(This is in an Au where Nightraven College is a Co-Ed school - Thank you so much to Arinelle Lovelace for the amazing template on Canva!)
Introducing Anka Babagha! My Scarabia Oc! She is twisted from Iago from Aladdin.
She was originally pet bird gifted to the Kalim by a noble in order to curry favor with the Asim family. Kalim ADORED her as a child of course, but ultimately Jamil ended up doing most of the actual work that comes with taking care of a pet bird. Thus, she ended up spending a lot of time in Jamil's quarters, where she ended up accidentally knocked over a potion that turned her human! - Kalim was thrilled to see his childhood pet gain a human form, Jamil was more than displeased. Eventually, Jamil did warm up to the new, human Anka, and Kalim even insisted on bringing her with them to NRC. Even though Anka definitely still annoys Jamil with her mischievous and playful behavior, she's cemented herself as their spoiled but silly companion.
Here are some quick fun facts about her!
As a Bird, she used to hang around Jamil a lot and do things like sitting on top of Jamil's head and preening him while he worked. She would also be FASCINATED by Kalim's gold jewlery whenever he handled her. Even now as a human she still does things like plucking things from his hair and wanting to fidget with Kalim's earrings. Much to Kalim's amusement and Jamil's annoyance.
One thing Anka LOVES to do is dance, even as a bird she loved to move to the rhythm of music played in the palace. Now as a human her favorite hobby is to learn trendy dances and post them on magicam or use Kalim's parties as an excuse to have a captive audience to her dancing
Even though she annoys him a lot with her antics she is probably the closest friend Jamil has other than Kalim, and one of the few people who knows just how much Jamil resents Kalim before the events of Book 4. Their relationship is much like that of an exhausted older brother and little sister. He always keeps her in check and cleans up after her and in exchange, she listens to his complaints about Kalim and helps him run errands for Kalim with her bird abilities. Even though she knows what Jamil really thinks of Kalim she'd NEVER tell Kalim about it because while she understands Jamil's frustration, she also cares too much about Kalim to break his heart like that.
Speaking of her relationship with Kalim, despite now having a human form she doesn't actually want to have the responsibility of being human. Aka, her life goal is "stay Kalim's pet bird forever and be spoiled till I die". Something Jamil often criticizes her for, he wants her to be independent but Anka always replies "why would I get a job when I can just live with Kalim forever? :D" The worst part? Kalim absolutely enables her much to Jamil's frustration. Especially because unlike him, she HAS the ability to be free from the Asim family at any point but chooses to rely on them forever instead. Jamil is secretly afraid she'll end up stuck like him if she keeps going down this path.
Despite being someone who wants to be spoiled and taken care of for the rest of her life, she's actually pretty intelligent and has good survival skills. She's not dumb or naive, far from it. She just so happens to enjoy using her intelligence to annoy Jamil and pull little pranks on her friends rather than put effort into studying.