Editing Clan Ghost Bear

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Powerful [[Clans|Clansmen]], '''Clan Ghost Bear''' is one of the original twenty [[Clans]] founded by [[Nicholas Kerensky]].  Just like their totem animal, the [[Ghost Bear (species)|ghost bear]] found on [[Strana Mechty]], members of this Clan are known for their conservative nature and their strong sense of family.  Among the strongest of the Clans and the most stable, their cautious nature ensures they never rush into a situation unprepared, but also makes them slow to change with their unofficial mantra being "wait and see."  Originally of the [[Crusader Clans|Crusader]] mindset, they were one of the four original Clans to participate in the [[Clan Invasion]] in [[3050]], but following the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] their philosophy changed towards the [[Warden]]s, which they officially announced on the eve of the [[Great Refusal]].  Since then the Clan has moved wholesale into the [[Inner Sphere]] where they renamed their realm the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]].

==History==
[[Image:CGB-Elemental.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Ghost Bear Elemental]]

{{quote|
::Children of the Bear, hearken to my words:
::Be always vigilant.
::Learn for yourselves that which your forebears imparted
::So easily and freely;
::Demand of yourselves
::The foresight of Jorgensson
::And the courage of Tseng;
::Through them, we are strong.
::To them a debt is owed,
::Repaid through loyalty undying and Character unflinching.

::-From the ''Oath of Acceptance'', Clan Ghost Bear
}}

===Founding===
Clan Ghost Bear founders [[Hans Ole Jorgensson]] and [[Sandra Tseng]] were elite warriors serving [[Nicholas Kerensky]] during the [[Second Exodus]] from the [[Pentagon Worlds]] to the [[Kerensky Cluster]].  They were also husband and wife.  When Kerensky created the [[Clans]], he decided Jorgensson and Tseng were too valuable to assign together to a single Clan and would have separated the pair.  Rather than be separated or directly refuse the orders of the Founder, they chose to die together.  They traveled into the Antarctic wilderness of the planet [[Strana Mechty]], wandering until their supplies ran out.<ref name=IC14>''Invading Clans'', p. 14</ref><ref name=FMWC77>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 77</ref>

In a mountain cave, waiting for death, they encountered a ghost bear, a ferocious and (presumed to be solitary) predator.  Despite their circumstance, they would not go quietly, and roared a defiant challenge at the bear.  The bear did not attack, but circled and investigated until the pair, succumbing to cold and hunger, collapsed into unconsciousness.  For unknown reasons, the bear did not take them as prey while they slept, but warmed them with its body, and upon waking, brought them fresh meat to eat.  For three days it tended them this way, until they regained their strength.  Upon emerging from their shelter, the couple discovered that it had not been one ghost bear which sheltered and nurtured them, but an entire family unit.<ref name=IC14/><ref name=FMWC77/>

Inspired, they returned to the Founder and argued for the Clans to embrace the virtues of family and communal strength as a supplement to that of the individual.  Hearing their tale, he granted their request to remain together and assigned them to Clan Ghost Bear.  The couple easily bested their six opponents when they fought together in their [[Trial of Position]], allowing them to claim leadership of the Clan.  With the approval of the Founder, Tseng and Jorgensson set about creating the traditions of family and camaraderie that would come to define the Ghost Bear Clan.<ref name=IC14/><ref name=FMWC77/>

On the anniversary of their journey into the wild, the couple led a hunting party back into the Antarctic, where they happened upon a ghost bear.  Announcing himself with a ferocious war cry Jorgensson engaged and defeated the beast in single combat.  Shortly thereafter a second ghost bear was encountered by the party and slain by Tseng single combat; according to legend it was the first one's mate, and so fitting that they both were slain by the same couple.  By the time [[ilKhan]] Kerensky announced that each Clan would be led by two [[Khan]]s, the warriors of Clan Ghost Bear had become so accustomed to following Tseng and Jorgensson that the pair were voted in unanimously.<ref name=IC14/><ref name=FMWC77/><ref name=FMWC78>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 78</ref>

===Operation KLONDIKE===
{{main|Operation KLONDIKE}}

The Ghost Bears were contenders during the Trials to determine which Clans would invade [[Eden]], but unexpectedly lost their place to [[Clan Hell's Horses]].<ref name=HOKp89>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 89</ref>

Clan Ghost Bear was assigned, with Clans [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adder]], [[Steel Viper]] and [[Blood Spirit]], to the liberation of [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]] during Operation KLONDIKE. The Ghost Bears, resentful of Star Adder Khan [[Absalom Truscott]]'s dual role as planner of the entire Operation as well as commander of the Arcadia conquest, ignored his plan of attack.  The Ghost Bears were assigned to take and hold the landing zone for the other three Clans. Instead they landed two hours' march from the city of Cyaegha, capital of the [[Nation of Hastur]].  This left the Star Adders to face an entire regiment alone, which cost them heavily in DropShips and ground forces, and the life of Khan Truscott.<ref name=HOKp50-51>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 50–51</ref>

Khan Tseng and her Ghost Bears advanced on Cyaegha slowly and methodically.  The city was in two tiers: Inner Cyaegha was backed by a sheer cliff of the Great Ironwall Mountains and protected by a wall.  Outside the wall were slums and quarters for transients.  The Bears cleared the slums with a combination of loudspeakers and careful weapons strikes, causing the civilians to flee.  The Ghost Bear Aerospace Fighter Star, in two sorties, destroyed the Hastur combat air patrol and then engaged the rest of the Hastur air units.  The Ghost Bears lost three of their five fighters, but destroyed eight of Hastur's eleven.  The two remaining Bear fighters then gave close air support to their ground forces, just reaching the wall to the inner city.<ref name=HOKp52-53>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 52–53</ref>

The Ghost Bear siege of Cyaegha lasted ten days.  The Ghost Bears rotated forces in and out for rearming and repair while Hastur forces arrived from remote garrisons.  Finally, six volunteer [[MechWarrior]]s advanced to the wall under heavy covering fire.  Five survived to place heavy breaching charges, but only three were able to return to the Ghost Bear lines.  The wall was breached in five places, and the shockwaves leveled a quarter of the city.  Two hours later, the Hastur defenders were finished.<ref name=HOKp53>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 53</ref>

