Bassam Hussaini
| Bassam Hussaini | |
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| Profile | |
| Origin | Planet Samarra, Babylon Sector |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Samarran Raiders |
| Rank | Reaver |
| Status | Alive and Well |
| Born | March 21, 790 A.S. |
The Burden of Caste
As every man who lived on Samarra understood, the caste is the most important thing. A man born a noble, is again entitled to be a noble, but a man born a slave, is a slave until he proves otherwise.
Bassam was a son of a respected member of the Warrior Caste, but his birth could not come in a worse timing. His father had a weakness for gambling, but he was rich and loss was not too much to him. He didn't realize how much he was losing, until he lost his freedom one night, in a game of dice. He had condemned himself he thought, but the part of the bet was also the freedom of his wife, and his unborn son, Bassam.
Hence, Bassam was born a Slave, condemned to work on oil rigs for the rest of his life, or until he could earn his freedom. He was swiftly separated from his mother when he was at the age of ten, and could work, but his father he never met, for he was sent to an oil rig far away from his. He had to clean machinery, carry oil cans, all under the scorching Samarran sun, with no form of protection. He would often collapse, faint from the constant heat, but the whip was always there to make him stand up again. His master often thought, he is young, this is too much for him, he will not live to come to age. But instead, Bassam kept going through, getting stronger from every experience, what did not kill him, made him stronger.
