Miscellaneous Information for AU Sadira

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Sadira
PB Leïla Bekhti in Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs, 2007



The Witches of the Sand: Razili, Farida, and Shakata
PB respectively Michèle Bernier, Saïda Jawad, and Farida Rahouadj in Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs, 2007


Information:

Name: Sadira
Title: Lili, Miss
Date of Birth: Unknown
Age: ~30
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Language(s): Presumably Middle Persian
World of Origin: Agrabah, OUAT-verse
Canon Contemporaries: Jafar, Cyrus, Sidney Glass, Amara, Taj, Rafi
AU Contemporaries: Mozenrath
Interaction with Canon Characters: Jefferson (Mad Hatter)
Marriages: None.
Children: None.
Skills/Abilities: Sand magic, portal jumping (both with supporting evidence in original canon.)

Medical Questionnaire


Information & Quick Facts about the Vardat Lilitu:

Vardat Lilitu demons info.

I decided, while reconstructing Sadira to fit into the OUAT universe, that the Witches of the Sand wouldn't actually call themselves the Witches of the Sand; that would be what other people called them. They would have a proper name; after some extensive research, I selected "vardat lilitu" as the name of their faction, with 'liliti' as the plural descriptor for the witches, and 'lili' as the singular.

The witches are able to do magic based around the use of sand; this includes manipulation of the world and people around them, combat, portal creation, time manipulation, and teleportation.

The vardat lilitu are a matriarchal group, completely exclusionary of men; new witches are adopted into the society, rather than born. Their magic can be learned; it is not innate.

Based on the laws of magic in the OUAT canon (that is, that all magic comes with a price), depending on the magnitude of the spell, the use of magic can cause blackouts, exhaustion, seizures, bleeding from the ears and eyes, headaches/migraines, paranoia, and other adverse effects to mental and physical health.

There are, of course, other less specific and less tangible prices paid.

Because her training effectively stopped when she was fifteen, Sadira does not control her magic perfectly, and semi-frequently suffers blackouts, convulsions, migraines, and paranoia.



The Golem


The Golem
Art by Wanizame on DeviantArt.

Sadira's golem is based on a creature she made and subsequently destroyed in the Aladdin television show, with some realistic attributes added.

In this version, the witches are able to create and control them through the use of amulets and the Doom Staff. These constructs are only meant to exist for a few weeks or months at a time. The golems acted as servants until Sadira smashed one of the amulets and snapped the staff in two. Only one remained; it nursed her back to health after her encounter with Mozenrath, and she has kept it "alive" for more than fifteen years.

Unhealthily, perhaps, she has named it "Asaan" and considers it sentient enough to be a sort of companion rather than a servant.


The Tower


Art by Josh Eiten on DeviantArt


Sadira's tower is located in the Seven Deserts; an abandoned ruin once inhabited by the Witches of the Sand, it falls completely under her ownership now. Its only other occupant is her golem, Asaan.

In the inner rooms are libraries of scrolls, each a different spell used by the Lilitu. Sadira sleeps in the highest room of the tower and rarely ventures into the halls on the ground floor.