Razi Massoud
| Clan | Child of Haqim |
|---|---|
| Position | Lesser Harpy |
| Status | 2 |
| 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: Keeper of the Masquerade/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. 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
- Loyal as Lesser Harpy to Alex Randal when he is absent from Court
(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.
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.
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
- 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: |
System: |
Quotes
"Why don't you let me drive? My car is much less... noticeable, yes."
-to some clanmates about to go "patrolling" in a bright yellow, pimped-out Hummer
"...wait, so the glittery one used to be Prince?"
-on first learning about then-Archon Zio! during his last visit to the Twin Cities
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."
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!"
"I thought you were Muslim..."
-several people
"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
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.
- Confused the former Seneschal, who thought she was Muslim, and had to promise 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 and Jacob Nazarene really need to meet each other. It will either be awesome or some piece of reality will spontaneously disappear.
- 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, technologies businessmen, Mexican cartel gang-members, burlesque dancers, ninjas, White-supremacist rioters, deep-South yokels, samurai, hippies, taxidermists, womanizing gambling-addicts, gamers, scholars, survivalists, 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.