For the next six weeks, the Clan worked to rebuild and integrate Cyaegha while methodically eliminating Hastur holdouts to the east.  The former Hastur elites were forced to rebuild the outer city, home of the peasants, which led to public corporal and capital punishments to crush resistance and dissent.  Bringing in more refugees from outer areas and providing free food and medical care, along with punishing the corrupt former leaders, brought the average citizen over to support the Ghost Bears in time.<ref name=HOKp53/>

Matters did not go smoothly for the other Clans, especially the Star Adders.  The Ghost Bears ignored updates sent by the Star Adder Khans, and they also changed their IFF transponders and communications frequencies without sharing this information with the others.  The Ghost Bears also accused the Star Adders of taking objectives that were rightfully theirs.  On the seventeenth day after landing, two Ghost Bear BattleMechs were mistakenly identified as belonging to the Nation of Hastur and destroyed by a Star Adder patrol.  Scathing reports were sent to the other Khans on-world as well as to the [[ilKhan]].  [[Colleen Schmitt]], [[Khan of Clan Blood Spirit]], was able to mediate a settlement before matters escalated further.<ref name=HOKp52-53/>

Now grudgingly sharing information with the other Clans, the Ghost Bears joined the Star Adders in conquering the continent of Rechlan.<ref name=HOKp59>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 59</ref>  Beginning at the city of Garrak, the Bears moved east to face the [[Principality of Breck]] and the [[Principality of Xanadi]]. Both nations were composed of nomadic people.  Conquering the settlements was easy, but ruling them was not: so long as Ghost Bear military forces were present, the locals obeyed.  Once the threat of immediate force was gone, the administrators appointed by the Clan were simply ignored or even banished.<ref name=HOKp60>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 60</ref>

Khans Tseng and Jorgensson changed strategies: instead of trying to claim land, they sought out any armed force and eliminated it as a threat.  Difficult terrain, earthquakes, sandstorms, and hurricanes made progress slow, but eventually the Clan declared victory.  Even so, resistance would not end until the nomads were eventually forcibly resettled elsewhere on the world.<ref name=HOKp60/>

===Wolverine Annihilation===
Shortly after the end of Operation KLONDIKE an event took place which would forever stain the honor of Clan Ghost Bear and lead to a long-standing grudge between them and [[Clan Wolf]].  When the [[Not-Named Clan]]'s actions caused it to be the subject of a [[Trial of Annihilation]], the Ghost Bears had been especially determined to be given the honor of carrying out the execution, but were greatly disappointed when it went instead to Clan Wolf.  While the Clan's leadership agreed to abide by this decision, many in the lower ranks were still rankled.<ref name=IC15>''Invading Clans'', p. 15</ref><ref name=FMWC79>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 79</ref>

As members of the Not-Named Clan scattered to the four winds in an attempt to escape justice, a small group of them were spotted by a Ghost Bear patrol on one of the moons in the [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]] system.  However the patrol's commander, [[Star Captain]] Amon, did not raise the alarm and allowed the group to escape.  Only on his deathbed did Amon publicly reveal what had transpired, justifying his actions as not being his responsibility: if the honor of destroying the renegades was the Wolf Clan's, then it was their burden alone to do so.<ref name=IC15/><ref name=FMWC79/>

Clan Wolf was enraged when it learned of these facts and immediately launched punitive raids on the Ghost Bears.  These lasted for several days until Khan Tseng was able to defuse the situation, but the damage was done.  Not only would the enmity of Clan Wolf towards Clan Ghost Bear last for generations, many Ghost Bear warriors themselves felt shamed by the actions of Star Captain Amon.  Thereafter, every Ghost Bear warrior would take a solemn oath upon being inducted into the warrior caste to hunt down any Not-Named Clan members should they become known, regardless of the circumstances.<ref name=IC15/><ref name=FMWC79/>

{{quote|
::And this we hold sacred,
::That no Deed be left undone;
::The Not-Named escaped the Wolf,
::but they shall not escape the Bear again.

::-From the ''Oath of Acceptance'', Clan Ghost Bear<ref name=FMWC78/>
}}

===The Golden Century===

During the Golden Century, [[Sandra Tseng]] would die against Jaguar Khan [[Franklin Osis]], while protecting her genetic legacy. Khan Hans Ole Jorgensson retired and died ten years later. Clan Ghost Bear would shape the concept of family inside of their Clan, deciding to distrust outsiders, however they would change their attitude to a "wait and see" method. The Ghost Bears worked to develop asteroid mining techniques for metal and minerals. This would make them profitable among the Clan Homeworlds.<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 79: Clan Ghost Bear</ref>

===The Political Century===
While the idea of returning to the Inner Sphere - the [[Hidden Hope Doctrine]] - had been a part of Clan society since its inception, it wasn't until [[2980]] that this concept began to once again take root in the minds of Clan members and form what would become the [[Warden]] and [[Crusader Clans|Crusader]] political factions.  The [[Political Century]] would start in [[2984]] as scattered intelligence reports regarding the [[Periphery]] sparked the imagination of many and began a great debate between those who wished to protect the Inner Sphere and those who wished to retake it at the head of an invading army.<ref name=FMWC80>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 80</ref>

At the time Clan Ghost Bear was of the Crusader mindset and its Khan [[Nadia Winson]], was at the forefront of the arguments for conquest.  Captured as ''[[isorla]]'' from the Warden-minded Clan Wolf, Khan Winson was a staunch Crusader and, with support for her cause swelling among the Clans, called for a vote on the issue in the [[Grand Council]] in [[3000]].  Clan Wolf stymied the invasion by instead proposing the [[Dragoon Compromise]].  Ostensibly serving as a means of gathering intelligence on the state of affairs in the Inner Sphere, it not only led to the creation of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] but ultimately delayed the invasion for fifty years, by which point Khan Winson would not be able to participate in the invasion.<ref name=FMWC80/>

The arrival of the [[ComStar]] ship ''[[Outbound Light]]'' in [[3048]] necessitated an immediate vote to invade the Inner Sphere, which was again opposed by Clan Wolf.  In the resulting [[Trial of Refusal]] Clan Ghost Bear fought alongside [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] against the Wolves, narrowly defeating them.  In the process of that combat though both Khan [[Nornian Tseng]] and saKhan [[Ursula Jorgensson]] were killed by the Wolf Khan [[Ulric Kerensky]], leaving the Ghost Bears leaderless.  In the resulting vote to replace them the Ghost Bear warriors were inspired by a speech given by Kerensky to the Grand Council wherein he commented that new situations required new thinking.  Ignoring tradition they elected [[Karl Bourjon]] and [[Theresa DelVillar]] as Khan and saKhan.<ref name=FMWC80/>

