[Zozeko]

ZOZEKO IBN NIHIM

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Azat Djinn Zanaryan
MALE | 669 | SHIP'S GUNNER | FESSIJAHN | ARTEGA

A P P E A R A N C E

Height: 5'11"
Build: He's fairly slender, since despite being a gunner he's often forced to help out with heavy lifting and the ship's rigging. He's also handy with his quarterstaff, a skill that doesn't come without practise. In some lights, though, he can look as if a stiff wind would knock him down.
Eye colour: Red
Hair: Grey-white and long, but usually twisted into a single braid and threaded through with a suede cord.

First Impressions: Among Zanaryans, Zeko is almost entirely unremarkable: His haughty expression and down-the-nose posture makes clear right away that he considers himself superior to virtually everyone else but this attitude is only magnified when dealing with Elysians.

Distinguishing Features: His wing claws, horns and even his quarterstaff are laden with gold moon and star charms. His mauve jacket, edged with gold embroidery, is also fairly distinctive.

Description: Zeko is your stereotypical Zanaryan with the white hair and red eyes, and tends to still follow many of the Zanaryan fashion trends (including the jewellery, the set he currently wears being one gifted to him by his wife when their first son, Ikram, swore his allegiance to Lord Ciro). However, he does try to fit in with his crew, the result being a mix of fine and common fabrics, Zanaryan and Elysian designs. His favourite outfits are Zanaryan silk shirts worn with suede or leather boots, matching gauntlets and belts, and a long, mauve brocade jacket.

P E R S O N A L I T Y

Zeko is the quintessential Zanaryan: proud, racist, and very, very sexist.

For the most part, he manages to hide his racism, but just as Elysians see him and think "demon", he sees them as barbarians and simpletons. Conversely, he's intensely fascinated by them and even admires them when it suits him, a trait that is perhaps the only reason he can work aboard a ship where every other crew member (barring his son, the cabin boy) is Elysian.

He cannot, however, hide his attitude towards women, or his belief that they are very much the weaker sex, suited only for staying at home to raise their children. That's not to say he dislikes women, only that he's been raised in a very male-oriented society and has no interest of breaking out of those beliefs. It was, then, quite the shock to enter Elysia as a young man and discover that women everywhere were not the downtrodden servants of Men, but outspoken creatures with ill manners and jobs meant only for males!

Perhaps his greatest fear, as a result, is that the foreign culture will incite a rebellion within his own home. Indeed, he knows very well that while the cat's away, his mice will play, but as long as his women still obey him and honour Zanaryan tradition on the whole, he'll look the other way. Actually, he's glad to have a wife who will take care of the daily running of the family, since it allows him to play the adventurer. He loves her despite theirs being an arranged marriage, though he can't really say he's in love with her, and he knows very well how lucky he is that she allows him to save face with neighbours and family alike while she manages the household in his absence. He's also proud of how well she's raised their children.

B A C K G R O U N D

Name: Azat Djinn Zozeko Zubaidin ibn Nihim al-Walid ibn Karahim al-Walid abd'al-Risna ibn Serren abd'al-Cirodjinn al-Khayridji il'Artega aal-Fessijah al-Paiadjinn aal-Marport al-Dardanos
Meaning: Servant of Air Zozeko; the Patriarch of his House as son of Nihim the Merchant and grandson of Karahim the Merchant; servant of Ressa, the son of Serren, in service to the Djinn Lord Ciro; a gunner aboard the ship Artega; born in Fessijah, a village of the Great Djinn Nation of Paia, now residing in Marport of Dardanos.
Birthdate: The 52nd day of Asharah in the 8,384th year of the Calendar of the Temple of Farahij (1342 AD)
Hometown: Fessijah, Paia
Financial Status: Zeko's income fluctuates since the life of a sailor and a pirate is an uncertain one. He also sends most of his income (and the pittance his son, Malik, earns as a cabin boy) home to support his family. Their own food and board are covered as costs of running a ship anyway, so he doesn't actually need much, and his wife starts to harp on about his children starving if he doesn't send her enough. Besides, certain crew aboard the Artega would only be tempted to steal from him if he left his wages lying around.

A F F I L I A T I O N S

House: The House of Harith
Marital Status: Married

Spouse: Azat Djinn Layla ibna Zozeko ibn Hatim ibn Nuri
Children: Azat Djinn Ikram (301), Azat Djinn Judani (163), Malik (64), Zahrah (48), Nuri (32), Rasha (6)

Father: Azat Djinn Nihim ibn Karahim ibn Atuf (deceased)
Mother: Azat Djinn Fayza ibn Amir
Siblings: Bashir (deceased), Ridwana, Atuf, Nasira (382)

Paternal Grandparents: Karahim ibn Atuf & Malika ibn Jinan
Maternal Grandparents: Anwer ibn Ihab & Naila ibn Juda

Boss: Captain Sebastian Jackson

Organisations: Zozeko is ship's gunner aboard the Artega, the patriarch of the House of Harith and a servant of Shrine Lord Ciro, but is not currently a member of any other organisations.

