Nigol Strauss, known to the Reformer Patheons as Shek'tal-Mynari (literally meaning Walker of Two Worlds), was a doctor at New Damascus Colony on the planet Freiheim before he was recruited by the Terran Scientific Alliance (or TSA) as a researcher. He had enlisted with the Peacekeeper Corps mercenaries and was one of the renegade Peacekeepers who deserted the corps, due to dissatisfaction amongst the employees. He served the TSA and rose up the ranks before becoming the Head Scientist on their starship The Legacy. His area of expertise was biology, so he was sent to the Legacy to study captured Patheon specimens. After The Siege of the Legacy, Strauss was invited to join the Patheon Shamans as an Outlander Shaman because of his abnormal capability over the Patheon Magicks (most humans are