Subject Name: Bashir [Surname Redacted]
Code Name: "The Custodian"
Former Role: Senior Field Operative, DIA Special Black-Ops Division (2010–2024)
Current Status: Primary Leader of the "Sons of the Earth" / High Priest to Subject "Ile"
Background & Treachery
For fourteen years, Bashir was the DIA's most effective asset in Northern Nigeria. He was a ghost, specialised in "Recovery of Anomalous Artefacts." We now realise he wasn't working for the government; he was using our satellite arrays, our funding, and our tactical teams to track the Sub-Lithospheric Resonances of the buried Ayanfe.
The Lineage Factor
Recovered genetic data suggests Bashir is a direct descendant of the House of Akoda—the high-ranking human administrators who served under Ewu during the Tyranny of the Old World. While the rest of the world forgot the Ayanfe, Bashir's lineage operated as a secret society for generations.
The Shard: Intelligence confirms that Bashir's family held the Shard (the key to the Source Stone) for over 500 years, passing it from father to son like a holy relic, waiting for the geological shift that would allow them to locate Ile's "stasis chamber."
The Goal: Bashir did not "find" Ile by accident. He engineered the revival. His goal has always been the restoration of the Atanfe Hegemony, where humans of his bloodline serve as the "High Priests" to the elemental gods.
Tactical Threat
Bashir possesses intimate knowledge of DIA protocols, safe houses, and encryption codes. He has trained the Sons of the Earth using modern special forces tactics infused with Ile's "Stone-Worship" fanaticism. He is not a soldier; he is a Fanatic with a General's Mind.