Kasim Safir

Kasim Safir

Expelled | Menagerie Assistant | Laying Low
 
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OOC First Name
Kris
Blood Status
Mixed Blood
Relationship Status
Single
Sexual Orientation
Gay
Wand
13 1/2 Inch Rigid Hazel Wand with Essence of Belladonna Core
Age
01/2038 (21)
KASIM "KAS" SAFIR

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Birthdate : Jan 29th, 2038
Hometown : Auckland, New Zealand
Blood-status : Mixed-blood
House: Hufflepuff - Expelled 2056

WAND
Straight 13 1/2 Inch Rigid Hazel Wand with Essence of Belladonna Core​
WoodHazelThis wand will reflect and respond to its owner's emotional state and so should always be handled with care, and the wizard it calls should work to understand their emotions.
CoreEssence of BelladonnaAs a wand core, essence of belladonna is useful in Potions and Herbology work. The poisonous nature of this substance makes the wand more suspicious than most wands are of the wand caster. For this reason, wands with this core takes a long time to bond with the wand caster.
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APPEARANCE
Play by
: Ehren Kassam
Hair : Dark, naturally curly but he wears it straight
Eyes : Brown
Height/Build: Slightly taller than average, Kas carries weight in his face and thighs
Style: Layers and accessories, Kas puts a lot of care into his appearance, often finishing an outfit with dark eyeliner
Distinguishing Features : Kas has a cleft chin and quite a baby face, both of which he has a love/hate relationship with.

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PERSONALITY
Sarcastic | Wary | Loyal | Spiteful | Adaptable

Kas tends to interact with others by shielding himself with humor. Commonly responding with sarcasm as a way to distance himself, Kas can often come across aloof or outright caustic to those as he is rarely willing to act with true sincerity to those he’s not very close with.

While at odds with his family and isolated by his upbringing, Kas still undoubtedly comes from a place of privilege and doesn’t always understand what it might mean for those around him to not have easy access to money, magic, or other resources he takes for granted. He generally finds he is able to rebel against the things he disagrees with because he faces very little actual risk to his well-being.

He’s quite concerned with his appearance, spending a lot of his time and energy making sure he’s portraying just the right amount of put together aloofness, a persona that also helps him keep his distance from other people. Kas is very good at keeping his cool and adapting to his surroundings or social situations and it takes a lot to truly get under his skin and make him break his facade.

Strengths : Adaptable, Witty, Calm
Weaknesses : Self-centered, Petty
Special Abilities : Parselmouth
Likes : Fashion, Buttons, Milkshakes
Dislikes : History, Snakes, Soapboxing

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FAMILY + HISTORY

The Safir family has always been tied to snakes, it was a connection dating back generations. Snakes on their family crest, snakes in their portraits, snakes in their house. The connection was so strong even international customs laws had not stopped Kas’s family from smuggling in a few when they had arrived in New Zealand from Egypt, the offspring of which are displayed proudly around the house. When Kas began to display parselmouth abilities as a child, his parents were overjoyed. Unfortunately, like all things his parents value, Kas’ parselmouth skills are something he makes an effort to downplay. Kas grew up feeling like his parents had already planned out his whole life for him. In the face of all the pressure from his family, Kas intentionally distances himself from their goals and often reacts apathetically or counterproductively towards their plans for him.

While not pure blood on paper, Kas’ family is still very intent on status and prestige in the wizarding community, and while they have no archival proof, the Safir’s claimed pure blood status until about 5 generations ago, when Kas’ great-great-grandfather fell in love with a muggleborn. In order to escape the disgrace, they immigrated to New Zealand, a small isolated wizarding community, in an attempt to start fresh and save face. As his parent’s only son and now the 4th generation mixed-blood, Kas grew up with a lot of pressure and expectations of carrying on his family's legacy, something Kas does not care for one bit.

Kas fought hard to step as far away from his family expectations while at Hogwarts New Zealand; being sorted into Hufflepuff, befriending muggleborns, and succeeding in being an all round mediocre student, only ever excelling in Care of Magical creatures. While Kas worked hard as part of Accio! and made a few lifetime friends in the likes of Connor Holland, Freya Song, and Lysander Summers, his tenure at Hogwarts was undoubtedly overshadowed in an incident in his 7th year where he was involved in the creation of a Basilisk. This incident resulted in immediate expulsion from school right before Kas was due to graduate and has left Kas with a permanent black mark on his record, only narrowly avoiding more serious charges after his Wizengamot Hearing sentenced him to probation and community service.

