Editing Abdul ibn Farouk (section)

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'''High Concept: Thrill-Seeking Amateur Tomb Raider:''' Abdul has explored many ancient Egyptian tombs, looking for lost artifacts. He has no formal training as a tomb raider, archaeologist or anything of the sort, being largely self-taught. He is driven not so much by greed as by curiosity and the thrill of adventure. He would rather explore someplace new, even if there are no riches to be had, than go into someplace well explored, but where there still might be treasure for the taking.
* Invoke for exploration, especially of ancient ruins, and knowledge of the past.
* Compel to have Abdul explore ruins or follow his curiosity or engage in thrill-seeking behavior in ways that are unwise or get in the way of something else that needs to be done. Compel when the fact that he is largely self-taught works against him.

'''Trouble: Always in Trouble with Someone or Other:''' From a very young age, Abdul was constantly getting in trouble with one groups of people or another, being arrested by the police, offending a colonial official, crossing criminal gangs, treading on the territory of tomb-robbing gangs and the like. Sometimes this is because he is oblivious to danger, sometimes because he overestimates his own abilities, sometimes because he boasts too much, sometimes because he is disrespectful to those who see themselves as his betters. It often seems like Abdul has learned nothing from his misadventures as he continues to get into trouble--but he has gotten very good at getting out of trouble as well.
* Invoke when the past troubles he’s been in would give him insight into the current situation he’s in, especially getting out of a jam.
* Compel when his past troubles catch up with him in the form of having to deal with someone he’s angered in the past or when his past reputation hurts him. Also simply to get him in trouble with a group of people, especially when a little more forethought or good sense would keep him out of such trouble.


'''The Storyteller’s Daydreaming Apprentice:''' In working as his uncle Hakim’s apprentice, Abdul has absorbed many of his uncle Hakim’s swashbuckling tales about great adventurers of old. While Abdul has gained a basic proficiency in telling such tales, he has his head a bit in the clouds as a result of absorbing too many of them. He not only wants to be a great, swashbuckling adventurer, but thinks of himself as one. While he is very adept at exploring old tombs, he has little real experience with other parts of adventuring such as combat. Despite his deficiencies as an apprentice, Abdul is devoted to his uncle and would do anything to help him.
* Invoke to draw on the knowledge of his uncle’s stories or to engage in swashbuckling feats of derring-do like in the old stories.
* Compel to make judgements about a situation more based on fantasy than reality, leading to poor decisions that get Abdul in over his head. To help his uncle if Hakim is having troubles.


'''Layabout with a Heart of Gold:''' When it comes to anything besides exploring ruins, Abdul is lazy. He has no interest in doing an honest day’s work. This does not mean, however, he is selfish. He is in fact quite free in helping other people, often spending the limited money he has gained from his tomb-raiding adventures to help out others in trouble. What money he doesn’t spend on others, he spends on drink and other indulgences for himself. Consequently, people in Cairo who know him have a mixed opinion of him. Some see him as a lazy good-for-nothing, while others view him as a fine boy of good character who hasn’t found his direction in life yet.
* Invoke in cases where his reputation for generosity or past favors he’s done gives Abdul a leg up in dealing with someone.
* Compel when his reputation as a lazy good-for-nothing works against him or his generosity in helping others out gets him involved deeply with their troubles.


'''Grew Up on the Streets of Cairo:''' Abdul grew up wandering the streets of Cairo. He knows the city, its streets, markets, buildings and its people, rich and poor, like the back of his hand. He is, however, definitely a street rat and more than few people regard his as nothing more than riff-raff.
* Invoke to make his way through the city or use his knowledge of it, such as to make contacts, to lose himself in the crowd, to know just where to find something or someone, etc.
* Compel to have people, especially the more well-to-do, look down on him because of his status as a street rat.


'''A Little Mystical Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing:''' Abdul is always curious to learn more about the world, especially about the past and occult secrets. Indeed, this was what got him into being a tomb-raider more than greed--to dig up secrets of the past himself. He values his relationships with both his uncle Hakim and the scholar and the Sufi and occultist Nasir in part because of all that they have taught him. Abdul is so eager to learn more, he can be reckless. He is intellectually aware that occult knowledge can be dangerous, but he doesn’t seem himself as capable of accidentally misusing this knowledge. Nasir has been careful not to teach him anything of real power and to ground his education in Sufi ethics, but that doesn’t mean Abdul is not seeking this knowledge out on his own--and that he would not experiment with it if he got his hands on it.
* Invoke in situations where knowledge, especially about the past, the occult, or mysticism and Islam would come in useful. When Nasir’s Sufi teachings might help Abdul resist the temptation to do something wrong (though not necessarily something foolish).
* Compel to investigate occult knowledge, especially secrets best left buried or things humanity was not meant to know--or to actively use such knowledge to see what happens. To help his mentor Nasir if he gets in trouble.


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