Akharin

Akharin was a human born in 3834 BCE in Mesopotamia, on Earth. He was most well-known by the name he took in the mid-23rd century, Flint. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")

He grew up as a bully and a soldier. During battle, Akharin was slain, however he realized that his injury did not kill him, as it should have. This lead Akharin to the realization that he was immortal, due to some unknown Earth phenomenon.

Upon this realization, he went on to better his life, and would continue to live for another six thousand years under a number of aliases, sometimes playing a role in Human history. Among his identities were were Methuselah, Solomon, Alexander the Great, Lazarus, Merlin, Leonardo da Vinci, Johannes Brahms and Abramson.

He also met people like Moses, Socrates and Galileo, and witnessed the bubonic plague spreading over Europe in the 1340s, killing nearly half the European population at the time. He was married hundreds of times, and had to watch his beloved ones grow old and die over and over again.

Over the centuries, he gathered a large collection of original artworks from his many lives -- some of them his own creation. Among it were a Shakespeare first folio, a Gutenberg Bible, the creation litographs by Taranullus of Centauri VII, several of his own original da Vinci works, some paintings of Reginald Pollack and some of the painter Sten from Marcus II.

In 2239, under the assumed name of Mr. Brack, he bought the uninhabited planet Holberg 917G in the Omega system. There he designed the female android Rayna Kapec, to become his eternal partner.

Flint
In 2269 the Federation starship USS Enterprise, its crew plagued by Rigelian fever and in dire need for ryetalyn to cure the disease, visited Holberg 917G because it had rich natural deposits of the antidote. It was during that occasion that Akharin made himself known as Flint. Hoping to stir emotions in Rayna, he deliberately introduced her to Kirk whom she fell in love with and, unable to bear hurting Flint, she died.

Also during this visit, Spock deduced from a number of clues, like the presence of a recent but original Brahms manuscript and recent da Vinci paintings, that Flint in fact had to be immortal. However, it was also discovered that he was finally dying because his immortality had been induced by unknown Earth influences, not present at Holberg 917G. Flint stated that he would devote the remaining portion of his life to the improvement of the human condition. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")

Chronology

 * 3834 BCE: Born as Akharin.
 * Dates unknown:
 * Lives as Methuselah.
 * Knows Moses.
 * 973 - 933 BCE: Lives as King Solomon.
 * Late 5th century BCE: Knows Socrates.
 * 356 - 323 BCE: Lives as Alexander the Great.
 * Early 1st century CE: Lives as Lazarus.
 * Mid-6th century CE: Lives as Merlin.
 * 1334 CE: Lives in Constantinople, where he views the horrors of the bubonic plague.
 * 1452 - 1519 CE: Lives as Leonardo da Vinci.
 * c. 1455 CE: Acquires a Gutenberg Bible.
 * c. 1623 CE: Acquires a Shakespeare first folio.
 * 1833 - 1897: Lives as Johannes Brahms.
 * Early 1900s: Acquires a work of art produced by Reginald Pollack
 * Late 1990s: Survives the Eugenics Wars.
 * 2000s
 * 2063: Witnesses Vulcans estebalishing first contact with Humanity.
 * 2100s: Lives as Abramson.
 * 2153: Survives the Xindi incident.
 * Mid 2150s: Survives the Earth-Romulan War.
 * 2161: Witnesses the founding of the United Federation of Planets.
 * 2200s:
 * Lives as Mr. Brack.
 * 2239: Purchases the uninhabited planet Holberg 917G.
 * Lives as Mr. Flint.
 * 2269: Discovered by the crew of the USS Enterprise.