After his trial in 2056, Kas wasted no time in leaving his family home once his house arrest was lifted, moving in with the Summers' family, grateful for their support throughout all this, and committing himself to working hard at the Menagerie in return.​

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ANATH SAFIR
| Father |
Wizard - Mixed-bloodFi​
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FARIDA SAFIR
| Mother |
Witch - Mixed-blood​
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First Year
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Second Year
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Third Year
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Fourth Year
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Fifth Year
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Sixth Year
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Seventh Year
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Adulthood

First and Second Year
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Credit to Daphne
Third Year
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Fourth Year
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Fifth Year
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Sixth Year
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Seventh Year

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Adulthood
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BEFORE FIRST YEAR
A Little Trouble /w Arthurian TaylorNew Zealand
Climbing & Cheering/w Elizabeth Fletcher & Harper FletcherTākarokaro Park
Cheap Thrills/w Gary Ives & Aaliyah OlafThe Dark Part of the Alley
A Little Charity/w Eric HollandObsidian Harbour

FIRST YEAR
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Not sure what to expect, Kas didn't have much of an opinion about being sorted into Hufflepuff. His new house didn't call very strongly to him yet, but he was at least able to settle in well enough with his roommates and some of his fellow housemates, especially Freya Song, who Kas suspects may be the only sane student in this place. Kas also reconnected with Eric Holland, and after running into a bit of trouble between Eric and Professor Le Fey, Kas cemented himself in Eric's rather minuscule friend circle. Kas' mischief streak didn't stop there, nor did his propensity for befriending Gryffindors with more courage than sense, as Kas also managed to get himself into plenty of trouble with the likes of Elizabeth Fletcher, though somehow managing to keep himself out of detention, a fact he's sure he's parents unknowingly appreciate.
Preemptive Milestones/w Ainsley LynchOllivander’s
Finally a Home?/w Juniper SteeleThe Hogwarts Express
A New Home/w Connor Holland, Scott Baker, & Sebastian KaimaramaHufflepuff First Year Boys’ Dorm
Return to Sender/w Lysander SummersThe Owlery
Meteor shower, quick take cover/w Freya SongThe North Tower
Just a Peek/w Elizabeth Fletcher, Abel, & Paisley AberdeenThe Forbidden Forest
Like a House on Fire/w Roxy ColtsfootThe Student Lounge
It Was In Me/w Jenna JusantreaHufflepuff Common Room
Yuletide Boredom/w Eric Holland, Professor Elvera Le Fey & Juniper SteeleThe Seventh Floor Corridor
The Start of Something New/w Elizabeth Fletcher, Isaac Jacobs, & Arthurian TaylorThe Great Lawn
Indirect Communication/w Eric Holland & Nova ValtoriaThe Antiquated Lavatory
Kindred/w Zennon Baros, Arvel Ayers, & Lysander SummersThe Magical Menagerie
Receiving Roses(x) (x) (x)
/w Various
Close Family, Still Few Friends/w Harper FletcherThe Owlery

SECOND YEAR
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While Kas likes to maintain he is indifferent to being at school or not, it's still a welcome reprieve from his stifling family life for most of the year. This year, continuing his trend of spending far too much time with Gryffindors with far too little sense, Kas got into a fair bit more trouble than he had in his first year, especially when, after finding he had more sympathy than he might think for his Herbology class mandrake after speaking to Lysander Summers, Kas and Lysander managed to enact a heist to free the poor mandrakes before they were doomed to be chopped up. Sadly, the heist failed, but Kas managed to make another friend besides Freya or Eric that he might actually like.
Familial Revelations/w Eric Holland & Connor HollandThe Hogwarts Express
New Home/w Milena HakobyanHufflepuff Common Room
Welcome Back Rugby Game!/w Daintree Vaskevold, Eric Holland, & Various othersThe Great Lawn
Two for Two/w Elizabeth Fletcher & Arthurian TaylorThe Quidditch Pitch
Speak to the Manager/w Theodore Hoshino & Evan EldridgeThe Courtyard
My City Now/w Freya Song, Sebastian Kaimarama, & Connor HollandSecond Year Hufflepuff Boys’ Dorm
Geez, You're Bogus/w Zennon Baros & Arvel AyersSecond Floor Corridor
Trial and Error/w Lucas FletcherHufflepuff Common Room
Mandrake Mourning/w Lysander SummersThe Hogwarts Garden
[X][X][X][X]Receiving RosesVarious
Tipping the Scales/w Connor Holland & Freya SongHufflepuff Second Year Boys' Dorm
Beginning of a Bad Idea/w Lysander SummersGambol and Jape's
Mission Improbable/w Lysander SummersThe Great Lawn

