Karim al’Shaidis

The convoy was supposed to be routine. Two trucks of prefabricated supports. Water filtration units strapped down with webbing. Karim rode in the second vehicle, clipboard balanced against his knee, boots dusty from a morning spent checking foundation lines. The ceasefire was holding, at least in the way ceasefires did: brittle, conditional, and already overdue to break.

They were crossing the riverbed when the first blast hit. Not artillery. Too close. Too sharp. The lead truck veered, clipped the embankment, and rolled hard onto its side. Shouting followed immediately. Then gunfire, distant but closing. Karim was out of the cab before the engine finished coughing itself to death.

He counted as he ran. Four civilians pinned by debris. One driver screaming. One not moving at all. The bridge support they’d installed two days earlier had failed at the worst possible angle. A concrete slab sagged, suspended by twisted rebar, threatening to drop into the ravine below. Karim ducked under the heat of tracer fire and skidded to a stop beside the wreckage.

“Don’t move,” he said, voice level, hand raised. He said it to everyone at once.

The slab shifted. He didn’t think. That was the most frightening part later, not the power itself, but how little thought preceded it.

Karim braced both hands against the broken concrete. The surface was hot, gritty, wrong. He felt the world pull tight around him, like pressure building behind his eyes, in his chest, in his teeth. Something answered that pressure. Something vast and immediate.

The slab stopped. Not gently. Not cleanly. It arrested mid-fall with a sound like the air tearing itself apart. Rebar shrieked. Dust erupted in a violent plume. Karim’s knees nearly buckled as something surged through him, wild and unfiltered, like grabbing hold of a live wire with bare hands. He held. Every instinct screamed at him to let go. He didn’t.

“Move them,” he said, hoarse now. “Now.”

They dragged the trapped civilians free. The screaming driver went silent. Somewhere behind him, someone was crying. Karim didn’t look. He couldn’t afford to. The pressure was unbearable, clawing at the edges of his consciousness, threatening to rip through him entirely. His vision blurred. He dropped the slab.

It slammed into the ravine, pulverizing rock and earth below. The shockwave knocked him flat. For a moment, the world was only ringing silence and white light. When his vision cleared, he was on his back, chest heaving, hands shaking violently in front of his face. They didn’t feel like his anymore. People stared.

Not the quick glances of panic or gratitude. This was different. This was frozen, uncertain. Someone whispered something in a language he didn’t speak. Someone else backed away. Karim pushed himself upright, ignoring the dizziness. He wiped the blood from his nose with the heel of his palm and stood before anyone could help him.

“Load the injured,” he said. “We’re leaving.”

No one argued. Later came the sickness.

It crept in long after the adrenaline burned away. Fever. Nausea. Tremors that wracked his body until his teeth chattered hard enough to crack. He lay on his cot that night, staring at the ceiling of the medical tent, every nerve humming like it was still plugged into something far larger than it should be.

He understood then that whatever had answered him would do so again. And that it would kill him if he let it. So he learned to lock it down.

He learned to breathe slowly, to anchor himself in sensation. To keep his hands busy. To tie the power to movement, to grip, to weight and balance. He learned that emotion was the door, and calm was the key that closed it again. Weeks later, the convoy logs would list the incident as a structural anomaly. Stress tolerance exceeded expectations. No fatalities.

No one ever wrote down what Karim felt when the concrete stopped falling. He made sure of that. By the time others came asking questions, he had already decided one thing with absolute certainty: If this power was going to exist inside him, it would obey restraint before it ever obeyed need. And if it could not be controlled, he would rather never use it again.

Classification: Anomalous Event Flag – Tier II
Distribution: Restricted / Analysis Division
Origin: Field Signal Aggregation Unit
Date: ██ / ██ / 2044
Location: Northern Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
Associated Operation: Civil Stabilization Convoy (Non-Military)

Summary

On ██ / ██ / 2044, CCD monitoring systems registered a short-duration anomaly coinciding with a civilian humanitarian convoy incident involving structural failure under active conflict conditions. The event does not match known weapon signatures, seismic aftershocks, or recorded engineering tolerances.

No fatalities were reported.

Incident Overview

At approximately 14:32 local time, a convoy transporting modular infrastructure supports experienced an explosive disruption near a river crossing. Subsequent damage resulted in partial collapse of a reinforced concrete slab, assessed post-incident to exceed its remaining load tolerance by 312–347%.

During the evacuation window, the slab’s downward failure abruptly arrested for approximately 8.6 seconds.

No mechanical, structural, or environmental explanation has been identified.

The slab then released cleanly, collapsing into the ravine without secondary casualties.

Anomalous Indicators

• Sudden stabilization of failing structure without visible support
• Stress tolerances temporarily exceeded beyond modeled limits
• No corresponding seismic, acoustic, or electromagnetic precursor
• Short-range atmospheric pressure distortion recorded by two independent sensors
• Duration too brief to be attributed to external reinforcement

Notably, the event occurred after evacuation had begun and before total collapse would have been unavoidable.

Human Factor Correlation

One individual, Karim Al’Shaidis, male, Iranian national, age approximately 22–25, was physically present at the point of failure.

Witness accounts describe:

• Direct physical contact with the structure
• No visible equipment or tools in use
• Immediate disengagement prior to final collapse
• Subject collapse consistent with acute exhaustion following event

Medical reports later note severe but transient post-incident symptoms:

• Hyperthermia
• Tremors
• Acute fatigue
• No lasting injury

No substance use or mechanical aid identified.

Pattern Recognition Notes

This is not an isolated data point.

