Cora Moor

Player Name: Grafsburg

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Species: Ring-tailed Lemur

Height & Weight: 5'4", 128 lbs.

Physical Description
At first glance Cora doesn't come across as a particularly imposing woman. She looks to be of average height and slender build and seems to be little more than your average Sutekh inhabitant. There's a great deal of familial resemblance between herself and her son Tirin, with the same fur pattern and golden-yellow eyes, but then again some say that ALL lemurs look the same. She looks far younger than she is, having the good fortune to possess the physique and vigor of a twenty-year-old. The truth is, under her heavy clothes Cora is a well-built, athletic warrior who has been honed by years of experience in the worst environments imagineable. She bears her share of scars, but most of them are covered under her clothing. The only one immediately visible is the barcode brand that she wears on her neck, from her days as a gulag prisoner.

Her clothes are worn for comfort and reliability, consisting of a camouflage jacket, a worn hoodie, combat trousers, and boots. To protect herself from the harsh desert winds, she also possesses a shemagh she keeps around her neck.

Mental Description
Cora is a hardened woman, but that does not stop her from being an idealist. Despite having lived through military dictatorships, scraping by to survive in a gulag, and then being exiled to the so-called "harshest prison in the galaxy", Cora has remained as willful and driven as ever. Her goals have adapted. Her desire to see them brought to fruition has not. When not dealing with business, she comes across as a reasonably friendly and social woman who enjoys to get to know others and spend time with them relaxing, shooting the breeze, and maybe even having a nice cold drink. When dealing with business, she does a complete one-eighty and becomes entirely no-nonsense, displaying no hesitation to do what needs to be done. Some would say she even shows a complete lack of empathy in situations like this, with no regards for pity or mercy to those who cross her. The truth is somewhat different.

Deep down, Cora's just like anyone else. She's vulnerable, and in the end all she wants is to make a better life for herself, her friends, and her son. If she has to kill bandits without the slightest hint of remorse to do that, then so be it; that's the way Sutekh works. She will also go out of her way to resist capture, prefering death to bondage. She also holds a particular hatred of slavers, and oftentimes harasses or otherwise impedes them in their hunt for more victims.

History
Born on the frozen world of Aningan, Cora had a relatively normal childhood growing up. Her parents were neither completely loyal to the Dominion, nor were they rebels. They just wanted to raise their child and live in peace. To them, despite the growing civil unrest that surrounded them, the best way to get by was to ride the fence, to avoid upsetting the apple cart. Unfortunately for them, Cora did not take to this philosophy well.

What started as her attending a political rally to impress a girl ended up with her becoming an active member of an infamous freedom fighter/terrorist cell known as Laochra. At first she started out as little more than an errand girl; she was only 15 after all! Then the riots began, and before she knew it, her fellow freedom fighters were storming the governor's palace with her in tow. She believed in the cause of freedom as strongly as anyone, and when the opportunity came to pay the fat, corrupt bastard back, Cora took it; she bludgeoned the governor to death in his own palace, and was wrestled to the ground by police with the bloody instrument still in her hand.

After being paraded on the media as an unfortunate girl brainwashed into an instrument of evil (to which she denied, and still denies if anyone asks), she was sent to the gulag known as Blackpool, located on Aningan's moon. A sixteen year old girl trapped with the worst scum the planet had to offer stood little chance of survival... So Cora became a woman. Whether by consent or not, several months after her arrival Cora discovered she was with child, and she delivered young Tirin in the gulag's hospital soon after. Before she was given the slightest chance to hold her son, he was taken from her and placed under the care of the gulag staff, along with the children of other prisoners.

For ten years Cora languished in her cell, though she'd proven that she was more than capable of defending herself, and there were no attempts at taking her honor again. Certainly not after she'd disemboweled three men, bitten one's eye out, and emasculated a fifth with a homemade shiv (a misdemeanor which saw her placed in isolation for a couple of years, much to her gratitude). But then, word hit her that her son was soon to be sent offworld, never knowing his true mother. Something sparked in Cora, and yet again she took up the banner of a rabblerouser.

Blackpool burned for a week before its overseer was killed, brutalized beyond recognition with mining instruments. Deciding that a mass-execution was bad for their image, but not knowing what else to do with the prisoners, the lot of them were rounded up and exiled to Sutekh. Cora managed to take her son with her, though how she did it she has never revealed.

For eight years she and Tirin lived among the Hanu, a 'civilized tribe' of primates who wandered the desert of Sutekh, living as nomads. Initially, Tirin despised his mother for taking him from what he saw as a life full of potential. But over time, the two grew closer, and as Tirin grew into a man he learned to love his new life, and to love his mother along with it. They became inseperable, partners in everything they did.

It wasn't to last. The Hanu, after years of falling on hard times, turned to crime to survive. Cora and Tirin, among many others, objected to this. They were deemed traitors and banished. In a fit of rage, however, Cora murdered the tribe leader. With few other options, she and Tirin were forced to go their seperate ways, both pursued by the vengeful Hanu. It has been two years since they have seen one another, yet Cora never gives up her search.

Possessions
"Grim Grin" - An automatic machine pistol with a carved-ivory lemur skull embedded in the handle.

Assault Rifle - A 7.62mm assault rifle, worn and repaired with duct-tape in places, but still as functional as the day it was made. Complete with a tactical sight.

Balisong - A pattern-welded steel butterfly knife. Perfect for flipping and intimidating would-be muggers.