Fatima

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**Fatima** (ファティマー *Fatima*) is a slave trader who captures Morgiana in the main series. In Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, he is a slave belonging to Maader Umm Mariadel. As the head slave, he is in charge of sorting and evaluating the worth of incoming child-slaves. In doing so, he charts the course of their lives, either sentencing them to a hard life as a low-class slave or an easier life as a high-class slave.

## Personality

In The Adventure of Sinbad, he is fully devoted to Maader, going out of his way to earn her praise and attention. To others, he is less polite. As a slave, he looks upon other slaves with disdain and lords power over them. He is willing to resort to unscrupulous means to maintain favor with Lady Maader.

## Story

### Slave Arc

Fatima is introduced to Sinbad by Masrur. His first impression of the new slave is that Lady Maader clearly does not favor him. Fatima observes that Sinbad does not respect Lady Maader as her child and his not obedient before wondering aloud why she keeps him around. Fatima's quick appraisal of Sinbad's worth as a slave is interrupted by a shipment. With little hesitation, he picks out the "best" children and sends the rest to be auctioned off. When the slave bringing in the shipment suggests that they can cover up an imperfection on one of the slaves with makeup, Fatima menacingly asks if the slave is telling him what to do and says the only one that can give him orders is Lady Maader. He then orders for the slave to be shipped out with the rest. He believes that his job as head slave is proof that Maader trusts him completely and credits her for his position in life. He then gushes about how magnificent Maader is, promising Sinbad that one day he will be filled with adoration.

When Lady Maader decides it is time to give Sinbad a proper role, Fatima enters the room with a report on the profit from the slave auctions. When Lady Maader praises him, Kil gives him a side-eye, and they exchange hostile glances. They argue briefly before Maader interrupts them to ask Fatima a favor. She wants him to train Sinbad as assistant head slave. Fatima, who was so certain that his position was proof that Maader loved him the most, does not understand why Maader would have him train someone like Sinbad to do his job. He drags Sinbad to the receiving room and begins to lecture him. At one point, Sinbad brings him a slave girl with a fever and suggests they treat her. Lady Maader arrives, and Fatima eagerly tells her about Sinbad's absurd request. Instead of scolding Sinbad, she embraces him and tells him he is a good boy. She then directs Fatima to "take care" of the girl, which he does by throwing her down a well.

Soon, Sinbad excels in his new position. When Fatima resorts to his whip to stop children from crying, Sinbad catches him by the wrist and requests to be allowed to handle the situation. Fatima agrees and stomps off bitterly. Sinbad's method works, but Fatima insists whipping them would have been easier. Sinbad disagrees, saying that they are worth more unscarred. Maader interrupts their argument by praising Sinbad and ignoring Fatima. Although he vies for her attention, she treats him coldly. The other slaves praise Sinbad, and it only further infuriates Fatima.

He frees an entire shipment of slaves in an attempt to frame Sinbad. However, Sinbad turns in his keys to Maader at the end of every day, so she realizes that he cannot be the culprit. That leaves Fatima as the only one capable of the crime.

## Relationships

### Maader Umm Mariadel

When speaking to Maader, Fatima always puts his best foot forward. He is desperate for her attention and affection, and when she begins to treat Sinbad favorably, he goes as far as attempting to frame Sinbad for freeing a shipment of slaves. Fatima's desperation to please Maader and be her favorite leads him to do things he is not comfortable with for her sake even when it takes a heavy emotional and physical toll. When he snaps and kills his new master, he smears the blood across his lips in a manner that mimics Maader's lipstick. His eventual occupation as a slave trader completes his transformation into the new Maader Umm Mariadel.

### Kil

The two boys often butt heads in their rivalry for Maader's affection. Fatima appears to be more hot-headed, while Kil's comebacks tend to insult his intelligence.

### Sinbad

In the beginning of their relationship, Sinbad is clumsy and too distracted to do the job Fatima is training him for. Fatima scolds him and treats him as an annoyance. Soon, Sinbad recovers and begins to upstage Fatima with innovative strategies for dealing with the slaves. Once Sinbad begins to receive more attention from Maader, Fatima attempts to frame him. However, his attempt is unsuccessful.

## Character appearances

* Night 27
* Magi: Alf Laylah wa Laylah
* AoS: Night 68
* Episode 6

## Trivia

* **Fatima** (فَاطِمَة‎ *Fāṭimah*) is a female name of Arabic origin. Several characters with this name appear in One Thousand and One Nights, depending on the translation.