Cobra - Nyah

Cobra the Snake Charmer, born as Opiel of House Merqvan, is a pirate and member of the Sea Dragon crew. He learned the Song of the Sea when he fell in love with a courtesan, Esteiar of Golden Branch, and she sang it to him. His Soul Sharer is a cobra, Nyah. 
==Physical Appearance==
Cobra is a comely young man with a lean physique and an interesting face. He has greasy black hair and slanted, but twinkling dark eyes. He has scars on his back due to a flogging in his early days of piracy. He had cobras tatooed on his arms and legs, which wiggle when he moves and appear real. Nyah is usually coiled around his neck and portruding from his collar. 
Cobra is loyal, albeit slow and absent-minded from time to time. He loves the sea 'more than any woman' and is a proficient swimmer and diver. 
==Background==
Cobra was born on Sirenaid, as the second son of a nobleman and his wife, who died soon after. His father remarried. Cobra's original name was Opiel Ahel of Sirenaid. His older brother, to whom Opiel looked upon, was stubborn and rebellious and his parents did not approve of him He dealt with pirates and was a courier. On a job mission, he became infected with Icing and came home to die. He eventually died and Opiel was convinced his parents let him die, so he ran away when he was 12 years old. He was scavenging from ship to ship until cousins Daras and Hroslint took mercy on him and brought him to the Sea Dragon. Hroslint's mother, Captain Hagrilat kept a cobra snake as a pet, and she had just laid eggs. Young Opiel was intrigued and he touched an egg, which cracked an the first little snake came out and immediatly grasped Opiel's finger in an affectionate way. Opiel and the snake became Soul Sharers, afterwards the boy was renamed Cobra, in the honour of his soul sharer, and gained the nickname the Snake Charmer, due to his love for snakes. The soul sharer was named Nyah.