Editing The Clans (section)

== Individual Clans ==
There are originally twenty clans formed by Nicholas Kerensky but over the course of the centuries, many were destroyed or absorbed into other factions.

[[Category: BattleTech]]
* '''[[Clan Wolf]]''': The first "Mary Sue" Clan, having the ilKhan along their ranks kinda marks you for that. Also known for fielding the Timber Wolf which plenty call a poster boy for the series. They actually won their objectives in the battle of Tukayyid.  As of a recent novel, they're now ilClan with Jade Falcon as their bodyguard and Smoke Jaguar reconstituted as their special forces.  The Wolves' superpower is that they tend to show up with an actual strategy for both winning the war and winning the peace that comes after the war, a rare thing in the highly dogmatic and Trial-obsessive Clan culture. Perhaps due to absorbing some of Clan Wolverine (perhaps even more than “some”), Wolf seems to be more open-minded about caste mobility in the “put someone where they fit best” sense.
* '''[[Clan Jade Falcon]]''': The other "Mary Sue" Clan. Also the Purist Clan, since they are staunch traditionalists which stick with Nicky's vision as tightly as they can. When you think of honor-crazed warrior cultures that went full murder-hobo, you're thinking Jade Falcon. Were the asshats that invaded '''MY HOME PLANET''' in the animated series. They earned themselves a draw on Tukayyid at about the last minute.
* '''[[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]''': The Asshole Clan. Aggressive militarists who value only strength and treat their civilian castes like crap. They make Jade Falcon look nice as the green birb gets that rewarding loyal productivity gets you more of it. They earned getting smoked on Tukayyid, bidding away a vast majority of their forces to get the first deployment and only to have them repeatedly baited into ambush after ambush on Tukayyid by being the most aggressive Clan during the invasion, and ultimately demolished in the Second Star League's counterattack during the Trial of Refusal.
* ''' Clan Blood Spirit:''' The Bitter Keener Clan. One of the smaller of the Clans, Clan Blood Spirit was conceived as the embodiment of the esprit de corps of the Clans by Nicholas Kerensky. Clan Blood Spirit wore military dress uniforms and sent ambassadors to the other Clans for diplomacy and were also the most tradition minded and isolationist of the Clans. Though producing the best warriors individually, the Blood Spirits lacked overall numbers and resources due to their pursuit of perfection. Their bitterness towards the other Clans for abandoning what they saw as Kerensky's vision ensured they had few friends. Got blown the fuck up during Wars of Reaving, and were Annihilated in 3084.
* '''[[Clan Diamond Shark|Clan Diamond Shark/Sea Fox]]''': The Money Clan. Once Clan Sea Fox until they saw a Diamond Shark devour a Sea Fox whole. Fitting that their fighting strength was almost wiped out in Tukayyid due to their inexperience in fighting a actual war as opposed to the dance and diddy that the Clans call a war. Currently going by Clan Sea Fox again, mostly run by merchants after their warrior caste was basically butchered to the last.
* '''Clan Ghost Bear''': The Practical Clan. Moderate fence sitters that actually attempt to do their homework on their foe? My God, it is like they have a brain... At any rate, Ghost Bear are unusual for the Clans in that they actually practice something akin to normal family structures, and were slow to adapt new tactics but moved in a steady pace for effect. The other Clan that got a draw on Tukayyid. They eventually shacked up with the [[Free Rasalhague Republic|Rasalhagues]] to make their own hybrid state.
* '''Clan Nova Cat''': The Mystic Clan. Brought in to help Clan Smoke Jaguar, they ended up joining the Inner Sphere instead. However, they got the shit beaten out of them first by the Ghost Bears and then by their Inner Sphere hosts once they backed the wrong faction in a Kuritan Civil War; killing them off. All that remains are their Spirit Cat descendants in the Free Worlds League and unaccounted refugees.
*'''Clan Steel Viper''': The smug clan. This clan had a rough start since their first Khan was a yandere (for real). They mostly isolated themselves and focused on making super-elite soldiers while dreaming about how they'd rule the Inner Sphere. This got them a spot as back-up for the Jade Falcons, but having super-elite infantry is not a replacement for actually good mechs, and they got kicked out of the Inner Sphere by the Falcons, started the [[Wars of Reaving]], and ultimately got murk'd.
* '''Clan Cloud Cobra''': The Religious Clan. Everything they do is in service to what they call "The Way", a sort of pseudo-religion that generally prefers them to keep their nose out of trouble and honor the sanctity of life. Normally this would mean they were prime real estate to get eaten alive by the others, but The Way does call for war when struck, and many a clan has realized far too late that Cloud Cobra isn't just a bunch of peaceniks, they're sharp as a tack and exceptionally politically devious. Currently the second largest power in the Clan Homeworlds Post-reaving, probably tending their gardens and reading psalms to each other when they aren't crank calling Clan Coyote.
* '''Clan Star Adder''': The Pragmatic Clan. Star Adder had no time for the pseudo-religious trappings of any Kerensky worship, simply seeing Alex and his kid as noteworthy generals in their own right. This lack of interest in the ritualism and especially the politics of the Clans lead to a very close relationship between all caste members equally, and attracting little notice in inter-clan relationships. Eventually ended up the biggest clan among the Homeworlds once Steel Viper had accidentally made it super easy to get rid of them, and are for the most part buddies with Cloud Cobra and Stone Lion, while tolerating Clan Coyote's presence.