THIRD YEAR
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Kas's third year got off to a rocky start after he and Eric got into an argument revolving around Eric's brother Connor. Stubborn and not one to forgive, Kas spent the majority of the year ignoring both Eric and Connor out of spite until Connor forced the two to reconcile at the end of the year. Because of this, Kas spent most of his year to himself, spending more time with Freya and Lysander, for whom Kas begrudgingly entertained a request to learn parseltongue.
Warning Shot/w Eric HollandThe Cliffs
Howl at the Blue Moon/w Blue Hoshino & Teddy HoshinoThe Courtyard
Trying Tea Leaves/w Iris van HoutenRavenclaw House Table
Clueless/w Poppy PerkinsThe Yule Ball
Kissing with the Homies/w Freya Song & Connor HollandHufflepuff Common Room
Pet Pals/w Lysander SummersThe Magical Menagerie
Ah’ll Be Married Soon/w Aonghas FergussonHufflepuff Common Room
Rosim SafirReceiving a Rose
/w Knox Ivers
Great Hall
Accio RosesReceiving a Rose
/w Willow Cullen
The Entrance Hall
Mending a Gap/w Eric Holland & Connor HollandThe Gryffindor House Table
Practicing Parseltongue/w Lysander SummersThe Great Lawn

FOURTH YEAR
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Kas found his fourth year to be rather interesting. His classes continued to be dull enough not to mention, though Kas has continued to find at least entertainment in his Care of Magical creatures class, possibly due to spending so much time around Lysander, or even his new boyfriend Michael Newton. Meeting Michael at the start of the year, Kas hadn't expected to see him again, let alone see him at his own school. But Michael's easy-going humour intrigued Kas, and when Michael eventually asked Kas, he couldn't find a good reason to say no. Kas still isn't really sure how to be a boyfriend, but with his own personal life in surprisingly good standing, his other friends weren't so lucky. Freya struggled with her family issues, and Kas had to step in and back up Connor and Eric when Eric's break up drama leaked over into their Fourth year friend group.
Dragons are a boy’s best friend/w Michael NewtonThe Magical Menagerie
Almost Missing the Train/w Ajaccio Skey, Poppy Perkins, Lysander Summers, & Connor HollandThe Hogwarts Express
Settling In/w Connor Holland, Freya Song, & Lucas FletcherHufflepuff Common Room
Grow in Hollow Spaces/w Freya SongAntiquated Lavatory
Repeat Encounters/w Michael NewtonGryffindor House Table
Kissing a Frog or a Prince/w Lucas FletcherThird Year Hufflepuff Boys’ Dorm
A Cheesy Request/w Michael NewtonHufflepuff House Table
A Poemless Yuletide Time/w Michael NewtonThe Yule Ball
Hufflepuff Campfire/w Connor Holland & Lucas FletcherThe Great Lawn
The Floating Question/w Michael NewtonFourth Floor Corridor
Finding Your Feet/w Michael NewtonThe Valentine's Dance
Meeting Expectations/w Eric Holland & Connor HollandThe Great Lawn
Picking a Side/w Connor Holland, Freya Song, Nicole Fisk, Lysander Summers, & variousThe Library
Moment of Peace/w Connor Holland & Lucas FletcherHufflepuff Common Room
 
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FIFTH YEAR
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Kas' fifth year started somewhat unexpectedly with Kas getting a job at the Magical Menagerie. He already spent enough time hanging around there with Lysander and enjoyed the creatures there, so it really was the natural next step. At school, Kas took another scary step in opening up to his friends about being a parselmouth. He'd always held that he didn't care what other people thought, but it helped that his friends all knew and weren't bothered.
His romantic life this year was a bit more fraught than his platonic one however. Kas' relationship with Michael continued going well, but Kas began feeling trapped and concerned when he was unable to show Michael as much love and affection as Michael could for him. This culminated in Kas acting on a linger crush on Eric and kissing him. While Eric unsurprisingly rejected it, Kas held the guilt of cheating on Michael until it was finally too much and he broke up with him at the Valentine's Dance.
Permanent Fixture/w Lysander Summers & Prof. Aeon SummersMagical Menagerie
Presents for a Best Friend/w Alexis Rodes KingMagical Menagerie
Flibber Flobber/w Amara VayneMagical Menagerie
Making New Friends/w Rhys GarnerMagical Menagerie
Undercover Pet Hunting/w Freya SongMagical Menagerie
Siblings Are Strange/w Michael Newton & Amelia NewtonHogwarts Express
The Direct Approach/w Freya Song, Connor Holland, & Lucas FletcherFifth Year Hufflepuff Boys' Dorm
Planned Retreat/w Eric HollandHalloween Feast
Kas and Cas/w Casper BeckettHufflepuff Common Room
More Than You Bargained For/w Eric HollandThe Cliffs
Something Inevitable/w Michael NewtonThe Yule Ball
Hiding Away/w Lucas FletcherFifth Year Hufflepuff Boys' Dorm
Overdue Celebration/w variousHufflepuff Common Room
[X] [X] [X]Receiving Roses
The Last Straw/w Michael NewtonThe Valentine's Dance
Fallout/w Eric HollandThe Courtyard
Yr38 Yearbook is Out Now/w variousEntrance Hall
End of Year Feast/w variousThe Great Hall

