Naeem Ra

[Naeem Ra[Inactive]]

Settle down, it’ll all be clear

Full name: Naeem Ra

Nickname: none
Alias: The Egyptian, Night Slicer, Brawler
Gender: Male
Age/Birthday:  34 years old, March 25
Celebrity Claim:

If you get lost you can always be found

Time Period: Byzantine
Appearance: Naeem is a mountain of a man, muscular and rough. His short shaggy hair is cropped close to his skull, while his stubbled mouth rarely ever grows past that stage. His skin is darkened from a lifetime under the sun. His nose is larger than average, taking attention away from his small dark eyes. His outfit is a closed gold vest, white leggings, and reddish brown shoes. Unashamed of his fearful disposition, he wears his weapons out in the open, a large khopesh strapped to his hip(a remake, the original one was broken long ago) as well as a Macedonian dagger and a Merovingian axe. 
Height: 6'9(he's a giant)
Distinguishing Features: Small scar over right eye, large scar over left upper arm, Templar Insignia tattooed over right bicep

Just know you’re not alone

Personality: Naeem is not the best of people to befriend. He's a liar and can rip you apart easily if he wanted. Ambitious is probably the nicest thing you could say about him. He was once a nobody and will not be one again. Prizing his strength as well as his self-taught wisdom, he's one to beware. He can be reckless, but he can usually back it up. Brutal and vicious, he is one of the people in Constantinople you don't want to meet. Oddly enough, he has a small soft side to him that very, very few know about. Gentle with animals and flowers, he exhibits a fondness for beauty and enjoys it in almost every form. Still, on the outside, he is a course, brash individual who starts fights and finishes them for fun.
Fears: never achieving his goals, being betrayed, claustrophobic
Goals: To build a society where the people are controlled for their own good, become the best fighter in the soon to be New Byzantium Empire, to rise up to power as a Templar
Likes: Fighting, drinking, secret love of gardening, bombs, Templars,
Dislikes: Assassins, soldiers, people who aren't Templars, people who are Templars and piss him off, rusty weapons,
Strengths: His brawn from many years of toil, ability to remain unseen, very good at spotting people in a crowd, bomb crafting, his mixture of informal as well as formal fighting confuses his enemies
Weaknesses:  no formal education, not good at making allies, half blind in his right eye
Talents: Killing, fighting, Gardening, has a way with animals, a very effective liar
Habits/Quirks: a small eyebrow twitch when he lies, pops his knuckles all the time, polishes his weapons nearly an hour twice a day, has a nasty problem of spitting whenever someone mentions "Mamluks", takes a small trophy(usually a weapon) from opponents he deems worthy 
Occupation: Assassin Hunter,
Alliance: Templar

Cause I’m gonna make this place your home.

History: Naeem was always meant for better things. His history is unknown to most, but in reality, he used to be a simple farmer in Egypt. His parents were good to him, but society wasn't. At the time, you were born into the caste you would remain in. The Sultan ruled with an iron fist, a fist composed of Mamluks, soldiers born slaves. With no hope of ever moving up, he was resigned to live a quiet life. But, his heart beat with the fire of battle. Slowly, the teen began to pick fights and won them all. He soon discovered that he was good at it. When he was 17, he discovered an old khopesh out in the field.  Practicing with it, he refined his skills until he could no longer take it and left his home.

Travelling  the world was more difficult than he thought. To survive, he took up thieving and became a roaming bandit. He was only caught once and that was by a group of mercenaries near Damascus who were impressed with his skill and threw him in a fighting arena. A newcomer to the circuit, he surprised everyone with his age, fighting skills, and his brutal and wise tactics. When he emerged victorious, he was whisked to a championship tournament and went on to the finals. Here, he was beaten by an Assassin novice in disguise. Furious over his defeat at the second highest stage of the competition, he waited until the Assassin was all alone and snapped his neck.

The Templars noticed and brought him into the fold. Training him in the ways of hunting down Assassins and sneaking around, he was made into one of their deadliest killers. Stationed in Constantinople, he became a regular in the brawling rings. As the years passed and he got older, he only became more lethal as he discovered the beauty of explosives and how to craft them. Now, he's an accomplished Assassin Hunter and no one is going to get in his way of his plans or else they would suffer for it.
 

Mother: Name long forgotten
Father: same as above
Siblings: none
Significant other: none
Pets: Bast, a small cat with a spotted coat
Home: Constantinople, the North Constantin District

Behind the Scenes

Name/Alias: Cable
How long have you been in RP?: about 3 years
How did you find Cutting Corners?: Well, first, I found a gypsy who gave me a prophecy. After an epic quest, I finally found it! A search engine that is. After typing in my query I found a half off sale for cupcakes! After many hours of inane searching, I found this tucked away in some random corner   internet.

Music credit -- Phillip Phillips - Home

[Rosa Giovanno]

First of all, great character! Really unique, and brownie points for going out of the box with the Assassin Hunter thing.

Just a couple things to look at:

In his history, it says "he took up 'thriving' and became a roaming bandit". Do you mean "thieving"? I was a little confused about that.

Also, in the part "When he emerged victorious, he was whisked to a championship tournament and went on to the finals. Here, he was beaten by an Assassin in disguise. Furious over his defeat at the second highest stage of the competition, he waited until the Assassin was all alone and snapped his neck."

I know he's kind of a prodigy when it comes to fighting, and his height probably helps with that, but he'd probably need some serious training to sneak up on and kill an Assassin, unless it was a new recruit and/or not sober. He seemed kind of self-taught to me. So maybe think about adding training or tweaking the victim a bit.

And then just something to be aware of, but not to change, is that it's kind of difficult for a 6'9'' man to "remain unseen"(in the strengths section) for long. His training with the Templars would probably help with that and he's like 34, but just keep that in mind when writing and blending with crowds, since he kind of towers over them.

But other than that, awesome work! Can't wait to see him in a story!

Also interesting way you found the site. I see your muse has been into the cookie jar again, lol.

[Naeem Ra[Inactive]]

Damn autocorreect. This is why I don't like working with a mobile device.

Yes, I did mean thieving. That was just my kindle being stupid. And the Assassin was supposed to be a novice on his first mission. For some weird reason, they deleted the word 'novice.' Oh, and what I meant to say was that he didn't sneak up on him, it was like the last two people in a room deal, offered a friendly handshake, made the novice relax and waited until his back was turned, then SURPRISE! Should've probably clarified, but I was tired and sorta rushing to finish.

And on the note of blending. I was sorta hopping around the app, changing things when a new idea popped into my head. I put that down before I was like, "Hey, let's make him a giant!" His many years of Templar training could account for that, like you said. Maybe he's just really good at following from the rooftops? I dunno.

[Rosa Giovanno]

Ok cool, accepted

And yeah, rooftops would make sense too. I know in the game I was constantly getting stabbed by them up there.

Awesomeness! Finally another Templar on the site.

[Naeem Ra[Inactive]]

Thanks for understanding the whole Assassin novice business. Wanted to emphasize his ability to lie very well.

And yay! More Templar fun!