well.<ref name=HHM-51>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 140: "Laurent Infomedia (Unlisted)"</ref> While not definitive proof, the Director General decreed that the Director of SAFE be issued a bottle of [[Connaught Fine Malt]] every 12 December, the anniversary of Yoguchi's death, also lends credence to the League's involvement.<ref name=HHM-40>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 40: "Standing Order B923–J1XB"</ref>	+	While it was long assumed that Snow Fire acted at the behest of the Lyran government, another possibility was discovered in 3052 following the [[Battle of Luthien (Clan Invasion)|Clan assault on Luthien]]. Shortly before Snow Fire joined Yoguchi's household, she met with a [[Free Worlds League]] trade attache, Emun Moray, who was later identified as [[SAFE|SAFE's]] station chief on Luthien. Snow Fire, it would appear, served as a double-agent on SAFE's behalf, and it was hypothesized that the Free Worlds sacrificed her in Praying Mantis, in the process framing the Lyran Commonwealth for Yoguchi's death. The result was that House Steiner was preoccupied with a vengeful House Kurita for the next fourteen years, leaving [[House Marik]] free to prosecute its own war against [[House Liao]] without the distraction of a second front. <ref name=HHK-51>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 51 - "ISF REPORT 0077367- 11 JUNE 3052"</ref> At least one source in the Free Worlds League (albeit a publisher of 'revisionist' or 'fringe' materials) supported this thesis as well. <ref name=HHM-51>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 140 - "Laurent Infomedia (Unlisted"</ref>
	==References==		==References==
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
−	* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
	* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''		* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
	* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''		* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
	* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''		* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
−	* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''	+	* ''[[House Davion Sourcebook]]''
−	* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''	+	* ''[[House Kurita Sourcebook]]''
	* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''		* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
−	* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = | name = | birthdate = [[2825]] | died = [[2850]] | othernames = "Snow Fire" | affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | profession = Intelligence Agent | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | children = }} '''Snow Fire''' was the Draconis Combine Courtesan School name and alias under which a [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] operative infiltrated the palace of [[Yoguchi Kurita]], Coordinator of the [[Draconis Combine]], before going on to assassinate him in [[2850]]. Her true identity remains a state secret of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] to this day. ==History== ===Early assignment=== Born in the Lyran Commonwealth in [[2825]], she joined the Lyran Intelligence Corps and was assigned to the Bodians. After the end of her training she was planted in the [[Rasalhague Military District]] of the [[Draconis Combine]] where she spent several years as a low-grade geisha, secretly obtaining information from her clients. Under unknown circumstances she attracted the eye of one of the Coordinator's closest personal advisers, who bought out her contract and brought her to the Imperial Palace in [[Luthien]]. <ref name=HSLC-61>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 61 - "Operation Praying Mantis"</ref> <ref name=HHS-43>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 43 - "History of the Lyran Alliance - Second Succession War (2830-2864) - The Mantis Strikes"</ref> <ref name=HKTDC-70>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 70 "History - Second Succession War - The Sting of Snow Fire - Divine Retribution"</ref> During this time Snow Fire served as a source of valuable information, sending and receiving coded messages to the highest ranks of the LIC under the guise of communicating with her mother.<ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> ===Operation PRAYING MANTIS=== In [[2848]] Snow Fire received a coded message from Archon [[Claudius Steiner]] ordering her to carry out [[Operation PRAYING MANTIS]], along with the news of the complete destruction of the [[Fourth Royal Guards]] at the hands of Yoguchi's son [[Hugai Kurita|Hugai]]. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> She spent a year and half steadily advancing her standing in the Imperial Palace and attempting to attract the eye of the Coordinator himself. She was successful and became Yoguchi's favorite concubine, when fate forced her to delay the operation. In the face of a highly successful [[Federated Suns]] offensive, Yoguchi chose to lead the defense of the world of [[Tishomingo]] himself, but greatly underestimated the size of attacking forces. With both House Davion and Kurita unaware he was alive, Yoguchi led resistance forces on-planet until his sister [[Roweena Kurita|Roweena]] suspected his survival and organized a successful rescue operation. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 73-74 "History - Second Succession War - Tishomingo - Did Snow Fire Have Help? - Miyogi's Marathon"</ref> On Yoguchi's return in [[2850]] after his first night back on Luthien, Snow Fire quietly slit his throat with a plasticine knife. After placing a hand-embroidered patch of the Fourth Royal Guard on his body, Snow Fire quietly took her own life with poison secreted in a hollow tooth.<ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/> ===Aftermath=== The death of Yoguchi so soon after his miraculous return shook the Draconis Combine. Claudius Steiner himself never lived to see the success of Operation Praying Mantis, dying under clouded circumstances the [[2849|year]] prior. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/> The Combine's official story was that Yoguchi was killed while heroically fighting against a whole team of assassins. The truth was known only to House Kurita's inner circle, which felt great shame at the actual circumstances. Yoguchi's successor, his brother [[Miyogi Kurita|Miyogi]], felt honor-bound to avenge this insult which lead to the largest Kurita offensive against the Lyran's center of 'Mech production [[Hesperus II]] and the loss of the last active Successor State [[WarShip|WarShips]] until the arrival of the [[Clans]].<ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/> The fact that Snow Fire was able to remain undetected whilst maintaining contact with her "mother" lead to a large and varied array of conspiracy theories about how she was able to complete her mission. Some point to [[ComStar]] shielding the messages from House Kurita, the later knowledge that ComStar was actively fanning the flames of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] lending credence to this theory. Others point to Yoguchi's alienation of the [[Internal Security Force]] when he placed the organization under the command of the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]; allowing his murder was their way of retaliating. Rumours also exist that Snow Fire possibly received aid from a [[MIIO]] deep cover agent known as "The Footman" who was also operating in the Imperial Palace at the time. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/> The fact that her true love was apparently a member of the destroyed 4th Royal Guard lent her actions the air of tragic romance and helped inspire countless paintings, dramas, and ballads about her actions and possible origins and reasons across the entire [[Inner Sphere]]. <ref name=HSLC-61/> <ref name=HHS-43/> <ref name=HDTFS-73/> <ref name=HKTDC-70/> While it was long assumed that Snow Fire acted at the behest of the Lyran government, another possibility was discovered in 3052 following the [[Battle of Luthien (Clan Invasion)|Clan assault on Luthien]]. Shortly before Snow Fire joined Yoguchi's household, she met with a [[Free Worlds League]] trade attache, Emun Moray, who was later identified as [[SAFE|SAFE's]] station chief on Luthien. Snow Fire, it would appear, served as a double-agent on SAFE's behalf, and it was hypothesized that the Free Worlds sacrificed her in Praying Mantis, in the process framing the Lyran Commonwealth for Yoguchi's death. The result was that House Steiner was preoccupied with a vengeful House Kurita for the next fourteen years, leaving [[House Marik]] free to prosecute its own war against [[House Liao]] without the distraction of a second front. <ref name=HHK-51>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 51 - "ISF REPORT 0077367- 11 JUNE 3052"</ref> At least one source in the Free Worlds League (albeit a publisher of 'revisionist' or 'fringe' materials) supported this thesis as well. <ref name=HHM-51>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 140 - "Laurent Infomedia (Unlisted"</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' * ''[[House Davion Sourcebook]]'' * ''[[House Kurita Sourcebook]]'' * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' [[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Snow Fire]]

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