Name:
Asilah bint Assad bin Khaled Ghufran
"Asilah, daughter of Assad, granddaughter of Khaled of the family Ghufran"
Alternatively: Asilah Ghufran (I think. My source of accurate Arabic has been gone for two months)
Age:
31
Gender:
Female
Religion:
Bedouin tradition
Sexuality:
Bisexual
Occupation:
Translator for major oil companies and American corporations
Abilities:
- Bilingual (Arabic, English),
- swordsmanship,
- bedouin traditions,
- secretary,
- business woman (being a shareholder),
- horseback/camelback riding,
- rifles
(If you haven't noticed, this character is inspired by BF1's Zara Ghufran, and therefore a descendent of her, and because of this family's proud history, they made it a tradition to uphold the abilities of their ancestors- in honor to them. Especially so since Asilah = Modern Zara w/out war)
Faults:
Pride in her people, and a refusal to back down from a fight. Honorable, in some ways, to a fault, in that she keeps her word, and backs her family up, always. Beyond that, she's also somewhat clueless to some American ways- she might get herself into trouble without ever realizing it, because despite being born in America, she was raised Bedouin.
(In other words: Won't take things lightly, could go up against something unbeatable, while not being fluent in the ways of America)
Power:
Precognition (powerful)
Asilah has the ability to sense events in the extremely near future- if someone is about to punch her, she'll know about it right before it happens. If anyone intends to do anything to her- she senses it. If someone intends to shoot her, kiss her, hug her, or do anything to her, she'll know it and have enough time to react to it.
Personality:
Mischievous and clever. She can be very focused and determined, but does enjoy having fun and won't hesitate when among friends- unless she's feeling weirded out, of course. Often times, however, Asilah prefers to keep her sil ence, letting her face do the talking- as she's very expressive facially, and one can often tell exactly what she's thinking by her expressions. She can be, however, standoffish in terms of physical intimacy- she doesn't usually hug people, shake hands, etc., preferring to keep some amount of physical (and because of that, sometimes mental/emotional) distance.
History:
Asilah Ghufran spent her first two years of life as a born American, but this didn't last long. Her parents, on corporate business in America in the first place, returned to their birthplace in Saudi Arabia's capital city, and their host oil corporation's headquarters, of Riyadh. It was here that Asilah grew up as one of her people, one of the Bedouin. Despite the Bedouins primarily being nomads, some of them had settled, still retaining their traditions but wanting a more stable life. Asilah began experiencing this, until her world changed again.
Her parents moved back to America- they never stopped teaching her about and being a Bedouin, but they had decided that, after resigning from their Arabian oil corporation and signing onto an American one, using their connections to go back and forth, they could live an easier, more peaceful life in America (they were rather high-level in Saudi Arabia, and it was beginning to take a toll on them and their family).
Asila was now age eight, and having moved back to America, she began experiencing a much greater change. Normally, her parents only ever had time for her to teach her about their people- they were too busy and were too focused on who they were to be able to do more. Now, however, they began becoming a major role in the young girl's life, and started pushing her and teaching her. Asilah's growth was jumpstarted, as well as her ambition.
It was, though, a struggle. With terrorist attacks such as 9/11, Paris, and all the smaller intermittent types, many of the less mindful and respectful Americans- including children- generalized anyone who was, simply put, of a darker skin color than themselves, and came from the Middle East. And so Asilah faced fairly prominent, subtle harassment and racism during her youth. As the years passed, her skin grew thicker, tougher, and while she'll still give any racist a tongue-lashing of notable verbal proportions, and she became more and more successful.
As of the present day, she's a moderately-high ranked official in one of the larger, more widespread American oil corporation, one that deals directly with Arabic oil companies to get part of their oil for their business. Asilah works as both a translator and organizer for the going-betweens, and as something of a PR agent, unofficially speaking.
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