Iyad Shafiq

" Always remember what you are. Don't let them ever speak down to you, no matter what they throw at you make sure you throw it back at them ten times harder. You are a brilliant young man and I am truly proud that you are my son. If your mother was here she would be proud of you. "

—**Sinan Shafiq**, preparing him for his trip to Hogwarts.

**Iyad Shafiq** (b. Aughust 21st, 1952) was a British/Egyptian wizard who was the son of **Sinan Shafiq** and **Lane King**. Being born the second son, after his older brother **Isa Shafiq,** who was on the contrary to himself, a full-blood wizard. He lived in the shadow of his older brother as the half-blood wizard his father made with a "filthy muggle" on one of his trips. Once he had reached the age of 11 he attended **Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry** in **1963**, and was sorted into the **Slytherin** House.

## Biography

### Early life (1952-1963)

" How could you? Do you know how hard it is to see him everyday? He reminds me of the thing you did all these years ago, every time I see him I think back to the day that hideous muggle that stood at our doorsteps with him in her hands. Have you ever stopped and though how he effects me? Sinan I've told you multiple times I want you to get rid of him!"

*—* **Rosalie Shafiq,** yelling at **Sinan Shafiq** (overheard by Iyad)

In the winter of 1951, **Sinan Shafiq** a famous Egyptian Alchemist had met a women on one of his various trips around the world. The women went by the name **Lane King**, she was a beautiful women with long black hair and blue eyes. Though **Sinan** was already married at that time, her charmes overwhelmed him and he wanted to get to know more of her, so they started meeting eachother. This didn't go unnoticed though, his wife **Rosalie Shafiq** noticed a difference in how **Sinan** was acting towards her, she didn't know what the cause was but she just knew, so she confronted him. After a dreadful conversation, **Sinan** still didn't tell his wife what the cause was, but he accepted the fact that he should visit **Lane** again and so he did. It wasn't until the end of August that he saw her again, this time with a baby in her arms, claiming it is his. She had already named him, **Iyad Shafiq.** **Sinan** knew immediately it was his son, but it wasn't joy that he felt, far from that. It was only moments later that **Rosalie** stepped towards the door to see that she was right all along. After a lot of arguing **Sinan** and **Rosalie** accepted the kid into their home, though he would visit his mother from time to time. As Iyad grew older he noticed the hatred **Rosalie** held towards him and tried to avoid her as much as he could, he'd spend most of his time together with his older brother and his father. He'd often eavesdrop on him training **Isa** and take notes of it.

On **Iyad's** eight birthday his father gave him a little birthday party, celebrating him becoming eight. His brother was there, his fater, his step-mother and other family members. But his mother wasn't there, he kept asking his father when she would come, but she never did. It wasn't untill a few days later that word had reached Iyad and his father that his mother went missing. **Iyad** spent hours crying in his bedroom, looking at pictures of him and his mother together, it was that moment that something inside him changed. " She was probably killed by some pure blood fanatic, that filthy ***~~muggle-blood.~~*** " he remembers his step-mother saying. Till this day he has a necklace with a picture of him and his mother with him, always having it around his neck. He swore on that day that he'd become stronger dan any Shafiq in history and prove them what he could do, even with muggle blood inside of him.

### Life at Hogwarts (1963 - Current)

" Another Shafiq this year.. but you are no twins? So let's see what do we have here? I feel a little bit of everything, it looks like you don't even know what you want yourself either. A great mind, but so much anger.. Slytherin it is. "

-**The sorting hat**, placing Iyad in Slytherin.

## Personality, Physical Appearence and Posessions

### Personality

Iyad has grown to be naturally quiet throughout the years, being somewhat of a introvert. Though once he gets to know people and begins to feel like he can be himself around them he'll become more open. He has a keen eye for details always focussing on what is happening at that very moment instead of speculating of what will happen in the future. Not much of a do-er he constantly thinks of things and for what reason they have or might have happened. Though of his calm behaviour he tends to be a daredevil at times.

### Physical appearence

Iyad is a toned young man, who stands just over 160 centimeters high ( taller than most of his family members of his age ) he has piercing blue eyes that he inherited from his mother and dark-brown hair that he got from his father. He'd have rather long hair. As for his usual clothing he'd rock a hoodie with some wide pants and match them with some grey or black shoes.

### Posessions

* **Iyad's wand** : Iyad wielded a 12,5" wand made from pine wood, containing a dragon heartstring core. Once he had gotten his wand and wanted to find out why the wand chose him he found the following : " The straight-grained pine wand always chose an independent, individual master who might be perceived as a loner, intriguing and perhaps mysterious. Pine wands enjoyed being used creatively, and unlike some others, would adapt unprotestingly to new methods and spells. Many wandmakers insisted that pine wands were able to detect, and perform best for, owners who were destined for long lives, including Garrick Ollivander, who had never personally known the master of a pine wand to die young. The pine wand was one of those that was most sensitive to non-verbal magic."
* **A golden necklace** : A necklace containing a picture of Iyad together with his lost mother, **Lane King**