Jafara

**Jafara** (ジャファラ) is the Floor Guardian of the 9th Floor of the Great Tomb of Nazarick. He is the creation of Wish III. He is regarded as the most powerful magic user among the Floor Guardians.

## Appearance

Jafara has the appearance of the common interpretation of a Genie: A humanoid creature with a funneled cloud of smoke in place of legs. His skin is a mixed hue of gray, blue, and a bit of purple with eyes as blue as lightning and blue fire. He has pointy ears similar to Demiurge adorned with piercings and chains, a long slender parted mustache, slender eyebrows, 5 sets of 3-stroke markings on his face, black smoke for hair, and sharp pointed fingernails. He covers himself with gold and dark pale purple cloth held by gold adornments

In his human form, Jafara stands at ~178 cm (5'10") with lightly tanned skin, long combed back raven black hair with a single stripe of silver, pierced human ears, and his mustache accompanied by a beard. His attire consists of a dark purple tail coat with moss green shoulder pads, dark magenta chest stripes, and gold trimmings covering a black vest, pants, and shoes. Set in the center of the vest is a violet emerald-cut jewel representing his power usage, glowing brighter the more he uses.

## Personality

Jafara commonly displays a dignified and confident charisma when interacting with people, folding his arms across his chest much like the traditional genie of the lamp. While he always speaks with a respectful tone, his choice of words depend solely on who he is addressing, as the more "inferior" the listener is, the more condescending he becomes. A general overview of Jafara's personal rating system is as follows:

1. The 41 Supreme Beings are considered "Superior" to himself, deserving of the most respect.
2. Albedo, Sebas Tian, and Demiurge are considered "Equal" to himself, deserving of mutual respect.
3. The Other Floor Guardians are considered "Near-equal" to himself, deserving of a modicum of respect.
4. The Pleiades and the Area Guardians are considered "Slightly Inferior" to himself, deserving of the least amount of respect.
5. Most non-human races and Undead Types are considered "Inferior" to himself, deserving of no respect.
6. Humans and Wild animals are considered "Utterly Inferior" to himself, deserving only of contempt.

Select individuals and groups have the possibility of being given special exception to be regarded higher or lower than what they would naturally fall into based on a mix of their abilities and personalities, such as Enri Emmot being more regarded than other humans for her skill to command a Goblin Army and Shalltear Bloodfallen being regarded as a "Near-Equal" because of her general behavior even though her overall ability status surpasses every other Floor Guardian, including himself.

While he shares his fellow Floor Guardians' contempt for all creatures not originally from Nazarick, Jafara leans toward the opinion of Aura and Mare in which he does not believe they inherently deserve to be annihilated or subjugated yet dismisses them as not having inherent value until proven otherwise. Because of this, he finds pleasure in trickery and manipulation of such people when he is given the freedom to commit such actions. With sentient races, particularly Humans, Jafara's signature move is "testing" unsuspecting victims on their worthiness by offering particular targets of interest 1 to 3 wishes to have granted and sees what they do. More often than not, he grants wishes with a terrible drawback that the wishers do not notice until it is too late and relishes in the despair of those who think highly of themselves (i.e. virtuous or wise) but waste their wish(es) hypocritically.

## Background

Jafara was created by Wish III as the original Floor Guardian of the 4th Floor. However, after Ainz Ooal Gown acquired Gargantua and made it the guardian instead, it was determined to make him a guardian of elsewhere. Considering he was made to have the second-highest overall stat total, the guild members set him as the Guardian of the 9th Floor since there was nothing impeding intruders after the 8th Floor. Another reason they placed him there was that, since the Royal Suite served as a communal and social place rather than an actual dungeon, Jafara could use his magic to prevent intruders from interacting with it. In fact, they made a tunnel from the 8th Floor exit leading to the Round Table Room to serve as an arena for him to fight in.

While no intruders have ever reached him, Jafara uses his magic to warp the room into his personal playground where he can confuse and overpower his enemies, dubbing it the "Realm of Mystique". He also changes his own form to be able to inflict heavy damage of both the physical and magical variety, further confusing his enemies on how to defeat him. During his attacks, Jafara uses his magic to manipulate his opponents to cause them to hurt and/or hinder their allies to better increase his chances of victory. Among all of these tactics, he never forgets to taunt them with insults and observations of insecurities.

## Abilities and Powers

Jafara naturally specializes in magic use and possesses a status distribution accordingly. In his base form, his stats in MP, Magic Damage, and Magic Defense are some of the highest, if not the highest, of all NPCs in Nazarick. Comparably, his stats in Physical Attack and Physical Defense are on the lower side with his low Agility reflecting his smoke cloud in place of legs.

His base statuses are not absolute as Jafara's proficiency in shapeshifting magic allows him to manipulate his body to suit whatever needs he faces. For instance, when dealing with enemies that pose a physical threat to him, he is able to transform himself to increase his Physical Defense to counter them. This ability does not add to his statuses but rather re-appropriates them as desired, preventing Jafara from being overpowered and giving his opponents a slight chance at victory.

When it comes to his combat style, Jafara employs a variety of spells ranging from 1st Tier to 10th Tier. While almost any spell between 1st and 7th Tier are easily accessible to him, only a select few spells between 8th and 10th Tier can be used without requiring some sort of exchange. Very powerful spells require Jafara to offer something in return, such as wealth or souls. In particular, his signature spell **Desire Fulfillment** always requires payment and takes it from the person who has their wish fulfilled by it.