{michael ealy, 51, male, he/him} we are so glad to see you safe, KING RAFAEL RATSIFI of MADAGASCAR! it’s dangerous out in the world these days, but i hear that you are NURTURING and CALM enough to handle it. just don’t let your MAWKISHNESS bring you down! stay on your guard, because with your secret being at risk for exposure, you wouldn’t want everyone to find out YOU FLED ENGLAND AFTER POISONING A NOBLE
b a s i c s //
name: rafael james ratsifi
birthday: january 14th (capricorn)
occupation: king's consort / physician
orientation: bisexual / bi-romantic
status: married to mendrika ratsifi
languages: english (native), amharic (fluent), malagasy (fluent), french (conversational).
character influences: iroh (avatar: tla), dumbledore (hp/fb), nara shikamaru (naruto), dr. will halstead (chicago med).
tarot card: the high priestess
p r o l o g u e // fire & illness tws
The house was burning; the curtains were awash in fiery light; at the edge of his cradle, a man and woman asleep despite his bellowing cries and the loud cracks and bangs of splintering and burning wood. They woke when the windows shattered, shrieked and ran in nothing but their bed clothes, clutching their newborn son to their chests in hopes that he would live through smoke inhalation and potential burns. The infant was unscathed, a healthy baby boy with all his fingers and toes, his skin untouched by arson. A new home; a new country - it was what Rafael grew up understanding as normal. He would grow comfortable with new neighbours, build friendships, and then, in a night, they would be onto new pastures with new people and a new language, leaving behind their home for one reason or another. His father would tell him that they wanted him to experience the world and he never questioned it for a long time. They moved through Hatzfeld's Germany, through the Ottoman Empire ruled by the house of Abdul, down through Persia under the rule of Qajar, and finally landed in the lands of the Solomon’s - a safe haven and the place of his mother’s birth. There, at the age of ten, he found himself no longer wondering when their next move would be but daydreaming about what he would do next. Fall ill was what he would do, much to his surprise. It started in the late night, a fever of 103; the seizures came swiftly afterward; and the vomiting next. Unable to keep food in, unable to drink water, the ten year old started deteriorating so quickly that his mother had no choice but to beg the queen for assistance; she would help him, perhaps not as a queen or a healer but as a mother. She did. Whatever she had done, the seizures stopped, the vomiting came and went, and finally his fever broke. It took him a while but the child grew into a man who kept medicine close to his heart. Instead of studying under the hand of the queen, he decided to train in England, a mistake that he would only rid himself of in his early-twenties. There, he learned of his father’s treachery, of the reason they continued to run; he’d paid his debts for him but doesn’t speak of how; it was merely a coincidence that rafael's resignation came a week before two english nobles were found poisoned in their palace.
p r e s e n t d a y // death tw
The running never stopped. Although his name remained out of official investigation reports, Rafael knew that it was only time before smart minds made the connection between resignation and death. Through the lower courts of many, he made a name for himself away from the inheritance from his father and started a small practice in Johannesburg. On the South African coast is where his fate would be sealed in his favour; found and held captive by British forces, Rafael's quick-wit and knowledge of poisons had them tossing his 'dead' body over the side of boat as they set off, back to England. Being found and brought to shore by a small fishing vessel, alive but barely, Rafael found himself being thrust into a life that was very far from the one he believed he would experience; a charming prince, a royal wedding; stability; safety; home. Although a king by definition and marriage, Rafael still thinks very much like a physician - perhaps to his detriment.
c o n n e c t i o n s //
mendrika ratsifi (spouse) - to be written.
liantsoa ratsifi (brother-in-law) - to be written.
rahmi abdul (brother-in-law) - to be written
risa ratsifi (sister-in-law) - to be written.
isra al-amin (tbd) - to be written.
eleanora adlerberg (friend) - to be written.
w a n t e d c o n n e c t i o n s //
benefactor / puppet master - this person was the one who ordered the execution of the english nobles that was carried out by rafael. they would be the one who rafael's father owed something (whether money or services etc). although rafael has paid his father's debts, it could be fun for them to come face-to-face now that rafael is king's consort.



















