MEKWARS: LEGENDS
CRUSADER CLANS
TThe Crusader faction of the Clans were the driving impetus behind Operation Revival, the invasion of the Inner Sphere. Guided by their version of Kerensky's vision and believing, with some justification, that the Great Houses are irredeemably corrupt, the Crusader Clans seek to form a new Star League under their auspices, purging the duplicity and backwardness of the successor states from a righteous new empire.
The Crusader Clans themselves have been winnowed and refined in battle, the taint of the inner sphere clouding the vision of Kerensky with Clans Ghost Bear, Snow Raven, Nova Cat and the exiles of Clan Wolf having fallen by the wayside. Jade Falcon and the reborn Clan Wolf lead are foremost among the Crusader ideology in the Inner Sphere, their ranks bolstered and numbers regained thanks to the Harvest trials: These helped bring the finest from the clan homeworlds to the front lines, replacing all those who died in the refusal war. The Crusader cause is still upheld by the Star Adders, Blood Spirits, Ice Hellions, Hell's Horses and most of the Fire Mandrills among those who reside in the homeworlds. The generations that have never known conflict with the Inner Sphere thanks to Tukayyid yearn to test their mettle in battle.
There is some doubt that the Crusader motivations of the now imperial-minded Falcons and Wolves remain pure and unsullied, yet at the core these clans still hold to their Crusader ideology: Fulfil the vision of Kerensky, subjugate the Great Houses, reclaim Terra and proclaim the true return of the Star League. Driven and guided by this manifest destiny, the Falcons, Wolves and their like-minded kin stand ready to push beyond the truce line, their eyes set unflinchingly upon the cradle of humanity and the fulfilment of their ideals.