Blackberry

Blackberry’s life has been literally full of magic, joy, and wonder. Her extended family tree contains numerous sorcerers, supernatural creatures, and adventurers. Weekends and summers were times of exploration during which she and her parents would travel to distant places, some not even on Earth, and discover new and fantastic things. Through it all, Blackberry felt safe, valued, and loved.
The one thing that put all the rest of Blackberry’s life in context was that, from a very young age, her parents made sure she knew and appreciated just how fortunate she was. Many of their family outings included visiting people and places who were not as well off, or had less opportunity. And the Najjars—both her nuclear and extended family—would pitch in and help. From things as simple as cooking meals for people, to helping teach history and math, to strange things like dispelling curses, Blackberry learned to find happiness in sharing.
The Najjar family hoped, given her pedigree, that Blackberry would make a natural student of the arcane arts and someday replace the man Eldrich as Earth’s Master Mage. Despite her training and mastery of minor spells, however, the young girl excelled far more in academics than magic, and joined her father and aunts on frequent expeditions to preserve world heritage sites. One such trip forever changed the young woman’s life when she stepped in to stop a looter who brandished an ancient Sumerian ritual dagger to fight her off. Blackberry wrestled the knife away, but the blade—never intended to taste human blood—cut deep into her gut, and ancient, long-dormant enchantments mingled with the magic in her blood, greatly enhancing both.
Blackberry was recruited into UNIQUE in spite of some reluctance on her part. While she enjoys the excitement and challenges that come with the job, she does not enjoy the frequent combat. She also would rather not have to defer quite so much to international sensibility, instead preferring to be guided by her thinking and her conscience.