Name:            Shaa Raa<br/>Cultural Background:    The High And Mighty<br/>Obligation: (20)<br/>Betrayal            :5<br/>Exiled      :5<br/>Disgraced   :5<br/>High Risk           :5<br/>Heeding the Call: A Failure of Character<br/>Emotional Strength: Independence<br/>Emotional Weakness: Coldness<br/>Species:   Kel Dor<br/>Brawn:   1+1      Wound Threshold:   12<br/>Agility:   2<br/>Intellect:   2<br/>Cunning:   2<br/>Willpower:2+1   Strain Threshold:   13<br/>Presence:2<br/>Starting XP:   100(110)<br/><br/>Explorer(Trader)<br/>Astrogation      1<br/>Outer Rim      1<br/>Perception      1<br/>Piloting (Space)      1<br/><br/>Deception       1+1<br/>Negotiation      1+1<br/>Education      1<br/><br/>Mechanic       1<br/>Melee         1<br/><br/>+10 Obligation (+10 Exp)<br/><br/><br/>Smooth Talker<br/>Wheel and Deal<br/><br/>Combat knife    25<br/>Blaster Pistol      400<br/>Heavy Clothing      50<br/>Breathing Mask      25<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Shaa Raa</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Player Name:</strong> Captain Whitebread<br/><strong>Character Name:</strong> Shaa Raa<br/><strong>Age:</strong> 29<br/><strong>Archetype:</strong> Information Broker, Merchant/Trader, reconditioner of weapons, vehicles and droids and other stray sundries. <br/><hr/><div class="floatright">(http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/bloodandhonor/images/7/7f/Kel_Dor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120511114908)</div><strong>Appearance:</strong> Slender but this is hidden by robes.  Fairly typical of a Kel Dor, smaller and less robust than a human.  No hair, black eyes, not that they are visible behind protective lenses.  Most of his face is covered by a breathing mask.  Others of his species would consider him rather attractive but most humanoid races see him as hideous.  <br/><strong>Species/Race:</strong> Kel Dor<br/><strong>Culture:</strong> Kel Dor (Upper Class Merchant)<br/><strong>Weight:</strong> 68 kg. 149 lbs<br/><strong>Height:</strong> 1.73 m. 5' 9"<br/><hr/><strong>Attire/Armor/Gear/Worn:</strong> <br/>- Prefers to wear simple dark robes. He's not trying to impress anyone.<br/><strong>Weapons:</strong> <br/>Blaster in shoulder holster<br/>A vibro knife hilt up between his shoulder blades, under his robes<br/><br/><strong>Housing:</strong> <br/>- Lives on a derelict CT D9 Rigger freighter in what is essentially a starship graveyard near the starport.<br/><br/><strong>Storage:</strong><br/>- Ship has an open cargo hold, plus there is significant acreage around him <br/><br/><strong>Bank Account:</strong><br/>200 credits<br/><br/><hr/><strong>Personality:</strong> <strong>"A formal education did not prepare me for real life.  It taught me to pilot a ship and plot a course and calculate profit.  It did not teach me to compromise my morals in order to survive.  It did not teach me to fix things without the proper tools.  It did not teach me that, if I wanted to succeed, I needed to get up one more time than I was knocked down."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"It's only illegal if you get caught."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Power will always belong to the powerful and their only concern is maintaining their position and increasing their power.  They do not see the rest of us as anything other than exploitable assets.    If we want anything, we need to take it for ourselves, from those that already have it.  Then we too can look down on the masses and feel superior."</strong><br/><br/>Shaa Raa has been forced to endure things that he'd never imagines, so he has changed in ways he'd never thought possible.  Once carefree, he is now bordering on paranoid.  Once a risk taker, he now carefully considers the consequences of each action.  Where once he was generous, now he is self-serving.  One thing that hasn't changed is his stubborn pride.  He would rather suffer in squalor than contact his family to admit that he was unable to survive on his own away from home.<br/><br/>Surprisingly, despite his selfish nature, he's also quite social.  He has to be, because it's difficult to eat a discarded droid or speeder bike.  When required, Shaa Raa can call upon a great deal of charisma and has a gift for haggling.  He's been able to survive for four years by discovering who he can trust and who he cannot.  It's been a hard lesson but he's become quite good at it.<br/><strong>Dreams:</strong> <br/>Return to his former degree of wealth without anyone's help.<br/><strong>Nightmares:</strong> <br/>Having to contact his father in order to bail him out of some debt that is beyond his own ability to weasel out of.<br/>Sinking so far into the beast's belly that he'll never come out.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong> Shaa Raa was the third son of a Kel Dor merchant wealthy enough to be able to afford his own ships.  Unlike his father, Shaa Raa was lazy.  