Najma Viper is the younger sister of Jamil Viper. She first appears in A Firelit Sky: over the Sands event's story.
Appearance
Najma is a young girl with dark skin, grey eyes, and long, dark hair tied in a ponytail. She wears a bandanna headband, the left side of which has yellow and white stripes, and the right side has floral white patterns on red color, with an addition of a white flower. She wears v-neck black top with navy floral red pattern kimino jacket, sky blue sash tied to her waist, navy shorts with black tights that reaches to her ankles, and sandals.
She has several accessories; two oval shaped gold earrings, a dark tight necklace with a small red gemstone attached to it, and two gold bracelets, one which has red gemstones inlay. She bears resemblance to her older brother, Jamil. In particular when irritated or serious, Najma's face appears nearly identical to Jamil's own.
Personality
Najma is shown to have an easy-going personality, almost the direct opposite of Jamil. She likes to joke around, confessing embarrassing childhood stories about Jamil to his classmates and stealing his food. From their interactions, however, it is clear that both Vipers care for each other. Despite her humor, Najma and Jamil are shown to be very close, with Najma confessing that she gets concerned over Jamil's mental health, telling him to 'not to overthink everything.'[1]
Unlike her brother, who maintains solid average marks across the board in his classes just so Kalim can, by comparison, do “better” than him, Najma doesn't seem to have to worry about such subtlety. She seems to get great grades in school and is also good at sports, also doesn't seem to care too much of etiquette or how to behave towards others. Najma doesn't seem at all intimidated by Malleus, going as far as using him as a "nutcracker" despite Jamil's protests.
To Jamil, she's a spoiled brat and to a certain extent she agrees with his words, maintaining that, with a brother who can do everything, it's normal. She is very proud of being her sister and often sings praises about him.
Background
While not much is known about Najma's personal life, Jamil tends to mention her sister a few times in conversation and it is implied that Najma also works as an attendant, since she is a Vipers have been in service to the Asims for several generations. Najma does not prove that the burden of caring for Al-Asim is an obligation nor does she seem to be intimidated into act out of turn out for fear of social repercussions. Of course, Najma does seem frustrated when she had to give up her date with a friend to run an errand for her father even though there was no need at all.
They have been very close since they were young and enjoyed playing together. It seems that they often went around town together on various errands or occasional outings for Camel Bazaar and were occasionally accompanied by a friend of Jamil's from middle school. De facto, Najma was with him the day he accidentally set fire to a shop awning with his magic. [2]
Another anecdote from their childhood regards when Najma tried to make bread in a wood-fired oven as a child, it came out all burnt, but then her brother turned it into breadcrumbs. Since Najma was discouraged by the experience, Jamil took on the role of making bread for the whole family even if the task doesn't weigh on him at all.
Moreover, she enjoys embarrassing Jamil with his classmates from the Night Raven College, intruding into the group that was visiting the festival as soon as she was invited. During the interaction period, she shows perplexity about the strange behavior that the boys display just at the mention of "friendship" and comes to think that they are rather bizarre. However, Najma still appears attentive, friendly and joyful towards them. [3]
When she separates from the group, Najma hopes that they can come and visit her house next time and makes sure her brother promises to come back to eat curry with the rest of the family. She reappears later, enjoying the fireworks display.
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Trivia
- Najma (نجمة) means "star" in Arabic.
- Like Jamil, the “Na” portion of Najima’s name is a reference to “Nasira”, in Japanese, the "ナシ (na)" portion of the names sound the same but with a few differences.
- Najma may be twisted from Nasira, Jafar's sister from the game Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge.
- Her favorite food is shawarma.
- She have a major sweet tooth, so she love putting the apricot jam on bread.
- Like her brother, she seems to have some interest in cooking.
- His father is terrible with technology and has difficulty using phones.