Name: Ulysses Aella (Pronounced: U-Lee-Seas Eye-la).
Nicknames: Captain / Commander.
Profession: Sky Pirate / Ex-War Commander of the Stormborn Sky Fleet.
Race: Stormborn Human.
Age: 57
Height: 6' 4"
Build: For someone of his height, Ulysses is incredibly stocky with a solid frame and plenty of bulky muscle due to his raw strength. Not overly defined, however his core muscle groups are of obvious definition.
Eyes: Light Blue / Grey.
Hair: Aged silver hair. Full beard grown with a classical handlebar moustache. Hair medium length, slicked back.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual. 
Attitude: Gentleman come war veteran. Extremely masculine and old school in his beliefs on the differences between men and woman (men should be strong and ready to die on the battlefield, woman to care for the men and keep a smile on their faces by helping to forget the demons that men have to face through life). Real charmer and a gentleman, always remembering his manners. Very honorable, fearless, heroic and full of pride. Has the ability to switch on/off his personality between charming, kind and laid back character to soldier of war, being able to kill or get something done, to save himself or others. Is considered a great warrior and finds killing easy, but genuinely has a distaste for having this as a skill. Ulysses favourite pastimes: Drinking heavily. Plenty of good women. Fishing. Being among the clouds during a storm. Flying Sky Ships.
Appearance: Giant, stocky & muscular older man that can be found always wearing the same clothes, as he is not one to fuss with his appearance - uniform, comfortable & efficient. Black cargo style trousers, tight black long sleeved top that cling to his muscular frame but allow him to move with ease and chunky, thick soled black boots with numerous straps and buckles on for decoration. He can pretty much always be found travelling wearing a tan coloured knee length shearling coat, lined on the inside with sheep's wool. The collar is large, standing upright in order to keep the breeze off, with the sheep's wool lining facing outwards.

Abilities: Commander Ulysses Aella's body generates its own electrical current, which can generate enough currency to rival the strongest of lightning bolts (estimated to be around 1 billion volts). Ulysses is able to focus this natural electrical energy into controlled built up energy within his body, with the ability to release it in bursts, in order to enhance techniques. For example, by concentrating the generated electrical currents into his lower legs, by releasing the pent up energy through the souls of his feet whilst running, the bursts of energy can be used to propel him forward, greatly accelerating his agility. The same can be applied to concentrating the generated electrical energy into his fists, that a split second prior to impact of a punch, can be released resulting in a devastating force being expelled into the punch for greater strength. Using this ability, Ulysses is able to transfer the electrical current through his body in order to power up mechanical objects requiring a power source, electrically stun prey upon capturing etc.
When people are near him, due to the level of electrical energy generated within him, the static electricity can be felt (people's hair standing on end and a tingling sensation on the skin).

Weapons: Commander Ulysses has a grand total of three weapons, only one of which he carries upon himself at all times...
(1) Cutlass - A long curved, thick bladed sword that is incredibly sharp along one side of the blade. The handle is black leather wrapped and the hand guard curves from the butt of the sword to the base of the blade, covering 3/4 of the users hand. The guard itself is gold with a ceremonial decoration engraved over the entirety of its face. They say the sword will never get blunt and after thousands of battles, thus far this remains to be truth. Commander Ulysses Aella carries this blade upon him at all times, never going anywhere without it.
(2) Crossbow - Made from a rare black form of ivory, the crossbow is decorated in a golden metal pattern with a solid gold bow end. The crossbow has some basic magical qualities bestowed upon it by an artillery mage, back when Ulysses was commander in the army. The magical quality grants the crossbow unlimited arrows, that magically generate when the user is ready to shoot. Ulysses is also able to transfer his electrical energy through the crossbow into the bolts themselves, increasing the energy expenditure as he see's fit, for stronger, more powerful shots of 'lightning'. 
(3) Stormhammer - Stormhammer is Commander Ulysses's preferred weapon of choice when out on the battlefield fighting hand to hand combat. It is a giant, two handed warhammer, with a massive solid metal hammer head that is rectangular in shape & flat on all sides. The staff connected is made from the same solid metal as the head, however is wrapped in brown leather strapping from about and inch from the top, to about 3 inches from the bottom. The weapon stands about 6 foot in height and weighs an incredible amount, so much so that very few people are able to wield it due to its weight. Ulysses's is required to control tremendous amounts of his energy in order to use it to its full capacity. Ulysses's is also able to conduct his electrical energy through this weapon as an extension of his body, allowing him to release immense bursts to increase the destructive capability. When Stormhammer makes contact with a target, the impact is so loud that it resembles a loud clap of thunder, giving birth to its name.



