Lavi Rashid

> “One half of me is yours, the other half is yours, mine own, I would say: but if mine, then yours, and so all yours.”
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> ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
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**Lavi Rashid** is the illegitimate child between David Shushan and Shakura Rashid. Through his mother Lavi has an older half-brother called Ilya Reznikov and through his father Lavi has two younger half-sisters called Ayala and Leya Shushan.

Lavi fathered three children named Mars, Blue and Damien through his former longtime partner Aelita Morenos.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Lilin Physicology** - Lavi is a male lilin as such Lavi has an enhanced condition, manipulate dreams, sense the emotions of others, shadow form, telepathic resistance and can feed off the sexual energy he receives or other dreams. Much like Magi's and their familiars, Lilins can form familiar contracts and in Lavi's case his is Maera a Barghest.
	+ **Empathy Sensory** - Lavi can sense the emotions of others around him.
	+ **Enhanced Condition** - As a Lilin, he enhanced strength, being compared to a 2 by 4 impact, enhanced speed up to where it is a flash in the moment, and enhanced senses. He also has enhanced dexterity and durability.
	+ **Dream Manipulation** - Lavi can shape, enter and manipulate the dreams of others, including modifying, suppressing, fabricating, influencing, manifesting, sensing, and observing dreams as well as nightmares and daydreams. They can produce and modify dreams, bestow nightmares or lucid dreaming, entrap people in REM, and promote spiritual/emotional healing within dreams.
	+ **Shadow Mimicry** - The power to cover one's body in a mass of shadows. Lavi can extend this field to another being or object he is touching and can also apply it to only part of his body.
		- **Phase-Shifting** - While in shadow form, Lavi is able to pass through solid objects. He can phase other solid objects and beings and can selectively apply his shadow form to only part of his body, allowing this part of himself to phase. This aspect of his powers can be accessed without fully accessing the shadow form
		- **Shadow Travel** - Lavi can use shadows as a way of swift transportation over vast distances.
		- **Supernatural Stealth** - His shadow form cancels out the noise of his movements, so he remains unheard and obscures his identity.
	+ **Telepathy Resistance** - Lavi is adept at concealing his thoughts from a telepath, ensuring they only read what he would like them to.
* **Familiar Contracts** - Lavi's familiar is Maera a barghest that takes the appearance of a pure black German shepherd.

## Etymology

* Lavi means "lion" in Hebrew. Lavi also means an "iron instrument for cutting or clearing" in Sanskrit.
* Rashid means "rightly guided" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الرشيد (al-Rashid) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

## Trivia

* Lavi is associated with the number "15" which is in reference to the tarot Devil.
	+ He is also associated with the Seven of Spades.
* He is Palestinian, Saudi Arabian and Israeli descent.
* Lavi spoke several languages including Hebrew, Arabic, British English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin.
* Lavi is an atheist.
* He is a feminist.
* His favorite meal is kafta balls in tahini sauce and rice with al-bundura salad.
	+ While his second favorite meal is daab chingri with garlic coated naan.
* Lavi like's fruity wines especially pomegranate or pineapple.
* He is a germaphobe and very conscious about personal hygiene.
* Lavi is a notorious ladies man.
* Lavi enjoyed having his toes painted different colors by Mari.
* Has an intense interest in cooking and fashion.
* Lavi got an undergraduate degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in Medical Sciences; he did his postgraduate at the Edinburgh Center for Disease.
* He has a great love of motorcycles.