Yufraan Abd'ildarra
Yufraan Abd'ildarra (Asahri: غفران ابدإلضرة, Born March 20 1998) is a Dawrani prophet, the current religious head of the religion, and the current Head of State of Aldaar. According to doctrine, they retraced the steps of the first Dawrani prophet Suleiman Abd'ildarra after their romantic partner Aida Nader was killed in an incident involving the security for the Republic of Mukarras during its control by Golden Oil. They became the first person in almost 200 years to have communed directly with Ildarra, and used their wisdom and oratory skills to incite a revolution which would succeed in removing Golden Oil from the Mukarras region in late 2022. During their time as Mutadiit, they have also become a global human rights advocate for many groups, including oppressed species, religious groups, and Urth's LGBTIAQ+ community.
Mutadiit Yufraan Abd'ildarra | |
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| غفران ابدإلضرة | |
 A picture of Yufraan Abd'ildarra at the age of 19 (2017) | |
| Born | Nadia Faruuk March 20, 1998 |
| Nationality | Aldaari |
| Other names | Yufraan Faruuk |
| Title | Mutadiit |
| Term | 2022-Present |
| Partner | Aida Nader (2018-2021) |
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Born in Mukarras in 1998, Yufraan's mother was killed by the Aldaari Volunteer Guards when they were 6 and they were raised by their father and another guardian. They did well in school and after graduating secondary school they began training to be a psychiatrist. After graduating, they began work at Mukarras in Mukarras General Hospital. They began dating a coworker, nurse practitioner Aida Nader. However, they had to hide their relationship due to Golden Oil's laws against same-sex relationships, and were eventually found out in 2021; Yufraan was brutally assaulted and Aida was killed by Mukarras's Golden Oil-run security force. After a several-month recovery, Yufraan made their way to the city of Hasa, which was nominally under government/Golden Oil control but which was mostly controlled by rebels. They spent several months with the rebels but grew frustrated over their lack of unity or direction, and in July of 2022 stole some supplies and set out on the Journey of Suleiman - a three-day trek from the center of Hasa to Jabal al-Bawdikaal, the holy mountain where the prophet Suleiman received a vision from the Dawrani god Ildarra, and was a journey that had not been taken in 218 years since the last Mutadiit. Upon reaching the peak of al-Bawdikaal, they received divine insight from Ildarra, and upon returning to Hasa were able to unite the revolutionaries behind them. Making their way to Mukarras, Yufraan's oratory skills were able to sway many to work against Golden Oil, and managed to completely stop the city - and indeed, most of the country. On November 22nd, 2022, they successfully caused Golden Oil enough losses for them to agree to stop government interference and make Yufraan the new Mutadiit of Aldaar and the first in 178 years, at which point they took the name Abd'ildarra, meaning "Servant of Ildarra" in Asahri.
As a prophet of the Dawra religion, Yufraan is considered by most practitioners to have a direct connection to Ildarra and the Spirit Plane. They are also believed to have been granted several boons, including great wisdom and knowledge, powerful oratory skills, and an immunity to the already minimal negative effects of peyote. Unlike some Mutadiits, Yufraan has shown themselves to be fairly resistant to the idea of conversion, instead preferring to maintain a secular approach to governance despite being a theocrat. During their reign, they brought back the Three Houses and the Aldaari Castes, systems that had been in place during the First Divine Republic, as well as repealing many laws made to suppress the culture of and dissent from the Aldaari people, including laws banning Dawrani religious rituals and banning large gatherings. Yufraan has also shown to be extremely receptive to the democratic aspects of governance, having taken advice from their three main advisors and encouraging the formation of modern political parties in the Three Houses.
Early Life (1998-2016)
Childhood
Yufraan Abd'ildarra was assigned female at birth and given the name Nadia Faruuk. They were born to Rashaad Faruuk, a carpenter in Mukarras and Sa'adah Isaawi Faruuk, a local schoolteacher on March 20, 1998. Their birth, along with one or two others, was considered extremely auspicious as it happened on the first day of Alnahda, the Aldaari New Year representing growth and rebirth. When they were six, their mother Sa'adah was brutally murdered by security hired by Golden Oil after she had participated in a protest against the corporatocracy. Afterwards, Omar Naciri - a friend and coworker to Sa'adah - would help raise them. They came out as Agender in the 7th grade, picking the historical unisex name Yufraan, the same first name as Yufraan Nuur'ildarra, the second Mutadiit of the First Aldaari Republic. While their father Rashaad and guardian Omar both readily accepted them, Golden Oil's policies of cultural suppression included suppression of gender identities differing from assigned sex at birth, as an integral part of Aldaar's culture is about accepting change. As such, Yufraan was unable to legally get their name changed or receive any medical support.
