Shaheen

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**Shaheen** is a character from the *Tekken* series who was first introduced in *Tekken 7*. He also appears as a playable character and a hero in *Tekken X Hazbin Hotel*.

## Biography

### Prior to the events of Tekken X Hazbin Hotel

Shaheen works as a military bodyguard and has an expert ability in one-on-one combat. One of his friend and owner of a company who involved in the oil industry died while they were bought by the G Corporation, so Shaheen decided to confront the head of the G Corp. and defeated him. Shaheen was about to offer him to make peace, but Kazuya denied it and turned into his devil form, then Shaheen got surprised and vows to apprehend Kazuya to avenge his friend's death.

### During the events of Tekken X Hazbin Hotel

Present time in Pentagram City, Kazuya appeared to confront him once again and Shaheen prepared to fight. Furthermore, Kazuya also called Black Hat and the Overlords to surround him. Shaheen, instead giving himself up, decided to fight them all... until getting knocked out by Black Hat. Thankfully, Cuphead, Noctis, and Twilight soon saved him from Black Hat, Kazuya, and the Overlords' capture and ultimately took him to the Hazbin Hotel. The princess of Hell later recovered the unconscious Shaheen. However, he got surprised as he sees several demons in the hotel, then Charlie and Vaggie told him to calm down, greeted, and gave him to know about the Hazbin Hotel and the demonic presence in it. Afterfore, Shaheen considered Charlie and Vaggie as the betterment than any of hell's creations, especially Alastor as Vaggie also told him not to make a deal with him. When the King of Iron Fist Tournament is opened, Shaheen takes this opportunity to avenge his friend's death by defeating his enemies. Furthermore, Raven also orders him to defeat Heihachi and a snake demon for having their plans of making the worseness of the kingdom.

## Character Relationships

### Unspecified Family

* Unnamed father - Shaheen was taught fighting techniques by his father at a young age.

### Kazama and Mishima Family

#### Mishima Bloodline

* Kazuya Mishima - The man who was responsible for Shaheen's close friend's death, they fight each other in *Tekken 7* and Shaheen defeats him. At first, Shaheen decided to spare him, but then Kazuya transforms into his devil form and escapes. After seeing how dangerous and diabolical Kazuya is, Shaheen vows to apprehend Kazuya and avenge his friend's death.
* Heihachi Mishima - TBA

#### Kazama Bloodline

* Jin Kazama - TBA
* Jun Kazama - TBA

### Royal Family

* Charlie Morningstar - TBA
* Lucifer Morningstar - TBA
* Lilith - TBA

### Others

* Salim - His childhood best friend, and later his employer. Shaheen was investigating his death when he discovered G Corporation involved in foul play.
* Zarif - Salim's younger brother. He gives Shaheen his family's sword and asks him to finish what Salim could not.

## Quotes

### Intro

* "*I do not want to hurt you, but I will fight you if I must.*"
* "*Do you think you can defeat me?*"
* "*I demand to know the truth!*"
* "*Don't waste my time with your sex life.*" (against Angel Dust, Chaz, Valentino, or Verosika)

### Win

* "*I take no joy from this "victory".*"
* "*It was my destiny to win.*"
* "*I will never give up.*"

### Rage Art

* "*I'll finish you.*"
* "*You're finished!*"

## Trivia

### General

* The name ***Shaheen*** is from the Persian personal name ***Shahin***, meaning 'royal white Falcon/Hawk'. This name is widespread in Iran and throughout the Arabian peninsula.
	+ Falcons/hawks seem to be a common theme around Shaheen, as his shoulder pad is modeled after one, and one of his customization items is also a Hawk.
* Shaheen's concept art was first shown during August 2014, as *Tekken* producer Katsuhiro Harada asked fans to give feedback, as to prevent offense to the Arab community, most likely due to an incident regarding the *Tekken Tag Tournament 2* stage, Modern Oasis. He was designed by illustrator NINNIN, one of several character designers and illustrators employed to create character designs for *Tekken 7*, with help from community feedback on social media, particularly those from Saudi Arabia.
* Shaheen's shemagh and agal can be knocked off by his opponent in battle.

### Tekken X Hazbin Hotel

* Shaheen was added once again in *Tekken X Hazbin Hotel* due to the creator FBIRancher7590 himself was wondering of how he would think if he travels to the Hell of *Hazbin Hotel*/*Helluva Boss* universe after seeing his *Tekken 7* character episode ending that shows Shaheen being surprised of Kazuya's devil form, thus making him prominent appearance in this crossover and its story.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.searchtruth.com/islamic/name/?name=Shaheen&letter\_meaning=Falcon&ntype=m&stype=sname&find=1