Hadiyya Nejem, Runic Student

Hadiyya "DIYA" Nejem,

can't cage my body, can't stop my soul

Hadiyya (Who often goes by just “Diya”) is foremost a fighter and a punk; she will never take anything passively, and isn’t afraid to speak up nice and loud when she has a problem with something or someone. She is tired of nice people suffering, and is an aggressive critic of rules, laws, corporations, and authority figures in general (since they all tend to lead to aforementioned suffering). She has a spiky attitude, a sharp tongue, and a pair of fists she’s not afraid to use.

She’s impulsive and brash, which often overshadows her mind. She’s a quick learner, a critical thinker, and excels at anything she puts her mind to… but she only bothers to put her mind to subjects that interest her; if it’s boring to her, she’s not putting in any effort unless she absolutely has to, whether or not she would excel at it. If it’s a subject that does interest her, namely science, then she flips the switch to “obsession.”

She doesn’t take great care of herself or her living space; cans from energy drinks and bottles of booze are strewn about her small apartment, and dirty ashtrays are found in multiples around any place she sits. Cleaning is boring, after all.

If you don’t piss her off, it’s not hard to see that past her aggressive exterior is a genuinely good person. She’s witty and loves to joke, and she’s the friend who will go out of her way to help you. She’s more of a sister friend than a mom friend; she will fight anyone who messes with you, or anyone else who can’t defend themselves. She takes after her mothers, and will give to those who need help the most without any regard for herself.

She doesn’t really treat magi or cyborgs differently. If she hears someone being an asshole, she’ll tell them to cram it, whether it’s a magi talking shit or a racist human being a bigot; being a jerk is never excusable. She doesn’t personally know many non-humans, but from what she can gather, they’re not much different than she is. She’ll fight to remove any oppressive system, and especially views hunters as nothing but fanatics given too much power. At the same time, she abhors magi terrorist attacks on civilians; hurting innocents makes you as bad as your enemy.

Hadiyya does not put much effort into her appearance. She stands at an average 5’8” and at a thin 140 lbs. Her skin and facial features give away her Surajan heritage, something of which she is tremendously proud. Her hair is permanently dyed a seafoam green, as it has always been her favorite color, and cut in the same half-shaved asymmetrical fashion all the time. Her eyes have permanent bags from her horrible sleeping habits.

One of the most obvious features is that her arms, collar, and back are covered in various tattoos, which include designs she likes, her mothers’ names, various words in olden language, stylized lizards and frogs, common lab symbols, etc. She has more than those areas, but you’d have to get closer to her to find those.

She practices basic hygiene, such as brushing her teeth and sometimes her hair, and showers probably twice a week. She doesn’t bother with makeup, and hasn’t owned any for many years. Sometimes she can be bothered to run a razor over her body, but not usually.

Parts of her skin are scarred from small burns, cuts, and other lab-related incidents. Her knuckles are especially damaged from years of brawling, as well as lab spills and other mistakes.

She always has a casual, relaxed posture, no matter where she is; it’s rare for her to tense up or bother to look “presentable.” This includes a permanent, slight slump, and arms usually in her pockets (if they’re not gripping a drink or a cigarette).



In school, she always wears her labcoat over the bare minimum dress code for the University, with her goggles on top of her head. The labcoat is the only thing that seems to undergo some semblance of care- her other clothes are wrinkled and she often will wear the same pants and shirts multiple times before doing laundry. She does her best to get away with jeans or leggings and a “nice” shirt.

Outside of school, she wears whatever she picks up from her drawer, which is almost always a ripped up pair of pants and shirt or tank-top. Sometimes she keeps her lab coat on (never know when you have an urge to do some lab work!) but usually she sticks with simple outfits. She likes combat boots and fingerless gloves, and almost always wears them.

Parents
Mother: Amna Nejem (54, Living. Anjum, Suraja)
Mother: Maram Nejem (58, Living. Anjum, Suraja)
Mother: Nada Nejem (53, Living. Anjum, Suraja)

Siblings
Foster Sister: Salwah Nejem (30, Living. Anjum, Suraja)

Extended Family
Various aunts, uncles, grandparents, and foster siblings.

Pets (Unofficial)
Stray Crow: Nasya (living, around Felici)
Stray Cat: Hassan (living, around Felici)


Hadiyya started her life as a nobody; she was born to parents who did not want to care for her, and it wasn’t long before they left her in the streets of Anjum, a poor Surajan shanty-town. Fortunately for her, she was found by a caring woman, Amna, before she died of thirst. Amna was the one to give her the name “Hadiyya,” as there was no way to know her birth name. Hadiyya was unofficially adopted by Amna and her two wives, Maram and Nada; they were a poor family, but always did what they could for the children on the streets. They fostered and sheltered many, and Hadiyyah learned from them about caring for those who could not care for themselves. She grew up knowing and saying goodbye to many brothers and sisters, but her elder sister, Salweh, was the one she got along with most, and soon they were the two oldest children, and so helped their mothers care for their family in any way they could.

