Yezeed al-Muluki

Yezeed is a lowborn street-thief from Muluk. He has always been bright and able, but perhaps not the most cheerful. From an early age, he learned to take care of himself. He, Anwar, and Abdallah were childhood friends, playing pranks in the streets together.

Yezeed had a bitter experience on the borderland between life and death, that makes him unwilling to trust religious promises of salvation. He is now afraid to die, spending every moment in either debauchery or danger.

He is an eternal bachelor, with disdain for Abdallah's domesticity. He does have a secret sweetheart, however. She is Numa, a rogue like Yezeed. Originally a barmaid, she was swept of her feet by a noble suitor only to become his mistress and general waiting-woman.

Original Art of Yezeed by Håkan Ackegård.