Who are the Karubiyin? (Playlist)

The forces of heaven

Specifically the Abrahamic archangels through an Islamic lens

Herald (and aim to bring about) the coming of Judgement Day

They take possession of hosts (inspired by Supernatural and Jordy's angel lore @alulars)

The Hosts:

Typically desperate criminals who have sought repentence, drug addicts, the terminally ill, or victims close to death, seeking final love or forgiveness. As a result, they tend to look like bad guys

Unlike standard angels, archangels all have bleach white hair that looks like a bad peroxide dye job

They possess minimal memories related to their host but they do retain some of their personalities and typically just live the life of that person they possessed

Their code:

The karubiyin are like robots who follow the shahaddah like its the law of robotics set down by the creator

They cannot disobey those commands ever

They will bring about judgement day

They do this by trying to get into the back room of a club owned by the forces of hell, every night, to take back Israfil's horn

Every night they have failed thus far

John Wick kung fu neon etc

Judgement Day:

The archangels and the forces of heaven want to bring about judgement day by any means.

Humanity and the forces of hell (humans, demons, Balma, etc) believe in climate change and do not want to bring about judgement day.

Everything is just fine as it is, they love the planet!

Mikal:

Archangel Michael.

The leader.

Glaswegian Joe Gilgun bleached hair

Jibreel:

Archangel Gabriel.

The poet.

Israfil:

Will blow the trumpet to signal judgement day.

Very scrambled and prophetic from having witnessed the creator.

He enjoys humanity as a concept but he has no human friends thus far, apart from his host's ex partner (who is weary of him) and their infant daughter (who cannot speak.)

He even refuses to access his host's previous memories whilst his siblings will engage in a more symbiotic relationship (metaphor for self awareness, learning from previous mistakes, actions, etc.) This is due to the resentment he feels for having to inhabit a body that is not operating at full capacity, and experiences substance withdrawal, dopamine dysregulation, has worms, is shooed out of nice places, etc. He does not wish to learn about the minutia of human life, which is to his own detriment as well as the mission's.

He shows his palms to his brother, empty and clean.

"Our reputations are our currency. We measure a person by their merit, not their monetary value."

Mikal's smile is tight, freezing his face into a shield of muscle that he can hide behind, like a door that never opens nor closes.

An infant crawls alone down a quiet parkpath. She is searching for her father and he is nowhere.

Near to her, Mikal passes his hand under the faucet of the public drinks fountain, and rubs the clean water up and across his skin, up to the elbow.