Razi Massoud

Clan	Child of Haqim
Position	None
Status	3
Domain	Twin Cities, MN
Coterie	None
Society	{{{Society}}}
Path	Humanity 000
Player	Lin McP

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Overview

Character (kinda)

Player

Alias(es): Razi
Real Name: not publicly known
Apparent Age: very early 20's
Concept: Masquerade Cleaner/Priest on the Battlefield

Physical description: Razi looks like a shorter, athletically-curvy woman with dark auburn hair and grey eyes. Going on appearance, she's a mix between Spanish, North African/Arabic, and Eastern European. Her accent is decidedly Turkish, but is slowly becoming Americanized. Her tastes in clothing seem fairly standard, although she's settled on business-casual lately. When traveling to other domains, she's been seen to wear a very loose head-scarf, sometimes with a pair of headphones hidden under the folds.

Appearance: 3

Detailed Status:

• Acknowledged by Prince Mustafa of Istanbul, Turkey
• Dedicated by Prince Morgan Wynn Howell
• Brave by Prince Morgan Wynn Howell

(CoH Only: Aspirant Sister of Dragons)

Character Information

Quiet and curious, Razi is almost never without a small notebook and her string of glass prayer beads, which see several dozen turns over the course of any gather night. She is trained as a Rabbi and is willing to speak with whomever needs her services. Likewise, she prefers to listen to the conversation, rather than be the focus of it. When at gathering, she actively tries to be helpful in whatever situation she finds herself in. In less-than-friendly situations, she becomes protective of those around her, doing her best to get non-combatants out of dangerous areas. Lately, however, she's been seen to loosen up at times from her normal overly-polite mannerisms; some are hoping it becomes a permanent change.

Known History

Razi first showed up within the Camarilla many years ago in Istanbul, joining her family members in Prince Mustafa's court and seeking Acknowledgement. She remained there until March of 2011, when she relocated to the Twin Cities to escape the "Arab Spring" discontent. Initially, she was seen mostly with other Children of Haqim, such as Prince Morgan Wynn Howell and clanmates from the Winona and La Crosse domains. Her Probationary sect standing was removed by Justicar Maris Streck in June 2011 after an official visit to Cardiff, and she began working more closely with the other residents on several different matters.

She was named as one of two Lesser Harpies to Alex Randal in early December 2011. On December 30th, she entered into combat with infernalists and their demon masters in St. Cloud with a combined force of Camarillians and Sabbat; she was one of only seven Court residents to make the return trip. Both Harpy Randal and the second of his Lessers, a Nosferatu called Katarina, were both killed in action, making her the only surviving link to the Harpy records.

She was seen being escorted (almost exclusively) by Primogen Alabastor Haroukin of Baltimore at the 2012 Midwinter Ball, presumably as his date for the event.

Coterie

I think not.

Allies

Children of Haqim (by no means an exhaustive list): Prince Morgan Wynn Howell Saif Al'Din Alex Gray Samuel Draco Rothgar Al'Din Gordon Jacob Nazarene Archon Al-Jhavad Seneschal Tatiyana Krajnik Eli Freeman Sheriff Johnny "Spades" Malone Primogen Alabastor Haroukin Miguel Wolf Jackson Takashi (deceased) Olivia Reed Brannon (deceased?) Felix Alabastor (deceased) Alexei (deceased)

A few others she gets along reasonably well with: Sheriff Sylphain Delille (Toreador) Seneschal Tiago Rangel (Brujah) Lillian McCoy (Brujah) Scourge Alexei Semago (Brujah) Whip Ari Renard (Tremere) Seneschal Rachel Violet Eiken (Ventrue) Richard Bellman (Ventrue) Yuri (Nosferatu) Primogen Jack (Nosferatu) Whip Ophelia (Nosferatu) Keeper D (Gangrel) Assistant Scourge Elliot Aunder (Gangrel) Sheriff Diego (Caitiff) Dr. Herbert Kaufman (Ravnos) John Payne (Toreador) (deceased) Maeve Cahill (Toreador) (deceased) Alex Randal (Malkavian) (deceased) Katarina (Nosferatu) (deceased)

Enemies

• demons
• the infernal

After her experiences thus far, she's learned that paranoia can be useful. She doesn't claim specific Kindred enemies per se, but she certainly gets watchful.

