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Nafis Yar "Got to go home today - Guess today was a good day." A human male of Qalasheen and 'Slantie' descent. At the prime age of 22 and often goes by 'Naf' or 'Qali' among his people. Prone to going on needless adventures and killing things in the name of God. Hard as a diamond. Description "I ain't the hardest Qali in the land, but I am a grown man ready to step up to these pigs." At 5'9 (175.26 cm) and weighing in at 159 lbs (72.12 kg), Nafis is far from anything considered spectacular. Growing up on his own before being taken in by Enepay Jharar, Nafis is malnourished in scrawny. As an adult, Nafis has new found strength after years of dedication to his aspirations. Nafis is now generally more muscular after training under Rilkor Niwarsay and Zhulik Nezhit. Nafis' eyes are a light brown, almost appearing 'amber' in direct sunlight. A scar across his right eye was the lasting impression left by an Adrian in battle which Nafis has embraced as a sign that the enemy could take his eye, but could not take his life. This has left Nafis poor eyesight in his right eye, near blind. His hair is generally nappy when grown out, having sported dreads in his youth. His eyes are an almond shape, unlike that of many Qalasheen leaving testimony to his mixed ethnicity. After a near death incident as a teenager, his dreads were forced to be cut to reach severe wounds on his cranium. Since then, Nafis has kept his near black hair close cut as it has been easier to manage. Nafis, like most Qalasheen, is of dark complection though he is lighter than most due to being a successor of Decurion "Rageccius Cato" from Imperial Oren. Nafis generally identifies as solely Qalasheen though, having never met his decorated war veteran grandfather or being close to his own father. Personality and Health "I wish to be engulfed in flame so that I may blaze through the ranks of the kafir until Allah judges I should burn out, leaving nothing left in the path I create." The young Qalasheen, although he maintains some signs of immaturity from his youth, has become a realist - especially to the horrors this world carries. Endless conflict in the realm has had a dramatic impact on Nafis, warping his views. Nafis is hot-headed, rash, and fiercely loyal. To a stranger, Nafis sounds apathetic in responses and generally holds no real interest in those he does not know. His demeanor may appear cold to others. Nafis carries a sense of duty though to protect who he calls "good folks". Since he reunited with his people in Vailor, he has executed numerous 'cultists', bandits, and others wishing harm upon those he has tried defending. His technique puts off those faint of heart, such as when he slit the throat of a Waldenian bandit over Al Wakhrah's town center fountain's edge in front of the masses. Despite all of this, Nafis is known to be kind among loved ones and willing to sacrifice a lot for their benefit. Nafis, as of recent, is blind in his right eye after an Adrian nearly took his life in one of the battles. Otherwise he would be considered healthy physically. Nafis has unintentionally allowed his mental health to deteriorate. Not everyone is meant for war no matter their skill, and Nafis proves this. Increasingly irritable, sleeping irregular hours, paranoia,and growing stress has continued to take its toll on Nafis - leaving his future bleak. Inventory "I used to have a couple toys, my Qali. But the strykewyrm wanted those childish things too." Nafis, when not in uniform, typically wears his coat with fitted arm guards gifted to him by his former teacher Zhulik Nezhit. Accompanying this, Zhulik also gifted him a brown bandanna that Nafis wears around his neck. Around his neck, Nafis wears a necklace with the Lorraine Cross which is testament to his growing ties to the Orenic Faith. Nafis also wears "The Ring of Piscatoris" on his finger, a gift from the woman who adopted him which was given to her by Nafis' grandfather (who had adopted the woman when she was young, coincidentally.) When not pinned onto his tabard, Nafis carries a golden flower pin in his breast pocket - a gift from his beloved friend Zahrah. Nafis believes the small gift is his ward of protection, and looks to it often as his push to press on when things get rough - at least for Zahrah's sake. One of his longest kept possessions, a leather bound book adorned with a red Lorraine cross which was written by his grandfather and passed on through the family. Nafis tends to like sharing the contents of it to others. [A description of the Orvari Warblade Nafis carries] A bear-head pommel adorns the hilt, made entirely of bleached whalebone and covered in a chain of silver inlaid Gorundyr (Celtic) knots. The letters +ULFBERH+T can be seen engraved into the crucible forged, broad blade, trailing up it’s fuller from the hilt. Life Style "My fire burns more fierce than Khalestine's sun, this righteous flame protects me from mutts tryin' to take my life." Nafis Yar, albeit trying to be a good person, may not always be considered as such to a stranger's eye. His trouble with Khalestine's law as well as opposing forces may make him appear to be a troublemaker. Generally speaking, Nafis would not wish harm on those who he does not deem inherent of such treatment. Nafis worships the Creator and grew up under the teachings of "The Righteous Faith" (The Qalasheen Religion). As he grew older however, his grandfather's legacy has pushed him to delve in the teachings of Lucienism and other former sects of the Orenic Faith pre-Canonism. As of now, Nafis has quit the Mubarizun force of Khalestine and has moved on to help reform the Order of St. Lucien under a mysterious man named Baudric. Although recently receiving notoriety among his people for his actions as a "soldier of Allah", Nafis is still but a commoner. In his youth, Nafis kept to farming to make ends meet. In his free time, Nafis fishes and hopes to buy a boat after the war to make