The Ghost Bears fought bravely in the ensuing Trials to determine which four Clans would constitute the initial invasion force, taking their place alongside Clan Wolf, Clan Smoke Jaguar and Clan Jade Falcon.  A basic plan of attack was hammered out in the [[Grand Kurultai]] and the Ghost Bears were assigned a route through the [[Draconis Combine]] and [[Free Rasalhague Republic]].  In determining how best to prepare themselves to face the enemy Khan Bourjon anticipated facing little enemy resistance and wanted to avoid burdening the Homeworlds.  The Ghost Bears' invasion force therefore carried with them the fewest supplies of any Clan.<ref name=FMWC80/>

===Clan Invasion===
{{Main|Invasion corridor - Clan Ghost Bear}}
In the opening moves of [[Operation Revival]] the first worlds attacked were those along the [[Periphery]], lightly held targets protected by weak and unorganized forces.  Though the Ghost Bears were able to take these planets easily, such lopsided battles also engendered a false sense of confidence amongst themselves and underappreciation of Inner Sphere forces.  When the invasion proper of the Inner Sphere began the going was much more difficult: while they were able to win some impressive victories in the first two waves, notably [[Thule]] and [[Jarett]], many more were less than amazing.  The Ghost Bears were further hampered by inadequate logistical support, while in several cases the small garrison forces left behind on these worlds were overrun by local rebellions, requiring troops to be shifted back from the front lines to retake them.  The result was a Ghost Bear advance which was rapidly falling behind that of the other three Clans.<ref name=FMWC80/>

With their invasion of the Inner Sphere foundering, the Ghost Bear Khans were convinced by ilKhan Showers that the capture of [[Rasalhague]] would help revitalize their effort; it would also slow down Clan Wolf's dizzying pace, as the world was close enough to their [[Invasion corridor - Clan Wolf|invasion corridor]] to be a legitimate and prestigious target.  The third wave of the invasion would be focused on capturing the key world of [[Last Frontier]], defended by the [[1st Freemen (Free Rasalhague Republic)|First Freemen]], as a stepping stone.  Both Khans led their warriors in battle to victory against the green Rasalhague troops, but a chance [[LRM]] shot mortally wounded Theresa DelVillar, forcing a quorum of Bloodnamed warriors to be gathered to elect a new saKhan.<ref name=FMWC80/>
[[File:Ghost-Bear-Trap.jpg|thumb|right|250|Ghost Bear warriors caught off guard by Inner Sphere perfidy during the battle for [[Susquehanna]].]]
By a narrow majority the Clan's [[Oathmaster of Clan Ghost Bear|Oathmaster]], [[Star Captain]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]], was voted in as the new saKhan, and for her first act she publicly criticized Khan Bourjon's poor strategic skills and incompetent execution of the invasion.  Her condemnation was echoed by many of the assembled warriors, and she challenged the Khan for his position, nominating in her place the aerospace pilot [[Star Colonel]] [[Bjorn Jorgensson]].  By a vote of no confidence Karl Bourjon was stripped of his position and, with unanimous support, Bjorn Jorgensson became the new Khan.  Bourjon challenged Jorgensson to a [[Trial of Refusal]] to keep his position, choosing to fight in his 'Mech against Jorgensson's ''[[Kirghiz]]'' fighter, but the battle's outcome was never in doubt and Jorgensson officially became Clan Ghost Bear's new Khan.<ref name=FMWC80/><ref name=FMWC81>''Field Manuals: Warden Clans'', p. 81</ref>

Khan Jorgenson instituted a number of reforms, most importantly contracting the hated [[Clan Steel Viper]] to garrison several of their worlds, in order to free up more troops and reorganize the war effort going forwards.  This delayed the crucial bid for Rasalhague until 7 July, which took place aboard the Clan Wolf flagship ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz#Named Vessels|Dire Wolf]]''.  The bidding that followed was intense and well bargained, but when the [[cutdown]] dropped below five [[Cluster]]s Jorgensson realized he would lose, and so drove the opposing Wolves down to three in order to weaken them as much as possible.  To the surprise of everyone else, the Wolves succeeded in conquering Rasalhague with just three Clusters, and the help of bondsman [[Phelan Kell]], over the course of fifteen days.<ref name=FMWC81/>

Nevertheless, the Clan continued to see success as it moved forward with the third and fourth waves of the invasion, capturing a large number of worlds.  More importantly was a change in policy towards the conquered populace, treating them with more sympathy and presenting a more positive image of the Ghost Bears, though it would take many years for this new attitude to bear fruit.  The fourth wave of the invasion would come to a sudden halt with the unexpected death of ilKhan Showers and the invaders were forced to return to Clan space to elect a new leader.<ref name=FMWC81/>

A number of other important changes, in both policy and politics, were also implemented during this period.  Clan Ghost Bear's [[Merchant Caste]] were directed to create an unbroken supply chain from the Homeworlds to the Inner Sphere, bringing an end to the matériel shortages which had previously bogged down the invasion and laying the groundwork for future events.  As well the ritual of ''[[zellbrigen]]'' was to be dispensed with when dealing with any Inner Sphere military unit, not just ''[[dezgra]]'' [[mercenaries]], unless they were willing to accept it.  More privately, saKhan Kabrinski gradually began to shift her views from Crusader to Warden, though for reasons not entirely understood, bringing her into line with Khan Jorgensson's own well-concealed beliefs.  This change in political attitude at the top of the Ghost Bear hierarchy had a trickle-down effect on many of the Clan's warriors, who began changing their own views as well.<ref name=FMWC81/>

The fifth wave of the invasion was a stunning success, culminating in the capture of eighteen Inner Sphere worlds including [[Alshain]], the capital world of the [[Draconis Combine]]'s [[Alshain Military District]].  This vital strategic and industrial center would be turned into the Ghost Bear's headquarters as the fifth wave continued on with no end in sight.<ref name=FMWC81/>

====Battle of Tukayyid====
Upon ''[[ilKhan]]'' [[Ulric Kerensky]]'s announcement of the proxy battle with [[ComStar]] on [[Tukayyid]], the Ghost Bear Khans were divided in their response to it, ''[[saKhan]]'' Kabrinski holding complete confidence in victory while Khan Jorgensson disapproved of the entire ''batchall'' for its inclusion of the fifteen-year truce. Ultimately however, the Bears took part in the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], earning the right to descend in the fifth hour of combat with an official bid of three frontline Galaxies; [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha]], [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Beta]] and [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Delta]].<ref name=T-48>''Tukayyid'', pp. 48–56: "Campaign: Clan Ghost Bear"</ref><ref name=IC-29>''Invading Clans'', p. 29: "Tukayyid: World of Fate"</ref><ref name=FMWC-82>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 82: "The Roaring Bear"</ref>

