Salim (The Dark Pictures)

Salim Othman is one of the five main protagonists of The Dark Pictures - House of Ashes. He is Iraqi Lieutenant who is brought to the Zagros Mountains by his leader, Dar, to fight against the Americans during the Iraqi War. 
== Biography ==
Salim is first seen entering his house, carrying a present for his son Zain who was turning 18 that day. Inside Zain's room, Salim finds stolen goods underneath the bed before Salim's military leader, Dar, arrives and forces him to come along to attack the Americans. After hiding, the Iraqis ambush the Americans at the shepherd farm. An earthquake begins and both sides, Salim included, are plunged into the caverns below, housing the House of Ashes.
After waking up in the caverns, Salim wanders the caverns and encounters a creature, but the creature is crushed by a falling truck due to the cavern's falling debris.
While attempting to get out of the cavern, the crushed creature attacks Salim and he kills the creature by staking it through the heart. He then wanders through the caverns and meets with Nick as they work together to kill another creature. There, Salim is taken hostage by Eric and taken back to the temple where he watches Eric perform an autopsy on the creature. Later on, Eric gets distracted by a shadowy figure and Salim is able to escape. Later on, he meets up with Dar and informs him about the creatures but Dar does not believe him. They then begin to work with the Americans when the creatures stage an assault. He and Jason will explore the dark hallways, forming an alliance and descend into a chasm via elevator.
Arriving at the bottom of the chasm, Salim and Jason will uncover an alien mothership, leading them to discover that the creatures are vampires with an alien parasite inside them. The duo are attacked by vampires but not before the others arrive to save them. In the Star Chamber, the group plans to bomb the cocoon vault, but only partially succeed. The group falls back to the elevator and Salim can possibly die in the cavern due to being swarmed by vampires. On the surface, n eclipse begins and the vampires will attack Salim and the group in one of the houses, where the group must last for 6 minutes until the eclipse ends. After the eclipse ends, Salim will either be rescued by air support or will walk off into the distance if air support was not called. 
If Salim was rescued, he will be interrogated about the events that took place.
== Personality ==
Salim is shown to be level-headed and well-educated. The game introduces Salim as Practical and stubborn, as he was willing to work with the other protagonists in order to ensure survival. Salim is also religious. Towards Dar, Salim can be rebellious depending on their relationship. 
== Trivia ==
Salim is bilingual, being fluent in Arabic and being able to speak decent English.
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