Sigmüth Tarkan

Captain Sigmüth Tarkan (a.k.a. Sig for short. His crew calls him Takursa - black bear, because of how hairy he is.)

Sigmüth is a Mryzlirian ship captain and arms dealer. He was a key character in tracking down and defeating the infamous Vorich Sathar.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Sig is a very tall, very large, beast of a man. He has thick body hair and an even thicker beard. One arm is prosthetic, after losing the real one to frostbite. It's not a very good prosthetic arm, a hunk of junk really, but it serves him well enough.

Facial Features

Sig has a small hole in his right cheek.

Apparel & Accessories

While cooking, an Apron that says "Chef Bear daddy"

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Sig was an orphan at the age of 10, his parents had died in a battle at sea. The crew felt sorry for him and let him stay aboard the ship, raising him as best they could. Sigmüth became the captain of that ship age 28. Because of this traumatic childhood, and many of his friends dying the same way as his parents, Sig developed a dark sense of humour.
At age 33 Sig himself was almost killed, his ship was boarded and occupied by pirates, Sig had his arm slashed, a gun placed in his mouth and fired against his right cheek, and then he was pushed overboard onto the sea ice below, the arm got frostbite and had to be removed. Sig got back into the ship, and released his imprisoned crew, together they took the pirates by surprise and gained back control of the ship. He got his arm replaced a year later with a prosthetic one. It was an early prototype, shoddily made, but it did the job.
2054 - Sigmüths ship came across a squad of marines marooned on an island in Mryzlirian territory. One of them was Teima Dekyr, a cyborg like himself. He agreed to take the marines safely back to their captain for a price. During the voyage down south, Teima and Sigmüth grew close. Once the marines were delivered, Sig got payment, and met with the Captain Kalheim.
Kalheim explained to Sig that a dangerous criminal was raising a cyborg army, and was based somewhere in Mryzlirian territory. The Mregian ships weren't built to break through ice or survive the harsh temperatures of the north. Sig offered to act as guide and path-maker through Mryzlirian territory in exchange for money and to keep the base that Vorich (the criminal) had occupied.
So, with the Sykrus leading the way, the fleet of Mregian ships was able to reach Vorichs fortress, but he was ready for them. After a fierce assault on the base over the icey wasteland, the fort was captured. Unfortunately Vorich escapes yet again. Sig lead the Mregian fleet back south to the borders, free of sea ice, and parted ways with them. He then returned to his (relatively) shiny new base to set up an even bigger gun production operation.
2970 - Sigmüth sold weapons to both sides in the Mryzlir - Mregia war. He also got a new arm, state of the art, very shiny

Employment

Sig has always worked for himself.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Created a gun running empire nearly from scratch, helped in catching Vorich Sathar.

Mental Trauma

Depression

Intellectual Characteristics

Spontaneous,

Morality & Philosophy

Sig is directly responsible for many deaths due to his gun running business, a funny line of work to choose as his own parents were killed by guns. He leads an ironic and self centered life, the merchandise he sells saves lives as well, they're a deterrent of war, a thorny bush between his customers and their enemies. If he doesn't supply the guns then somebody else will, his operation at least isn't completely corrupt, or so he believes.

Taboos

Will not sell (knowingly) to criminals or terrorists. If possible Sig will sell to the disadvantaged side of a war, if both are equal he will sell to both sides.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Sig is mainly driven by greed and a need to gain wealth. But really he just wants to focus on anything but his past trauma, the money, the dealings, it's all to cloud his pain.

Likes & Dislikes

Loves cooking, to the dismay of his crew, who often find beard hairs or loose bolts in the food he prepares.

Species

Vonarian

Life

2905 AU 2981 AU 76 years old

Eyes

Grey eyes, with expressive, thick, eyebrows.

Hair

Black greying, scraggly short hair.

Height

6' 8''

Weight

"Heavier than a small whale, I'd say" - Teima

Known Languages

Mizralian - Fluent
Mregian - Nearly Fluent
Ikrevian - Nearly Fluent
Liocerian - Fluent