KHAN, CLAN JADE FALCON
Preferred BattleMech: Summoner

Elias Crichell, senior Khan of Clan Jade Falcon, is the foremost political leader within the Clans and is widely expected to become the ilKhan once the Truce of Tukayyid is formally repudiated. Though he has never been credited with tactical genius, he compensates for this flaw by surrounding himself with the best and brightest warriors in his Clan. An adroit politician, Khan Crichell manages to share the credit for these warriors' successes while distancing himself from their failures. Crichell's age is testimony to his survival skills; he is well into his sixties, and his days of piloting a BattleMech are virtually over. He has relied on his saKhan, Vandervahn Chistu, to carry the Falcon banner into battle for the past several years.
Suspecting that Chistu had ambitions to supplant him, Khan Crichell supported Star Captain Vlad of the Wolf Clan in his Trial of Grievance against the saKhan. Upon Chistu's death, Khan Crichell maneuvered to make Vlad his ally by granting him a Bloodname and partly repudiating the Rite of Abjuration that Chistu had demanded. Khan Crichell declared that, rather than being absorbed by Clan Jade Falcon, the Wolf supremist survivors of the Refusal War should become Clan Jade Wolf. Khan Crichell hopes that this piece of politicking has removed at least one potential threat to the survival of the weakened Jade Falcon Clan.