Olaf (Character)

Olaf was the lieutenant of the pirate craft the Flying Star, serving his commander Kaimann. Originally he worked as a palace servant for a noble house, and saved Kaimann (a mutant chid born in a noble family) from a sure death by taking him to a safe asteroid, later known as Tortuga Island. Kaimann eventually became the commander of a pirate crew, and Olaf became his lieutenant. Years later he died in the Floating Palace, while helping to defeat the Bethacodon.

His first appearance was in the sixth issue of Before the Incal, Suicide Alley.

Early life
For several years Olaf worked as a servant for one of the greatest noble houses. One day one of the house's noble had a baby with a mutant. They baby was born with reptilian eyes and a tail, and was named Kaimann. Olaf knew that all descendants of mutants sired to a noble were meant to be killed at birth, however, he was so touched by Kaimann’s refined spirit that he decided against killing him, and instead left for another planet with the baby. They eventually arrived to an asteroid, which at the time was inhabited by a band of apemen. Since the apemen also had tails they adopted Kaimann as one of their own.

Overtime Kaimann grew up to become the commander of a pirate craft (the Flying Star) with his own crew, and Olaf became his lieutenant, while the the asteroid where they initially settled came to be known as Tortuga Island,a pirate stronghold.

Boarding Diavaloo's satellite
One day, the Flying Star attacked Diavaloo’s satellite and took it over, although Diavaloo managed to escape. The pirates had an orgy with the women from Diavaloo's harem to celebrate. While searching the satellite he found an aristo of pure blood (named Luz) chained in a room, and informed Kaimann of this fact. Kaimann freed the aristo from her chains and, when she proved to be agressive, Kaimann incapacitated her and decided to take her to the Flying Star.

When Luz woke up at Tortuga Island Olaf explained Kaimann's backstory to her and told her that his master expected to marry her. Initially Luz was reluctant but after Kaimann show her that John DiFool (Luz's partner in Terra 2014) had seemingly moved on, Luz agreed to enter into a sacred union with Kaimann.

Attack on Tortuga Island
Years later, due to fighting between Black Vampires and Archangels in space, the pirates were forced to stop their lucrative activities and tried to live in isolation, but then three Gounas -gigantic spatial spiders- arrived and attacked the asteroid. Kaimann thought he could be able to negotiate with the Goungas, but Luz got ahead of him and came out of the ship first. The Goungas, seeing Luz's halo, thought she was a goddess and they took her to their planet, in exchange, they left the rest of the pirates alone.

Tortuga Island was left on ruins, and the pirates eventually turned to cannibalism, while Kaimann mutation worsened, becoming almost completely saurian. During this time, Olaf lost both of his legs, and started to walk around on a wheelchair.

Visit by John DiFool
Some time later John DiFool (and three other versions of himself) arrived at Tortuga Island, escaping from a Terra 2014 that was being attacked by the Bethacodon. In the asteroid they were attacked by the remaining cannibal pirates, although they managed to get away. Eventually Olaf found the four DiFools, and explained to them what had happened and Kaimann's situation. Eventually Luz was rescued by John, and they reached a deal with the Technopope so that Kaimann could be turned back into human. In exchange John and Luz would travel back to Terra to find factions that could align with the Technos and defeat the Bethacadon and the Meca-prezident.

Death
Luz and John managed to rally a rebel faction to launch an attack against the Meca-prezident, which allowed the Technopope to send his Techno Armada to Terra 2014, headed by Kaimann and Olaf, and with the help of Elohim.

The techno-armada -protected by the tail of an Archangel- was approaching Terra 2014 when they began to be attacked by the Mec-preziden'ts orbital defenses, closing their communications. Elohim destroyed all the robot satellites, but half of the Techno Armada had been lost in the battle. With the help of Elohim they reassembled again and entered Terra 2014’s stratosphere. Once there the Techno-army started attacking the Palace’s defenses and taking down virus-carrying vessels. Elohim started to attack the Bethacodon, who was immune to conventional weapons, and their fighting created an energy hurricane. Meanwhile Kaimann and Olaf’s ship entered the Palace. Shortly after entering the Palace Olaf was killed by the Meca-prezident's forces, but Kaimann managed to survive.