SIXTH YEAR
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Kas' sixth year started out fairly promising, with Kas pursuing his increasing interest in magical creatures enough to join Lysander in becoming Professor Burleigh's assistants. Things started going off the rails when, in a burst of impulsivity, Kas and Connor attempted to prank Eric by pretending to date each other. But what started out as a joke quickly became too real as Kas noticed he might actually be harbouring some very real feelings for Connor. Keen to save himself some hurt and not harm his friendship with Eric, Kas told Connor they should put an end to their charade and fake break-up on Valentine's, keen to give himself some distance to untangle his own feelings and stop jerking his heart around.
A Foot in Both Camps[cont]/w Lysander Summers & Emma van HoutenNew Zealand
A Promise is a Promise/w Felix Carnahan & Sawyer CarnahanMagical Menagerie
Many Hands, Light Work/w Lysander Summers & Prof. Joseph Burleigh
Professor Burleigh's Office
Buttercup/w Minnie Calida & Emma van HoutenThe Halloween Feast
Unbreakable Heart/w Connor Holland & Eric Holland
The Student Lounge
Consequences/w Connor HollandSixth Year Hufflepuff Boys' Dorm
Celebration Time/w variousHufflepuff Common Room

Putting on a Good Show
/w Connor HollandThe Yule Ball
Unwilling to Pick Up the Pieces/w Eric HollandThe Hogwarts Express
In On the Joke/w Connor HollandThe Valentine's Dance
Hufflepuff Victory Party/w Lucas Fletcher & variousHufflepuff Common Room
Now You See It/w Lysander SummersProfessor Burleigh's Office
End of Year Feast/w variousThe Great Hall
SEVENTH YEAR
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Still struggling with his now undeniable feelings for Connor, Kas spent most of the year trying to school his own emotions into something he could control around one of his oldest friends, though he had little success in both that or ridding himself of the lingering romantic feelings he still held for Connor. Convinced it was a dead end and that Connor didn't return his feelings, Kas pushed Connor away, a move that ultimately may have saved Connor from more heartbreak at the end of the year.
Kas' year was ultimate overshadowed when, as his final year came to a close, Kas was involved what would be an life changing event when Lysander sought out his help urgently after unwittingly unleashing a basilisk into the Forbidden Forest.
Ultimately, Kas was unable to subdue the beast, and both Kas, Lysander, and Emma nearly lost their lives if not for the intervention of Professors Alicastell and Le Fey. Escaping with theirs lives, Lysander and Kas were both expelled and Kas was left stuck in a miserable limbo, forced out of school and awaiting a trial to decide the rest of his fate as an adult.
All Grown Up/w Connor Holland & Freya SongThe Medley
A New Companion/w Molly BurkeThe Magical Menagerie
What Even Are These Creatures/w Amelia MiddlebrookeThe Magical Menagerie
Start of Year Feast/w variousThe Great Hall
The Right Terminology/w Aine ThompsonHufflepuff Common Room
Long Lost Words Whisper Slowly to Me/w Professor Elvera Le FeyThe Seventh Floor Corridor
Zombie Your Own Boss/w Connor Holland & Freya SongThe Halloween Feast
Dark Eyes Warm Hearts/w Connor HollandSeventh Year Hufflepuff Boys' Dorm
White Hair/w Leonardo OrrThe Hufflepuff House Table
An Unavoidable Tradition/w Connor HollandThe Yule Ball
[X] [X] [X] [X]Receiving RosesVarious
Roses and Their Thorns/w Lucas Fletcher, Linden Cullen, & Casper BeckettSixth Year Hufflepuff Boys' Dorm
Tipping Point/w Connor HollandSeventh Year Hufflepuff Boys' Dorm
Nature of the Beast/w Lysander Summers, Emma van Houten, Prof. Elvera Le Fey, & Prof. Katherine AlicastellThe Forbidden Forest
Reap What You Sow/w Lysander Summers & Prof. Katherine AlicastellProfessor Alicastell's Office
 
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