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| name = Thanatos Lore<br />
| image = <br />
| author = [[Randall N. Bills]]<br />
| pub_date = 3 August 2017<br />
| product = ''[[MechWarrior Online Legends]]''<br />
| type = Short story<br />
| publisher = [[Piranha Games Inc.]]<br />
| illustrations = <br />
| pages = <br />
| era = [[Civil War era]]<br />
| startdate = 27 August [[3066]]<br />
| enddate = <br />
| series = [[Hero 'Mech|MWO Hero 'Mech Lore series]]<br />
| precededby = ''[[Bushwacker Lore and Blueprint]]''<br />
| followedby = ''[[Hellspawn Lore!|Hellspawn Lore]]''<br />
}}<br />
'''''Thanatos Lore''''' is a short story by [[Randall N. Bills]] published for ''[[MechWarrior Online Legends|MechWarrior Online Legends']]'' [[Hero 'Mech|Hero 'Mech Lore series]] in MWO's public internet forum.<br />
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== Canonicity ==<br />
Although ''[[MechWarrior Online Legends]]'' as such does not fall under the current criteria for [[canon]], the fiction for the [[Hero 'Mech|Hero 'Mechs]] written by Randall N. Bills&mdash;who at the time was also the incumbent [[BattleTech Line Developer]] at [[Catalyst Game Labs]]&mdash;was expressly declared fully canonical. This ruling was however reversed in January 2025 by Bills' successor [[Ray Arrastia]]<ref name="LDR">[[:File:Hero Mech LD Ruling.png]] Ray Arrastia Line Developer Ruling, 29 January 2025, Sarna Discord</ref>, such that these short stories are not canonical, and can only be considered [[Apocryphal]]. <br />
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== Plot Summary ==<br />
The story takes place on [[Swartklip]] in [[3066]] and narrates an engagement of [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] [[Felix Grimstead]]&mdash;an alcoholic mercenary in his personal [[BattleMech]] ''[[Thanatos#Apocryphal Variants|Hangover]]''&mdash;with raiders who attempt to ambush him in a swamp.<br />
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== Featured Characters ==<br />
* [[Felix Grimstead]]<br />
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== Featured Places ==<br />
* [[Swartklip]]<br />
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== Featured BattleTech ==<br />
=== BattleMechs ===<br />
* [[Thanatos#Apocryphal Variants|THS-HA ''Thanatos'' "Hangover"]]<br />
* ''[[Hunchback]]''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* * This apocryphal short story was posted on the ''MechWarrior Online Legends'' forum (link to archived copy of original entry/announcement) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607141010/https://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/255753-thanatos-lore/]<br />
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