Spoiled by his father's wealth, he spent his time gambling and carousing.  To teach his son a lesson, his father sent him out to learn his trade as a crewman on one of his ships.  After protesting to no avail, he left his parents and his sister behind and reluctantly shipped out on one of his father's ships.  Much to his own surprise, Shaa Raa took to space like a fish to water.  He quickly learned all aspects of the ship, from piloting to maintenance.  He showed a knack for dealing with people.  He might have followed in his father's footsteps except for a chance encounter.  After a successful trade mission, Shaa Raa fell back on old habits.  He was out carousing and, sure of victory in a game of chance, bet a year of his life against the pot.<br/><br/>He lost.<br/><br/>He spent a year serving essentially as a slave to the other gambler, a human rogue by the name of Akbar Sandford.  They traveled the galaxy and Shaa Raa learned more in that year than he had in all the years  previous.  His keen mind and nimble fingers absorbed everything Sandford taught him, whether he was helping him clean up at the gaming tables or how to use a blaster to protect his 'owner'.  When the year was over, Shaa Raa looked at Sandford and informed him that he would like to go home.<br/><br/>The human laughed.  "Then go," he said, knowing full well that Shaa Raa had no way of getting off the planet.<br/><br/>"How?" asked the Kel Dor.<br/><br/>"Not my problem," Sandford replied, turning to walk away.<br/><br/>Shaa Raa learned one other thing that day;  how it felt to kill a man who had been using him for a year, all the while pretending to be his friend.<br/><br/>It's been four years from that day.  Shaa Raa is too proud to ask his father for the money to book passage home.   He's been scraping by, winning enough to keep himself alive and supplied with the breathing filters he needs to live.  He's been scavenging, rebuilding droids and vehicles.  He's not sure now that he wants to go home.  He's been living in the belly of the beast so long that he's starting to enjoy it.  He still wants wealth, however... LOTS of wealth.<br/><br/>One thing is for certain; Shaa Raa is never going to let anyone use him against his will ever again.  It won't stop him from using others.  In fact one of his goals is to earn enough to be able to afford a set of Twi'lek twins or maybe a pair of Togruta.    Surprisingly, he's sided against the Empire that encourages the slave trade he seeks to use as a mark of his success.  His reasoning is simple:  He's not one of them.  As a non-human, he's considered a second class citizen and, coming from the wealth and privilege he once enjoyed, that is something he will simply not tolerate.<br/><br/><strong>False Identities:</strong> Not so much a false identity but rather an abandoned one.<br/><hr/><strong>Attributes:</strong> <br/>- Charismatic<br/>-Ruthless<br/>- Honest<br/>-Loyal (although he'd never admit it)<br/>-Cynical &amp; Suspicious<br/><br/>- Understands most common alien languages but only speaks Galactic Basic and Kel Dor above. <br/><hr/><strong>Additional:</strong><strong>Major Strengths: Bloodied but unbowed</strong> (Strong Willed)  Shaa Raa has been through hell and has emerged from the other side.  He knows he can survive anything.<br/><br/><strong>Been there, done that</strong>  (Spacer)  Shaa Rass has been trained to fill almost any role on a star freighter, whether it is pilot, navigator, engineer or cargo master.  He's no gunner, however.  He's also been dragged through the underbelly of a hundred worlds and he's learned to figure out if he can trust somebody very quickly.<br/><br/><strong>Minor Strengths:</strong> <strong>I know a guy, who knows a guy... </strong> (Well connected)  If it is available on the black market, Shaa Raa can usually tell you where to find it or who to ask<br/><br/><strong>But wait, there's more!</strong> (Haggling)  Shaa Raa has learned the art of the hard bargain and prides himself on always getting a good deal<br/><br/><strong>Minor Weaknesses: Hiding from Family: </strong> (Estranged) Shaa Raa does not want his family knowing how far he's fallen and will not ask them for help, even in the most dire circumstances.  He'd rather suffer than admit he was incapable of handling himself.<br/><br/><strong>Gambling:</strong>  (There's a Game On) Gambling got Shaa Raa into this mess.  It occasionally helps keep him there.  He's a good gambler but not as good as he thinks he is.<br/>Major Weaknesses: Life Support:  All Kel Dor require a very specific atmosphere.  They will suffocate in an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere.<br/><strong>Not a Team Player:</strong> (Out For Himself)  Shaa Raa isn't the most trust worthy of people.  If he feels he'll gain more by selling a secret told in confidence or learned through eavesdropping than by keeping it, he'll sell it to the highest bidder.</div></div>