Admittedly, the fact that Phelan went from 'Only son of one of the Most Veteran Mercenary Commanders in the Inner Sphere' to 'Leader of one of the most-heavily-armed and militarily advanced factions in the inner sphere' in under 8 years, plus the fact that, with his official bloodname, his name is literally 'Wolf Wolf', there's a reasonable amount of accusations of Mary-Sue-ism thrown at him. (The fact that he beat an Elemental in one-on-one combat only adds to those accusations)