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"You come to us, like a snake in the grass. Here, in a city of lies, you are the biggest liar of them all.
Rais to Kyle Crane."

Kadir Suleiman, better known by his nom de guerre (war name) Rais, is a main character featured in Dying Light, serving as the primary antagonist.

Biography

Early life

Suleiman is a former colonel in the military tasked with maintaining order within the quarantine as acting governor for the city of Harran. According toKarim, Rais is the most feared man in Harran. He makes a request to the Global Relief Effort to extract his paraplegic younger brother, Hassan, from the city. According to the GRE, the local Ministry of Defence refused to allow an extraction, and Hassan was soon killed by infected. A disillusioned Kadir reinvents himself as the powerful warlord Rais, and forms a violent gang responsible for numerous robberies and murders throughout the city. Many of his former soldiers deserted the military as well to join his gang. Early in the epidemic, Suleiman was responsible for protecting Doctors Allen Camden and Imran Zere while they researched a potential cure. However, Suleiman later abandoned this post following the death of his brother.

Rais is assisted by his right-hand man and chief enforcer Tahir, responsible for keeping the thugs in line and following orders. His quartermaster, Karim, maintains radio contact with teams of bandits out in the city, looting buildings or extorting other survivors. He directs the thugs to newly arrived Disaster Relief On-site Packages, which Rais collects in an effort to gain leverage over others trapped by the quarantine. He and his men are based out of an apartment building in the slums known as the Garrison.

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Events of Dying Light

The GRE sends in their agent Kyle Crane with the sole purpose of tracking down Suleiman and retrieving a file he has stolen, containing evidence that the GRE plans to weaponise the Harran virus. Crane is accosted by Tahir and some bandits, but attracts virals by using his handgun and must be rescued by Jade Aldemir and Amir Ghoreyshi, survivors from the Tower. When Crane learns of the warlord Rais, he informs his handler that he believes the gang leader may be Suleiman. Crane is ordered to force a confrontation with Rais, and so destroys a shipment of Antizin. The desperate survivors at the Tower agree to send Crane to meet with Rais in the hopes of bartering for medicine.

When Crane meets with Rais during the main story quest Pact With Rais, he witnesses a brutal exchange between the warlord and Osman, a survivor who worked for the gang until he was caught skimming raided supplies for himself. Rais allows Osman to choose which hand he cuts off, but removes the opposite hand. He then directs Crane to report to Karim, his quartermaster, for tasks to complete in return for medicine. Kyle is sent to restore the radio connection for the district, a task which benefits many others in the city. However, Rais refuses payments and instead sends Crane to collect tributes from survivors located at Jaffar's Wheelstation, the Fishermen's Village, and the Ferry Harbor. When this is also completed, Rais once again reneges on his offer of two crates of Antizin and offers Crane merely five vials. A begrudging Crane is forced to accept and return to the Tower almost empty-handed.

Later, after Aldemir and Crane disrupt Rais' operations at the Harran Public School, he attacks the courtyard near the Tower and kidnaps Dr. Imran Zere, a scientist researching a possible cure for the virus. Crane infiltrates Rais' headquarters in an attempt to rescue him, but is captured and forced to battle in Rais' arena against waves of infected during The Pit. After winning, Rais orders his men to execute Crane, but he kills them, severs Rais' right hand with a machete and barely escapes with his life. Crane witnesses Rais cauterize his wound on the spot before vowing revenge.

Not long after Crane enters the Old Town district, Rais manages to capture Jade and holds her at the city's museum, hoping to lure Crane into a trap and kill them both. Crane battles his way through the museum and finds Jade to be bitten and minutes away from turning. Knowing that Crane is infected too, Rais appears and throws them only one shot of Antizin, making them choose over each other. Ultimately, Jade gives Crane the shot, and he is forced to kill her after she turns. Crane swears revenge on Rais from this moment on.

In the game's finale, Rais announces to Crane that he made a deal with the GRE. He plans to give them the file in return for an evacuation, and will watch as they weaponize the virus and profit from people's suffering. Crane hastily travels to Rais' tower to stop him. After evading numerous virals and volatiles, Crane comes face to face with Rais (armed with an engraved machete) on the rooftop. Rais' tosses a throwing knife into Crane's collarbone and the two brawl as the GRE evacuation helicopter hovers overhead. After being stabbed with his own machete, he tackles Crane and falling onto a shipping crate, where Crane dangles on the edge with the research as Rais approaches him. Crane eventually survives, stabbing Rais in the neck with the embedded knife and throwing him off the edge to his death.

