Word of Blake: Gone for Good?

[Darth Nichos]

Is the WoB gone for good during the Dark Age era? A faction was featured in Bonfire of Worlds, but are there still others out there?

[Stormlion1]

Doubtful, they didn't even find all the hidden worlds I believe so its almost a given there would be some wobbies still running around.

[PeripheryPirate]

"Gone for good" is something BattleTech hasn't shown itself to handle particularly well.

[Stormlion1]

Even Amaris came back once.  ;D

[DarthRads]

Total destruction is a minor set back!

Seriously, no one is ever gine for good. One of the DA novels (I want to say Sword of Sedition...or maybe Targets of Opportunity, but I don't even remember if they ARE DA titles) basically had ComStar acting rather WoBish again at the end (secret army, 'peace of Blake be with you' being said...)

[cray]

Supporters of Blake's Word do survive into the Dark Age in their original hippy, pro-peace, toaster-worshipping forms. There were, after all, bajillions of them in the Inner Sphere. You can wipe out the militant arm, but the ideology won't go away.

[avon1985]

Very doubtful.  There is still no solid confirmation on who started the grey out that cut of HPGs it so many worlds.

[Darth Nichos]

I thought so; with thousands of planets in the Inner Sphere as well as Periphery, it would not be hard to find somewhere to hide and rebuild.

And the chaos of the Inner Sphere does provide opportunity

Think that is what Stone is doing, hunting Blakests?

[M-Rex]

I thought so; with thousands of planets in the Inner Sphere as well as Periphery, it would not be hard to find somewhere to hide and rebuild.

And the chaos of the Inner Sphere does provide opportunity

Think that is what Stone is doing, hunting Blakests?

Stone is a Blakist.  }:)

They are still around by the timeline of Bonfire of Worlds.  They're just back in their ComStar mode. [notworthy]

[Traecer Revenant]

Even Amaris came back once.  ;D

No!  That did not happen!  No No No!  [metalhealth]

[Johnny 'NKH' Leyland]

Well at least when Devlin 'the Protege' Stone returns it will be with his cybernetic implants fully revealed, leading an army of Wolverine descendants who'd been holed up in their hyperspace bases since 3079.

[Stormlion1]

No!  That did not happen!  No No No!  [metalhealth]

OK, it didn't happen. But it did.  ;D

[DarthRads]

Well at least when Devlin 'the Protege' Stone returns it will be with his cybernetic implants fully revealed, leading an army of Wolverine descendants who'd been holed up in their hyperspace bases since 3079.

That's not as crazy as it sounds (well, except for the wolverine hyperspace base thing). Remember there are/were lots of factions in WoB. What if Stone represents a more moderate faction and has thus succeeded in preserving/legitamising the Protectorate.

[Traecer Revenant]

OK, it didn't happen. But it did.  ;D

Shh!  I am happy here in my cocoon of denial.  Do not break open the cocoon! 

[Drop Bear]

What so Stone's off fighting a Covert Wobblie Civil War on the remaining "Hidden Five" and the undiscovered Arimais Coup Supply Worlds out beyond the Periphery.

[GBscientist]

That sound slightly more probably than the usual fable that the Wolverines are off protecting the Inner Sphere from an alien invasion.

[PeripheryPirate]

Well at least when Devlin 'the Protege' Stone returns it will be with his cybernetic implants fully revealed, leading an army of Wolverine descendants who'd been holed up in their hyperspace bases since 3079.

That sound slightly more probably than the usual fable that the Wolverines are off protecting the Inner Sphere from an alien invasion.

Be careful... with brand-new Blakist behavior-control technology, Stone will return with the aliens on his side.

[Stormfury]

Well at least when Devlin 'the Protege' Stone

We know who The Protege is- Arthur Steiner-Davion.

We also know that Arthur is not Devlin Stone.

So that would take some doing :P

[Papabees]

OK. here is my theory. The whole Jihad was a ruse to cause the need for a leader to rise up AKA Devlin Stone. He is a Wobbie and doesn't know it. Think about it he reforms the terran confederacy (cough republic cough) right under the noses of the houses, in fact with their blessing only to dissappear and then when chaos hits the Republic cuts itself of from the rest of the inner sphere. I'm telling you. The whole Jihad/Republic was a old school Comstar scheme from the start. 

[Gunbuster]

As a MW:Dark Age/ Age of Darkness player, my understanding from reading the novels is that Devlin Stone is probably Clan, based on my reading of Blood Avatar, but who knows?

[St.George]

If they were gone for good,,,who would we all hate?Drac's,,,Marians?Hell,,,how bout' them Hippie Jarnfolk(who started off as Deadheads in the 21st Centruy)as it is,out of the 7 other guys I game with,,,not one "likes" Stone in any way.He might as well been a minor charecter for all it matters.

[cray]

That sound slightly more probably than the usual fable that the Wolverines are off protecting the Inner Sphere from an alien invasion.

The "protecting the Inner Sphere from an alien invasion" comment about the Wolverines was a joke and nothing more.

If they were gone for good,,,who would we all hate?Drac's,,,Marians?Hell,,,how bout' them Hippie Jarnfolk(who started off as Deadheads in the 21st Centruy)as it is,out of the 7 other guys I game with,,,not one "likes" Stone in any way.He might as well been a minor charecter for all it matters.

When did the "Space Viking" Jarnfolk with a rumored talent for assassination turn into hippies?

[Diplominator]

We know who The Protege is- Arthur Steiner-Davion.

We also know that Arthur is not Devlin Stone.

So that would take some doing :P

I'm not saying you're mistaken, but how do we know those things? Last I heard just about everything about ASD, the protege, and Stone was pretty fuzzy.  Hell, has ASD been mentioned anywhere at all since the end of Patriots and Tyrants?

Again, more curious than accusatory.

[Wrangler]

In older books, Word of Blake was major religion large swath of worlds.  I remember the now-non canon BT Technology magazines showing percentages of how much any given planet had for reglions.  Which include Blakist.

I don't think that exists now, but it makes you wonder what happened to them. I don't remember reading more recent sourcebook that mentioned that.

[Traecer Revenant]

As a MW:Dark Age/ Age of Darkness player, my understanding from reading the novels is that Devlin Stone is probably Clan, based on my reading of Blood Avatar, but who knows?

Oh, Devlin Stone a brainwashed Clanner...actually, that sounds interesting...also explains reports of David Lear having to keep watch over him (make sure the original Clan psyche doesn't break through).

[RAE]

We know who The Protege is- Arthur Steiner-Davion.

We don't know even that for sure. We know that the Protege is - possibly - Precentor Lucifer. And Lucifer is - possibly - either Arthur Steiner-Davion or Precentor Ravana.

[Thoth]

I am sure there are a few still kicking around.

It's always hard to get rid of fanatics entirely. They are like a bad disease.

[bblaney]

They will show up again, never as strong, but they are out there, lurking in the shadows.

[mbear]

When did the "Space Viking" Jarnfolk with a rumored talent for assassination turn into hippies?

After enough tankards of mead (the preferred Viking brew), everyone becomes a hippie.  ;)

[DarthRads]

We don't know even that for sure. We know that the Protege is - possibly - Precentor Lucifer. And Lucifer is - possibly - either Arthur Steiner-Davion or Precentor Ravana.

That makes sense, 1st Arch Angel to the Masters God...