Swanknot swarm

The **Swanknot swarm** is a Kel warmoth swarm in the hexarchate. It appears in Raven Stratagem.

## Overview

The Swanknot swarm was scrambled by General Kel Khiruev after the assassination of General Kel Chrenka by the Hafn. It was hijacked by General Shuos Jedao eighteen days after the assassination. After Jedao's takeover, the swarm bannered both Khiruev's emblem, the Swanknot, and Jedao's, the infamous Deuce of Gears.

Originally, the swarm was comprised of one cindermoth, the *Hierarchy of Feasts*; 119 bannermoths; and 48 scoutmoths. By the second engagement with the Hafn near Minang Tower, it was down to 105 warmoths.

## Tactical Groups

### Tactical One

Led by Khiruev's command moth, *Hierarchy of Feasts*, with Commander Kel Janaia

### Tactical Two

Led by bannermoth *Stormlash Glory*, Commander Kel Gherion
Several Tactical Two moths, including *Pillar of Breaking Skulls* and *Storm Chasm*, were burned up by Gherion's use of formation Kiora's Stab during the second Hafn encounter. Shortly afterward, Gherion volunteered to spike the Hafn jump, a suicide run which destroyed him and his tactical group.

### Tactical Three

Led by Commander Kel Nazhan.
A total of fourteen bannermoths from Tactical Three and Five were infected by the traitor's lance.

Six Tactical Three bannermoths, including *Scratching Shadows*, *Beyond the Ocean*, *Two Books Bound Together*, and *Snakeskin Drum*, were lost to a Hafn corrosion gradient.

### Tactical Four

Led by Commander Kel Gehmet
The entirety of Tactical four was hit by a Hafn attack which funneled power from phantom terrain; a number of its moths died.

During the second Hafn encounter, the following moths were lost which may have been part of Tactical Four: *Dragonfly Thunder*, *Three Gears Spinning*, *Song of Blackened Stones*, *Stag's Blood*.

### Tactical Five

Led by bannermoth *Singe the Hour,* Commander Kel Kavinte
A total of fourteen bannermoths from Tactical Three and Five were infected by the traitor's lance, including bannermoth *Tempest Countdown*.

## Scoutmoths

* Scoutmoth 7, first to scan formants of the Hafn outriders
* Scoutmoth 19, which reported possible scan ghosts as Jedao first entered the command center

## Moth Kel

* On the Cindermoth *Hierarchy of Feasts*: Colonel Kel Stsan (Chief of Staff), Captain-engineer Kel Miugo, Liutenant Colonel Kel Najjad (Logistics), *Major Kel Lyu (acting head, Intelligence)*, succeeded by Major Kel Arvikoi, *Kel Meriki (Operations)*, succeeded by Major Kel Berimay, Lieutenant Colonel Kel Riozu (Strategy), Colonel Kel Muris; Corporal Kel Merez; Kel Osara

## Seconded Personnel

Seconded personnel included Major-analyst Shuos Igradna and a Rahal alt who, as ranking Doctrine officer, witnessed Jedao's takeover. The *Hierarchy of Feasts* had eighty-two Nirai by itself; there were more in the rest of the swarm, along with various Shuos and the odd Rahal and Vidona.

Immediately after the takeover, all seconded personnel were offloaded in transports because they could not be controlled with formation instinct. The prep was shoddy and Brezan never found out what happened to the Doctrine officer.

## Servitors

The swarm's moths had servitors, including a scuffed lizardform. Jedao brought a deltaform and a birdform along from the *Unspoken Law*.

## References

1. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 1
2. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 1
3. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 21
4. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 21
5. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 21
6. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 6
7. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 6
8. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 21
9. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 2
10. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 1
11. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 14
12. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 1
13. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter 1
14. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter
15. ↑ Raven Stratagem, Chapter