Killed Victims

Amir Ghoreyshi (Indirectly Caused)
Derek (Indirectly Caused)
Maalik (Indirectly Caused)
Imran Zere
Jade Aldemir (Alive, Caused)
Karim
10 unnamed members of Karim's Group.
A few unnamed runners from The Tower. (Caused and Direct)
Numerous counts of Zombies and unnamed people. (Caused and Direct)

Quests

Awakening (photo)
First Assignment (mentioned)
Airdrop (mentioned)
Pact With Rais
Siblings (mentioned)
The Pit
The Saviors (mentioned)
The Museum
The Clinic (post-quest contact)
Extraction (killed)
Do You Believe? (indirectly mentioned)
The Shadow of the King (photo and indirectly mentioned)
Cease and Desist (mentioned)
Bandages and Meds (mentioned)
Protect Ahmet (mentioned)

Appearance and personality

Suleiman appears as a sadistic, violent individual. He takes pleasure in using aggressive measures to obtain what he wants, and he doesn't hesitate in using lethal force to take down any complications. He is extremely manipulative and often forces others to bend to his will. It is known that the death of Hassan caused him to lose his moral compass, as learned from one of the random encounters.

Rais constantly hoards Antizin from air drops, then sells it to other parties for an extreme price. This exposes his hunger for power and greed for wealth. He also fools desperate survivors into running errands for him in exchange for goods, ultimately denying them what was promised.

Rais will punish his soldiers for mishaps, and usually murders, injures or dismembers them for small failures. In one instance, he shoots a soldier in the arm for drinking alcohol. Later, Crane manages to punch Rais; instead of punishing Crane himself, he takes a police rifle and kills the two soldiers who were supposed to restrain Crane.

Rais starts out as a philosophical villain who is cold and ruthless to everyone, even his own men. By the end of the game, he becomes a mocking taunter, constantly taunting Crane. In the finale, Crane becomes so irritated by Rais, he is willing to forget about getting revenge. It's Rais' actions that force the final battle between them.

Trivia

According to a survivor, Rais' sadism involves him experimenting amputations on survivors by testing out variety of weapons such as machetes, axes, shotguns, etc. At one point, he amputated a survivor's leg at the knee and Tahir timed how long the hostage bled out.

Quotes

"The imposing of one's will. The creation of one's own rules, THAT is what makes a man. Do you live by your own rules, Crane? Or are you merely someone else's puppet? I believe I know the answer.
Rais to Crane"

