Razi Massoud
| Clan | Child of Haqim |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant Keeper |
| Status | 4(+1) |
| Domain | Twin Cities, MN |
| Coterie | None |
| Society | {{{Society}}} |
| Path | Humanity 000 |
| Player | Lin McP |
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Contents
Overview
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 former Prince Morgan Wynn Howell of the Twin Cities
- Brave by former Prince Morgan Wynn Howell of the Twin Cities
- Resourceful by Prince Zphonco Davinovich of Milwaukee, WI
- Supported with Dedicated by Keeper D as her assistant
(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 then-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, which she passed on after a month to the new Harpy (now Seneschal), Nekoj Kustic.
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
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Children of Haqim (by no means an exhaustive list): |
A few others she gets along reasonably well with: |
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
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Grandsire: Sire: Broodmates: Childer: |
Rohan's Broodmates: Rishi's Broodmates: Reva's Childer: Nadja's Childer: |
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
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Memory: |
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System: |
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."
"Wait... safe word for what?"
"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, aka Varg (deceased)
"If we didn't know any better, we'd think she was pursuing her own agenda :)"
-Alex Randal (deceased)
"Gods above and below..."
On being (or becoming?) a Massoud: "Well, it's not a Hellmouth... sure, why not."
(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 couldn'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.
- Has a lot of potential if she can manage to get out of Howell's Shadow.
- Betrayed former Prince Sylphain Delille in a fight with now-Prince Alexei Semago.
- Is a tiny hippo.