Assigned the primary and secondary targets of Spanac and Luk, the twin cities were defended by the veteran-ranked [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[1st Army (ComStar)|First Army]] supported by the green [[4th Army (ComStar)|Fourth Army]]. Confident in the strength of their troops, the Bear Khans laid out a simple and direct plan, sending their elite Alpha Galaxy to target Spanac while Beta and Delta focused on Luk. While the First Army commander's [[Precentor]] [[Katherine Luarca]] refusal to commit the extremely green Fourth Army to the fight and the Bears' superior skills allowed Alpha to easily take Spanac, the Com Guards succeeded in blunting the Bears' assault against Luk, with the Bear Khans redeploying Beta and Delta to reinforce Spanac.<ref name=T-48/><ref name=IC-29/><ref name=FMWC-82/>

Leaving Beta and Delta to defend their captured primary target, the Bears' Alpha Galaxy advanced towards Luk, the Fourth Army came close to folding until Precentor Luarca commanded the remains of the First Army in a strike against the Bears' primary supply depot at Spanac. As she hoped, Luarca's attack forced the Ghost Bears to choose which was more important: the now vital ammunition, or continuing the offensive against Luk. Eventually choosing to return to Spanac, while Alpha fought off the raid, they suffered such losses in the process that they could not resume the attack on Luk.<ref name=T-48/><ref name=IC-29/><ref name=FMWC-82/>

Able to hold Spanac but lacking the strength to take Luk, [[ilKhan]] Kerensky declared the Ghost Bear campaign ended with a partial victory. With [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]] preparing to redeploy additional Com Guard troops to face them, the Bears chose to safeguard what they had won and accepted the judgment with minimal complaint.<ref name=T-48/><ref name=IC-29/><ref name=FMWC-82/>

===Relocation and the Great Refusal===
In the wake of the defeat on Tukayyid and honor-bound to heed the fifteen-year truce imposed upon them, the Ghost Bear Khans decided to put their efforts into strengthening their vast holdings in the Inner Sphere.  Not only were several ambitious industrial expansion projections begun and the merchant caste (under warrior supervision) allowed limited trade with the Inner Sphere, but the occupation of conquered worlds was ended and their local governments put back in power.  While these efforts proved fruitful, expansion had stymied by [[3054]], a result of the months-long delay in travel between the Homeworlds and the Inner Sphere.  Resentment was also growing between those left behind in the [[Kerensky Cluster]], who had to make do with meager resources, and those living on the bountiful worlds of the Inner Sphere.  Thus Khan Jorgensson proposed a bold plan to move his Clan wholesale into the Inner Sphere and, as per Clan traditions, put the matter to a vote by the whole warrior caste.  The motion passed and beginning in early [[3055]] the relocation effort got underway.<ref name=FMWC82>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 82</ref><ref name=FMU10>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 10</ref>

The impressive scale of the undertaking was overshadowed only by the fact that the Ghost Bears maintained absolute secrecy; though the relocation was not against any laws or traditions, it would certainly result in the other Clans launching predatory attacks to take advantage of the situation (as what happened to [[Clan Nova Cat]]). Only [[Clan Snow Raven]], the Bears' perennial allies, were privy to the plan, and were instrumental in converting the mothballed ''[[Leviathan (WarShip class)|Leviathan]]''-class dreadnoughts into [[Leviathan Heavy Transport (WarShip class)|Ark-Ships]] for the migration.  It was not until the move was nearly complete - the last Bear ark-ship leaving Clan space in early [[3060]] - that a formal announcement of their relocation had been made, and by then the reborn [[Second Star League]]'s [[Task Force Serpent]] had landed on [[Huntress]].  In the [[Great Refusal]] that followed, Khan Jorgensson famously and controversially renounced the Crusader cause, allowing the Ghost Bears and other Warden Clans to extricate themselves from the Trials.<ref name=FMWC82/><ref name=FMU10/>

Apart from their enclave on Arcadia, granted to them by Nicholas Kerensky himself, and their traditional outpost on Strana Mechty, the Ghost Bear Clan succeeded in their relocation to their Inner Sphere Occupation Zone, which was renamed the ''[[Ghost Bear Dominion]]''.  What's more, their move was vindicated when, in the wake of the Great Refusal, a motion to [[Trial of Abjuration|Abjure]] the Clan was hastily proposed and subsequently defeated.  Tensions between former citizens of the FRR and the Ghost Bears were also eased as those living within the Dominion were granted a great deal of freedom, including in how they were ruled, while the Ghost Bears themselves began to embrace the Inner Sphere's way of life.<ref name=FMWC82/><ref name=FMU11>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 11</ref>

While removed from the events of the [[FedCom Civil War]], the Ghost Bears became embroiled in [[Combine-Ghost Bear War|a conflict with the Draconis Combine]] when rogue elements raided their new capital of [[Alshain]].  When Clan Hell's Horses took advantage of the situation to attack their bitter rivals in early [[3063]], the Ghost Bears managed an honorable end to the conflict with the Combine and turned their attention to the Hell's Horses.  Such was the quickness and the fury of their counterassault that not only were all of the Hell's Horses gains reversed, but they themselves were completely ejected from the Inner Sphere when the Ghost Bear Clan conquered all three of their worlds.  The Ghost Bears would go on to capture [[Gunzburg]] and, eventually, Rasalhague itself from Clan Wolf, the instigators of the Hell's Horses' attack.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 13</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 14</ref>

===Jihad===
The Ghost Bears deployed forces to Tukayyid while the world was blockaded by the [[Word of Blake]], forces which arrived on the 11th of July [[3070]] and destroyed the Blakist ships in the system. This was followed shortly by [[Ragnar Magnusson]] speaking to the Free Rasalhague Republic government on [[Orestes]] on the 21st of August, where Magnusson spoke on behalf of the Ghost Bear Dominion, beginning negotiations for an accord that would represent "all Rasalhagian peoples."<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