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+|name              = Rais
+|image             = [[File:Dying light kadir suleiman.png|250px]]
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 |fullname          = Kadir Suleiman
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+|othernames         = Rais
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+|born              =
-|gender            = Male
+|gender              = Male
-|nationality       =[[Wikipedia:en:Tukrey|Turkish]]
+|nationality      = Turkish
-|family            = [[Hassan Suleiman]] (brother, deceased)
+|family           = [[Hassan Suleiman]] <small>(brother; deceased)</small>
 |status            = Deceased
-|hair              =Black
+|hair              = Brown
-|eyes              =Brown/Green
+|eyes              = Brown
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+|affiliations        = [[Tahir]]<br>[[Karim]]
-|occupation        =Military Soldier <small>(formerly)</small><br>
+|location      = [[Slums]]
-Hierarchy Leader <small></small>
+|appearances          = ''[[Dying Light]]''
-|affiliations      =[[Rais's Men|The Bandits]] (Founder and Supreme Leader)
+|voiceactor      = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685308/ Jim Pirri]
-|partner           =[[Tahir]], [[Karim]]
+|cause of death = Stabbed in the throat by [[Kyle Crane]] and then fell from his tower to his death.}}
-|appearances       = [[Dying Light]]
+{{Quote|You come to us, like a snake in the grass. Here, in a city of lies, you are the biggest liar of them all.|Rais to [[Kyle Crane]].}}
-|actor             =Jim Pirri
-}}{{Quote1|You come to us, like a snake in the grass. Here in a city of lies, you are the biggest liar of them all.|Rais}}
-'''Kadir Suleiman'''<ref name="q1">''[[Dying Light]]:'' [[Awakening]]</ref>, better known as '''Rais''', is a character who serves as the main antagonist and final boss of ''[[Dying Light]]''.
+'''Kadir Suleiman''', better known by his ''nom de guerre ''(war name) '''Rais''', is a main character featured in ''[[Dying Light]]'', serving as the primary antagonist.
-==Biography==
+== Biography ==
+=== Early life ===
+Suleiman is a former colonel in the military tasked with maintaining order within the quarantine as acting governor for the city of [[Harran]]. According to[[ Karim]], Rais is the most feared man in Harran. He makes a request to the [[Global Relief Effort]] to extract his paraplegic younger brother, [[Hassan Suleiman|Hassan]], from the city. According to the GRE, the local [[Ministry of Defence]] refused to allow an extraction, and Hassan was soon killed by [[infected]]. A disillusioned Kadir reinvents himself as the powerful warlord Rais, and forms a [[Rais' Gang|violent gang]] responsible for numerous robberies and murders throughout the city. Many of his former soldiers deserted the military as well to join his gang. Early in the epidemic, Suleiman was responsible for protecting Doctors [[Allen Camden]] and [[Imran Zere]] while they researched a potential cure. However, Suleiman later abandoned this post following the death of his brother.
+Rais is assisted by his right-hand man and chief enforcer [[Tahir]], responsible for keeping the thugs in line and following orders. His [[quartermaster]], [[Karim]], maintains radio contact with teams of bandits out in the city, looting buildings or extorting other survivors. He directs the thugs to newly arrived [[Disaster Relief On-site Package]]s, which Rais collects in an effort to gain leverage over others trapped by the quarantine. He and his men are based out of an apartment building in the [[slums]] known as [[the Garrison]].
-=== Life Prior to the Outbreak ===
-Not much is known about Kadir's life before the outbreak in [[Harran]]. Photographs found during [[The Shadow of the King]] side quest suggest that he is ex-military, having served in what appears to be the Middle East or Africa.
-===Harran Outbreak===
-During the spread of the [[Harran virus]], Kadir was hired as a political figure and was tasked with maintaining peace in the city.<ref name="q1">''[[Dying Light]]: [[Awakening]]''</ref> At some point, the [[Global Relief Effort]] planned to evacuate him and his brother, [[Hassan Suleiman|Hassan]], but Hassan died in an [[infected]] attack before the evacuation was initiated. Kadir blamed the GRE for his death and stole a file, codenamed "Tempest".<ref name="q1"/>
+=== Events of ''Dying Light'' ===
-The file contained an incomplete synthesis of a possible cure for the Harran virus. He used the file as a bargaining chip against the the GRE, threatening to expose them using the file if anything happened to him. Kadir sent the file to someone he trusted with the order to release its information if he was killed.<ref name="q1"/>
+The GRE sends in their agent [[Kyle Crane]] with the sole purpose of tracking down Suleiman and retrieving a file he has stolen, containing evidence that the GRE plans to weaponise the [https://dyinglight.wikia.com/wiki/Harran_Virus Harran virus]. Crane is accosted by Tahir and some bandits, but attracts [[viral]]s by using his [[American 9mm Pistol|handgun]] and must be rescued by [[Jade Aldemir]] and [[Amir Ghoreyshi]], survivors from [[the Tower]]. When Crane learns of the warlord Rais, he informs his handler that he believes the gang leader may be Suleiman. Crane is ordered to force a confrontation with Rais, and so destroys a shipment of [[Antizin]]. The desperate survivors at the Tower agree to send Crane to meet with Rais in the hopes of bartering for medicine.