Cross-reference analysis indicates multiple low-visibility anomalies occurring within Karim Al’Shaidis’s operational radius over a three-year period, primarily during disaster response scenarios.

Individually, each incident falls within statistical noise.

Collectively, the pattern suggests:

• Protective outcomes
• Civilian harm mitigation
• Short-duration, high-impact intervention
• Immediate withdrawal from event epicenter

No escalation behavior detected.

Preliminary Assessment

Current data insufficient to classify subject intent, capacity, or mechanism.

However, probability modeling indicates:

• High correlation between subject presence and anomalous stabilization events
• Low likelihood of coincidence given cumulative pattern
• Subject demonstrates consistent avoidance of attention and documentation

Analyst note: Subject behavior suggests suppression rather than exploitation of anomaly.

Recommendation

Escalate subject profile to ██████ liaison review.

Maintain passive observation.

Do not initiate direct contact until further behavioral modeling is completed.

If anomaly source is human-mediated, subject demonstrates:

• restraint
• non-aggressive application
• outcome-focused intervention

These traits are statistically rare among comparable flagged cases.

Filed by:
CCD Analysis Division – Anomalous Systems
Analyst ID: ██-██-██

Status: OPEN
Next Review Cycle: Pending Ascendancy Directive

Secure Facility: Moscow (Black Site – Level Theta)
Evaluator: Dr. Victoria Weston
Subject: Karim Al’Shaidis
Age: 27 (approx.)
Date of Evaluation: ██ / ██ / 2045
Clearance Level: Restricted – Ascendancy Review Only

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COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION REPORT

Purpose: Pre-Induction Assessment for Rods of Custody Dominion

I. Reason for Evaluation

Subject Karim Al’Shaidis was transferred to Facility medical oversight following CCD escalation due to repeated anomalous field events consistent with untrained channeling. Evaluation requested to assess physical viability, psychological stability, risk of channeling sickness, and suitability for inclusion in the Rods of Custody Dominion.

II. Physical Assessment

General Health:
Subject presents in excellent overall physical condition. Musculoskeletal integrity is above baseline for age. Cardiovascular endurance is notably high, consistent with prolonged field deployment in humanitarian and disaster-response environments.

Neurological Findings:
No evidence of structural abnormality. EEG and functional imaging conducted during controlled stress exposure revealed atypical activation patterns during heightened emotional states, followed by rapid self-regulation without external intervention.

This degree of autonomic control is uncommon in late-awakening channelers.

Channeling Sickness Risk:
Subject reports prior episodes of post-event illness (fever, tremor, nausea) following initial manifestations. However, current testing indicates a self-imposed mitigation mechanism that significantly reduces recurrence.

Notably, the subject does not attempt to override this block even under provocation.

Assessment:
Physically cleared. Risk of channeling sickness assessed as low, contingent on continued adherence to established grounding behaviors.

III. Psychological Evaluation

Affect and Presentation:
Subject is calm, reserved, and cooperative without submissiveness. Displays no signs of dissociation, mania, or power fixation. Emotional expression is controlled but not suppressed; responses are proportional and appropriate.

Cognitive Functioning:
High situational awareness. Exceptional stress tolerance. Demonstrates rapid ethical decision-making under pressure with minimal cognitive distortion. Subject shows a pronounced tendency toward responsibility absorption, often internalizing outcomes of group failure even when not personally at fault.

Authority Orientation:
Subject respects structure and command but does not defer blindly. When presented with hypothetical unethical orders, subject did not display defiance; instead, he articulated strategies to minimize harm while maintaining operational cohesion. This pattern is consistent and deliberate, not reactive.

Aggression and Power Orientation:
No indicators of dominance-seeking behavior. Subject does not derive identity or validation from power. When asked directly about his channeling capability, he referred to it as “a liability that must be managed.”

This language is spontaneous and consistent across interviews.

IV. Moral and Behavioral Risk Assessment

Subject demonstrates a strong internalized ethical framework characterized by:

• prioritization of civilian protection;
• intolerance for avoidable collateral damage;
• long memory for institutional failures.

Importantly, subject does not externalize moral conflict through rebellion or confrontation. Instead, he withdraws trust quietly and adjusts reliance patterns accordingly.

This presents low short-term risk and moderate long-term institutional friction, particularly if exposed to repeated ethically compromised operations.

However, subject is unlikely to destabilize group cohesion.

V. Interpersonal Dynamics (Observed)

During observation periods with other candidates and staff:

• Subject emerged as a stabilizing presence without attempting to assert authority.
• Others deferred to him naturally during moments of uncertainty.
• Subject redirected credit away from himself consistently.

When informed that he was being considered for a highly selective unit, subject did not exhibit pride, relief, or anxiety. His sole question was:

“Will this measurably reduce harm?”

VI. Clinical Impression

Karim Al’Shaidis represents an atypical late-awakening channeler profile.

He exhibits:

• advanced self-regulation
• absence of power fixation
• ethical restraint under stress
• leadership emergence without ambition

From a medical and psychological standpoint, he is one of the lowest-risk high-capacity candidates evaluated to date.

VII. Recommendation

CLEARED FOR INDUCTION into the Rods of Custody Dominion.

Recommendation includes:

• continued monitoring for cumulative moral injury;
• periodic reassessment of emotional withdrawal patterns;
• preservation of subject’s autonomy in operational decision-making whenever feasible.

Evaluator’s Note (Personal):

Subject does not seek command and does not fear consequence. He fears inefficacy. This should be understood before attempting to motivate or discipline him.

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Signed:
Dr. Victoria Weston, MD
Kremlin Facility

Status: APPROVED
Next Review: Post-Induction + 6 months