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Ernest "Anansi" Bonhomme

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PERSONALITY "Exactly how much of what I do do you think is arbitrary?"- To those that first meet Anansi, he may seem dismissive, eccentric, perhaps even mad at times. A man of calculated risks, he does not does not take issue with getting into bed with others, but will often test their character and abilities so that he can account for their ambitions and shortcomings in his own plans.[break]
He is highly intelligent, brilliant in terms of warfare, and uses his warlord origins and third-world background to explore the world of Petra Exterior and promise salvation to those that will follow him.[break]
Anansi's ambitions and motivations are little known, but those that have taken the time to try and map his movements have concluded that whatever his end-game, he is patient, he does not hesitate to be cruel, and he is willing to wait for the perfect moment to strike. His loyalty to the other colonists extends as far as his word, which has thus-far been unbreakable. Upon leaving his past and Earth behind, he gave an oath of fealty to the spirit of humanity, swearing to do all it take to see man prosper. Whatever it takes.[break][break]

HISTORY Though Christened Ernest Bonhomme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a life and world ago, many are the names and sins that he has come to bear. Born in a poor village beyond the protection of civilized forces, Ernest was taken as a child laborer at a young age to serve the blood diamond trade. With time and work his body grew stronger and be became a soldier for the same captors that had liberated him from his family years before. Realizing that it was impossible to go back, he accepted his new life and continued down the path that had been set for him.[break][break]
Knowing the importance of intelligence, Ernest picked up books at every chance and would learn what he could from captives, expanding his knowledge of the world. His cunning mind and knack for daring ingenuity combined with this thirst for stories and wisdom and information earned him the nickname Anansi among his fellows. Then there were those within the free world knew him as The Marrying Man, a most-wanted war criminal who helped to perpetuate the bloody Conflict Diamond trade. Some of the atrocities tied to this name he did truly commit, while others were merely pinned on him by “official investigations” to put a neat bow on things and produce a scapegoat for others’ sins. Realizing it could be used to bolster his influence, he allowed the rumors to spread, but never actually confirmed his own involvement in anything.[break][break]
Having been both captor and captive more than once, Anansi is no stranger to torture. He is however uniquely immune to its effects, suffering from a genetic disorder known as Congenital Insensitivity to Pain. Unable to actually feel pain, the scars on his body serve more as mementos of his foolishness than as sources of trauma. Although it can certainly come as a blessing that he can’t feel physical suffering, it comes at cost. A body that can’t feel pain can’t know its limits, and so he has injured it time and again without realizing just what a toll it has taken. He learned to inspect himself regularly, and to always keep a medic nearby. Without one, he could bleed to death without even realizing he’d been hurt.[break][break]
With the world dying around him, Anansi took the treasures he had spent a lifetime stealing or saving and put them to use. At massive cost, he bought his way onto a dropship to join the others one day on Petra Exterior, and he prepared in the best way he knew how. Surprisingly sentimental, he eschewed all the weapons of war or comfortable survival gear he could have packed away and instead loaded his own freight capacity with books, computer systems, and cryogenicly frozen seeds and honey bees so that the best parts of Earth could come with him. [break][break]
Upon arriving to his new world he took up the role of explorer, finding it prudent to be as far from the others as possible until a natural order had settled in and old loyalties faded. It wouldn’t have done to come across a Watcher or Hunter who used to be a soldier for instance, that may recognize The Marrying Man from a most-wanted poster.[break][break]

DISTINGUISHING MARKS Several scars from beatings and burns along his back, chest, stomach, feet and hands obtained during physical torture or combat. [break][break]

ITEMS[break]
2 small[break]

1. A handheld portable charging crank with case and charging cables/adapters
2. 2009 160GB iPod Classic filled with music and podcsasts, with a hard-case and earbud headphones.

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Outfit 1: Jungle camouflage uniform, white t-shirt, hiking boots, sunglasses, working gloves, a wide tool belt, sidearm holster, and handkerchief.[break]
Outfit 2: Heavy working winter coat, scarf, winter pants, gloves, winter boots, long-john thermal underwear, winter cap, cleated mountain-climbing boots, and a wide tool belt.[break]
5 large[break]

1. 4,583 books covering medicine, technology, ecology, geology, astrology, meteorology, economics, philosophy, psychiatry, survivalism, history, poetry, fiction, biography and a myriad of other topics. It is a collect of books that Anansi expended vast fortunes collecting and preparing for the journey, carefully packing them away in crates based on category.
2. An additional 4,583 books of various subjects, categorized by topic and stored in crates.
3. 378 sealed cryogenic canisters, each containing a different supply of fruit, cactus, vegetable or cash-crop seed, roots and tubers, or tree and flower seed. 2 sealed cryogenic canisters containing honey bees.
4. A shipping container holding three separate computer servers holding a variety of information and media, five desktops, five sound docks, two laptops, two digital projectors, thirty monitors, thirty keyboards, thirty wired mice, thirty mouse-pads with wrist supports, ten Wacom drawing tablets, thirty headsets ten computer desks, ten comfortable chairs, and an assortment of power adaptors, extension cords, power strips, power cables, LAN cables, charging cables, and surge protectors. One filing cabinet with assorted video games. One filing cabinet with plastic tarp and aerosol cans for keeping the systems clean of dust. All together it weighs little and takes up little space when packed away into a container, but holds much of humanity’s accumulated knowledge that could have been lost forever. And, video games.
5. An Anzio 20mm cannon with 1000 rounds, for killing anything in the general direction that it’s shot. Two Smith and Wesson .500's with 2000 rounds of ammunition. A headset of earmuff noise protectors.