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02-12-2015, 09:49 AM | #1 |
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Emil Zartan was born in Nice, France, the second of four siblings, to a retired colonel in the French Army and his French-Algerian wife. Emil's early upbringing was of the upper middle class, his father's family being the owners of a commercial fish distributor. His father was a cruel, domineering, and physically abusive man, and his parents marriage dissolved just before the eldest son, Sourac, left for university. With Zartan's mother gone and Sourac out of the house, Zartan's father relocated Emil and his two younger siblings to Melbourne, Australia.
Emil was withdrawn and unpopular at school, and his education was marred by several violent incidents, forcing him to change school several times. When Zartan reached adolescence he began to manifest a mutation which gave him the ability to take on the physical appearance of others. The Zartan family apparently had a penchant for this kind of genetic aberration, and his Sourac was also apparently able to change his face, although with no where near level of ability of Emil. When Emil was 13, Australia was shocked by the murder of three students by a fourth at the private school he attended. All four of the children involved were among Zartan's regular tormentors. Although the authorities were convinced of Zartan's classmates guilt, Emil's father suspected the truth and kicked his son out, sending him back to his mother in France. Zartan’s mother was in ill heath, however and died shortly after his return. Not wishing to go back to his father, he used his ability of impersonation to survive. Little is known about this period of his life, but a string of unsolved murders, all involving male students returning home from boarding school, indicates how he may have been surving during that period. Upon reaching his majority, Zartan found himself with no identity and no real prospects. At age 17, hoping to secure an identity and slake his need for violence, he made his way to Marseilles to enlist in the French Foreign Legion. Just as he was about to enter the recruiting office he was stopped by an older man - his brother Sourac. Sourac Zartan had left home to study science at university in Marseilles. He earned a doctorate in physics and was now a respected professor at that same university. However, Sourac had embarked on a criminal education in tandem with his university one. Adopting the Alias ZORAK and an outlandish costume he rose quickly through the criminal underworld in Marseilles, eventually heading a massive criminal organisation controlling most of smuggling, drugs and prostitution in the south of France. Sourac took his younger brother under his wing, mentoring and nurturing him in the ways of death. It was arranged for Zartan to attend the military academy at St. Cyr and several martial arts schools in the east. He honed his deadly skills fighting as a mercenary in the conflicts in South East Asia and the various brushfire wars of Africa. Finding the father figure he had never had, Zartan worked tirelessly for his brother. Enforcer, Assassin, spy, mercenary - the newly minted ZARTAN had made a name for himself - anything and anywhere where there was money and blood. Eventually the two brothers would have a falling out when Zartan took an assignment that had him spending almost a year in Japan. Zartan returned to Australia. There he reconnected with his younger brother Sander, a troublemaker who had recently washed out of the Australian SASR program and earned himself a dishonourable discharge. Sander, now going by the alias ZANDAR in the style of his brothers, had recently become part of an outlaw motorcycle gang known as the Dreadnoks. The Dreadnoks were founded by four SASR members who found themselves disillusioned upon their return from Vietnam, and their membership was originally open only to veterans and mercenaries. Specialising in gun and drug running, extortion, mercenary work and general mayhem for hire, the gang had grown to include chapters in 10 countries. Zartan fit right in, and using the skills he had learned working for Zorak, he soon found himself leader of the gang, whose profits and membership had skyrocketed under his control. By the beginning of 1979, finding himself with his own criminal empire, he sought to expand his operation further by relocating his headquarters to South Florida in the United States and taking over drug distribution there. On the eve of Zartan's move from Australia, the French media reported that a physics professor, one Sourac Zartan, had been found dead on the steps of his university building, an arrow through his throat .... Last edited by DerStahlhelm; 07-28-2018 at 09:04 AM.. |
02-12-2015, 09:55 AM | #2 |
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Zartan
Torso/arms: POC Beachhead Legs: Retaliation Snake Eyes Head: POC Zartan Hood: DG creamsicle Stormshadow Bow: Avengers Hawkeye M-16: DG Duke with vintage Lowlight starlight scope and POC Lowlight silencer Zorak Head/Hood: Retaliation Zartan Torso/Arms: POC Stormshadow Legs/ Automag pistols: DG Cobra Commander Cape: Clone Wars Count Dooku Rapiers: Indiana Jones Russian girl |
02-12-2015, 03:53 PM | #3 |
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This Zartan is very cool!
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02-12-2015, 05:49 PM | #4 |
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HOLY SHIT!!!!! As a huge fan of Big Jim, specially during the P.A.C.K days, I am LOVIN that Zorak!!
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02-12-2015, 10:39 PM | #5 |
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02-13-2015, 12:29 PM | #6 |
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02-13-2015, 05:21 PM | #7 |
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I agree with Ship' about the Hunter Headcast
Nice Zartan btw |
02-13-2015, 06:13 PM | #8 |
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that needs to be the next kickstarter....."big jim and his p.a.c.k." in 4 inch scale!!!!
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02-13-2015, 07:12 PM | #9 |
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BINGO! As an older toy collector I had always thought that Zorak and Zartan were father and son OR brothers, especially with that whole hood-wearing skin turning green condition. Here's another theory: The Atomic Man Mike Power and the Powerlords Adam Power are brothers too!
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02-13-2015, 08:07 PM | #10 |
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Dude this was a great read and a great custom. Is the story canonical?
I admit I don't know much a bout the history of G.I. Joe beyond the Sunbow cartoon era. |
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