Tomax and Xamot

''"What has been given..." "...Can be taken away."''

Spell out TOMAX in capitals and hold it up to a mirror. It reads as XAMOT. The same holds true for the actual brothers. Each is the mirror image of the other except for Xamot's facial scar. Born into a Corsican Brotherhood family, both twins served with the Foreign Legion Paras in Algeria before the Officer's Putsch. They honed their mercenary skills in the bush wars of Africa and South America. However, they were too smart to be soldiers and pawns forever. They went to Zurich and became bankers. They quickly found the ins and outs of international finance to be too haphazard for their tastes. They preferred a situation they could control. Cobra gave them access to that control. Now they command legions, but these legions wear three piece suits and fight their battles in executive boardrooms. These then are the most fearsome of the Cobra adversaries. They don't fight with steel and claw, backed with muscle and honest sweat... They chase you with paper, wound you with your own laws and kill you with the money you loaned them.

Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:
Born into a Corsican Brotherhood family, Tomax and Xamot Andreani served with the Foreign Legion Paras in Algeria before the Officer's Putsch. They honed their mercenary skills in the bush wars of Africa and South America. They went to Zurich and became bankers. They quickly found the ins and outs of international finance to be too haphazard for their tastes. They preferred a situation they could control. Cobra gave them access to that control.

The G.I. Joe team first encountered the Crimson Twins in July of 1985. They fought G.I. Joe forces throughout a busy amusement park, attempting to ambush Gung-Ho and Blowtorch. They are defeated when the Joes play 'possum'; the Twins didn't realize the amusement park's ride had stopped their machine gun fire.

Their forces, the Crimson Guard, are both battlefield soldiers and respectable businessmen. As the latter, they try to gain as much economic influence as possible, solely for the benefit of Cobra.

In January of 1987, a Joe team, assisted by Sierra Gordo revolutionaries, assaulted a Cobra Terror Drome fortress. In response the twins manned a helicopter gunship and badly injured Stalker. Other Joes destroyed the helicopter, but the twins (and Stalker) survived.

Within a month the Joes had completely taken the fortress. Having prepared, Tomax and Xamot purposely waited until the Joes were inside before attempting to activate several explosive devices. This failed, as the Joes had brought their own explosive expert, Tripwire.

In February of 1991, the Twins and their forces captured a squad of Joe members. They misinterpreted an order from Cobra Commander and incorrectly believed that they were to execute all the Joes. Unwilling to outright kill the subdued prisoners, they backed off. A willing S.A.W.-Viper fired into the prisoners, killing Doc, Heavy Metal, Crank-Case and Thunder. The survivors injured the Viper with a hidden knife and escaped. In the ensuing pursuit, the prisoners commandeered a Cobra vehicle, which was fired upon by other Cobra forces. Breaker, Crazy-Legs and Quick-Kick died; the resulting survivors from that incident made it back to Joe territory.

MUX History:
Tomax and Xamot were involved in the hunt for Cobra Commander, while continuing to manage Cobra's finances. In 2011, they handled the paperwork and backroom influence to get Cobra Unity recognized quickly as a sovereign country by the UN. They currently have suspended their villianous activites and are using Extensive Enterprises resources to support rescue operations around the globe.

OOC Notes
Tomax and Xamot are traditionally played by one player on the MUX. On the MUX, their true last name is Andreani.

2007

 * June 21 - Vanderpool Intro: Tomax and Xamot offer a contract to Major Bludd, with a handsome reward for its successful completion.
 * July 20 - Delivery: Major Bludd delivers Vanderpool to the Twins and learns a curious detail about him.

Blog Posts

 * 1 August 2009 - Cobra Commander's Disappearance

Players
Tomax and Xamot have been played by AnherT, Bzero, and Doomflower, but are available for application.