She was a fiery child, who fought often; it was unfair that her mothers could care for so many and yet receive nothing but hardship in return. How could kind people suffer while bullies flourished? Why were they targeted by crooked cops, politicians, and gangs when they did nothing but good for people? So she fought, and spoke out, and raged against oppressors. She got into many actual fights with bullies on the streets and in school. She was a violent activist against corrupt local authority. Her mothers wished her to take a gentler path, but she was a fighter through and through, and believed she was doing the right thing; she could not be convinced otherwise.

She took immediately to education; she was quick to learn concepts, and showcased obvious intelligence. She became obsessed with science, with trying new things and seeing the results of her new ideas and theories. Her high grades and country-recognized honors (Such as student science fairs) always came with an asterisk, citing her poor attitude and overall rebelliousness.

That didn’t stop her from applying to the University in Felici, and perhaps they disregarded her attitude problems as unimportant, or as something they could quell. In any case, her grades and honors were more than enough to move her up on the priority list, and at 22, she was enrolled and moving to Ethea, to live in housing provided to underprivileged students on a meager stipend. Her mothers were sad to see her go, but proud to see their daughter make something of herself. She promised them she would succeed, and she hoped to get a good career so she could give her family the life they deserved.

The awe and wonder disappeared almost immediately within the first few weeks. It wasn’t at all what she expected- mandatory classes, boring repetition, and restricted privileges. She refused this reality- she was going to succeed by doing what she was good at, not wasting her time on other classes. Her dropping grades and poor attitude were quickly punished, and she was threatened with expulsion if she did not fix both. She hated the lecture, hated the administration… but she needed to succeed, both for herself and for her family. She now puts in the bare minimum effort to pass her “unimportant” classes- frustrating to some professors, because clearly she’s smart enough, but just could not be convinced to care. She maintains a snarky, but quiet, attitude, and tries to spend as much time in the lab as she can.

Hadiyya has been a student for five years now, and has made tremendous progress in her research and science studies during that time; she focuses on how runes react with other runes and everything else she can think of. She heads the small “science club” and continues to make great strides in her field while barely getting by in all other disciplines and maintaining silent animosity for most professors and the institution as a whole- the opportunity the University is giving her is not lost on her, but she believes she’s above all the BS they require of her.

She doesn’t plan far ahead, but once she milks her education for all its worth, she hopes to work in a lab, or perhaps own one of her own, so nobody could tell her what to do.

-Unarmed I (Street Brawling)- You know the basics and can hold your own in a street fight. The type of martial art or fighting style is up to you. We trust you to be realistic for what you can accomplish and not accomplish at being a general level one in unarmed combat.

-Runic Novice- After a lengthy period of time studying the Olden Language you have now been given your first small amount of ink to practice. Well done, student. You can now do Simple Magic Circles with very basic Instructions.



-Runic Apprentice- You have proven yourself to be a trustworthy student in the Runic Practice. You are careful in forming each and every stroke (when being tested at least) and have memorized the symbols thus far given you. The professors have decided that you are ready to learn more symbols and phrases. You've now started to combine runes in to more complex Circles.

-Runic Advanced- This is the level that approved professor characters will be placed at. Not too newbie where someone will ask "um, why are you a teacher?" but still allowing room for the character to upgrade their abilities. Your circle knowledge is enough that you can even put a complex circle within a complex circle.

-Runic Expert- You are at the top of your field. It is not an odd sight to see a Runic User at this level to not only charitably help society but take paid jobs through the Government and the Hunter Guild. But most importantly, you are the major force of the University itself. Your skill has reached the point that you can have even 3 levels of complex runes within a single rune.

Runic Master- You are highly respected and trusted, whether you are a student or professor. Now you've learned the Greater Rune. able to make any of your runes twice as powerful as before.

-Seer- A person with this ability has flashes of still images that go through their mind when they come into physical contact with either an item or another living being (person or animal). This is an unstable ability that works randomly and out of their control. Persons with this untrained ability have been known to be treated as insane so be careful who you share this with.



-Unarmed II- You have improved in this skill and can accomplish more impressive feats in the fighting technique you've chosen for your character. You are now also able to defend yourself better against melee weapon-ed attacks.

[b]Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet, Syrup[/b] as [i]Hadiyya Nejem[/i]