[ooc] Elisha.
Elisha Kagan was born into privilege to a wealthy real estate magnate and his bohemian artist wife, and until he was six, he was the third piece of a perfect picture: the handsome capitalist, the beautiful artist, and their darling little boy, who would be both a sensitive artist and a ruthless businessman.
That picture shattered when he was six, when his father was killed. His mother took him far away, to the land of their ancestors, and Elisha rebuilt his life on his own terms.
A child of unexpected brilliance, he left school at sixteen for university, where he studied both art and languages before moving on to his next step: the military. Elisha served Israel and joined the army, where he was quickly placed in a unit where he could use his skills the best. Intelligence.
He rose in the ranks of army military intelligence for years, protecting the state from all the enemies that wanted it gone, and he learned the fine art of walking the line between white and black to protect the people who mattered. He was good. He was good enough that he might have led his own sub-unit one day soon, but suddenly and abruptly, Elisha was gone. He submitted for honorable discharge, he received it, and he disappeared.
He reappeared at the castle of Clubs, where he took his place as the two. And then the three, the four, the five, and the six in short order, and there he paused in his ascent. Elisha had no real ambitions for himself at court, he only wanted to be in a place where he could serve the Clubs to his best ability, and being the Six of Clubs was just fine for that.
Then they lost Andrew.
It should never have happened, and Elisha suddenly rediscovered his ambition, pushing himself up through seven, eight and nine, until he reached his current rank of the Ten of Clubs. Then he stilled again, and settled seemingly into a life as a security specialist and artist. He's mild-mannered and calm and slow to anger (oh, but when he gets there...), but he's a man with a personal mission, one that his past makes him live for and makes him ideal for.
Elisha's been carefully taught and trained, after all. He's learned a hundred ways to kill a man with just his hands. He's learned how to disarm a man who seemed to have the advantage of him. And he's learned to play politics from the shadows while appearing to just be a loyal soldier. No harm will come to the Court of Clubs on his watch.
He's loyal, but he's loyal to the court first. Any one person should expect to have to earn it. They should expect that's going to be difficult.