Naseem Al-Salem

Naseem Al-Salem, known infamously as "Haboob" (lit. "Desert God of Death"), is the strongest mercenary in history, who mainly operates in the Middle-East. He is currently working with Or-Gaule.

Appearance
Naseem has black unkempt black hair and he wears black clothing and sunglasses.

Personality
Naseem is a very confident person, who doesn't take weaker opponents seriously. He also is a very cruel person, having killed hundreds of people. Naseem greatly enjoys a good fight.

History
Naseem has taken down many countries, as a mercenary, in his past acquiring a vast amount of fortune. At some point, he allied with All-Goal against Vermillion and Cradleland, in order to destroy the two nations and gain his own country.

Night of Massacre
Naseem participated in the destruction of Rebellion's headquarters, along with Or-Gaule, Ein and Big Baby. He saved All-Goal from Wallenstein, by killing the One Armed Swordsman. He then scolded Or-Gaule for not taking the fight seriously. They then meet Ein and Big Baby who have killed 7 other of the 12 Apostles. They then all head for Cradleland, which Or-Gaule takes control over.

Kardia Urban Warfare
Naseem later participates in the Battle of Kardia between Cradleland, led by All-Goal, and Vermillion. He defeats Vermillion's Sword Mentor Daniel Dandalion and numerous other Vermillion soldiers, with only his left hand. He then confronts Stella Vermillion and proclaims he will defeat her too with only his left hand.

Naseem manages to overwhelm Stella, even while the latter is using Dragon Spirit. Stella tries to hit Naseem, but her attack has no effect and simply faces through Naseem. Stella then claims she has figured out Naseem's ability, which is the ability to manipulate sand, in order to enhance his attacks, and turn his body into sand. Naseem though laughs at this claiming his ability is not something so cheap. He then takes out his right hand and Stella is taken over by a sinister aura, which makes her unable to move. Naseem then attacks Stella, but just then a meteor falls towards Naseem, which he managed to block. This is revealed to be Nene Saikyo's Hadou Tensei, as she has just arrived to the battlefield, along with other members of the League of Mage-Knight Nations.

Naseem and Nene then confront each other, with Nene actually managing to hit Naseem by hardening Naseem's body with her gravity manipulation. Naseem then activates his true ability of moisture absorption, which destroys all things. Before Naseem and Nene can continue their battle though they are interrupted by Lunaeyes' declaration, that the tournament between Vermillion and Cradleland will be held, to decide the fates of the two countries.

Responsibilities as a Royalty
After the announcement, Naseem angrily charges at Or-Gaule, who is there along with Lunaeyes. Naseem questions why Or-Gaule agreed to the tournament, blaming him for stopping his fight. Or-Gaule though notes that Naseem will be able to fight Nene in the upcoming tournament, without anyone intervening. This calms Naseem down, as he then leaves the battlefield.

Naseem, along with Or-Gaule, Ein, Big Baby and Johann, are announced as Cradleland's representatives in the tournament.

Fight Under the Moonlight
On the day of the tournament, 300 thousand soldiers of the League gather on the border between Cradleland and Poland, lead by a Polish general named Daluege. It has been planned, that if Vermillion's representatives lose the tournament, Ascarid will use one of the knives of Norman Creed to teleport the forces into the capital, to apprehend Or-Gaule and his allies. The forces are, however, met by Naseem, who has come to tell them to leave. Daluege and his forces refuse, instead opening fire on Naseem. Naseem is directly hit by the fire of their artillery, which completely destroys the hill he is standing on.

However, Naseem survives this, turning his body into sand and reconstructing himself. He then proceeds to annihilate the League forces, shooting them down and throwing their own rockets back at them, with many of the soldiers being unable to even move because of Naseems presence. Then, a large unit of League Blazers appears, engaging Naseem directly. Naseem manifests his Device and uses his Noble Art, Mictlan · Tormenta, summoning a large sandstorm around him. This sandstorm quickly drains away all of the moisture from the surroundings, turning all of the Blazers into sand. Just then, however, a flash of blue light appears, destroying the sandstorm and wounding Naseem on his cheek. This attack was fired by an Italian Blazer named Carlo Bertoni, who is the "trump card" of the League forces and the 2nd ranked in the KOK A-League.

Abilities
Desperado: Naseem is a Desperado, a being that has broken the chains of fate. As a Desperado Naseem has far greater magic power than ordinary Blazers. As he exists outside of fate, Naseem also is very capable of influencing other people and the world itself, being able to completely stop opponents in their tracks and overtake them with fear.

Immense Strength: Naseem is extremely strong, launching Stella through multiple walls, with just a finger flick, while she was using Dragon Spirit.

Immense Speed: Naseem is extremely fast, being able to move in front of Stella, without her even noticing.

Immense Durability: Naseem is very durable, even surviving an attack from Nene, with only slight bleeding.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combat: Naseem is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, though he mainly relies on his monstrous strength.

Expert Marksmanship: Naseem has shown being able to wield firearms, blowing away the heads of his opponents with great proficency and no mercy.

Sand Manipulation: Naseem's secondary ability as a Blazer. It's in fact just a side effect of his true ability. This ability though gives Naseem the power to manipulate all sand for both offensive and defensive purposes. Moisture Absorption: Naseem's true ability as a Blazer. It lets him destroy all things in his vicinity, by absorbing moisture from them and turning them into dry sand. He can even absorb all moisture from the earth's crust, causing the ground beneath him to collapse. This ability can also be used on human beings, turning them into sand very quickly.
 * Attack Enhancement: Naseem is capable of coating his fists with sand, which increases the power of his attacks greatly.
 * Sand Body: Naseem is capable of turning his body into sand, making all hits inflicted on him, simply pass through him.

Device
Toxcatl: Naseem's Device is a black gauntlet, with golden decorations, on his right arm.
 * Alquimia · Hierro (lit. "Dust-Metallurgy"): Naseem uses dust to create a handgun, specifically a Desert Eagle. It is possible that Naseem can also create other weapons and objects.
 * Mictlan · Tormenta (lit. "Dust-Wind of Corpses"): Naseem creates a black sandstorm around him, which blows his opponents high into the air and protects him from attacks. However, its main ability is to rob all of the moisture from the surroundings. It can turn humans into sand in a few moments and can extend its area of effect greatly. However, a strong enough attack can destroy it.

Trivia

 * Naseem's Device is named after a festival held by the Aztecs. The name is often thought to literally mean "wither from thirst" meaning "drought".
 * The names of Naseem's Noble Arts are actually Spanish.
 * Naseem's fortune from his past as a mercenary is so much, that he is one of the richest men in all the world.