H I S T O R Y

Zozeko comes from a House of merchants and is the second son. As a youth, he was encouraged to compete with and surpass his older brother, Bashir, so that he might take over as family patriarch instead, but Zeko himself would have been content being leader of his own little family and ignoring the contest for power. When his father and Bashir were both killed by an aggressive tribe while on a trade run through Ilia to Keikis, Zozeko, as the oldest and highest ranking of the remaining siblings, became the patriarch by default.

Having been sent to live in Elysia, when he was 358, as a sort-of spy by his Lord Ciro, he was not in a position to return to the family seat in Fessijah and so left the daily running of his father's business, and his widowed mother, to the second oldest brother, Atuf. He did, however, take in his youngest and unmarried sister Nasira, who now resides with Zozeko's wife and children in Marport. Gradually, orders from Ciro stopped coming and it became clear that Zozeko's existence had been forgotten. He could have returned home, of course, but by then he and his family were accustomed to life "on the other side". Not wishing to uproot them or himself again, and not wanting the responsibility, he was content to hand over the daily running of both House and business to his younger brother Atuf, a man Zeko felt was much better suited for such "mundane things". He grabbed at the chance to live the adventurous, carefree life he'd always dreamed of.

Contrary to his somewhat hedonistic tendencies, however, Zeko realises that he cannot abandon his duty forever and has vague plans to one day return his family to the House seat in Fessijah. He also knows that, at any moment, Risna or another of Ciro's servants might remember his existence and drag him home. Until then, however, he plans to milk his freedom for all it's worth, and what is a wife for, after all, if not to support her husband and his fancies?

I N V E N T O R Y

P R O P E R T Y

HOUSE
Address: 19 Baker Street, Marport
Tier|Type: Two | Domus
Description: A small, run-down wooden domus in one of the rougher neighbourhoods of Marport, Zozeko chose this house for its view overlooking the ocean (and four rows of other houses before it). Situated on a small hill near the docks, it was close enough for him to admire passing ships from his bedroom window, and now he likes to think that his family watch for him from there instead. (Indeed, when he sends word that he'll be docking soon, Nuri - and his older brothers before him - keeps a vigil at his parents' bedroom window until the Artega docks.) It has only three bedrooms, however, and is quite cramped for the size of Zeko's family. Zeko has really been meaning to find a more suitable place for years, but never quite got around to it. So here, Layla shares the master bedroom with the girls when Zeko's away, splitting the other two between the boys. When Zeko's home, however, the girls are turfed out and the boys have to share.

A N I M A L S

PET
Name: Hodge Podge
Species: Rasuli bat
Gender|Age: Male | 2
Description: Hodge was actually not a pet of Zeko's choosing. Nuri found the bat, injured, while he and Nasira were in Fessijah visiting family. Nursing it back to health, he gave it to his father as a good luck charm, so it could look after him and remind him of of his family whilever he was away from home. Zeko appreciated the gesture but was ever so reluctant about taking the creature aboard ship with him, though it seems Hodge is more interested in sleeping in Zeko's coat pockets than doing anything untoward. He does prove useful as a courier, at least, when Zeko wants to send messages home (since owning anything of value aboard a pirate ship, such as a COM, is a very bad idea even if Zeko wasn't so dismissive of Elysian technology).

E Q U I P M E N T

SPECIAL ITEMS
Item: Quarterstaff
Description: Zeko's staff is made of a common rosewood inscribed with Zanaryan script that details his lineage. It was a gift from his wife's father for their 100th anniversary. The caps and star charms at the ends, both made of gold, were later added as part of the same set Layla gave him for his wings when Ikram became an Azat.

MISCELLANEOUS|MUNDANE
Item: The Artega
Description: The Artega is a ship that is part-owned by its crew. A small sailed vessel with an equally small crew, it was originally meant for legitimate trade but fell on hard times and now also undertakes pirate missions as well. Despite its size, its speed - increased by Zozeko's air-bending - makes it a formidable opponent against defenceless merchant vessels. (See NPCs for crew list.)

Item: Qitar
Description: Zozeko's House isn't anywhere near wealthy enough for a "real" qitar, so the "gemstone" at the centre of his is merely coloured glass instead. Still, it's a highly ornate bronze affair with a silver inlay of Zanaryan script and the leaf-and-vines filigree symbolic of his House. The first four strings are made from unicorn hair, the last three from a monoceros, both of which were imported by his great-grandmother's father so he could have the qitar made as part of her dowry. It has since been handed down to the eldest son through three generations, but when Bashir died, Zeko claimed it for his own. "Bashir never played it anyway."

P L A Y E R

Name: Emma
Referred by: Me
Gender|Age: Female | 30
Random Encounters: Yes
Permissions: Minor godmodding is fine but please ask before doing anything serious to him. Zeko is a disposable character so things that will kill or hurt him big-time are fine, but please ask first in case I'm in the middle of a plot.
Plotting: I don't have anything specific in mind for Zeko but I'm very open to using him for someone else's plots!
Other Characters: Maaike Sullivan, Kiel Taskel, Mortimer Jericho, Piper Kin, Dazadi Rhea

S K I L L S

Packs Used: For admin use only.
Posts Used: For admin use only.

• Combat 1 (Quarterstaff)
  
• Elemental Manipulation 3
  
• Elemental Shield 1
  
• Stench: 1