Erasto Khalfani
- Erasto Khalfani is a human from the live-action film continuity family.
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Erasto Khalfani is a 29 year old Somali national. Deep down, he isn't a violent man, but he also isn't afraid of taking risks. Fishing just wasn't earning him enough money so he became a pirate captain. He was pretty successful, too, earning him and his crew a sizable pirate's booty. His raids often went smoothly, and it was rare that anyone got hurt except for the occasional blow to the head. Their targets usually give them what they want so they will go without trouble.
Fiction
The Veiled Threat
Khalfani's crew targeted the freighter Pearl of India while traveling through the Gulf of Aden. Little did the pirates know, the Pearl was transporting a N.E.S.T. unit to Diego Garcia. The crew seemed oddly calm as the pirates started barking their orders. While Khalfani was on the main deck admiring a black pickup truck, it transformed and aimed a large cannon at him! Ironhide let the pirates off easy and only made them walk the plank. The pirates got back into their boats and fled. Khalfani returned to fishing, having already made enough money to live comfortably. Nevertheless, he had developed the habit of always crossing the street whenever he saw a pickup truck. The Veiled Threat
Notes
- According to author Alan Dean Foster's blog update for May 1, 2009, not a word of the entire Somali pirate sequence was written by him.
