Nicknames: Closest family can call him Mika (Mee-Kah), the English probably call him Michael. He’s adapted. He is also tolerant of ‘Bin.’
Birthdate: January 19, 1853
Current Age: 37
Occupation: Owner of the Casablanca Paragons Quidditch Team, International Gringotts Investor.
Reputation: 9-10. Mikail’s reputation is everything, but he is foreign.
Residence: Casablanca, Morocco | The Sanditon Resort for the summer
Education: Mikail enjoyed the best tutors and education money could buy and, like his father before him, he attended Beauxbatons thanks to his connection to the French occupiers. While wands would be used in his formal education, Mikail’s first instruction was in wandless magic and he still finds it the most natural form of magic. While at school Mikail excelled at Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and History of Magic.
Wand: 11” Elm wood, Bendy, Phoenix Feather Core
Blood Status: Halfblood
Social Class: Upper
Family:
Five brothers aged 35, 33, 32, 25, and 19
Five sisters aged 34, 30, 27, 21, and 18
Sisters Aziza and Shula are reserve players on the Moroccan national team and starters for the Paragons
Binyamin Karim, son [1880]
Sara Karim, daughter [1882]
Farah Karim, daughter [1885]
Appearance: The lines around his eyes are truly the only thing about Mika that seem different from his childhood. Tall and well-muscled, he has every intention of maintaining his physical strength for years to come. While he prefers to let his beard and hair grow out, he often crops both to better blend with his European contacts. Mika wears the highest quality and the most timeless outfits and adapts to his situation. He is righthanded.
Background: Mikail is the first child of Quidditch owner and international investor Binyamin Karim and flies about as soon as he walks. Like his father and uncles, he is educated at Beauxbatons to cement family ties to Europe and to expand future prospects. Mikail flies as Beater for his house quidditch team and as much as he loves the sport, he has a head for strategy and numbers that draws him to management. While he still flies recreationally, Mikail quickly finds his place next to his father and uncles promoting Moroccan Quidditch abroad and managing the family’s investments. The more the French push into North Africa, that more he’s convinced the family’s future lies to the north.
Mikail marries an upstanding girl selected by his parents at 25 and, while he is not the first to give them grandchildren, his son is the promise of the next generation. Two daughters join the family before Yaffa’s unexpected death. What energy he had for his marriage is invested in his business and Quidditch ventures and now, as the opportunity to travel again presents itself, Mikail can’t help be imagine a permanent change in scenery.
Dates: Arrived late July – potentially leaving mid-September
Personality: Chameleon – Shrewd – Elitist– Europhile – Chivalrous – Aggressively Competitive
Other: Mikail’s parents are both Sephardic Jews, though his father’s family assimilated several centuries ago. He is well versed in both Islam and Judaism but adheres to neither with real devotion.
Fluent in Arabic, English, and French.
Speaks and reads Hebrew well enough for cultural events, but little else.
Speaks some Haketia (Judeo-Spanish), but cannot read it and finds it of little use.
Age: 31
Contact: PM, Skype, Discord
