Chester Ringling

Chester Ringling - An American by birth, was raised in a small Andean village in eastern Chile after his mother reportedly ran off with their native Chilean guide. Raised above 15,000 feet, he made a name for himself at a young age by holding the world record time for holding your breath underwater. His lungs acclimated so well, however, that he must wear an oxygen mask to deprive him at and around sea level for he cannot cope with the copius amounts of O2 and will fall asleep in under 1 minute.

A tall man at 6'4", he finds himself wearing clothing made only of silver, to better conduct the heat of the sun at such high, cold temperatures (but can get a bit hot in more tempered climes) with an upturned nose, round brown eyes, and slightly pointed ears. Now known as the "purveyor of fine cats", he breeds cats for specific needs - such as seeing eye cats, land mine sniffers, and messengers. Three years ago two of his most majestic cats, Tuts and Frosty, Tuts known for his ability to smell rare mushrooms and Frosty for his cold demeanor, mated and gave birth to Catmunism, the communist smelling cat.

With the success of this cat, Chester has begun wandering on all fours and has developed an extensive length of sharpened finger nails which he continually scratches to keep sharp on any wooden objects. He was discovered at a diving competition in Rio when, walking Catmunism through a crowded bar, the cat began brushing itself against one man and then began hissing at the other. When the man asked why the cat was rubbing against him, Ringling replied "heees name eeees Catmunism, heeee loves the smell of communists." And hates? "people who pretend to be communists…" hearing this, the man jumped up (he turned out to be Didel, Castro's brother) and promptly shot the man opposite him, who turned out to be an American informant. 3 years lates, as Chester was opening a bag of catfood for Catmunism, he pulled out a mug for Lord's Rendevous, and took it for the sign that it was.

Another one of Chester's odd physical attributes is the independent movement of his eyes. Much like an iguana, each eye can function and process completely independent from the other. While this trait has been a blessing to his peripheral vision, his psychologist accounts it as the reason for his poor small group interaction skills. In small group conversations, he has the tendency to never move his head towards the speaker, and instead just points the closest eye towards them while using the other eye to multi-task. Many of his acquaintances find this particularly disturbing.

While this multi-tasking along with his odd oxygen processing has slowly socially isolated Chester from the "normal" people of the world, people claim it is likely that this is in part the reason that he has become such an expert "purveyor of fine cats". People feel as if his odd traits make him closer in the origin line to the animal kingdom than others, and this can be the only secret to his success. Chester thinks that it is just as well that people assume this, as he tries hard not to reveal his training secrets. In actuality, the strength of his training success comes from him bribing the cats with the finest, aged pre-War Swiss imported tapioca pudding.