The Beginning (Birth-Age 15): Born Ulysses Aella to Commander Augustus Aella and Leilana Aella. From the age of 3, Ulysses began developing his Stormborn genetics, granted to the strongest surviving males of the Stormborn clans of the Cloud Islands. Through thousands of years of genetic evolution, the strongest people of the Cloud Isles were able to originally harness the power of storms, by storing lightning as reusable energy within biological machines, before eventually becoming able to harness this power within themselves. At first, only the strongest of the men were able to do this, even though a high percentage would eventually fail before being burnt to a ashes by the enormous voltage attempted to be controlled. As generations passed, this ability to harness this energy inside the strong, became easier and more of a natural ability of the strongest men until the day the first Stormborn child was born with the genetics to naturally produce the energy without the need to harness it. 
As Ulysses grew, the reality of the amount of natural energy able to be harnessed by such a young boy began to astonish and concern the adults of the Cloud Isles. By the age of 7, Ulysses was able to generate the same level of energy as an adult Stormborn and by 13, a fully developed berserker (one of the strongest level of individual military warriors). His mother, Leilana had instilled into him from as young as he could remember, that as a Stormborn heir, it was his duty to grow as strong and wise as physically possible, as it was his duty to be the strongest Stormborn in the Cloud Isles in order to destroy their enemies and protect our people. This alongside his admiration for his father Augustus's position as Commander of the Stormborn Military, provided young Ulysses with all the motivation required to spend all his time growing up concentrating on nothing but being able to strengthen his body physically, in order to control as much generated electrical energy as possible.. simply to become the strongest. Finally, at the age of 15, though far earlier than the usual age of acceptance, he was accepted into the military force due to his considerable size and raw power. 

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Invasion of the Highlands (Aged 17): For centuries there had been wars between the people of the Cloud Islands and the Highlanders of the mountain regions, due to the need for the people of the Cloud Islands to venture into the mountains for resources and food. The resources and food were not the easiest to maintain or find, leading to disputes over territory and these valuable needs of both people. What started out as small scouting parties from either tribe, soon escalated into full blown skirmishes resulting in the deaths of thousands from each side over several years. With having no guaranteed source of resources, time had now come for a much more aggressive course of action and the first steps towards building a great Stormborn army - the first step was to rally enough strong soldiers to create a force big enough to invade the mountain regions and wipe out the Highlanders once and for all. Ulysses had impressed during his two years of training, that he was in charge of a small squadron of warriors and due to his reputation and level of strength, was given the honor of being one of the first squads chosen to drop into the Battle of the Highlands. 
This war lasted for three long years, during which time Ulysses had garnered a huge level of respect and a reputation for being an absolute beast on the battlefield, crushing warrior after warrior with his preferred weapon of choice, a warhammer. The final stages of this war were to invade and conquer the last remaining Highlander settlement and the eventual showdown with the Highlanders War Chief, an 8 ft brute of pure muscular strength and savagery. Upon taking the village, they surrounded the war chief and the last remaining highland warriors, with the Stormborn Major declaring his right to challenge the war chief to a combat to the death. Before the battle had fully begun, the Major eager is his desire for reputation and prestige, made a fatal error and fell to the highland war chief, having his head crushed in with force. Angered, Ulysses charged at war chief swinging his warhammer, the angier he grew the more electrical energy built up inside him. Eventually, he outmaneuvered the war chief causing the chief to fall, and before he had a chance to recover, Ulysses warhammer came crashing down upon his chest with an enormous release of energy, bringing an end to the war with the Highlanders.
(Ceremonial Recognition - Ulysses Aella, presented with Stormhammer as recognition of victory, skill with use of a warhammer and reputation as a mighty warrior).

