The Inheritance of Duty
The Inheritance of Duty | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Michael A. Stackpole | |
| Publication | |
| Published | 16 October 2001 |
| Publisher | Wizkids |
| Pages | 5 |
| Chronology | |
| Era | Dark Age era |
| Timeline | 19 August 3132 |
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The Inheritance of Duty is a short story by Michael A. Stackpole, first published in 2001 through the Wizkids website to promote their upcoming MechWarrior: Dark Age game line.
Published almost a year before the release of MWDA, the story is among the earliest glimpses at the Dark Age.
Plot Summary
On Fortymile, eighteen-year-old Jeremy Lee is preparing an AgroMech with a welding torch (apparently in a fashion to weaponize it) because of an upcoming crisis linked to the Blackout that had happened less than two weeks before when he is interrupted by his mother. Instead of the expected dressing-down, however, Jeremy receives a lecture by his mother about the Jihad and Devlin Stone.
Jeremy's grandmother on his father's side, who died when he was five years old, had bequeathed some sort of responsibility to Jeremy's mother that she now turns over to Jeremy, having decided the time is right. Jeremy is led by his mother to the "haunted silo" and accesses it for the first time. Inside, he finds a black Victor with a skeletal paint scheme. It turns out that Jeremy's "Grandma Lee" was none other than Colonel Belle Lee of Stone's Lament.
Featured Characters
- Jeremy Lee
- Jeremy's Mother
- Jeremy's Father (mentioned)
- Devlin Stone (mentioned)
- Bradley Lee (mentioned)
- Amanda Lee (mentioned)
- Belle Lee (mentioned)
Featured Places
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
IndustrialMechs
- Unidentified AgroMech
External Links
The short story can be found in its entirety on this archived page of the WizKids site, via the Wayback Machine.