Optimus Prime (Ties That Bind)

Early life
Omar was born in the Hackney borough of London to Mirza Parvez, a university lecturer and Ariya Erdehan, a newspaper columnist. His parents were political refugees from Iran who fled the country after being labelled as Kurdish dissidents which put them at risk of assassinations.

In his childhood, he developed a close friendship with Morgan Trayton, whom he often smuggled books to after finding out that the Manual Class has restrictions placed on reading material. He was inspired by stories from his mother about having run an underground publication to get around government censorship.

When he was 8, police in his neighborhood foiled an assassination attempt on his father, which stoked in him the desire to be a policeman, which he understood to be protectors of the people.

In primary school, his best friend was Ronan Chase. He excelled academically and in physical activities and was drafted into the law enforcement programme after police scouts saw potential in him and were won over by his enthusiasm for the line of work.

Personal life
Omar is a practicing Sunni Muslim, often noted for conducting personal pre-mission prayers and fasting during periods of low supplies among the faction so his men can better survive off his rations.

He speaks four languages: Kurmanji, Arabic, Urdu and English.

His hobbies include football (The international variety, not the American sort), piano-playing, reading and watching overly-dramatic Bollywood productions.

His biggest inspiration is Umar Al-Khattab.

He has Morgan Trayton's notebook containing the earliest draft of Towards Peace, which Morgan tossed aside after an incident of police brutality at his station. Initially intending to return it to Morgan, he kept it after finding out that Morgan had been exiled to the Messatine penal mining colony. He considers it one of his most prized possessions which he, nonetheless, hopes to return to Morgan one day when the war is over.