Hiwozir Akhandi

Born on Moghes in the early summer of 2440 to the traditionalist Akrunz clan (as one of three eggs laid in the same clutch) shortly after the atomic exchange between the Traditionalist Coalition and the Izweski Hegemony, he had no established home or village as his family was forced to flee their village and abandon their livelihoods to escape the rapidly encroaching radioactive wastelands. His earliest memories are of struggling to survive, travelling to various villages and begging, stealing, and doing other unscrupulous acts in order to get food, water, and other necessities for himself and his family.
This persisted until around 2450, when Hiwozir attempted to steal a piece of salted meat from a temple in a village he and the remains of his clan had travelled to. Unbeknownst to him, it was a temple of the Akhanzi Order, and he was almost immediately caught by an Akhandi. Instead of punishing him, however, the Akhandi sat him down and shared the piece of meat with the young Unathi, while talking with him about various doctrines and beliefs of the Order. Initially, this had no impact on him, and as soon as the Akhandi's back was turned he stole more food from the temple and fled the village with his family, as they usually did. However, soon after his mother and sister fell seriously ill, and though they soon recovered they were never at full health again. Shortly after he was robbed by a Guwan and attacked, giving him a scar across his right eye and losing his ability to see in that eye.
Several other misfortunes befell him and his family as they travelled, and eventually both his mother and sister became sick again and died shortly after. Recalling what he was told by the Akhandi he met, he feared he had disgraced his ancestors and placed a curse upon himself and his clan. He took what little he had and planned a pilgrimage back to the village he met that Akhandi at, believing that the only thing that would act exonerate himself to his ancestors was to repay his debt to the Akhanzi Order that he had incurred through stealing and taking advantage of them.
His brother, having heard of his plans to make his pilgrimage, considered him to be a traitor to his clan and cut off his horn in his sleep as punishment. Angered by this, their father cast his brother out of the clan and headed to find the few other remaining members of his clan. Hiwozir gave his farewells to his father and began his journey as soon as he was adequately healed, and spent much of his time reliving his past travels, this time taking up more honourable jobs in order to get enough supplies to travel to the next village on his route.
Eventually, at the age of sixteen, he arrived back to the temple and requested to join the Akhanzi Order as penance for his transgressions. He was accepted as an acolyte and began his studies and training under the more experienced Akhandi at the temple, and after two years he proved himself worthy to become an Akhandi. In 2458 at the age of 18, he officially renounced his clan and became Hiwozir Akhandi instead of Hiwozir Akrunz.
Two years passed as he continued his dedication and faith to the Akhanzi Order, learning, teaching, and recording their knowledge and beliefs in the temple. In May of 2460, however, the temple was raided and destroyed, despite several of the shamans giving themselves up willingly to the Maraziite Order in an attempt to get them to spare the temple itself and the knowledge it held. Hiwozir was distraught at yet another disaster befalling him and fled to the spaceport in Skalamar, where he paid a small cargo ship to smuggle him to Tau Ceti. He arrived in Tau Ceti two weeks after his temple was destroyed, and left in the NTCC Odin arrivals bay to his own devices. He was quickly flagged down by a NanoTrasen recruiter looking for new arrivals, and after a short and hurried explanation to a rather bewildered recruiter about the Maraziite crusade against the Akhanzi, hired as a chaplain and promised NanoTrasen-provided housing on the Odin.
However, he is very much unfamiliar with both Izweski Unathi culture and human culture, and so his arrival in Tau Ceti was very harsh for him. His immense loss as well as the culture shock have led to him being lost in a truly alien environment, not used to other species, megacorporations, or space.