<div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Character</span></strong></div><br/><strong>Name:</strong><br/>Alumaya Élathrasur<br/><br/><strong>Ethnicity:</strong><br/>Asian<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong><br/>68<br/><br/><strong>Species:</strong><br/>Haas-Filoth<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Appearance</strong></span></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://www.wildsoundmovies.com/images/lethal_weapon_jet_li.jpg)</div></div><br/><strong>Hair:</strong><br/>Black<br/><br/><strong>Eyes:</strong><br/>Pale Grey<br/><br/><strong>Skin:</strong><br/>Gentle Tan<br/><br/><strong>Weight:</strong><br/>60 Kg or 132 lbs.<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong><br/>5 feet 6 inches<br/><br/><strong>Other:</strong><br/>Dresses in long flowing and yet surprisingly light robes when not in combat, to be discarded when fighting, as he fights shirtless, with a pair of loose-fitting trousers and lights boots, with gloves, padded on the inside, hardened leather on the outside, with steel caps on the knuckles. A tattoo of twin cobras goes from his shoulder blades to the back of each hand, earning his nickname, Striking Cobra. Two 12-foot long bullwhips (http://northernwhipco.com/images/10%20Foot%20LoneStar%20Bullwhip,%2016%20Plait%20Brandy.jpg) are wrapped around his waist in a sort of belt, the tips of two steel hooks. Normally used for boarding other crafts, can also be used as weapons, but he rarely does so. His main weapons are a pair of chakram (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a5fyZBZldR4/Tyo1bFyKzQI/AAAAAAAABZI/OAdoLMdKels/s1600/chakram.jpg) that he usually carries around his neck as a necklace, which can be used for throwing, or as close-quarters weapons, which is why the insides of his gloves are padded. Six smaller chakram can be found on a braces on his forearms, three to each arm, too small for anything but ranged combat. And, last but not least, two small daggers are carried in a sheath in the small of his back, should all else fail.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong><em>Information</em></strong></div><br/><strong>Position on Ship:</strong><br/>Cook<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/>Cold, reserved, known for a wit as sharp and cold as his whip-strike. His eyes are usually dull, indicating disinterest, when in fact he has an acute memory, taking in and guarding everything. Slow to make friends, and just as slow to trust, but once either is established, they are hard bonds to break, although breakable. Generally not used to small talk, and if a conversation is not 'interesting enough' for him, he is not above simply turning around and leaving while someone is in mid-sentence.<br/><br/>Has trouble remembering names, despite his prodigious memory, and usually refers to people by nicknames assigned by him.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong><br/>Born somewhere in the deserts of the lands of the Haas. His father might have been a king or a beggar, and his mother might have been a sorceress or a pleasure woman. He never knew, and was not likely to ever find out. Fact was, he was found in a small town near the borders of the Centos lands by a travelling circus. Not cold-hearted criminals, being soft-hearted criminals, they took the child in as their own.<br/><br/>As he grew up, he was trained to be an acrobat, first introduced to his whips and chakram as a small child, and taught to use them in his many acts. And, as the travelling band needed protecting, he was taken under the wing of the a Trithos Mercenary that was hired as the protection of the group. He was taught to use the parts of his act for protection of himself and his 'family'. Being the useful lad that he was, he also apprenticed himself to the cook of the group, and became skilled in making tasty meals from whatever ingredients that were available on their many travels.<br/><br/>As happy as the young Haas was in the circus group, it was not meant for long. Attacked by a group of deserters from the Centos-Trithos war, all but him were killed, as he was negotiating the arrival of a new part to their act. Once he found out what had happened, he hunted down and killed each of the deserters that had been a part of his family's death. At the end of his revenge spree, he was in a part of the world in which the market for acrobats was little or non-existent, so he sold his charkram to the highest bidder as a mercenary. When he found out that an expedition was being prepared, he quickly signed himself up as a cook, if nothing more.