+When Crane meets with Rais during the main story [[Quests|quest]] ''[[Pact With Rais]]'', he witnesses a brutal exchange between the warlord and [[Osman]], a survivor who worked for the gang until he was caught skimming raided supplies for himself. Rais allows Osman to choose which hand he cuts off, but removes the opposite hand. He then directs Crane to report to Karim, his quartermaster, for tasks to complete in return for medicine. Kyle is sent to restore the radio connection for the district, a task which benefits many others in the city. However, Rais refuses payments and instead sends Crane to collect tributes from survivors located at [[Jaffar's Wheelstation]], the [[Fishermen's Village]], and the [[Ferry Harbor]]. When this is also completed, Rais once again reneges on his offer of two crates of Antizin and offers Crane merely five vials. A begrudging Crane is forced to accept and return to the Tower almost empty-handed.
-Afterward, Kadir retreated underground and took a leadership position with the [[Bandits]], one of the two factions warring in the city, and renamed himself "Rais", the Swahili word for "President", or in Turkish, "Reis" which means "chief". Using his new status as a warlord, he would send his men out to recover GRE [[DROPs]] which contained [[Antizin]], hoarding them and "gouging the hell out of anybody who wants to buy some".
+Later, after Aldemir and Crane disrupt Rais' operations at the [[Harran Public School]], he attacks the [[courtyard]] near the Tower and kidnaps Dr. [[Imran Zere]], a scientist researching a possible cure for the virus. Crane infiltrates Rais' headquarters in an attempt to rescue him, but is captured and forced to battle in Rais' arena against waves of infected during ''[[The Pit]]''. After winning, Rais orders his men to execute Crane, but he kills them, severs Rais' right hand with a [[Arena Machete|machete]] and barely escapes with his life. Crane witnesses Rais cauterize his wound on the spot before vowing revenge.
-=== Crane's Arrival ===
-GRE operative [[Kyle Crane]] was sent into Harran to locate Rais and retrieve the stolen file by any means necessary. Upon landing, he was attacked by Rais' men, but saved by [[Jade Aldemir]] and [[Amir Ghoreyshi]], two [[runners]] from [[the Tower]]. In return for their help, Crane set out to recover an antizin DROP for the [[:Category:Tower Survivors|Tower's survivors]]. When the DROP was flown in, Crane was instructed by the GRE to destroy it in order to force Rais to make contact. He hesitantly complies, setting it all on fire and telling the Tower that there was none.
+Not long after Crane enters the [[Old Town]] district, Rais manages to capture Jade and holds her at the city's [[Museum (location)|museum]], hoping to lure Crane into a trap and kill them both. Crane battles his way through the museum and finds Jade to be bitten and minutes away from turning. Knowing that Crane is infected too, Rais appears and throws them only one shot of Antizin, making them choose over each other. Ultimately, Jade gives Crane the shot, and he is forced to kill her after she turns. Crane swears revenge on Rais from this moment on.
-After the destruction of the antizin, the Tower's runners concluded that their only hope of obtaining some would be to meet with Rais and strike a deal. Crane offered to go to Rais' headquarters, with his underlying reason being to identify Rais for the GRE. During the meeting, Rais proposes that Crane works for him in return for antizin. He has him shake down survivors for protection money and fix the antenna in the [[slums]] to reopen radio transmissions, but only hands over a small portion of antizin in return, much to Crane's vexation. Rais states that if he wants more, he must hand over Jade to fight in Rais' arena, which he refuses to do.
+In the game's finale, Rais announces to Crane that he made a deal with the GRE. He plans to give them the file in return for an evacuation, and will watch as they weaponize the virus and profit from people's suffering. Crane hastily travels to Rais' tower to stop him. After evading numerous [[viral]]s and [[volatile]]s, Crane comes face to face with Rais (armed with an engraved [[machete]]) on the rooftop. Rais' tosses a [[Military Throwing Knife|throwing knife]] into Crane's collarbone and the two brawl as the GRE evacuation helicopter hovers overhead. After being stabbed with his own machete, he tackles Crane and falling onto a shipping crate, where Crane dangles on the edge with the research as Rais approaches him. Crane eventually survives, stabbing Rais in the neck with the embedded knife and throwing him off the edge to his death.
-Eventually, Dr. [[Zere]], a scientist from the Tower working on a cure for the virus, is kidnapped by Rais' men. Crane infiltrates Rais' headquarters in an attempt to rescue him, but is captured and forced to battle in Rais' arena against waves of infected. After winning, Rais orders his men to execute Crane, but he kills them, severs Rais' right hand with a [[Arena Machete|machete]], and barely escapes with his life. Later, Rais cauterizes his hand wound.
+== Killed Victims ==
