Teuthona Cephal

**Teuthona Cephal** was a female Ordovician mercenary from the planet Pastatha. During her mercenary career, Cephal had worked with other mercenaries, bounty hunters, and hired help, such as Ignis Gaudiama, Lawrence Fenton, Hammer, and Anvil.

## Biography

### Early Life and Experiences

In 5921 ASA, Teuthona Cephal was born on the planet Pastatha, an ocean world in the eastern Central Expanse region of the Cassiopeia Galaxy covered in underwater cities. When she was only a young girl, Teuthona witnessed the carnage of the Faceless Wars, in which the United Cassiopeian Republic and the other galactic superpowers fought against a massive anarchist cult known as the Faceless. A particularly devastating battle reached her homeworld: the Battle of Pastatha.

By the time she was an adult, Teuthona developed the skills necessary to become a trained bounty hunter and mercenary.

### The Abandoned Human Ship

Late into the year 5956 ASA, Teuthona and a group of other privateers, mercenaries, bounty hunters, and scavengers stumbled upon a massive abandoned ship located far out into the Outer Expanse. This group included the Selachian and Ologan duo Hammer and Anvil, the clever Coronan Ignis Gaudiama, the young Shiki Nami, and the cybernetic-eyed Rykh Lyyseskis to name a few.

The group later discovered that the ship belonged to Humans not from the Cassiopeia Galaxy, nor even the Faraway Galaxy, with Humans still left aboard in stasis for over thousands of years. One Human, Shelly Baker, was freed from her cryogenic sleep and was immediately met by culture shock when she encountered lifeforms like herself aboard the station. In a panic, Shelly Baker eventually fled her former expedition ship through an escape pod, whereas Teuthona and the others continued to the reap whatever they could find onboard.

### Attempted Kidnapping of Princess Ragaza

In the year 5957 ASA and on the planet Bhrasta Neta, the daughter of one of the native Speleomen tribes' most powerful chiefs, Princess Ragaza Setna, was kidnapped by rival Cambarusite officials to be married off to the pompous Lord Sucitsur Orconectes. Major Dirabem Pelluci, who served under Orconectes, hired a group of mercenaries and bounty hunters to deliver the princess to Orconectes' palace. These hired individuals were Lawrence Fenton, Ignis Gaudiama, Hammer, Anvil, and Teuthona herself. Major Pelluci made it a point not to allow the mercenaries to look inside the cargo box where Princess Ragaza was being held inside.

The five mercenaries took a train through the underground caverns to reach Orconectes' palace. On the trip there, the mercenaries were ambushed by Speleomen tribal warriors, who put up quite the fight against the mercenaries. In the struggle, Major Pelluci was knocked out unconscious by one of the most agile Speleomen warriors, Ero Setna. Teuthona knocked Ero into the cargo box they were meant to deliver, tipping the box over and revealing the princess kept inside.

Ero revealed himself to be Princess Ragaza's brother, which made him a prince. In the confusion, the mercenaries argued over a plan on what to do with the 'cargo', which they found out to be a living, breathing young woman. Anvil was adamant on still delivering Princess Ragaza to Lord Orconectes simply to get their payment, whereas Ignis Gaudiama proposed delivering an unconscious Major Pelluci to the Cambarusite lord instead by putting him in the cargo box. And so the five mercenaries had difficulty deciding on their plan.

#### A Change In Plans

Lawrence Fenton spoke to the royal siblings privately, sympathizing with them and tried to devise a way for the two of them to escape. He planned to get Anvil out of the way, and by association her partner Hammer as well. He used Ignis' plan as a basis for his own; using *Teuthona Cephal* as a replacement for the cargo instead of Major Pelluci, since Teuthona damaged Ero quite a bit during their fight. Lawrence went through with the plan, tossing Anvil out the window of the moving train, which made Hammer chase after her, eliminating the two out of the equation.

Although Teuthona was initally lured into the plan with the proposal of a three-way split of the payment, Lawrence held his revolver to her face, demanding that she got into the cargo box. Teuthona refused, cloaking herself in invisiblity (a natural ability of the Ordovicians), but was caught by Fenton's powerful sense of smell and subsequently knocked out by several more Speleoman marauders. Although Ignis was initially surprised by Fenton's sudden plan, he was also impressed, and the two had a mutual respect in their way of deciding to handle the situation. The Speleomen tribal warriors left with their prince and princess safely, agreeing to Fenton's plan, and the remaining two mercenaries had cargo to deliver.

When the train finally reached the front steps of Lord Orconectes' palace, the transaction as successful. Ignis and Fenton received their payment, which was a generous amount of Cassiopeian Credits. When the two mercenaries left on the speeding train once again, Orconectes was shocked to discover that it was not the bride he desired inside the cargo box, but rather an Ordovician woman. Eventually Teuthona woke up and quickly escaped Cambarusite custody, but she never forgot Fenton's betrayal.

## Personality and Traits

Teuthona was an Ordovician woman with seafoam-colored skin and white-colored eyes. The tentacles from her head were kept short, often for efficiency.

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## Skills and Abilities

As a mercenary, Teuthona was quick and agile while also having been skilled in a fight. She used her natural invisibility-cloaking abilities as an Ordovician to great advantage.