On 21 December [[3074]], the Clan deployed three [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] to [[Luthien]], to fully exterminate all Word of Blake forces. The operation was complete by the end of the month.<ref name=JTPL_7_AG>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7: "Alpha Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"</ref><ref name=JTPL_11>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 11: "Damnation"</ref> The Clan also wiped out the Word of Blake forces on [[Pesht]] during the same timeframe; in both instances, the Ghost Bears fought without once offering ''[[zellbrigen]]'' to any Word unit, and any [[DCMS]] forces that attempted to interfere with the Ghost Bear campaigns were destroyed as well.<ref name="JHS3076p55">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 55: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The Ghost Bear forces then abruptly withdrew from both worlds in mid-January [[3075]], leaving the Combine scrambling to find relief forces to fortify the worlds; the DCMS units that arrived in the wake of the Ghost Bear actions found no sign of any Blakist troop presence.<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

Just as they had intervened on Pesht and Benjamin without any announcement, warning or discussion, the Ghost Bears soon embroiled themselves in the conflict for the hidden Word of Blake facility known as the [[Ruins of Gabriel]], concealed in the [[Odessa]] system of the [[Lyran Alliance]]. Having been driven from the system by a coalition of allied forces, the Blakists had recaptured the facility in mid-April 3075, and proceeded to fight the initial counterattack in mid-May by Lyran and [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] forces to a standstill. The Ghost Bears jumped to the Odessa system on the 21st of May, arriving via a pirate point, and ordered the Lyran and Wolf-in-Exile forces to stand down, crippling a Lyran [[WarShip]] that didn't follow their order. The Ghost Bears then attacked the Blakist forces at the Ruins of Gabriel, but were unable to prevent the Blakists from scuttling the facility and escaping.<ref name="JHS:Tp16">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

The Ghost Bear forces in the Draconis Combine continued to advance in August 3075, striking at the Word of Blake forces on [[Alya]], [[Cebalrai]], [[Eltanin]], [[Kaus Borealis]] and [[Vega]]. The [[7th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|7th Bear Regulars]] and the [[69th Provisional Garrison (Clan Ghost Bear)|69th Provisional Garrison Cluster]] were early casualties of this wave of planetary assaults; the Blakist troops on Cebalrai resorted to detonating a large neutron bomb as a part of their desperate defense, and the resulting blast wiped out both Ghost Bear units along with the remaining defenders and thousands of civilians.<ref name="J:FRp54"/><ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

On the 14th of September, 3075, a small diplomatic party led by [[Devlin Stone]] traveled to Kaus Borealis to meet with the Ghost Bears, seeking to enlist the Ghost Bears' assistance in the growing allied coalition against the Word of Blake. The mission was successful, with the Ghost Bears agreeing to help a week after the first meeting. This was followed on the 6th of October by Ghost Bear forces assaulting the occupied worlds of [[Ascella]], [[Kaus Australis]] and [[Kaus Media]], although the advance on Ascella stalled when Blakist [[Pocket WarShip]]s attacked the Ghost Bear [[DropShip]]s as they were inbound to the planet, destroying half of the Ghost Bear ships.<ref name="J:FRp54"/><ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

In early November [[3075]] the Ghost Bears sent a delegation to meet with [[Clan Snow Raven]] in the [[Outworlds Alliance]] in a bid to negotiate for the Snow Ravens to commit to supporting the coalition. By mid-December these negotiations had been successful and the Ghost Bears were able to assault Ascella for a second time, this time with assistance from Snow Raven support assets. Devlin Stone and a coalition force arrived in the Ascella system at roughly the same time, and also assaulted the Blakist forces on the planet; while the Ghost Bears battled for control of the primary industrial complexes and planetary spaceport for two weeks while the Blakists employed scorched earth tactics constantly against them, [[Stone's Lament]] captured both the HPG compound and Ascella's capital city in only a week.<ref name="JHS:Tp19">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 19: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The delegation headed up by [[Aletha Kabrinski]] and sent to negotiate with the Snow Ravens left the Outworlds Alliance on the 16th of February [[3076]], escorted by the two naval [[Star]]s of ships the Snow Ravens contributed to the coalition.<ref name="J:FRp55"/><ref name="JHS:Tp20">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 20: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

While the Ghost Bears continued to conduct operations against the Blakists, [[Clan Diamond Shark]] initiated a Trial with the Ghost Bears on the 7th of May 3076, winning the right to establish a trading enclave on [[Tukayyid]].<ref name="J:FRp55"/><ref name="JHS:Tp21">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

The combined Ghost Bear and Snow Raven forces launched a number of major assaults in July and September 3076, with the first wave in July striking at the Protectorate worlds of [[Dyev]], [[Kervil]], [[Ko]], [[Lambrecht]], [[Moore]] and [[Sabik]], followed by a second wave in September that expanded the combined Clan front against the Protectorate by striking at [[Lyons]], [[Pike IV]] and [[Skandia]].<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The Ghost Bears chose to respond to a mutiny at home in the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] among certain Rasalhague units by stalling their combat actions against the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] to allow them to return all of the deployed units that were ethnically Rasalhagian commands back to Dominion space to deal with the mutiny. The various units departed for Dominion space on the 5th of November, and by the end of December the revolt had failed, with the various Free Rasalhague resistance groups in Dominion space going dormant.<ref name="J:FRp56"/><ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

In early December 3076 a news report entitled ''"A Time of War"'' produced by the interstellar news company [[INN]] contained opinions from an INN Senior Analyst named [[Farouk O'Reilly]] on the major contributing factors behind the genocidal tactics the Ghost Bears had been using against the Word of Blake. O'Reilly cited the apparent death of Khan [[Bjorn Jorgensson]] in the terrorist bombing on [[Arc-Royal]] in [[3073]], the Blakist attacks on Tukayyid and later [[Radstadt]] and, most of all, the destruction of almost the entire Tseng Bloodhouse. While the article couldn't confirm the rumors that House Tseng had been destroyed, it led to speculation that only the Ghost Bear Loremaster [[Laurie Tseng]] and a handful of Bloodnamed warriors had survived an attempt to eliminate the entire Bloodhouse, and that the damage inflicted on the house had been administered via some sort of gene-tailored bioweapon.<ref name="JHS:Tp17+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 17–18: "Righteous Fury"</ref>

The Dominion world of [[Alshain]] was rocked by a terrorist bombing on the 31st of December [[3078]], for which the [[Motstånd]] terrorist group claimed responsibility. The explosion killed several hundred Rasalhagian and Ghost Bear civilians, several members of the Unity Council and the former First Prince, [[Christian Månsdottir]]. Ghost Bear paramilitary police pursued the Motstånd leadership as a result, killing [[Albert Gronvold-Minami]] on [[Stanzach]] on the 2nd of January [[3079]], and nearly capturing [[Cilla Amdahl]] a week later on [[Tinaca]].<ref name="J:FRp60">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 60: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

===Wars of Reaving===
Clan Ghost Bear would take their final departure from the Clan Homeworlds and into the Inner Sphere. They were targeted by the Home Clans due to their "tainted" status in the Inner Sphere. As a result, their Blood Chapels would be targeted along with their territories. The Bears would gather their final convoy and leave the Homeworlds for good. They would be considered abjured with the other Clans.