* '''Clan Coyote''': The Survivor Clan. Initially did fantastically for themselves as a noble practitioner group of Zellbringen as well as best buddies with Clan Wolf, as well as being the clan directly responsible for the development of OmniMech technology and their Khan was briefly IlKhan for a bit before a Snow Raven plot killed her. Since that point, they've largely been shunned, if not sent away from Clan Space after the Wars of Reaving, but still survive to this day, though far more ruthless in their aims. Their first Khan was the lover of Andery Kerensky (Nicholas' younger brother), and both Clan Wolf and Coyote use their genetic legacies to create sibkos in memory of them every so often.
* '''Clan Snow Raven''': The Sneaky Clan. Due to a series of major military disasters early on in their history, this clan has spent most of its time playing realpolitik against itself and the rest of the Clans, preferring to stay out of open confrontation due to their lackluster forces. Have a lot of naval prowess due to their occasional need to hit the stellar bricks. Eventually shacked up with the [[Outworlds Alliance]] government to become the Raven Alliance.
* '''Clan Burrock:''' The Not-So-Stiff Clan. A Clan named after an insect that burrowed through solid rock with its acidic saliva. Clan Burrock was known for its liberal attitude towards its civilian castes, often to the point where captured Burrocks had difficulties adopting to more strict Clans. They mostly drifted towards Crusader leanings. They were absorbed by Clan Star Adder after the Inner Sphere invasion and the Refusal War for its association with the Dark caste. Ironically right when the current Burrock Khan discovered this link and tried distancing the Clan's association herself. The absorption into Clan Star Adder angered a lot of former Burrocks to the point that Clan remnants committed themselves fully to to the Dark Caste, leading to the former Clan's involvement with The Society during the Wars of Reaving, where the Clan remnants was fully exterminated. 
* '''Clan Goliath Scorpion:''' The Stoner Clan with a twist of Indiana Jones treasure hunting. Have a deep preference for extremely precise strikes as opposed to brute forcing their way through things, while also requiring getting absolutely blasted on refined scorpion venom. Deep Warden feelings and an obsession with the past meant they basically kept themselves out of most clanner bullshit unless pressed. They also had a habit of trying to secure bloodlines or artifacts linked the the Star League and actually think they can find them with visions induced by said cocktail of narcotic scorpion venom. Eventually got into trouble for illegally adding bloodlines to their eugenics program from the [[Mercenaries (Battletech)|SLDF descended Eridani Light Horse]] and just fucked off to the [[Deep Periphery]] to go fight the conquer the Castilian Cluster and the Hanseatic League to start their own empire.
* '''Clan Ice Hellion:''' The Speedster Clan. The [[White Scars|White Scars Legion]] of the Clans. Their M.O. can be described as 'attack attack ATTACK! with SPEED! Was a constant thorn in the side of Warden Clans and a major advocate for invading the Inner Sphere, but never amounted to a major player of the invasion. Cut out of the invasion, they lashed out at the other Clans during The Hellion's Fury (ridiculed as the "Hellion Tantrum" by the other Clans). Was mostly wiped out during the Reavings, what survived was absorbed by Clan Goliath Scorpion.
* '''Clan Hell's Horses:''' The Biker Clan, for as much as one can be a Biker in Battletech. Known primarily for their use of combat vehicles <s>rather than</s> alongside Mechs. Hells Horses has the distinction of being an extremely stable Clan, if not the most powerful, due to their personal belief that all within it, including the Freeborn, serve the [[greater good]] of the Clan. Eventually fucked off to the Inner Sphere, with a hardliner contingent remaining behind and becoming a different clan altogether known as Clan Stone Lion.
* '''Clan Fire Mandrill''': The Horde Clan. Set up almost the exact opposite way as Hell's Horses, as it is organized in to dozens of mini-Clans called ''Kindraa'', who often fought amongst themselves just as much as they fought other Clans. Unsurprisingly, they got completely wrecked by the Wars of Reaving.
* '''Clan Mongoose''': The Bitey Clan. Notably for fighting everyone they could all the time for any petty reason. Their antics made them a lot of enemies and eventually they got curb-stomped and absorbed in 2868. Unfortunately they got mopped up by Smoke Jaguar.
* '''[[Clan Wolverine]]''': The Not-Named Clan whom all the other Clans hate with a burning passion.  Betrayed by the original founders of the Clans for being better at the Clan thing than Kerensky was. It sounds like sarcasm but sadly it’s literally what happened.  Survivors wondering who-knows-where (called the  Minnesota Tribe when they stormed through the Inner Sphere away from Clan Space, they seem to call themselves the Clave now), but the main Clan went out as balls-to-the-wall badasses.
*'''Clan Widowmaker:''' A short-lived Clan that is most notably known for having a personal beef with Clan Wolverine and Clan Wolf. They masterminded the downfall of the Not-Named Clan using a false flag attack with a nuke. Karma struck the Widowmakers a decade later, when they went too far in mistreating the civilian castes and wiped out their own Merchants for wanting some respect. Originally sentenced to be Absorbed by Clan Wolf after being deemed unfit to rule, the last Widowmaker Khan, Cal Jorgensson, killed Nicolas Kerensky with a cockpit shot while the IlKhan was supervising the Trial, in the midst of fighting off an illegal intervention of a Widowmaker Star. In an angry outburst at the loss of the Clans' founder, Clan Wolf unofficially Annihilated the clan after killing Jorgensson, burned their worlds of Roche (homeworld) and Ironhold (site of Kerensky's death) to the ground, and later absorbed their Bloodnames. The black widow moniker used by Natasha and Anastasia Kerensky can be traced back to bloodlines absorbed by Clan Wolf, and subsequently used in those individuals' creation.