Hadiiya is average in height and weight standing a little over 5'6". She has a fierce beauty with a defined nose and high cheekbones, yet her large, golden eyes soften her features when she smiles. The tightly swirling gold patterns of the Touch add an alien element to her light brown skin. The long, golden hair flows down her back stopping just at her hips.
Hadiiya is the first daughter to the Sultan and his wife. She has a younger sister by two years and a baby brother who has been named heir to the throne . Before her betrothal to the Snake Prince she was fifteen years old and in training to become a priestess of the Creator. Hadiiya is a Chosen of the Creator or a person endowed with all three Gifts; the Sight, the Touch, and the Blessing.
The Gifts:
The Sight gives the endowed the ability to see into the past, present, and in rare cases the future. It can also grant the endowed the ability to see far distances and night-vision. The mark of the Sight is gold in the eyes, commonly seen as flecks, or with one gold eye. Hadiiya has two completely golden eyes.
The Touch gives the endowed the ability of magic. The magic of the Touch can lend the endowed the ability to heal or wound, move objects, cast illusions, and summon. The mark of the Touch is represented by gold patterns on the skin. The more intricate and brighter the patterns are the more powerful the magic of the endowed. Also the location of the patterns may show what magic they are capable of using. For example, if the endowed has vibrant patterns covering their hands and wrists it is likely that they are healers. Hadiiya has complex patterns all over her body, but she has specialized in healing.
The Blessing gives the endowed the gifts of Paradise. These gifts include but are not limited to; longer life span, faster healing rate, invulnerability to poisons, and increased physical ability. The mark of the Blessing is represented by gold in the hair. Hadiiya has completely golden hair, which grants her untold abilities, since no one is willing to test these abilities (ie: poison the princess), it is known from her childhood that she is a fast healer and can lift things twice her weight. The General Faris has a gold stripe in his hair which grants him incredible speed and strength.
Hadiiya is not the only Chosen alive, the Prophet Ami and a young boy in the Prophet's service also bear all three of the Gifts.
Hadiiya is a stubborn girl that hates the shackles that her gender gives her among her people, but she also understands that change is something that must come slowly or it will be crushed before it can ever begin.
She is also very aware of her role as a Princes as well as one of the Chosen, the responsibility of both is a very heavy burden to carry. She is calm, cool, and intelligent, but when angered she is a holy terror. People tend to be hesitant around her because of her power as a Princess and a Chosen as well as the oddness of her appearance, so she has very few friends of her own age. She is very close to her younger sister and General Faris.
