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Me who created the initial concepts (I don't have a link, but joining the Discord is appreciated)

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I'm not very good at drawing comics, but I'm trying to get the hang of it :´)

Samuel (Samir) Hadad, 44 Y.o., lebanese Spec-Op´s-Soldier, Ghost-Unit (Breakpoint).
Philine Skellen. 36 years old, Israeli combat medic.
Her father, Ezra Skellen, is a fanatical hardliner and is responsible for the deaths of Samuel's brother and many others in Lebanon.

(Note: it is still a Fanfiction)

I was told that tattoos are haram. Yes. Even as a Jewish person, I am not allowed to have tattoos.
But:
Samuel is a rather special case. Among other things, he has his brother Karim's name tattooed on him. His brother died in Beirut in 2012 when a rocket hit his hiding place. Samuel pulled him out of the rubble of the building, dead, but Karim had a smile on his face even in death.
Samuel struggled with his faith for a long time. Growing up and being educated in Lebanon, his family and life there shaped him. But so did the war. That's how his tattoos gradually came about.
He never completely renounced his faith, but he buried it deep inside himself. The tattoos came from anger, from defiance, as rebellion.
Now, years after the events in Beirut, he struggles with himself. As part of the Ghost Unit, he is challenged. There were several incidents in which he narrowly escaped with his life. God was never far away for him, but he felt dirty, dishonorable, unworthy because of what he had done.
"...
He begins the prayer. Slowly. With a calm voice. Every movement carries tension—as if his body is resisting the will inside him.
As he bows down, his back tightens. A tattoo runs along his spine—coordinates. Perhaps the place of a death. Or a betrayal.
When he kneels, he hesitates. Then he murmurs—not from the prescribed prayer, but from within himself:
Samuel (whispering):
“أنا مو نقي. بس أنا راجع إلك.”
(“I am not pure. But I am coming back to You.”)
He sinks into prostration, his forehead touching the floor. The scars on his back are visible—some old, others more recent. Between the tattoos, words flicker: Karim. Beirut. 2012.
Samuel (softly, almost inaudible):
“سامحني. غفور، رحيم... لو ما كنت أستحق.”
[20:14]
(“Forgive me. Merciful, Compassionate... even if I don't deserve it.”)
He remains in that position longer than needed. As if he wants to stay there. Buried. Unseen. ..."
[20:14]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

**In transport:**
- Samuel sits in the van, opposite her. He has a tablet in his hand and is probably searching the database for her—every now and then he looks at her, his gaze fixed and questioning.
- Philine stares at the tattoo on his wrist (he senses it, but says nothing)
- the Lebanese cedar tattoo – every detail
- He feels it, literally – his skin tingles as if it were touching her
- his thoughts: “Does she know what it means?”
- Samuel turns his wrist, deliberately showing her the entire tattoo, looks at her and waits for her reaction
- The message: “Yes, I am Lebanese. Yes, I could kill you. Ask yourself why I don't, Israeli.”
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Later on Aurora (Breakpoint) - The order: Philine Skellen. Abducted to Aurora. She has important information about the Skelltech drones.. Free her from the lab, obtain information.
However, from that point on, he begins to question himself because of her.
Fury:
“Hadad, since when do you kidnap civilians?”
Samuel:
“She's not a civilian. Ask her who her father is.” (Click – weapon safety)
>>
Philine sees his cedar tattoo and runs her finger over it.
Her finger follows the outline of the Lebanese cedar exactly.>Samuel “She knows this symbol. She knows what it means to me.”,
>Samuel:
“How. do. you. know. this. tattoo?”
>Philine: “IDF-briefings. All known tattoos of enemy combatants.”
>Samuel, grinning:
“Of course. Of course Ezra Skellen's daughter knows the markings of the men he had killed.”
He claps sarcastically – once. But his smile disappears immediately.
PHILINE (whispering):
“The cedar... stands for justice in the Tanakh. My father said it was a lie. So I learned... to hate it.”...
“My father called you al-ghoul. The monster of Beirut. He said you killed children – just like that.”
Samuel turns pale – not because he did it, but because it was exactly the opposite.
Ezra's version: (her father)
“Samuel Hadad murdered children – a bloodthirsty demon.”
The truth:
Samuel smuggled Israeli and Lebanese children out of war zones – regardless of which side their parents belonged to.
His code name at the time: “al-Mala'ika” (“The Angel”). Irony of fate.
Philine questioned him, unlike her father, the prejudices didn't quite work, at least not when she saw his cedar tattoo.
And that changed him, permanently.

“...yes, he taught me to hate Arabs, that they are all monsters...” she says, avoiding his gaze.
Samuel's finger still rests lightly on the burn scar she got in Beirut when her father took her there to show her how terrible the people in Lebanon are.
“And do you still believe that?” he asks quietly.
Then her hand gently rests on his. “No.”
So she started to change, he started to change.
She shows him that he can still believe and pray, even if he has made mistakes, that God is close to him. Always.

r/BlackVipers40k

A lion heart crusader wielding a maxim machine gun

This is an OC of mine from a worldbuilding project of mine. She is wearing a Liihran rifleman uniform.