JAMIL VIPER

Vice Housewarden of Scarabia. Born into a family that has served Kalim's family for generations, he has spent the better part of his childhood and later life being subjected to Kalim's carefree whims.

Jamil is a sophomore, being in Class C (No. 31) and his club is the Basketball Club.

Jamil is a dark-skinned boy of average height (175 cm). His eyes are a charcoal grey, and he usually wears subtle, brown eyeshadow and has sharp eyes that give the illusion of eyeliner. His hair is black and reaches past his waist in length. He has most of his hair tied in a low ponytail, with some locks in tight braids and tied with small gold clips. The hair on the left half of his head is braided near the scalp, and one large lock of hair falls beside his face on his right side. Hanging from one braid near his hairline are three small, gold discs. The hairband for his low ponytail is dark red, with a magenta red gem on it. Hanging from the gem is one large, red feather. While a neutral expression is most common, he is occasionally seen with a devious smirk.

Jamil’s uniform is similar to the rest of the Scarabia students. Jamil also wears dark red eyeliner along with his regular makeup while in his dorm uniform. The uniform consists of a black and red sleeveless jacket, an undershirt, a yellow belt, black parachute pants, and black sneaker sandals. The uniform also comes with several gold accessories.

The sleeveless jacket is cropped and reaches the mid-torso. The jacket has a red underlining, wavy gold stripes on the sides, gold trim, and a red sailor-like collar with a black, wavy stripe along the sides. Connecting both sides of the jacket is one gold chain. Under the jacket is a black sleeveless hoodie with red underlining, gold hoodie strings with tassels at the ends, and a gold, wavy stripe along the top of the hood. Jamil chooses to wear the hood over his head at all times. Because of this, Jamil’s ponytail falls over his left shoulder while in his dorm uniform.

Jamil wears his yellow belt around his waist and over his hoodie, with the long end hanging down to his knees. The belt has a silver buckle and, along with black stripes, has the word “Scarabia” repeatedly printed on it. On both ends of the belt are small designs resembling a snake’s head and tail.

His black parachute pants have a red fire design near the bottom. Hanging over the pants on both hips are maroon pieces of fabric with an intricate gold design. The black sneaker sandals have gold plating near the toe and a large golden scarab in the center.

The uniform includes a few golden accessories, including a collar necklace, a bracelet, and a shoulder cuff worn on the right shoulder, shaped like a snake.

Jamil is shown to be very careful with how he presents himself to others, never standing out, and never doing too good or too bad. Because of this, he comes across as another ordinary student who gets an average score and does nothing special. He would often vocally express how he doesn't want to stand out, initially stating he doesn’t want to avoid unnecessary attention and trouble. He's been taught how to behave in social settings during his childhood, so it seems that he can accomplish anything with ease no matter where he goes.

Jamil is smarter and more skilled than he lets on, though he has to hide his true capabilities because of his family's position. Jamil is used to adjusting himself and holding back, but there are times when he lets his true nature show, like his passion towards dancing when he's teaching Floyd. Jamil is also quite competitive and wants to be acknowledged. Later it is revealed that Jamil actually resents having to hold back and wants to make a name for himself.

Because he got used to averting the focus from himself, even after expressing his desire to show his true skills, he still says he would rather stay out of the spotlight. In Book 5, when he gets the lead singer's role, his initial reaction is to question the choice and suggest Kalim take the role, however, he changes his attitude shortly and accepts the role.

BACKGROUND:

Jamil was born into the Viper family. His family's been servants for the Asim household for generations. Due to this, Jamil's obligation has been to be an attendant, security guard, and companion to Kalim (the heir to the Asim family), since a very young age. Jamil´s role in this companionship is distinctly protocolary, with rules that Jamil is bound to follow, like not overshadowing Kalim in any way or giving even his life if it is required to keep him safe. Jamil doesn't want to awaken the wrath of Kalim´s father, the head of the Asim family, against his own family, so he is forced to develop his skills to the top in order to protect Kalim, making him an expert in many interdisciplinary areas like potions making, herbology, fighting, academics, diplomacy, doing various housework, organizing various events, tutoring, etc.

Jamil was also instructed by his parents to never outdo and perform better than Kalim, keeping a low profile of himself beneath Kalim and not drawing attention away from him in order to keep the Asim family content. This has generated mixed feelings and complex issues in Jamil from a young age, as he is disgusted and resentful that his family is subjected to such unfairness and control by the Asim family. Jamil also mentions that his first memory as a child was seeing his family bow before Kalim and his parents.

Jamil became Kalim's personal poison tester at a young age and still serves as one in the present too. When he was younger, he almost died after food testing a curry with poison that was intended for Kalim and resulted in Jamil being bedridden for several days.

Jamil's signature spell is called "Snake Charmer. With this, he has the ability to hypnotize someone to do whatever he commands. Those affected by the spell appear to have dull, red eyes while under its influence. It's possible for Jamil to use this spell on multiple people at once. Because it involves mind control, this signature spell is considered to be one of the more powerful ones, requiring a higher level of magical ability than others. As a result, however, excessive use of this spell can cause rapid blot accumulation.