-Not long after Crane enters [[Sector 0]], Rais captures Jade and holds her at the city's [[Museum (location)|museum]], hoping to lure Crane into a trap and kill them both. Crane battles his way through the museum and finds Jade to be bitten and minutes away from turning. Knowing that Crane is infected too, Rais appears and throws them only one shot of antizin, making them choose over each other. Ultimately, Jade gives Crane the shot, and he is forced to kill her after she turns. Crane swears revenge on Rais from this moment on.
+* [[Amir Ghoreyshi]] ''(Indirectly Caused)''
+* [[Derek (Courtyard)|Derek]] ''(Indirectly Caused)''
+* [[Maalik]] ''(Indirectly Caused)''
+* [[Imran Zere]]
+* [[Jade Aldemir]] ''(Alive, Caused)''
+* [[Karim]]
+* 10 unnamed members of [[Karim|Karim's Group]].
+* A few unnamed runners from [[The Tower]]. ''(Caused and Direct)''
+* Numerous counts of Zombies and unnamed people. ''(Caused and Direct)''
+==Quests==
-In the game's finale, Rais announces to Crane that he made a deal with the GRE. He plans to give them the file in return for an evacuation, and will watch as they weaponize the virus and profit from people's suffering. Crane hastily travels to Rais' tower to stop him. After evading numerous [[virals]] and [[volatile|volatiles]], Crane comes face to face with Rais (armed with an engraved [[machete]]) on the rooftop. Rais' tosses a [[Military Throwing Knife|throwing knife]] into Crane's collarbone and the two brawl as the GRE evacuation helicopter hovers overhead. After being stabbed with his own machete, he tackles Crane and falling onto a shipping crate, where Crane dangles on the edge with the research as Rais approaches him. Crane eventually survives, stabbing Rais in the neck with the embedded knife and throwing him off the edge to his death.
+* [[Awakening]] (photo)
-== Traits and personality ==
+* [[First Assignment]] (mentioned)
-Suleiman appears as a sadistic, violent individual. He takes pleasure in using aggressive measures to obtain what he wants, and he doesn't hesitate in using lethal force to take down any complications. He is extremely manipulative and often forces others to bend to his will. It is known that the death of Hassan caused him to lose his moral compass as learned from one of the random encounters
+* [[Airdrop ]] (mentioned)
+* [[Pact With Rais]]
+* [[Siblings]] (mentioned)
+* [[The Pit]]
+* [[The Saviors|The Saviors&nbsp;]](mentioned)
+* [[The Museum]]
+* [[The Clinic ]] (post-quest contact)
+* [[Extraction]] (killed)
+* [[Do You Believe?]] (indirectly mentioned)
+* [[The Shadow of the King]] (photo and indirectly mentioned)
+* [[Cease and Desist]] (mentioned)
+* [[Bandages and Meds]] (mentioned)
+* [[Protect Ahmet]] (mentioned)
+== Appearance and personality ==
+Suleiman appears as a sadistic, violent individual. He takes pleasure in using aggressive measures to obtain what he wants, and he doesn't hesitate in using lethal force to take down any complications. He is extremely manipulative and often forces others to bend to his will. It is known that the death of Hassan caused him to lose his moral compass, as learned from one of the random encounters.
 Rais constantly hoards Antizin from air drops, then sells it to other parties for an extreme price. This exposes his hunger for power and greed for wealth. He also fools desperate survivors into running errands for him in exchange for goods, ultimately denying them what was promised.
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 == Trivia ==
-* Rais has same similarity to other villains like Hoyt Volker, Vaas Montenegro, and Buck from ''Far Cry 3'', Pagan Min from ''Far Cry 4'', and Handsome Jack from ''Borderlands 2. ''Rais also has similarity to Negan from The Walking Dead.
-** Rais wears his jacket without a shirt like Buck.
-** Rais' jacket in the final game also seems to appear similar to Hoyt Volker's jacket.
 * According to a survivor, Rais' sadism involves him experimenting amputations on survivors by testing out variety of weapons such as machetes, axes, shotguns, etc. At one point, he amputated a survivor's leg at the knee and Tahir timed how long the hostage bled out.
-* Rais' body can be found at the bottom of the tower after being stabbed and thrown off. The Military Throwing Knife from the fight can be still embedded in his neck which the player can pick up and use. <nowiki/>
+==Quotes==
+<center>{{Quote|The imposing of one's will. The creation of one's own rules, THAT is what makes a man. Do you live by your own rules, Crane? Or are you merely someone else's puppet? I believe I know the answer.|[[Kadir "Rais" Suleiman|Rais to Crane]]}}[[File:Rais's point of view1.ogg|noicon|center]]</center>
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 20160401182805_1.jpg|A QTE, with Rais trying to kill Crane.
 20160401183028_1.jpg|During the struggle, Crane successfully kills Rais by stabbing his neck and overthrowing him to his demise.
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 </gallery>
+{{Characters}}
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-[[ru:Кадыр Сулеман]]
 [[pl:Kadir "Rais" Suleiman]]
+[[ru:Кадыр Сулейман]]
-[[Category:Characters]]
-[[Category:Enemies]]
+[[Category:Dying Light characters]]
-[[Category:Boss Fight]]
+[[Category:Main characters]]
+[[Category:Hostile survivors]]
+[[Category:Bandits]]
 [[Category:Deceased]]
+[[Category:Enemies]]