Ther-das

Ther-das was an Arcona weapon expert and the leader of the Zulirian Swordmasters.

A native of Cona, Ther-das studied ancient weaponry in the Lerct Historical Institute. However, during his second year of study, he became a salt addict. He was expelled from Lerct and placed in a recovery program.

Ther-das then travelled to Zuliria and joined the ancient weapon department of the Zuliria Museum of Antiquities. In some years, he exorcised his addiction through hard and tenacious job, although two almost-overdoses of sodium weakened his body.

He managed to reach the job of acquisition director of the Zuliria Museum, obtaining excellent pieces from all the galaxy for the Museum. At the same time, he was re-accepted on Lerct and he eventually got his degree on ancient weapons one year before his own schedule.

However, Ther-das became bored of his studies and acquisitions, and tried to get a more active role on his passion. He practiced fencing with facsimiles of ancient Arcona weaponry and hisbody then cleaned any reside of his previous addiction.

He then met some people with similar interests and decided to create the Zulirian Swordmasters, an organization of ancient blade-lovers. He met mute Curdik in Zuliria and, noticing his remarkable skill, offered him a membership. He also met religious scholar Kaltor Naklian, an expert in the traditional rantok blade of his people, and convinced him to join the team.

Ther-Das also met Togorian master smith Mlatar Thon Gra, who had travelled to Zuliria looking for his missing mate. Ther-Das became Mlatar's friend because of their common love towards swords, and the Arcona helped him in the search. They eventually discovered that she had been killed. Mlatar had then no reason to return to his native world, and accepted Ther-Das offer to join the Zulirian Swordmasters.

Cene Gilvent as an Ocsinin aficionado Ther-Das met at the Museum, because both of them worked there. Initially she was rejected because of her heterodox fighting method, combining a dozen of different martial arts; but she was eventually accepted in the Swordmasters.

Ther-Das was elected leader of the Swordmasters because of his knowledge and drive. His best friend in the team was Naklian.

As time went on, the group members discovered that they were gifted 'swordsmen' and combatants. Less than one year after being founded, they altered their original mission from 'collecting' to using their knowledge to become vigilantes. They have shown a trend to attack unarmed enemies.

In Teloc Ol-sen, the Swordmasters met a Rebel cell, with one of the Rebels using the vibroblade. Zulirian Swordmaster Kaltor Naklian challenged this rebel to a duel and, when he refused, Naklian simply killed him. The Rebels tried to counter attack, but the Swordmasters simply massacred them. They have since been considered a threat to the Rebel Alliance, deserving reports written by Tura Raftican and other Rebels.

Behind the Scenes

 * In Spanish, the word "cerdas" (pronounced as in Ther-das) refers to bristles in a brush or to the plural form of "sow" (also used in derogatory sense).