Name: Ouahid (wah HEED)

Gender/Expression/Preference: Male / He/Him / Bi

Age: Young Adult

Species: Majiri

Family: farmers who are a touch worried about their boy who was supposed to run stalls and work the cotton fields ... not that he didn't tell them he was going away to follow his dreams, and also they have five other kids to run the place come on dad.

Friends/Associates: Several caravan companies that he's maintained connections for the band; Moths, Two Aflame of course!

Height: 6'6"; Build: burly and well muscled, doesn't skip leg day

Hair: Rich and woody brown with darker tips; shaved in back and on the sides, is very thick and easily styled, tends to get wooly and frizzy in humid weather; heavy brows and a small well-kept goatee

Eyes: Coppery brown, quite sparkly in the sunlight, close set and alert

Appearance: brightly pink skin with plentiful freckles in a darker coppery shade, not just reserved for his face and nose, they will appear all over his shoulders and arms depending on the exposure to sunlight. His ears are of medium length and strongly pointed, but they also point nearly straight out from his head which led to him being mocked in school settings... He has a broad and flat nose, and heavy, pleasantly upturned lips. He is in a word thicc, but that neck is all muscle, like the rest of him. Even his hands are remarkably strong but he hasn't sacrificed any dexterity for that ability. He likes wearing copper, tan, brown, and yellow outfits as shown, they couple with his eyes and hair color very nicely. Of the group he's also the one who enjoys finding local costume pieces, though he won't make the mistake of wearing the wrong color or plaid somewhere if there's a conflict going on. He has a very strong voice, but when he's just talking he can be very demure - you won't mistake his deep voice for anyone else's, he can match an ormuu's deep bellow. He works with the animals and their caravan, but no one has ever complained about his 'delicious chocolate-like aroma', no one knows how this happens...

Image Credits: Doll Divine Prince

Skill Set: Drums, Percussion, Background (Bass) Vocals; While he is also responsible for keeping their caravans and burden animals fit and healthy, it is their steady footfalls, grunting and bellows, and other such sounds that first made Ouahid believe he should become a musician. He can keep a beat on the drum like no one ever has, but also his voice is tremendously flexible - he's able to throat-sing as well as belt out both operatic melodies and simple chorus callbacks. He's been known to let loose the most impressive belches, sometimes causing animals to grumble and respond in kind. Otherwise however he is able to use anything that requires hitting, smacking, tapping, or shaking - from gourd rattles to tubular bells, marimba to taiko drums. He has quite a few ideas on how to get more of those things involved with their stage productions, too.

Former Path: Farmer, concentrating most on animal wrangling and cotton sorting for their textile plants. This was fine, but he always felt more at home 'chatting' to the ormuu or riffroc, for whom he feels a great amount of compassion. He has no desire to sort plants, or to run machinery - aside from the fact that some of those machines put out their own fun rhythm.

Current Path: Musician; as above, he intends to remain productive and energetic as long as he possibly can. But when he does retire, it'll likely be about as 'retired' as an animal keeper could get, which is to say 'never'...

Star Stone: Jasper as many of his family members, representing the farmers of the world. He's heard of this thing called an 'art farm' and yes he did have to be explained that... it's not a place that grows artworks, my dude, it... grows creative people...

Seasonal Type: born in Winter, early in his case, under the Waxing Crescent of Luna. He is a blunt and patient man with a casual confidence and practical approach to life. He found his niche and he's going to stick with it!

Personality Traits: quite a few people would consider him not the brightest torch in the parade but he more than makes up for this by being kind and hard working no matter the setting or purpose to his tasks. While he can certainly take the gentle giggling or good-natured comments of his team, Ouahid does understand that some people don't mean it in jest or want to get a laugh at him rather than with him. He knows he doesn't need to retreat to the barn or the meadow where the ormuu are grazing to let out any frustration, and also has watched his friends step up to defend him when he simply doesn't know how to respond in kind. There isn't a truly hurtful or hateful cell in his body. He also is credited for the name of the group, even if inadvertently he's quite the pun-ster.

Creature Association: the Kilima Night Moth, which has been noted by many "keep away from stored cloth". He loves these little guys but yes, that means that in his childhood he accidentally got into quite a lot of trouble for introducing them to his aunt's loom...

Favorite Food: Now, you might be thinking, would a man whose entire life revolved around cattle and animals want to eat them? And the answer is yes, yes he does. A good steak and vegetable dinner is his go-to; since he needs that protein, carb, and fat for his very rigorous performances! Also he is definitely among the better 'basic' cooks in the group, while everyone has 'their' particular meal that they know how to make adequately, he usually serves up what they need on the road, and hasn't failed to produce confident belching and congratulations every time.

Place of Origin: Harvest Meadows, another pastoral suburb of Bahari City, where they produce a massive amount of cotton, sisal, hemp, and other materials and textiles, in addition to hosting mulberry plants for silkmoths. He didn't realize that not all moths are the kind you want around that sort of setting... But still he always likes having an electric lamp or one that won't burn the Night Moths if they get too close to it, on the road.

Events or History: As a very young child he was fascinated by the sounds and heavy steps of the huge burden beasts running mills and occasionally being milked or groomed for their luxurious fur on his family's farm. He knew that some were meant to be eaten, but still he schooled one of their temporary employees when they were mistreating one of those large bulls - even if they will wind up in your belly, you want the meat to be cared for and sweet, not hard and bitter. He was always seen as a bit vapid but still strangely wise as a child. And then there was the issue with the Night Moths and some of that notion went out the window... with those moths. There had been some worry that he wouldn't be passing the same exams as others in his family - he wouldn't be an accountant nor a weaver or even just a simple 'farm hand'. No, his Path had been obvious for a while, he's an animal handler! But it was his fascination with their sounds and their breathing, their step and sway - when he and his family would gather around in the main room of their villa for celebrations or big events, there would always be music. Somene handed him a drum, and he went to town emulating the rush of a herd down to the last errant calf.

When this couple of people came drifting through the town asking around for 'anyone that has rhythm' he was openly pointed out by nearly everyone. As a teenager he basically grew up on the road with them, performing ever since, as well as bringing fliers for the family business, and learning how to maintain their caravans here and there too. He's the first up in the morning, and though he doesn't generally stay up very late for that reason, if they don't have anywhere to be the next day, he'll be knee slapping and foot pounding the whole night through.

He does understand that 'these' dragons, these 'off world' dragons are not what Maji is. Or maybe they are, who knows? Right? He questions anyone that thinks they know what the gods are. Only they know, just like any person is the only one who can know themselves.

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