Overblot is a form taken by those who overuse their magic and let their negative emotions "blot" their magic wands. Their aura and appearance is mostly dark. Moreover, an entity appears alongside them, having a stitched-together body and head of glass leaking ink.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Octavinelle:

Azul Ashengrotto: They're in the same class, but Jamil finds Azul to be quite troublesome as he often sees through him and urges him to show his hidden talents. When he was instructed to teach Azul how to fly, he was irritated by Azul's refusal to listen to his bits of advice until eventually Jamil gave in and agreed to make a "contract" with Azul so he would finally accept Jamil's pieces of advice.

He also tells Azul that he would never want him as a friend.

Floyd Leech: They're in the basketball club together. Jamil acknowledges Floyd's skills, but he also finds him troublesome to deal with due to his unpredictable nature and mood swings. Jamil taught Floyd how to spin on his head.

Scarabia:

Jamil and Kalim grew up together, as for generations, the Viper family has been fulfilling the role of servants of the Asim family. Even though Jamil has complex and confronted feelings about his relationship with Kalim, he often shows concern for Kalim's safety due to his tendency to act in unpredictable or reckless ways.

Jamil has a hard time believing that Kalim is capable of doing things by himself, due to Kalim's tendency to be clumsy or negligent. Because of this, Kalim often relies on Jamil's help or supervision, even with his own interests like academics, compromises, etc. He's also shown to be loyal and truthful to Kalim by looking out for him, being patient, giving him practical and good advice, and politely asking Kalim to change his mind about irrational and demanding decisions, such as sudden parties. Even though it is sometimes physically exhausting for Jamil, he rarely voices any genuine complaints to Kalim.

In truth, Jamil never shares his true feelings or struggles, partly due to Kalim´s cognitive dissonance towards Jamil's position. Jamil represses his disappointment, sadness and anger over his role and Kalim's many actions. The amount of labour and work that Jamil does is often underestimated by Kalim - even though he does appreciate what Jamil does, Kalim doesn't seem to understand the effort behind it. Kalim not recognising Jamil's position, and his carefree actions affect Jamil's feelings towards Kalim negatively. Because of Jamil's upbringing, his position as a servant, his obligation to look after, take care of, and protect Kalim since their childhood, and having to always perform worse than Kalim so that Jamil doesn't take away the focus from him, Jamil grew frustrated and resentful towards Kalim. He considers Kalim a spoiled brat and even sees him as the symbol of his own family's oppression - someone who is standing between him and his freedom.

Once his plan fails in the events of Book 4, Jamil admits that he wanted Kalim out of his life so that he could finally be free and show people his true skills. He also tells Kalim that he considers him to be clumsy, oblivious, and spoiled, and doesn’t want to be his friend.

Despite revealing the truth, Jamil remains by Kalim's side and continues to serve him, to make up for what he did. He's also shown to be more honest and blunt with Kalim about what he thinks of him and his actions.

In the original version of the game, it is more explicitly stated that Jamil's family are servants/slaves of the Asim family, thus making Jamil and Kalim's relationship of servant and master. Meanwhile, Kalim seems to not put as much emphasis on this aspect of their relationship, most likely due to his status, for Jamil, it's not something he can ignore as it is his duty to serve Kalim, regardless of his own desires or goals in life.

TRIVIA:

His name means "beautiful" in Arabic.

One of Jamil's main hobbies is breakdancing. He claims to have discovered this interest by practising dancing with Kalim when he was younger.

Because of the incident where Jamil was bedridden, Kalim's household now has a rule against serving curry at their banquets. Jamil seemed to not be very phased by the experience, though, since his favourite food is still curry.

Jamil has a desire to keep a pet parrot one day. When Kalim once asked to raise one in the dorm, Jamil refused, because he was already well aware of a parrot's needs and knew that a dorm wasn't a good environment for one.

His younger sister sometimes told him that his cooking looked plain in appearance, leading to their quarrelling back then.

In Book 5, it's revealed that not only is Jamil a great dancer, but he's also a talented singer. If he had a parrot, the first word that he would teach the bird is "hello".

During the Twisted Halloween: Terror Is Trending, Jamil almost went as far as to entirely burn down Sam's shop as an excess of littering was causing insects to flock toward Scarabia's stamp rally location.

As a child, he once hid inside a pot when his mom got angry at him which scared Najma when she saw a pot with legs running around.

He once found an insect mixed in with his favourite dates, and he's hated dates ever since.

FUN FACTS:

Jamil's birthday is on September 12 (Virgo).

Jamil's best subject is Ancient Magic.

Hobbies: Breakdancing

Pet Peeves: Touching bugs

Favourite Food: Curry

Least Favorite Food: Dates

Talent: Cooking

Jamil Viper’s Personality Type: INTJ - 3w4 - sp/so - 358 - LSI - Lawful Evil - RCOEI - LFVE - Melancholic-Choleric - IN(T).

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