Zoltan Istvan Gyurko, better known simply as Zoltan Istvan, is a cyborg politician who wants to live forever. He was the first-ever guy to surf on a volcano after it tried to have him for breakfast. This made him realize that life doesn't last forever, so he did something about it. Now, he's running for office so that everyone can have the chance to extend and improve their lives as much as they can.
Origin[]
Zoltan Istvan grew up in UnAmerica as a brilliant writer. He was about to graduate from college when he got in a fight with his professor about God, so he dropped out to sail around the world and explore. He wrote about his experiences in various newspapers, gaining fame and fortune wherever he went. However, one incident he had with a volcano would change his life forever.
The Volcano Incident[]
When Zoltan Istvan visited George Volcano, he tried to surf on it with a board he had modified for this very purpose. However, the volcano screamed this at him, making him break his board in terror and fear for his life. After that, Zoltan quit the journalism business for good and vowed never to be threatened by the icy hand of death again.
Transformation[]
Zoltan decided to sail to another guy who lived on a boat: Dr. Batman, one of the greatest roboticists and surgeons of all time. Dr. Batman was touched by Zoltan's story and decided to hook him up with a hot, new cyborg body. In exchange, Zoltan vowed to run for president of UnAmerica and put more funding into the development of new technologies, such as life-extending cybernetics.
Involvement in Politics[]
Zoltan ran for president in 2016 under the Transhumanist Party, a political party dedicated to those who want to transcend human limitations using radical science and technology. He was brutally beaten up in the race by Donald Trump and decided to focus on the smaller goal of running for California governor in 2018.