====Operation SCOUR====
The Ghost Bears took an active part in [[Operation SCOUR]], the four-pronged invasion of the Word of Blake Protectorate conducted by the allied coalition assembled by Devlin Stone. Prominent actions the Ghost Bears were involved in included the campaign to liberate [[Asta]] in March [[3077]] which saw the noted officer [[Andrew Redburn]] rescued from captivity after being presumed dead years before on [[Tukayyid]],<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> as well as joining with DCMS forces in October to liberate [[Dieron]], one of the largest coalition deployments of 3077.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

===Dark Age===
In [[3103]], the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] was renamed the [[Rasalhague Dominion]]. It is ruled by the [[Dominion Council]].{{cn}}
After Fortress Republic's Walls fell, and the Fortress was invaded, the Bears didn't move. The Vega Protectorate people began to agitate, after planets [[Atria]] and [[Ko]] wanted to join the Republic. To calm the people, the Dominion would attack the Draconis Combine, easily taking the planets [[Lambrecht]] and [[Dyev]], citing the Vegans' claims for protection. The Dominion didn't make further offensive moves.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 83</ref>

===IlClan Era===
{{main|Dominion Civil War}}
The dawn of the [[IlClan Era]] deeply affected the Dominion. After the [[IlClan Trial]], both Ghost Bears Khans travelled to [[Terra]], assisting with [[Alaric Ward]]'s crowning as [[First Lord of the Third Star League]] and pledging their Clan's support to the [[IlClan]]. However, the massive vote across the 110 systems of the Dominion left the population heavily polarized between two factions: the [[Joiners]] and [[Deniers]].<ref>''Dominions Divided'', p. 44: "The Votes Are In"</ref>
 
Alaric's refusal to accept the Dominion into the Star League became the catalyst of the Dominion Civil War, with heavy casualties between Dominion civilian and warriors. After it had ended and peace was restored, the Dominion began an invasion of the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref>''Dominions Divided'', p. 87: "A Short, Popular War"</ref>

==Culture==
While they had few official ceremonies and customs, the Ghost Bears could be defined by a number of broad traditions which were reinforced through education and the military chain of command.

===Strength===
First among these traditions was a high value placed on the virtue of strength.  [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and even aerospace pilots underwent the same hand-to-hand combat training as [[Elementals]], and every year teams from every Galaxy competed in a Clan decathlon.  The winner of these contests earned considerable respect and a seat at the head of the table in the celebratory feast afterwards.  This virtue was limited not just to physical strength but also strength in purpose and character, a factor which has helped the Clan survive even their own self-inflicted wounds.<ref name=FMWC83>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 83</ref>

This reverence for strength was perhaps best personified in the '''Clawing Ritual''', a rite of passage undertaken by only the bravest Ghost Bear warriors.  Every year the highest-ranking un-Clawed warrior in each Cluster traveled to Strana Mechty, where they participated in a month-long period of reflection and purification led by the Clan [[Loremaster]].  Once this period was over, the candidates were grouped by Galaxy into hunting parties, given basic provisions including a simple metal spear and hunting dogs, and entered the planet's punishing Antarctic region to kill a ghost bear and bring back its carcass as proof.  This ritual, an attempt to relive the experiences of the Clan's founders, resulted in less than half of the hunting parties returning from their journey, and fewer still successfully, though usually at least one party would return with a ghost bear.  Amid a great ceremony, the ghost bear was skinned, its pelt fashioned into cloaks for the victors, and its flesh roasted and eaten by all so that they may ingest a portion of its essence.  While there was no dishonor in failure, those who survived the Clawing were destined to rise to the Clan's highest echelons.<ref name=FMWC83/>

Initially, the ritual demanded a return to [[Strana Mechty]], but after the Clan moved to the Inner Sphere, they introduced the Ghost Bear to several planets, successfully.<ref>''Trial by Chaos'', p. 133</ref>

===Family===
Another defining aspect of the Clan was the concept of family.  While the word soon became repugnant to other Clans, for the Ghost Bears it had unique value given their founding by a married couple.  Tseng and Jorgensson did their best to impart a sense of camaraderie and fellowship among the first warriors, to make them a true family and create stronger ties beyond that of a normal military unit.  While the intensity of these feelings faded over time as the Clan grew in size and new practices such as the [[iron womb]] became normal, the general sense of being part of a family remained. Lifelong friendships were common among the Ghost Bears, and many warriors maintained tight bonds with their ''trothkin'' and Starmates.<ref name=FMWC84>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 84</ref>  This valuing of family is also visible in the political arena: unlike in other Clans, a [[Bloodname]] is not required for participation in the [[Clan Council]] and all Ghost Bear warriors are allowed a vote.<ref name=IC14/>

===Patience===
The Ghost Bears were perhaps best understood by the phrase "to tread without care is to court disaster."  What started as a general tendency became an overarching philosophy among the Clan: one must take measured steps going through life, and partial commitment to a cause is worse than none at all.  Nothing was undertaken without due consideration, including the introduction of new technologies and concepts.  For example, when faced with a new battle tactic, a decision of whether to adopt it or not would be made only after careful testing and observation, typically while another Clan employed it in actual combat; if proven to work it would then be adopted wholeheartedly by the Ghost Bears.<ref name=FMWC83/>

This virtue also expressed itself in another tradition, that of the '''Great Work'''.  [[Kilbourne Jorgensson]], an accomplished sculptor and musician, worked on a life-size sculpture of the ghost bear he killed during his Clawing throughout his entire life.  When asked one day if he was nearly finished, the Khan cryptically replied "When I am finished, so will the statue be finished."  He died in battle later that month, and his sculpture gave rise to the idea of each person creating their own "Great Work" to express dedication to a long-term goal or cause.  By tradition every warrior (and many lower caste members) is expected to begin a Great Work after they have come of age, whether it be a painting, a musical composition or some other artistic work, and work on it little by little each day.  Sometimes a Great Work will be a collaborative effort among ''trothkin'', especially for Works of great size and complexity; these have extra value as they also emphasizes teamwork.  The Work is performed or displayed at the warrior's funeral ceremony, included in their [[Codex]] after death, and put on perpetual display near their [[Blood Chapel]] in Svoboda Zemylya on Strana Mechty.<ref name=FMWC83/>

