Landau

Character Information

Gender		Male
Species		Orion
Age		53
Known Aliases		The Enforcer, Snake

Physical Appearance

Height		204cm
Weight		127Kg
Eye Color		Grey
Physical Description		Landau is big and intimidating. His shiny bald head sits atop a thick neck and toned muscles. He needs to keep this in place to be able to maintain his reputation. He dresses himself in the nicest fabrics, some of which is even functional as armour. Thick leather hide from Andorian Bison is his favourite.
Distinguishing Marks or Features		There are several pieces of metal across his body. Rings, slabs, rods. All voluntary body modifications, most of them to cover up grievous injuries from fights and assassination attempts.

Family & Acquaintances

Personality & Traits

General Overview		Landau is of the persuasion that actions speak louder than words. And his actions are usually as subtle as a hungry Targ trapped in a closet full of meat. He's not one to quickly forget, and even slower than that to forgive.
Strengths & Weaknesses		The biggest thing Landau has going for him is that he's big and imposing. He can take any physical challenge and best it, given enough time and resources. Speaking of which, he has quite extensive resources. Landau is never one to turn down a bet. He loves playing cards, not really specific in regards to what game of cards. There's quite a bit of hubris that comes into play, he rarely loses but cannot handle it well if he does.
Ambitions		To grow his arm of the Syndicate into a strong one, where he can influence overall policies within the Orion Syndicate rather than just remaining a local boss.
Quirks & Flaws		Due to an injury early in his enforcer career his tongue was split, leaving him with a lisp in his speech. He never bothered to have it fixed in the early days and now it's part of his persona. Though he doesn't take kindly to being called a Snake, and people usually only do so in a derogatory manner.
Passions		Landau's big passion is hunting. He loves to go to exotic places and hunt exotic animals. He uses the materials from these hunted animals as trophies. Some of them displayed in his living quarters, some of them incorporated in his attire. He likes to boast that he has wrestled and killed a Nausican Bear with his bare hands once.

Background

Personal History

Landau was born in a relatively peaceful era in the Alpha Quadrant. This time of peace made it difficult for the Orion Syndicate to eek out a living. Due to this they started to turn inwards, back to their pirate and mobster roots. Through a protection scheme his parents were indebted to a boss of one of the syndicate's arms, trying to run a deli on one of the Syndicate controlled planets. In his early teens, Landau's family money was starting to run low and soon they wouldn't be able to pay for the protection offered by the Syndicate. To appease the men Landau volunteered to join them in return for his parent's safety. Already an imposing man at 16 the Syndicate Boss accepted the offer and Landau's family deli thrived as it was now also starting to be frequented by Syndicate members. For years Landau worked hard to develop himself into a prominent enforcer among the Syndicate. He formed his lanky physique into a broad shouldered mountain of a man. He was starting to make a reputation for himself, which some of his rivals didn't take kindly to. One night he was cornered by three of his associates and beaten to within an inch of his life. It took six months for him to fully recover. Knowing that it were his associates that had assaulted him. He knew that they wouldn't have acted on their own accord, not without the boss' permission or explicit orders. An ember of hatred in him started to flicker into a flame. He returned to work under his boss, who remained professionally unaware of the cause of the assault on him. He was given some more important jobs and better compensation in an attempt to appease him. Landau took everything he could and started to build a group of trusted people around him. Five years he waited. Five years he built his coup. When he struck, he struck hard, without hesitation and without remorse. The boss, his trusted lieutenants and the three that had assaulted him were dealt with swiftly and permanently. He established himself as a brutal gang leader, inserting himself into all kinds of rackets planet side until he had built up enough to take to the stars in a Marauder and starting to build his own small freighter fleet.