In 9th grade, Yufraan was diagnosed with anxiety and began receiving treatment to help them with panic attacks. They have said that the good treatment they received and how much it helped them was what made them want to become a psychiatrist.
Education
In primary school, Yufraan did well in history and language classes, and in secondary school would focus their education on psychology and psychiatry, as well as delving into topics such as political science and social dialectics. In addition, they took an environmental science under their godfather, Omar, and were on their school's debate team coming second in the country. This was also where they have said they began to notice the increased monitoring by the AVG, who were known to survey the events to ensure "public security." During their final two years, they were the pitcher for their school softball team. They would end up graduating secondary school with a 3.75 unweighted GPA and getting into the University of Suleiman to pursue a degree in psychiatry.
Young Adulthood and Career (2016-2021)
Higher Education
Yufraan attended the University of Suleiman with a focus on psychology and mental health, and a minor focus on international relations. They also went through the college's concurrent pre-med program which allowed dedicated students to get many of the aspects of pre-med while officially pursuing a different path. They would complete several studies with the University, the most notable being the Yetan Prison Experiment, which gained international notoriety for its results; Yufraan served as one of the psychological examiners during check-ins with the 'guards' and 'prisoners.' Yufraan would also do research and formulate a thesis on where the experiment failed which would become widely circulated as a lesson in ethics for aspiring researchers. Eventually, they would graduate with their degree from the Mukarras campus of the University of Suleiman.
Career
After college, Yufraan began practicing as a school psychologist for the University of Mukarras while saving up money. In 2020, they applied for a loan to start their own practice but were denied, with no reason being given. Since then, documents have surfaced showing that Yufraan was still being monitored by WEGEC who influenced the denial of their loan.
Relationship with Aida Nader
In 2019, Yufraan met a busker and musician in downtown Mukarras named Aida Nader. The two quickly hit it off, and began dating privately about a month after they met. They routinely appeared at social events together, and Aida helped introduce Yufraan to contacts in Tawaabah, the rebel organization that their mother had occasionally worked with. In early 2021, Yufraan was planning to propose to Aida when they were caught together in a park in downtown Mukarras by a member of the AVG. The Guardsman attempted to arrest them for engaging in public homosexual activity, and when Aida resisted, the Guardsman drew his weapon and assaulted both Aida and Yufraan; Yufraan ended up with a concussion and seven stitches, while Aida would receive a head wound which would later prove to be fatal. Many theories surround Aida's death, with some believing it was intentionally orchestrated to dissuade Yufraan from joining Tawaabah. However, the fact that the Mirhaime-educated WEGEC correspondents largely disliked the stringent anti-homosexuality rules set in place by the economic arm of Golden Oil caused many to believe it was one rogue and over-zealous AVG Guardsman, and the revelation of documents detailing Yufraan as 'observe only' would later lend credence to these theories.
The Aldaari Revolution (2021-2022)
Revolutionaries Before Yufraan
Sort of bad
Path of Suleiman
The three challenges
End of the Revolution
A great orator
Mutadiit (2022-present)
Initial Reforms
Did some stuff
Reestablishment of the Three Houses
did some more
Personal Life
Appearance
Yufraan is 170cm or 5'7" tall. They're Human, with darker bronze skin and shoulder-length black hair. They also have intense violet eyes, a side effect of peyote usage. While they occasionally wear binders (pending a mastectomy), due to the hot climate of Aldaar they consider it generally unsafe to do so and an unnecessary health risk. Typically, they wear combat boots, tan hiking pants, a t-shirt, and a forest camo military jacket. On formal occasions, they usually wear a full suit. They have also been known to wear traditional Aldaari desert wear when the situation calls for it.