Sha'nan-de of the N'rak, the honourable Arbiter

Had to do this one in-between my studies because... well, just look at him.

This is my newest contribution to my own arsenal of Yautja characters - Sha'nan-de, or Sha for short, of the N'rak clan. He will be joining Ny'Gaun's clan in "The Never Ending Journey" during a massive gathering of all the Yautja clans. Which hopefully takes place soon in the story, because I cannot wait to use this guy!  

A bit of information about him: There's not too much I can tell about him yet, other than that he's around 630 years old (which would make him 60-something as a human), and that he works as an arbiter and also as a scientist for the clan of the N'rak.
His clan specializes in the hunt and selective breeding of the Xenomorph alien, and they have actually found ways to tame them which makes them unique amongst the variety of different Yautja clans. (Well, at least in MK's and my head-canon.) They learned the skills to genetically engineer Xenos, to make them less dangerous to themselves, and thus created a very powerful living weapon for their people; e.g. during wars, the N'rak Elite Unit would sneak a young Xenomorph queen along with some eggs into or near the enemy's headquarters and just wait until it gets completely destroyed by the hive-minded aliens. If their plan gets out of hand, the Elite Unit is also responsible for destroying the Xeno's nest aftewards, so no traces will be left of what happened.



Name: Sha'nan-de of the N'rak Thwei
Nickname(s): Freckles (which he quite enjoys, even if it sounds silly)
Age: ca. 630 years
Rank: honourable Elder, Arbiter, DNA manipulator (scientist)
Place of birth: unknown, but he wasn't born into the N'rak clan, he joined them at a later point in his life

Weapon(s) of choice: a spear and/or whip made out of a Xenomorph's tail, a sword made of Xenomorph chitin, and furthermore the traditional Yautja weaponry (e.g. combi-stick, plasma caster, ceremonial dagger etc.); he's not very picky when it comes to weapons

Sha is a Yautja who loves to travel. He's a wanderer, although not in the spiritual sense; he has seen many things and learned about many different cultures as well, some of which he even developed a liking for. He is familiar with humans and their traditions to a degree and speaks the basic language almost fluently. His nickname "Freckles" was actually something given to him by a human once and he found it very humorous, so he kept it.
Personalitywise, I'd like Sha to be a bit like Ma'lek. He's supposed to not take himself and others too seriously, he's actually kind of a jokester which, however, led to most of the females getting very uncomfortable around him and despite his high status, he hadn't laid with many of them yet. Which doesn't appear to bother him all that much though. He enjoys life to its fullest, and all the little things in it that come his way.

So, yeah. That's it for Sha. Enjoy him! (Also because I tried out a completely different colour-combination than what I'd usually use.)

P.S.: Used a reference for this one. You can probably guess which one it was.


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