Editing Vesar Kristofur

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| affiliation         = [[ComStar]]
| profession          = [[Precentor ROM]]
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'''Vesar Kristofur''' was the former [[Precentor ROM]] of [[ComStar]]. He was known primarily for his involvement with [[Wolf's Dragoons]].

==History==
===Early Life===
Born on [[Tikonov]] to an impoverished family, Kristofur joined ComStar as soon as he turned 18. Mentally and physically quick, he ascended the ranks, transferring to ROM in [[2998]].<ref name=H:BW>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 13–14</ref>

===The Dragoon Mystery===
The appearance of Wolf's Dragoons in [[3005]] in the [[Federated Suns]] was of great concern to ComStar. Not only did the Dragoons possess mint condition [[BattleMech]]s, [[DropShip]]s and [[JumpShip]]s, but some of their 'Mechs were designs never before seen in the [[Inner Sphere]], and could not easily be passed off as part of an "old [[Star League]] cache discovered in the [[Periphery]]" story that was commonly accepted as their origin.<ref name=CSB>''ComStar'', p. 50</ref>

Having worked so long to establish a monopoly on such technology, ComStar considered the possibility of an independent [[mercenary]] group with its own 'Mech factories to be a threat to their position. [[Primus (ComStar)|Primus]] [[Allen Rusenstein]] ordered then Precentor ROM [[Karl Sims]] to learn the origins of the Dragoons, efforts that ended in dismal failure.<ref name=CSB />

===Precentor ROM===
Rusenstein promptly replaced Sims with the younger Kristofur. Although Kristofur made only minimal progress into learning more about the Dragoons, Primus Rusenstein would soon be replaced by the [[First Circuit]]. Coming shortly after the disastrous [[Jolly Roger Affair]], the Dragoon Affair was one of several perceived failures of Rusenstein that led to his downfall. He would be replaced by [[Julian Tiepolo]].<ref name=CSB />

Kristofur managed to secure his position despite his lack of progress. He never forgot, however, the importance the Dragoon mystery posed to ComStar.<ref name=TSATW>''The Spider and the Wolf''</ref>

===The Marik Civil War===
An ambitious man, Kristofur believed that if he discovered the Dragoons' secret, he would ultimately rise to the position of Primus. Tiepolo was well aware of Kristofur's ambition, and was more than willing to give the Precentor ROM enough rope to hang himself with.<ref name=TSATW />

Kristofur's opportunity presented itself in [[3014]] when the Dragoons entered the service of [[Anton Marik]], who sought to usurp his brother [[Janos Marik|Janos]]' throne as [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] of the [[Free Worlds League]], thus triggering the [[Marik Civil War (31st c.)|Marik Civil War]].<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)''</ref> Kristofur personally placed himself within Anton Marik's command, and began to plot. He believed that if he caused Wolf's Dragoons to suffer heavy enough losses, he would force them to go on another "Periphery Run" to replace their losses as they had in the past, allowing ComStar to follow, ultimately discovering the Dragoons' secrets.<ref name=TSATW /> Damaging the Free Worlds economy to rebalance the [[C-bill]] was apparently a secondary concern of these plans.<ref name=H:BW />

To this end, Kristofur convinced Anton Marik that the Dragoons were planning to betray him, playing on the young Duke's paranoia and stress from a war that was quickly turning against him. It eventually led to the arrests of Colonel [[Jaime Wolf]]'s younger brother, Major [[Joshua Wolf]], and 27 Dragoon civilians on [[New Delos]]. During Marik's interrogation of Joshua Wolf, Kristofur wound up shooting Wolf under unclear circumstances, prompting Marik to execute the other civilians, as well.<ref name=TSATW /> Marik then contacted the senior Wolf claiming that Joshua and the others were hostages to compel the Dragoons to disband amongst Marik remaining units.<ref name=H:BW />

Predictably, Wolf's Dragoons responded by assaulting New Delos ''en masse'', completely wiping out Marik's defending forces. The [[Black Widow Company]] personally struck at Anton's compound, [[Natasha Kerensky]]'s ''[[Warhammer]]'' personally killing the Duke.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 20</ref> Kristofur himself would only narrowly escape.<ref name=TSATW />

===Aftermath===
With the dismal failure hanging over him, Tiepolo promptly stripped Kristofur of his position, and reassigned him to the Periphery, to serve in penal servitude at the Hydri B Station on [[Alpha Hydri]].<ref name=TSATW /><ref name=WD17>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 17</ref> Unconfirmed rumors claim that he was rescued by a band of Periphery pirates whom he eventually came to command under the name ''Kristopher Kelly'', with the bandit force named [[Kelly’s Kommandos]]. The rumors say he was eventually killed fighting another pirate band.<ref name=H:BW />

===Legacy===
As late as [[3030]], ComStar ROM was still unaware of the exact extent Kristofur played in the deaths of Joshua Wolf and the other Dragoon families.<ref name=WD17 /> Published FWL reports in [[3060]] showed that Kristofur was a rogue agent, an assessment possibly influenced by the [[Word of Blake]] wishing to dispel suspicion.<ref name=H:BW /> There is no indication that Jaime Wolf ever learned of ComStar's full involvement in the affair.

Decades later, the Dragoons would reveal themselves to be advance scouts for the [[Clans]], the descendants of [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] and the [[Star League Defense Force]].<ref>''Lethal Heritage''</ref> The tensions between the Dragoons and ComStar would lead to numerous flare-ups over the years, and would continue with the Word of Blake. The Dragoons would be the first to suffer under the Blakist [[Jihad]].<ref>''Dawn of the Jihad''</ref>

Documents recorded on the secret journal of [[Victoria Parrdeau]] secured by [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]] during the [[Jihad]] [[Canon Rumor|allegedly claim]] that Kristofur was actually a member of [[The Blood]], the elements of [[Clan Wolverine]] supposedly harbored by ComStar. Rather than a means of obtaining the position of Primus, the documents claim Kristofur's fervor in actually joining Anton Marik's staff was due to the Bloods desperate desire to uncover proof of the Dragoons' Clan origins, and that their blinding hatred of the Clans is what prompted him to provoke Anton into slaying the Dragoons personnel and dependents.<ref name=TBD-131>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 131: "The Not-Named"</ref>

It must be noted that after the creation of [[Word of Blake]] group their members saw Kristofur as a hero, and created the Order of Kristofur as a decoration.<ref name=FM-1>''ComStar'', p. 52</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Lethal Heritage]]'' (novel)
* ''[[The Spider and the Wolf]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''


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