Mohammed Aziz

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Mohammed Aziz
Biographical information
Full name	Mohammed Aziz
Gender	Male
Age	18
Alias	Mo
Family	Nadeem Aziz (father) Mina Aziz (mother) Sikander Aziz (younger brother) Ishtar (adoptive mother in an altered destiny) Unnamed maternal grandmother Unnamed maternal grandfather
Affiliation	Mo's
Residence	Iraq (birthplace) Manhattan, New York City Kurnugi
Item	Flower of Immortality Gilgamesh's Stone Boat Venomous Fang
Status	Alive (Resurrected)
Physical description
Species	Human
Behind the scenes
Appearances	City of the Plague God Fury of the Dragon Goddess

“	All those stories Mama and Baba used to tell, about their old home, the world they used to live in... Didn't you ever want to see it for yourself? [...] What about your heritage? Isn’t it important to learn where you come from?	”
–Mo to his younger brother on trying to learn more about hisself by looking into his ancestry homeland in City of the Plague God.

Mohammed “Mo” Aziz was the brother of Sikander Aziz. He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Iraq before being resurrected three years later by his brother.

History

Early Life

Sikander Aziz, his younger brother.

Mo was born in Iraq, but came to the United States of America as a refugee and settled in New York City. He could only take one toy with him, a monkey. When he was in the fifth grade, his parents had another boy that they named Sikander. Around the same time he met and befriended Daoud, another boy of Iraqi descent, and the two quickly became inseparable.

College and returning to his Birth land

When he entered college, Mo chose to major in botany. He would also return to Iraq to help repair villages after they were attacked by bombs. He returned to Iraq multiple times and did whatever he could to help his homeland.

Death

One night as he was on his motorcycle in Iraq, a truck swerved into his lane and he was hit, killing him. His family set up a memorial at their deli to honor him. His best friend would also move in with his family upon his death, living in his room and wearing his clothes.

Just before his death, Mo unknowingly found the fabled Flower of Immortality and sent it home to be planted in the community garden. He ended up in Kurnugi and would get an unlimited supply of Baghdad sauce, supplied by his brother, whenever Sik dumped it down the drain.

Sikander Aziz series

City of the Plague God

His brother has a one-sided conversation with his memorial wall as he is closing up the deli. Almost a week after the deli is destroyed, he greets his younger brother when he arrives in Kurnugi. Sik tells him, much to his amazement, that he found the Flower of Immortality and that Nergal unleashed a plague on New York City. When he asks about the garden, Sik says it was bulldozed to make a parking lot. He berates his younger brother for shirking in his care for the garden and Sik yells at him for never inviting him on his adventures. Just then they are spotted by Erishkigal, the goddess of death, and a pride of Ugallu. As the goddess is about to order their deaths, Ishtar stops her. Rather then kill his brother, the Queen of Night has him and Sik find the original flower in a cave in the Rock of Nisir in the Sea of Tiamat and fight Humbaba, a creature immune to attacks, to get a suitable boat. The brothers fall asleep and wake up in the forest that houses Humbaba. They find the boat just as the giant finds them. The brothers manage to trick him into drinking the Baghdad sauce and he runs away looking for water. They try and fail to dislodge the boat as the sea comes to them. They grasp onto the boat until the tides calm down and they climb aboard. They find the Rock of Nisir just as the current picks up and the jump ship, Sik makes it to shore as he is dragged out sea by the current. Sik uses a bag, that turns into a net, that he has with him to pull Mo to shore. When he is safe, Mo inspects the bag and finds that it has the symbol of Shamash, the patron god of kings on it. The brothers brace themselves and dive into calmer waters. They dive deeper until they find a hole leading to a grotto with a tree and find the flower. Sik picks it and he senses something is off. They proceed with caution and encoder the Basmu Serpent and a shiver of sharks. They just make it out when Sik uses the net to tangle up the serpent and they swim up as it sinks. When they breach the surface, a Raven arrives to guide Sik to the land of the living, be his brother is reluctant and offers to trade with him. He talks his brother into going back and says he will see him again as he vanishes.

Fury of the Dragon Goddess

Using the Tablet of Destinies, Sik alters destiny to resurrect Mo. In this altered destiny, Ishtar adopts Sik and Mo after their parents died of an illness in the Markazi refugee camp when Sik was young while Belet Amari was adopted by Lugal instead. In this destiny, Ishtar was delighted when Mo, who had stronger memories of what it was like to be a refugee, took an interest in fashion and the finer things in life. Ishtar supported Sik's interest in ballet and how to fight, making it fun for him and teaching Sik how to use the weapons in the armory properly. On Sik's eleventh birthday, Ishtar gives him Kasusu, intending for Sik to stop Lugal's jihad. However, Mo never meets Daoud in this world. While this Mo suffers the same accident as his original self, he survives with a severe head injury that leaves Mo with amnesia for three years and he is mistakenly reported dead.

Mo joins his brother, Daoud, Rabisu and Belet in fighting Lugal and Tiamat. When the dragon goddess begins consuming all of existence, Mo attempts to sacrifice himself to stop it, but Sik follows his brother inside of the dragon goddess where they battle her spawn with Mo using a venomous fang taken by Sik from one of the creatures. The effects of Tiamat's power begin to wipe the tablet clean which Sik realizes will give everyone a clean slate. Using Kasusu, Sik slashes apart the goddess from the inside with Mo finishing off the pieces with his venomous fang, killing Tiamat.

After Tiamat's death and the tablet being wiped clean, reality is restored to normal. Before the tablet sets, Sik writes "my brother lives" on it, resurrecting Mo who appears in the nearby river and has to be pulled out by Sik. After spending a few days in London with Rabisu and Daoud, Sik and Mo return home while the demon goes to Berlin with Lady Gaga and Daoud stays behind because he got a callback on a role in a spy film. Mo returns home and is happily reunited with his parents three years after his death.

Personality

Mo had a great love for his native Iraq and wanted to do anything he could to help it. He cared greatly for Sikander and their parents.

Abilities

• Bilingualism: Mo can speak both Arabic and English.
• Botany: Mo is a seasoned botanist.

Etymology

• Mohammed is a common masculine given name of Islamic origin meaning “thanked “.
• Aziz is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin meaning “strong” and “powerful”.

Trivia

• Mo is the second character in the imprint of appear after dying, the first being Eddie Garvey in the Tristan Strong Trilogy.