Karim (New Age)

Prince Karim is a male burnished-orange HiveWing and the cousin of Queen Cricket. He is the son of Lady Vinegaroon, thus making him Prince of the Kingdom of Hives and Silks and a member of the HiveWing Royal Family, as well as a descendant of Queen Widow. He is currently in what is now an ambiguous relationship with Miyana and is currently imprisoned in Cricket Hive after attempting to overthrow Cricket due to his stanch traditionalist mindset clashing with her more open-minded reign.
== Personality ==
Karim appears to be a gentle dragon who is not shy of expressing his gratitude to strangers. Despite this gentleness, Karim is a nationalist and an ardent fundamentalist in his interpretation of his tribe's culture. He wholeheartedly believes in sticking to the ancient rites of the HiveWings, even those practices that were in fact actually started by his aunt, Wasp, to maintain her reign through fear, or were deemed unethical and made illegal by Queen Widow, such as the Royal Blood Duel. He believes in preserving such customs as part of his duties to his nation and that history has demands of those living in the present. He is hungry for power and believes that since the fall of the HiveWing Empire and the establishment of the Kingdom of Hives and Silks, believing despite the true happiness of members of his tribe feel in the kingdom where HiveWings and SilkWings, though still ruled by a HiveWing Queen, are equal, instead focusing on his belief that the HiveWings will soon lose their sense of cultural identity under the leadership of his cousin, Cricket.
Karim's view on family values differs in places, as he holds a deep love for his cousin, though cares little about honoring the rules of his ancestor, Queen Widow. He was supportive of Cricket becoming the new HiveWing-SilkWing Queen, although he grew somewhat pushy about her fulfilling her new duties early. Despite not being bothered by Cricket marrying a SilkWing commoner, he holds racist views towards other tribes in general and does not want them to become an official part of their nation. To make sure this would not become the case, he was as bold as to ask Cricket to keep her relationship unofficial, as it would give dragons the idea that mixing their species could become a symbol for their crumbling traditions. This acceptance of other tribes and change from his cousin eventually caused Karim to abandon his initial support and instead selfishly pursue the throne of the Kingdom to forcefully maintain the order he has grown up with, tearing the affectionate, sibling-like relationship of the pair to shreds after he attempted to kill her in sacred combat.
:Karim: This is history! She cannot deny it! History demands -Cricket: History demands nothing! I make history. It does not make me!- Karim and Cricket
Even after being defeated, Karim maintained his traditionalism and after Cricket defeated him in single combat, he remained firm that she must finish his off per tradition. When she refuses, however, he attempts to use this to have her arrested, demanding the Six Horns take Cricket into custody, demanding support from his partner Miyana, only for tribunal to arrest him instead, the prince declaring Cricket cannot refuse history, only to be told angrily by his cousin that history was what she made, not what made her.
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