===Civilian Castes===
Clan Ghost Bear civilians were well treated, with a way of life comparable to that of civilians in the Inner Sphere.  The value of family extends to them as well: warriors often kept ties to civilian blood kin, and those who tested out of the Warrior caste viewed their new status pragmatically, putting their full energies into their new roles.<ref name=HOKp125>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 125</ref>

==Military==
{{Main|Clan Ghost Bear Touman}}
Through most of their history the [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|Ghost Bear ''touman'']] was one of the largest of the Clans, thanks to the easy access of raw materials during the Golden Century, a slow and steady buildup of forces and, following the disaster at Tukayyid, keeping large-scale conflict to a minimum.  Due to their wealth the Ghost Bears were able to build up their ''touman'' as they saw fit, rather than develop their combat doctrine around what was available, and took a methodical, thorough approach to warfare.  A preference for speed and strength means they not only employed heavier-than-average [[BattleMech]]s, but also ones whose powerful weapons arrays could compromise their armor and heat sinks.  In particular the ''[[Mad Dog]]'' and ''[[Executioner]]'' were highly favored as heavy-hitting platforms which featured a variety of ranged weapons (though after Tukayyid they tended more towards energy weapons), while the heavy ''[[Viper (Dragonfly)|Viper]]'' served as the Clan's primary scout.  A strong affinity for [[battle armor]] meant the Ghost Bears fielded perhaps the largest contingent of [[Elementals]] of any Clan - using the nominally weak but ultrafast ''[[Fire Moth]]'' as their primary carrier - and were the only ones with an entire [[Galaxy]] of these armored troopers.  Many of the Elemental tactics pioneered by Kilbourne Jorgensson, an Elemental himself, were used to great effect long after his passing, with only [[Clan Hell's Horses]] boasting more expertise in this area.  If the Ghost Bears' ''touman'' had a flaw it was in their aerospace arm which, while often considered small and second-rate, was still capable of defending their ground forces from an aerial assault.<ref name=FMWC83/><ref name=FMWC84/>

Compared to other top-heavy Clans the Ghost Bears maintained an open command structure with greater flexibility.  Warriors were expected to innovate and think for themselves while also deferring to their superiors and the overall battle plan.  Training was intense and emphasized physical strength and personal combat skills among all warrior types, while failure in an aspiring warrior's [[Trial of Position]] did not result in their downgrading to one of the civilian castes.  In an attempt to avoid wasting the cadet's early training, they would instead be shifted to another warrior subcaste based on their aptitude tests, where they would hopefully succeed.  Only if the cadet failed to earn a position in their new subcaste would they be relegated to a civilian position.  The general cultural emphasis on family meant Ghost Bear military units benefited from an unrivaled ''esprit de corps.'' Their move from the Pentagon Worlds to the Inner Sphere also necessitated the development of a highly advanced logistical system, a factor which has helped them in maintaining their spread-out forces.<ref name=FMWC83/><ref name=FMWC84/>

However, the typical Ghost Bear mindset was not without its flaws.  While the bonds of true friendship could inspire great acts of heroism, they could also cause warriors to take unwise risks on behalf of their ''trothkin'' and lose sight of the true objective.  This can also cause problems when introducing new warriors to an already established team or when attempting to re-form a unit out of the surviving fragments of older ones.  For this reason, transfers took place at the [[Star]] or [[Binary]] level rather than individually.  The Ghost Bears' conservative nature also meant they were less inclined to adopt new weapons and tactics until after a lengthy testing and observation process so as to not disrupt the rank and file with unproven technology and thinking.<ref name=FMWC83/><ref name=FMWC84/>

==Exclusive Ghost Bear Bloodnames==
The Ghost Bears are unique for having never adopted the aerospace pilot phenotype for their [[trueborn]] warriors.  Instead, Ghost Bear pilot bloodlines differ little from MechWarrior ones.  This decision was made by Ghost Bear scientists who felt that the loss in physical strength and stamina was not a worthy tradeoff for the slight advantages of seeing further and thinking quicker.<ref name=TCWKp80-81>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', pp. 80–81</ref>  The Ghost Bear viewpoint was seemingly vindicated during Operation Revival, when Inner Sphere pilots proved every bit the equal to their genetically engineered counterparts.<ref name=FMWC86>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 86</ref>

