At first he was only there for the excitement, but he soon matured into a fine soldier he began to make something of himself, and to accomplish on both a personal and a larger scale. Now that the pressure was on Ian, he joined the military and went to where the action was - the Clan Wars. Feeling overshadowed by his family and their noble history and reputation, with no way to distinguish himself, he adopted a profligate lifestyle that caused his father, Duke Eric, to disown him in disgust, though Ian's younger sister Joanna begged him not to. With two older brothers, Ian was far enough down the line of succession that he knew he was not destined for the planetary throne. Colonel Peter Dresari was the original leader of the anti-Steiner resistance on Kentares, but was later brutally murdered, leaving command of the resistance to his nephew Ian. Ian was also the nephew of Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth Colonel Sir Peter Dresari, a MechWarrior commander in the Fourth Davion Guards, who held the noble title of Duke Sharpe, and was the brother of Duke Eric.
Ian Dresari was the son of Duke Eric Dresari, noble ruler of Kentares and a highly vocal political enemy of Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion. Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity. The Legion subsequently made the planet their base of operations.The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources the canonicity of such information is uncertain. The Legion took revenge on their former Lyran employer, Major Dupree, by hunting her down and wiping out the entire Lyran garrison on Voltrat III. McClair and his lancemates nearly killed Duke Ian Dresari and eliminated three of his closest supporters. Command of the unit was passed on to Eric McClair.
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The Legion was then approached by a Lyran Alliance mercenary liaison officer, Major Carissa Dupree, and offered a contract to support the Kentares Free Army in taking back Kentares IV on behalf of Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion.Ĭolonel Michael Lawhorn was double-crossed by his Lyran employer and killed in May of 3063. Working for the Corvatti Corporation, the Legion wiped out the pirates threatening Corvatti mining assets. The Legionnaires sold their lives dearly while successfully evacuating the planet's royal family. The Legion outmaneuvered, outfought, and outlasted "rebel upstarts," securing the world for its nominal government.
Its canonical existence within the BattleTech universe is unconfirmed.
Since the Black Knight Legion was only mentioned in an apocryphal source, it is itself apocryphal. Computer games as such do not fall under the current definition of Canon for the BattleTech universe even though they are official, licensed BattleTech products, making them apocryphal. The Black Knight Legion was introduced as the protagonist unit in the computer game MechWarrior 4: Black Knight.
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