fishing a living in order to spend more time with his second mother and his significant other (both being fisher-women by trade). Nafis is quite the fighter after years of training under two mentors, Rilkor Niwarsay and Zhulik Nezhit. The former taught him sword play while the latter taught him archery. Nafis has given up on archery after losing his right eye, though he is still able to pass on what he learned to others. Nafis maintains his sword play and has developed an effective offense style with his Orvari Warblade, a gift from Morvan of Orvar. With a heavy reliance on constant movement and no reliance on a shield, Nafis makes use of cheap tricks and unorthodox tactics to gain the upper advantage in fights. To him, there is no honor in being defeated by the enemy and survival is all that matters in the end. While unable to use a normal bow, Nafis sometimes makes use of an arbalest which Baudric has taught him how to use. Biography "My greatest fear is that these mutts will come for my loved ones for the **** I did to em'." Nafis was born on the 23rd of Malin’s Welcome, to a Qalasheen mother and Easterner father in an abandoned town off the coast of Deus Proditor. The young Qali lived in content with just these two people under a strykewyrm, a burrowing beast found in the sands, consumed his parents in its rampage. Appearing to have blocked out the incident, the young boy proclaimed himself a monster slayer and traveled the lands in search of work. Needless to say, no one took him seriously which forced the boy to become a beggar. Another much older Qalasheen, Enepay, discovered the boy and took him under his wing as an older brother. They would travel around Athera for a year before eventually going to a newly built city named Al-Dirahk, made to unify the Qalasheen and other farfolk tribes. Unknown to Nafis though, a house was already left on reserve for him by the Caliph. Nafis made many friends as a child, creating a family he had lacked for sometime. He was even adopted by a foreign woman named Ellian who eventually moved into the city to look after him. This support rubbed off on Nafis, who eventually took in a lost Qalasheen woman with amnesia who was given the name Zahrah. Blissfulness was not certain, however. With the deaths of friends at the hands of Deus Proditor's perils from the walking dead to the strykewyrms, Nafis became determined to become a true warrior. The death of the Caliph's uncle, known as Uncle Siris, had the most profound effect on Nafis which pushed the young boy on edge. Nafis looked to those who had survived and kept them closer with his friendship with one in particular becoming feelings of affection. Feelings of inadequacy in preventing the deaths of comrades and the betrayal of one of his mentors, a Waldenian named Zhulik Nezhit, forced Nafis off the deep end. Zhulik Nezhit murdered Prince Arlen Kharadeen in a drunken fit and Nafis was unable to do anything, also under the influence. Unable to push himself to kill Zhulik Nezhit, Nafis ran off and lived in Deus Proditor's barren deserts for years. Because of his absence, Zhulik Nezhit was not caught. Nafis would eventually meet the strykewyrm that had eaten his parents, but nearly escaped with his life in what one could consider a 'draw' between the beast and Qalasheen. In search of his second mother Ellian, Nafis set out on ship and traveled to many foreign, empty lands before eventually making it to Vailor. Believing his loved ones were all gone, Nafis traveled to Oren where he met a man named Hadrian Chivay who asked for his help in the war effort against Adria. Noting another Qalasheen man named Amethu serving the loyalists, Nafis felt obligated to help. Nafis knew his grandfather also served under Chivay and thought it would do the deceased ancestor honor by continuing his legacy. Asked to help with recruiting, Nafis went back to the "new" Khalestine to look for Qalasheen to assist his cause. Nafis was approached by a mysterious Waldenian named Baudric who spoke of reforming the Order of St. Lucien, a long disbanded order that Nafis' grandfather served in. Nafis agreed and set out to recruit for the Order so they could assist Hadrian and the other Loyalists as he had promised. Slowly, Nafis reunited with a few long lost friends such as his second mother Ellian, his "older brother" Enepay and his soon to be wife Isra. Troubled with the changes to his peoples' land as well as not fitting in among the growing elfen populace, Nafis considered leaving. It was only when he was reunited with Zahrah while on gate duty did he opt to stay in order to look after her, now a man. Since he was a young boy, despite her being a few years older, Nafis kept her close to his heart even when he was out on his own for years. The Orenian Civil war intensified and the Caliphate ultimately got involved. Nafis proposed to Zahrah the night before he left for Felsen in preparation for the battle, to which she said yes. At the battle, Nafis lost his right eye in a near death experience when face to face with a man from Brelus. After the Loyalist victory, Nafis returned home to reunite with his loved ones. However he would be afflicted by the horrors of war, deaths of his battle brothers from the Order of St. Lucien, and coping with the ongoing skirmishes. As if fate destined it, Zhulik Nezhit (now a homeless man), returned to Khalestine. Not recognizing him at first, Nafis gave him coin and food upon inviting him into his home. It began to set in that Nafis recognized Zhulik and upon remembering, confronted him on murdering Prince Arlen. In his fury, Nafis assaulted Zhulik in his house which ultimately lead to Zhulik ripping open Nafis' stomach and Nafis decapitating Zhulik, ending the Waldenian's life. Enepay and Ellian came to Nafis' rescue, stitching him up. Only Allah knows what is to come Nafis' way after this holy retribution was delivered. Artwork (A modern depiction of Nafis Yar and Zhulik Nezhit.) (A masked Nafis playing music.)