=== Bloodnames ===
{|class="wikitable" width='800' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! colspan="5" | Founding Bloodnames:<ref name="H:OKp35">''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 35: "Origins of the Bloodnames: The Clans' Founders</ref>
|-
| [[Allin (Bloodname)|Allin]]
| [[Babushkina (Bloodname)|Babushkina]]
| [[Bazso (Bloodname)|Bazso]]
| [[Bekker (Bloodname)|Bekker]]
| [[Bourjon (Bloodname)|Bourjon]]
|-
| [[Carrera (Bloodname)|Carrera]]
| [[Cook (Bloodname)|Cook]]
| [[Cote (Bloodname)|Cote]]
| [[DelVillar (Bloodname)|DelVillar]]
| [[Devon (Bloodname)|Devon]]
|-
| [[Forrester (Bloodname)|Forrester]]
| [[Gilmour (Bloodname)|Gilmour]]
| [[Gurdel (Bloodname)|Gurdel]]
| [[Hall, Aslanbek (Bloodname)|Hall]]
| [[Hambash (Bloodname)|Hambash]]
|-
| [[Hannifan (Bloodname)|Hannifan]]
| [[Harlow (Bloodname)|Harlow]]
| [[Hawkins (Bloodname)|Hawkins]]
| [[Homaovi (Bloodname)|Homaovi]]
| [[Ivankova (Bloodname)|Ivankova]]
|-
| [[Jorgensson, Hans (Bloodname)|Jorgensson]]
| [[Kabrinski (Bloodname)|Kabrinski]]
| [[Lemmons (Bloodname)|Lemmons]]
| [[MacKenzie (Bloodname)|MacKenzie]]
| [[Memba (Bloodname)|Memba]]
|-
| [[Noble (Bloodname)|Noble]]
| [[Oldebrecht (Bloodname)|Oldebrecht]]
| [[Ortiz (Bloodname)|Ortiz]]
| [[Polkamp (Bloodname)|Polkamp]]
| [[Rand (Bloodname)|Rand]]
|-
| [[Silva (Bloodname)|Silva]]
| [[Snuka (Bloodname)|Snuka]]
| [[Sóbis (Bloodname)|Sóbis]]
| [[Tseng (Bloodname)|Tseng]]
| [[Vishio (Bloodname)|Vishio]]
|-
| [[Vong (Bloodname)|Vong]]
| [[Wayne (Bloodname)|Wayne]]
| [[Weißenborn (Bloodname)|Weißenborn]]
| [[Woods (Bloodname)|Woods]]
| [[Zeevi (Bloodname)|Zeevi]]
|-
! colspan="5" | Exclusive Bloodnames Post–Operation REVIVAL:<ref name=FMWC86/>
|-
! General
! MechWarriors
! Elementals
! Aerospace Pilots
! ProtoMech Pilots
|-
| Gurdel
| Bekker
| DelVillar
| Bourjon
|
|-
| Snuka
| Hall
| Kabrinski
| Gilmour
|
|-
|
| Jorgensson
| Vong
| Devon
|
|-
|
| Tseng
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="5" | Exclusive Bloodnames Post–Wars of Reaving:<ref name="WoRp195">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 195: "Bloodnames of the Council of Six Clans"</ref>
|-
! General
! MechWarriors
! Elementals
! Aerospace Pilots
! ProtoMech Pilots
|-
| Gurdel
| Bekker
| DelVillar
| Bourjon
|
|-
| Magnusson
| Hall
| Kabrinski
| Devon
|
|-
| Snuka<sup>*</sup>
| Jorgensson
| Vong<sup>*</sup>
|
|
|-
|
| Tseng<sup>*</sup>
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="5" | Shared Bloodnames Post–Wars of Reaving:<ref name="WoRp195"/><br>(Column titles signify the other Clans with which the Bloodnames are shared)
|-
! Diamond Shark
! Hell's Horses
! Jade Falcon
! Snow Raven
! Wolf
|-
| Hawker
| Hawker
| Icaza
| Gilmour
| Gilmour
|-
| Thastus
| Icaza
| Thastus
|
| Hawker
|-
|
| Lankenau<sup>x</sup>
|
|
| Lankenau<sup>x</sup>
|-
|
|
|
|
| Sradac
|}
<sup>*</sup> This signifies a Bloodname with a Bloodcount of five or less active Bloodrights<br>
<sup>x</sup> This signifies a Bloodname with genefather rights only

==Rulers==
===Khans===

See: [[Khan of Clan Ghost Bear]]

===saKhans===

See: [[SaKhan of Clan Ghost Bear]]

===Loremasters===

See: [[Loremaster of Clan Ghost Bear]]

==Inter-Clan Relations==
The family nature and political stance of the Ghost Bear Clan has given them few allies and enemies. These relations would continue after their own Abjurations from Clan Space.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"; text-align:center;
|-
!Clan Name
!Symbol
!Relationship
!Reason
|-
|'''[[Clan Snow Raven]]'''
|[[Image:Clan Snow Raven Insignia.png|100px]]
|Ally
|The Ghost Bears hold great respect for the Snow Ravens, believing that they would be unstoppable if paired together.
|-
|'''[[Clan Diamond Shark]]'''
|[[Image:Clan Diamond Shark.jpg|100px]]
|Ally
|Clan Diamond Shark has gained the respect of the Ghost Bears after trading resources and being given their worlds in turn after the Bears' departure to the Inner Sphere.
|-
|'''[[Clan Hell's Horses]]'''
|[[Image:Clan Hell's Horses.jpg|100px]]
|Ally
|The Ghost Bears gave Clan Hell's Horses the honor of being their true enemy; during the Battle of Tokasha, a Hell's Horses sniper unknowingly killed the Ghost Bears' beloved Khan, [[Kilbourne Jorgensson]]. Both Horses and Bear warriors stood in silence for a moment, not fully realizing what happened.  But eventually the Ghost Bears fought in full fury to avenge their fallen Khan. The Bear-Horses feud ended in the early 3070s, when [[Jake Kabrinski]] was captured by Clan Hell's Horses and used as an emissary to make peace with the Ghost Bear Clan.
|}

Although the Clan has few enemies, some of them have garnered the hatred of the Ghost Bears.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"; text-align:center;
|-
!Clan Name
!Symbol
!Relationship
!Reason
|-
|'''[[Clan Wolf]]'''
|[[Image:Clan Wolf logo.png|100px]]
|Enemy
|The Ghost Bears also hold a grudge toward Clan Wolf after being denied a role in hunting down survivors of the [[Clan Wolverine|Not-Named-Clan]]. The Ghost Bears allowed the survivors to flee out of spite, although this action has haunted them to this day.
|-
|'''[[Clan Steel Viper]]'''
|[[Image:Clan Steel Viper logo.png|100px]]
|Enemy
|The Ghost Bears hold the Vipers in contempt, given their isolationist nature and insular attitude towards others.
|-
|}

Post-Reavings, the Ghost Bears count the remaining Invading Clans as their only allies, having sworn off all contacts with their [[Home Clans|Homeworld brethren]] as a part of the formation of the [[Council of Six]].

==Era Specific Data==
===3062===
'''Ghost Bear Demographics'''<br />
Affiliation: Warden<br />

'''Clan Space Worlds:'''<br />
Arcadia (25 percent)<br />
Capital: Alshain (IS)<br />
Population (Clan Space): 24,294,000 (3060)<br />
Population growth rate: 2.1 percent (43/22)<br />
Self-Sufficiency Index: 99 percent<br />

'''Leaders:'''<br />
Khan: Bjorn Jorgensson<br />
saKhan: Aletha Kabrinski<br />
Loremaster: Laurie Tseng<br />
Scientist-General: Jorge (Agassiz)<br />
Merchant Factor: Werner<br />
Master Technician: Alejandro<br />
Senior Laborer: Alia<br />

'''Military:'''<br />
Clusters: 58<br />
WarShips: 14<br />

==References==
<references/>

==Bibliography==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
* ''[[Dominions Divided]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)|Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Luthien]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]''
{{div col end}}

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[[Category: Factions|Clans, Clan Ghost Bear]]