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Description:
Hamzah Gaffoor often hanged out with his petite best friend Nayeem Rahman, because they shared a similar, Muslim background, though Hamzah's was more akin to the Egyptian one than the Pakistani just like Nayeem's. Unlike Nayeem however, he had something that scarred him once, though not even he was actually sure why. Being the eldest among his snail friends, he was most familiar with fighting, especially with his big and heavy scimitar, as he used to practice swordfighting back in Giza, just sometime before moving into the US. And because of that, his childhood bullies became fearful of him and wouldn't even dare touch one of his friends when he was around, though a fewer fools would dare try to a mockery out of him. He also proved to be a good cook/baker, as he often made a lot of samosas, not just for his friends, for he was running his own shop selling other Middle Eastern snacks, such as ma'amoul, qurabiya, baklava and falafels.

Besides he and his snail friends being the subject of ridicule since high school, they had a relatively peaceful time in recent years. It was so, until the time they also witnessed the upcoming large fraternity of slug jocks, aptly named "Alpha Sigma Salinkári" (or infamously AΣΣ), who had just developed their presence across the Wisconsin-Minnesota border. Those slug jocks, although proudly bigoted against snails, also proved to be disrespectful and arrogant towards locals, who wanted nothing to do with them but couldn't do so out of fear, especially when the fraternity somehow managed to beat the entire border town (next to Hudson) for even disapproving the slug jocks' obvious behavior. Fearing that those jocks would eventually discover and then exploit Nazeem's height weakness, Hamzah would often stay by his little friend, even if it mean too much, something that Nazeem himself would disapprove but nevertheless understand Hamzah's true intention behind such a smothering company.

One day, Owen had enough money in joining the MALAKAS Project, the very interest that Hamzah and his friends had been aware from Owen, but despite the dubious background and history behind the project, they unwaveringly trusted that Owen would eventually come home alive with something to help them on the long run. In fact, Owen often exclaimed the benefits mentioned by the said project.

Three months later, the environment around Hudson had grown nearly toxic since the presence of that slug fraternity, but casualties (mostly those trying to oppose the slug jocks) had become so prevalent, that Hamzah was forced to close down his shop to protect his employees. Despite that, Owen had come back home, not just alive, but, to their surprise, significantly stronger, bigger and more muscular. To top it all up, Owen had smuggled several muscle growth serums from the mountain base. While Hamzah and his friends were eager to take on the injection, Owen required them to take on training as soon as possible every time they got injected, as they needed to strong and well-prepared enough to take down on slug jocks.

After few weeks, Owen and his snail friends began roaming around town to showcase themselves big and competent snails capable of fighting, causing several nearby slug jocks to show up to counter that claim. Hamzah and his employees would cook and distribute food to his friends and new allies, all despite the precaution that they would soon run out of food supplies in a week. The snails successfully fought back, but the slug jocks kept coming. After few days of progressing losses, the slug jocks had realized that those snails were not to be messed with, and left Hudson to alert their fellow jocks in nearby border towns. The infuriated slug fraternity imposed an invasion against Hudson in retaliation, but its townsfolks, thanks to assistance by Owen and his friends, propped up their own defenses and fought those slugs off. The other border towns had also seen the said event, which gave them an opportunity to drive the remaining slug jocks (who were completely demoralized at this point) out as the result.

Hamzah owned by  Fizz_N0_1998

MALAKAS Project 2025:
Bobby Llama (Alt) || Nick Tiger || Barnabus Lytte || Roxie Dartz || Nayeem Rahman || Baya Ko Ya Applestar (Alt) || Nancy Grace Soro (Alt) || Beatrice Soro (Alt) || Orion "Oliver Twist" Brownlow (Alt) || Jeremiah "Artful Dodger" Dawkins (Alt) || Camomile "Charley" Bates (Alt) || Vanessa Hickman (Alt) || Sherman Fink (Alt) || Moby McSquidly Pinto (Alt) || Rex Weichknochen (Alt) || Kade Weeks || Nicole Weeks || Rick Coldstrom || Riley December || Hamzah Gaffoor || Butters Oliver


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