"I might not know much about, well, anything in particular. But I know this. I've seen life out there in the deep uncharted, I've looked into its eyes, and I've seen the spark of the soul. That aint something you ignore." - Pilgrim Pyxis Kurul Atreus
Orphaned at a young age, Kurul was taken in by a Pyxis family serving aboard a large exploratory vessel known as The Fiddle and Drum. He was raised to consider all members of the crew as extended family, including synthetic and alien life forms. At age 27 he left The Fiddle and Drum to seek out his own path, hopping from ship to ship as many Pyxis are wont to do. It was at this point that he took on the title of Pilgrim, though it was not originally intended in a religious sense. Kurul isn't much of a scholar, but his knowledge of the sector is wide ranging due to his many decades aboard various ships.
He eventually managed to scrape together enough for his own modest ship, a freighter he named Tarantella. His goal was always to share his experience of the sector with others, in the hope that he might inject a little of the Pyxis spirit into those who travelled aboard the Tarantella. Due to his eccentric upbringing he regarded those that travelled with him as family members in all but name, often jokingly referring to his passenger log as The Tarantella Family Tree. Following the events that lead to the death of Emperor Cygnus and the persecution of synthetic life, this goal seemed more relevant than ever, prompting Kurul to come out of retirement and pledge his services to the Church of Humanity Repentant.
He has since garnered a very small following within the church, mostly made up of those who have traveled alongside him or have been safely smuggled to Cabina by him in the past. Whilst he is hesitant to claim any influence or position of leadership, he tries to act as a kindly father figure to these fellow travelers, who have taken to calling themselves The Branches of Taran in reference to their place on the Tarantella Family Tree. Many of these have pledged themselves to follow their own pilgrimage and try to expand the family tree to other ships and other worlds.