The Massoud Family

Grandsire: Rohan Massoud Sire: Rishi Massoud Broodmates: Rue Massoud Others unknown Childer: Unknown

Rohan's Broodmates: Unknown Rishi's Broodmates: Reva Massoud Nadja Vadoma Lovel Reva's Childer: Rani Massoud Rashne Massoud Nadja's Childer: Unknown

Character Inspirations

[As a player, I like to put up plenty of stuff so that other people might come across something they can use ;) ]

• Gulseren, my Research Methods professor from Turkey
• My good friend Wren, who's Jewish and Puerto Rican: "...both at the same time."
  • In LARP terms, Wren's like a real-life Zio!, but as a straight woman with less glitter. I kid you not.
• Hana Tajima Simpson, someday maybe
• Delenn, G'Kar, Lyta Alexander, and the Rangers from Babylon 5
• Tex, Church and Grif from Red vs. Blue
• The Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Billy Covington from Air America (Rishi is Gene Ryack)
• Spike Spiegel and Ed from Cowboy Bebop and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Knockin' on Heaven's Door)
• Samurai Champloo
• Riza Hawkeye from the Full Metal Alchemist series
• Tali'Zorah and Thane Krios from the Mass Effect game series
• Door and Hunter from Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
• Jewish Folktales; selected and retold by Pinhas Sadeh
• Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural; selected and retold by Howard Schwartz, Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
• The abundance of cultural tidbits and folk music I've picked up on over the years
• That darned military upbringing of mine...
• My personal interests in history, religion, spirituality, environmental studies, and politics

Soundtrack

Memory: Stance Punks- No Boy No Cry Lauryn Hill- Everything is Everything Green Day- 21 Guns The Replacements- Can't Hardly Wait [Demo Version] Stealers Wheel- Stuck in the Middle With You Linkin Park- Waiting for the End Moby- Extreme Ways Gogol Bordello- My Companjera They Might Be Giants- Istanbul, not Constantinople Asian Kung-Fu Generation- Blue Train ZZ Top- La Grange Ellen McLain- Cara Mia [aka Portal 2 Turret Opera]

DJ Dain- That Long Train Ride [aka Path of Borealis] Massive Attack- Dissolved Girl The Seatbelts- Hamduche (feat. Hassan Bohmide) Nujabes- Imaginary Folklore (feat. Clammbon) Dmitri Kabalevski- Op. 26, The Comedians: Comedian's Gallop Radiohead- I Might Be Wrong Blues Image- Ride Captain Ride Mumford and Sons- Awake My Soul Two Steps from Hell- Little Ben Poets of the Fall- Roses

System: Breaking Benjamin- What Lies Beneath A Perfect Circle- The Package Seether- Master of Disaster The Beatles- Eleanor Rigby Sight-Trance: The Seatbelts- Green Bird (feat. Gabriela Robin) Garmarna- Paso The Seatbelts- Fingers Yoko Kanno- Smile The Pillows- Black Sheep

Quotes

"They really don't speak Yiddish in Israel."

"The only thing that could've made that funny was if you had some dice on hand and found an enchanted ring..."

Mrs. Priscilla Howell: "So Digger, what task did you give the Children of Haqim to do?"
Digger: "Oh... I didn't give them one..."
Priscilla: "Why not?"
Digger: "Well, they're not exactly... um, they don't..."
Razi, smiling: "It's alright Seneschal, you may say whatever is on your mind- I promise I will not be offended."

"Wait... safe word for what?"

Berith: "... and that stuff's just the beginning of all the crap we've got to deal with."
Razi: "Things that would require the 'patience of Job.'"
Berith: "Oh, don't get me started on that guy!"

"You're Jewish, but you don't act like a Jew. I like you... you know what, I'm going to print you up some pamphlets."
-Sigurd "Bloodhammer" Skraelholm, formerly known as Varg (deceased)

"If we didn't know any better, we'd think she was pursuing her own agenda :)"
-Alex Randal (deceased)

(CoH only)
Razi: "I apologize if this is a bad question, but why did the Thing get his own movie, and not the whole Fantastic Four? And I'm not sure what being subjected to x-rays in space has to do with this subject..."
Yonna: "No no...not that Thing. Remake of The Thing from Another World. 1982 John Carpenter film...Kurt Russell...Keith David. You really need to watch it."

"Remember that each of you sets a precedence by your words for how those your lesser are expected to act amongst the brethren."

"I don't know enough for this..."

Rumors

• She's a seer and an oracle.
• Eiken only likes her because of her Sire.
• She doesn't get the whole "all Assamites are Muslim" thing.
  • Had to correct a Nosferatu on the subject, promising him none of her Clan-mates wanted to kill her for her religion or vice-versa.
• Oh yeah, she's Rishi's kid alright... she just needs something to trigger his kind of crazy.
• Razi is a "cleaner" for the Assamites of the Twin Cities. She does the wet-work Morgan can't do himself.
• Considers herself a continual failure, which is why she's so forgiving to everyone around her.
• Manages to converse very well with many, many different flavors of Kindred: Russian Communists, tech-businessmen, master swordsmen, Mexican cartel members, burlesque dancers, ninjas, White-supremacist rioters, deep-South yokels, samurai, hippies, taxidermists, womanizing gambling-addicts, gamers, scholars, survivalists, DJs, lion-tamers, the British...
• Is being scouted for a different religion.
• Recently developed a great dislike of clowns.
• Turned down the position of Keeper because she didn't want to be exiled from the domain.
• Is purposefully attempting to undermine her own advancement in the Camarilla.
• Managed to offend Scourge Alexei Semago during a memorial service for the dead and is now involved in a blood feud with him.