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War for Expansion (Aged 22): Having built up a taste for conquering regions, having won the war vs the Highlanders, Ulysses is again called into war vs. another enemy but this time instead of for the requirement of resources for the Cloud Isles survival, it is for the purpose and desire to control more territory, more resources and to become stronger, demonstrating the might of the Stormborn. Again Ulysses helps to win this war but this time, is almost killed in combat having a lance almost blind his left eye and being struck in the chest with a javelin spear. It was towards the end of this war, that Ulysses started to have doubts over the need to actually go to war and ultimately the destruction of a relatively peaceful race.

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The Great War of the Skies (Aged 27): Another means of conquering more civilizations, this time the Stormborn had used their newly acquired resources to construct a mass of Sky Ships capable of transporting large masses of warriors to far away distant lands. Ulysses had been made captain of one of the War Birds (Sky Ships version of a Battleship) upon his request, due to his love for the skies. Though Ulysses was a great, natural born leader and warrior who was unrivaled in battle, it was this war that made him realise that there was little need to conquer other nations when they were already abundant with resources. He was a great warrior but the idea of murdering millions of innocent people did not sit well in his heart. Regardless, he was in no position to stop the oncoming war and in refusing to fight, would have left him dishonored and sentenced to death. Once again, he helped the Stormborn armies defeat all those in their path.

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Became Commander of the Stormborn (Aged 31): Inherited the position of Commander of the Stormborn and was the youngest to ever achieve this feat. Through reputation as one of the greatest Stormborn warriors, many victories in battle, strategic mind developed through years of prolonged war and the untimely death of the previous commander, his father - the great Augustus Aella, Ulysses was chosen as the natural successor to lead the Stormborn armies.
(Ceremonial Recognition - In honor of his new position, Ulysses Aella was gifted the Commanders Sabre and Crossbow).

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The War of Lies (Aged 37): As Commander of the Stormborn, it was up to him to lead the armies into battle when called upon. However it was up to the Grand Council, a group of politcal figures made up of those Stormborn with high intelligence but lack of physical strength and thus not suitable for physical combat. Through the years, Ulysses had learned not to trust the desires of the council through the constant invasions and unnecessary wars fought at their direction. However having been ordered to appear before the council and knowing of Ulysses lack of desire for war with no reason, the council had informed him of a small settlement of raiders who had attacked their homelands in the Cloud Isles, agreeing that a retaliation was needed to stop other nations from believing that they were weak. Angered at the attacks and agreeing to put an end to such raids, Ulysses took the Sky Fleet into war once more, flattening the entire settlement and surrounding areas as ordered. However upon inspection of the aftermath, Ulysses was to discover that instead of raiders and warriors that he was told about, he only found farmers, women & children.. the remnants of quite clearly a civilized and peaceful settlement who were never strong enough to attempt to raid the Cloud Isles. This broke Ulysses, as he had become no more than just a tool of war used for the benefit of the greedy. 
From this moment forth, he refused to fight for the Stormborn Empire and stepped down as Commander.

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Life of a Pirate (Aged 39-Current): With use of his gold and gem stores, Ulysses purchased himself a small Sky Ship in order to travel the world so he could explore it, leaving behind much of his fortune and fame. After a year or two, his financial resources ran out and in order to survive once more, he returned to his roots of raiding known bandit locations and pirate loot stashes, winning fights vs all manner of scum & so called fighters. His new reputation began to grow as a pirate, even though that was not his aim, and before long he started meeting rogues and other people who wanted to fly with him and follow him on his adventures. Before he knew it, he was acting Captain of his sky ship, The Quetzalcoatl with a small pirate army of his own, who had become his new friends and family.
 
 
(NOTE: Want to expand on his historical moments in more detail and probably retouch the current history in order to make for a better read and to explore how his history helped develop him into the character I want him to become).