Editing Word of Blake (section)

=== The Jihad ===
The Jihad actually began a little bit before the open decision to just hatefuck the Inner Sphere into submission by the Word of Blake openly declaring war on the Wolf's Dragoons, slamming their capital world with nuclear assaults, poisoning the surface for good and setting their longtime rival merc group after them, ending in the deaths of several major Dragoon leaders. After that, the Jihad started over Federated Sun space and then ballooned into a multi-front war in which every major power suddenly found themselves having to face off against an army that often would "white out" the HPG network, and was able to procure or reinforce all of their battalions with far more than their foes were often expecting, usually with a nuclear arsenal attached to the end of it. Even deep into the periphery did the Blakists reach, causing all sorts of unexpected problems for the periphery powers.

It was in effect, utter fucking chaos; almost nobody, including the Clans, had a hard answer for all of the suped up 'Mechs and nuclear devastation being kicked around, as well as plenty of the usual grab-ass and proxy wars that Inner Sphere politics demands in order to stay stable. Certainly nobody could've predicted that the patriarch of a Great House, Thomas Marik, had ended up the Master of the Word of Blake, and that meant they effectively had unlimited money, and even their own in-house mechs. Even the Elementals and Veteran Battle Armor infantry struggled with the Word of Blake's horrific cyborg ''Manei Domini'', who tore through foes with ferociousness and speed. While everyone agreed something needed to be done, the Inner Sphere's politics had all but ensured there couldn't be another Star League to bring them in line, and ultimately they'd be a problem for years to come. Someone had to step up and take them out for good. Someone needed to show real, honest leadership against this dauntless foe.

That someone was Devlin Stone.